Loretta Ellsworth’s The French Winemaker’s Daughter, is the story of two women, one the only daughter of a Jewish Winemaker in Nazi occupied France, and the other, a 21^st century female American pilot, who are connected across time by a rare bottle of wine hidden from the Nazis with a handwritten message behind a fake label, which ultimately winds up  sold at the legendary Hotel Drouot, the oldest auction house in Paris.

Loretta Ellsworth, author of The French Winemaker’s Daughter, delivers The Jilted Countess: a new novel based on the true story of a desperate and penniless Hungarian countess who, long before reality TV made dating a competitive sport, arrives in Minnesota after WWII to find her GI fiancée already married, and with only two weeks to avoid returning to war-torn Europe, enlists a local newspaperman to help her find a husband in this richly detailed, unforgettable tale.

Available for pre-order with a publish date of January 13, 2026.