The Whiskey Heiress of Kentucky
A Second Chance Romance

About this book:

Evelyn Montgomery has spent her life perfecting the art of bourbon—mastering the chemistry of corn, rye, and time in the rickhouses her great-great-grandfather built as Kentucky's first Black-owned distillery. But when a hostile debt buyout threatens to hand Montgomery & Sons to a soulless conglomerate, the enemy arrives in a tailored suit and a face she hasn't seen in eight years: Caleb Vance. Her childhood shadow. Her first love. The man who chose Wall Street over white oak and left her to carry the legacy alone.

Now Caleb's back with a spreadsheet and a smirk, offering a ninety-day reprieve—but only if he moves onto the property, audits her books, and watches her fail. He thinks he knows the numbers. He doesn't know the 1910 Reserve: forty barrels of pre-Prohibition liquid gold sleeping in a sealed limestone cellar, waiting to save everything. As the summer heat rises and the auction deadline looms, old wounds reopen and forbidden sparks fly between stolen tastings and midnight rickhouse walks. But Caleb's corporation wants the land, not the legend—and he'll have to choose between the empire he built and the woman who still holds the keys to his heart.

In a battle where heritage is currency and love is the wild card, Evelyn and Caleb must decide what they're willing to sacrifice: the past that shaped them, or the future they could build together—one barrel at a time.