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Whisky Business

by Elliot Fletcher · The Macabe Brothers #1

2023 · 352 pages · HarperCollins

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📚 Book 1 of an ongoing series (3 published)

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About this book

A washed-up actress returns to her sleepy Scottish island hometown to save her family's struggling distillery, only to discover that the grumpy, irresistible master distiller living there is the shy boy she left behind—now all brooding intensity and whisky expertise. Malcolm has zero patience for April's glamorous chaos invading his carefully controlled world, but their chemistry is undeniable, even if they're convinced they couldn't be more wrong for each other. As they're forced to work together to keep the distillery alive, these two opposites discover that sometimes the person who challenges you most is exactly who you need. A swoon-worthy Scottish romance about second chances, coming home, and finding love in the last place you'd expect.

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