Ruby Spencer's Whisky Year

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Ruby Spencer is spending one year living in a small cottage with no internet in a tiny town in the Scottish Highlands for three reasons: to write a bestselling cookbook, to drink a barrelful of whisky, and to figure out what comes next. It's hard to know what to expect after an impulse destination choice based on a map of Scotland in her Manhattan apartment - but she knows it's high time she had an adventure. The moment she sets foot in Thistlecross, the verdant scenery, charming cottages, and struggling local pub steal her heart. Between designing pop-up suppers and conversing with the colorful locals, Ruby starts to see a future that stretches beyond her year of adventure. It doesn't hurt that Brochan, the ruggedly handsome local handyman, keeps coming around to repair things at her cottage. Though Ruby swore off men, she can't help fantasizing what a roll in the barley might be like with the bearded Scot. As Ruby grows closer to Brochan and the tightly held traditions of the charmi

Reviews

This book doesnt just have a phenomenal romance at its heartand a sexy Scotsman to swoon overbut a truly immersive sense of place, one that youll never want to leave once youve allowed yourself to discover Thistlecrosss inherent charms and the hilarious locals who inhabit this cozy village.Paste Magazine

"Ruby Spencer's Whisky Year is utterly charming. Rochelle Bilows evocative writing made me feel like I was in a cozy Scottish cottage right alongside her irrepressible heroine, swooning over the local food, whisky, and strapping bearded handyman. I finished the book, my heart full and my stomach rumbling, then immediately googled 'plane tickets to Scotland'.Laura Hankin, author of A Special Place for Women

"Rochelle Bilow'sdebut is a transportive delight! The humor and warmth are like a sip of fine single malt, with all the depth and complexity of flavor tomake you plan your own escape to Scotland. If you're in search of a love story to make you feel like you've come home, don't miss your chance to fall in love with this book."Denise Williams, author of Do You Take This Man

The perfect cozy read for a chilly winter day.Culturess

"Bilow has written a romance that should be savored slowly, if only to thoroughly appreciate her poetic prose and immersive sense of place....A charming, lyrical debut about love and self-discovery."Kirkus Reviews

"Bilows debut is perfect for readers enamored of Scotland and friends-to-lovers romances."Booklist

"Food writer Bilowsdebut romance is just as charming as its Scottish village setting."Library Journal

Author Bio

Rochelle Bilow is a food and romance writer who previously worked as the social media manager at Bon Apptit and Cooking Light magazines. A graduate of The French Culinary Institute, she has also worked as a line cook, a baker, and a wine spokesperson. Her first book, The Call of the Farm, a swoony farming memoir, was published in 2014. Raised in Syracuse, New York, Rochelle now lives in northern Vermont.