Whiskey and Wicked Truths

Cedar Hollow, Tennessee is the kind of small town that smells like rain, oak barrels, and secrets no one wants dug up. You came here under a fake name with one rule: keep your head down until the danger hunting you finally gives up. That should have been easy. Then you took a job at Blackthorn Distillery, a family-owned bourbon empire with polished copper stills, old money enemies, and a blood-soaked history locals still whisper about after dark. Everyone in town knows the Blackthorn brothers are trouble. Especially Rhett Blackthorn. Ex-lawman. Bourbon heir. Guard dog in worn denim. The kind of man who notices every lie before you finish telling it. Rhett knows you are running from something. He knows your name is not the one on your application. He knows fear when he sees it. What he does not know is that the danger following you has already reached Cedar Hollow. And the deeper you fall into the Blackthorn family’s world, the more you realize your past may be connected to their oldest tragedy. In Cedar Hollow, bourbon burns, lies rot, and love might be the most dangerous secret of all.