We don’t know about you, but we can’t think of anything better than settling down with a large glass of wine and a good read, especially on a dark winter’s night.  In order to celebrate the launch of Colette Dartford’s brilliant debut novel Learning to Speak America, we are launching a competition to win a very nice bottle of Californian wine direct from a winery in the Napa Valley, the heart of California’s wine growing region. Napa Valley is the stunning setting for Learning to Speak American, which tells the story of a British couple who buy a tumble down cottage in a last ditch attempt to save their marriage following the terrible loss of their only child.

It’s a brilliant debut which author Hilary Boyd describes as “A heartrending story, well-told, about coping with unimaginable loss. Dartford evokes strong, sympathetic characters while writing fluently and from the heart. I raced through it.”

If you would like to take part in the competition, all you have to do is download an eBook copy of Learning to Speak American, take a Selfie with the book on your Kindle and a large glass of wine, and tweet the image @colettedartford using the hashtags #competition and #learningtospeakamerican. Two winners will be picked at random at the end of November.

Good Luck and may the Best Wine Drinker Win.