Ruby Spencers Whisky Year, Rochelle Bilow
Ruby Spencers Whisky Year, Rochelle Bilow
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Ruby Spencer's Whisky Year

Author: Rochelle Bilow

Narrator: Nikki Massoud

Unabridged: 8 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 02/14/2023


Synopsis

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When a thirty-something American food writer moves to a Scottish village for one year to fulfill her dream of writing a cookbook she finds more than inspiration—she meets a handsome Scotsman she can’t resist.

Ruby Spencer is spending one year living in a small cottage 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 decision 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, cozy 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 charming village, she discovers secret plans to turn her beloved pub into an American chain restaurant. Faced with an impossible choice, Ruby must decide between love, loyalty, and the Highlands way of life.

About The Author

Rochelle Bilow is a food and romance writer who previously worked as the social media manager at Bon Appétit 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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mai

A certain subset of women will love this. I’m not one of them. I never liked romances growing up. It was recently pointed out to me that the genre was pretty white and hetero until very recently. As I’ve explored the genre further and discovered more diversity in it, I’ve enjoyed it more. This is a......more

Goodreads review by Nilufer

Delicious food recipes, fantastic settings as dreamy cottage in a tiny Scottish highlands, a chance to taste barrels of Scotch and charismatic, handsome Scottish man! Isn’t this book definition just like the definition of stairway to heaven! Food critic Ruby Spencer didn’t buy a stairway to heaven b......more

Goodreads review by Hannah

✨I just want to get stroked like a cat by a sexy Scotsman 😤✨ What’s the book about? It’s like if Leap Year wasn’t a road trip romance and all Amy Adams wanted to do was cook as well as if Matthew Goode was big and burly and Scottish and also if there was no Adam Scott or engagement tradition but ther......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea

This fun and flirty work of fiction has a lot going for it! -sexy, grumpy Scot -quirky, sunshine heroine -quaint small town vibes -slow burn romance -scenes filled with delectable food and whiskey -did I mention the sexy, grumpy Scot? Overall an easy, breezy read that lacked a bit in the rushed conclusion,......more

Goodreads review by Larissa

this was so cute!!! the vibes were immaculate. imagine: cozy, cottage core, scottish small town, cooking, whisky, a big city girl moving to start over, slowburn, a comfy community of people !!! and add a hot broody man to that. it had a lil bit of everything. it’s not a book that changed my life and......more


Quotes

“This book doesn’t just have a phenomenal romance at its heart—and a sexy Scotsman to swoon over—but a truly immersive sense of place, one that you’ll never want to leave once you’ve allowed yourself to discover Thistlecross’s inherent charms and the hilarious locals who inhabit this cozy village.”—Paste Magazine

"Ruby Spencer's Whisky Year is utterly charming. Rochelle Bilow’s 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's debut is a transportive delight! The humor and warmth are like a sip of fine single malt, with all the depth and complexity of flavor to make 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

"Bilow’s debut is perfect for readers enamored of Scotland and friends-to-lovers romances."—Booklist

"Food writer Bilow’s debut romance is just as charming as its Scottish village setting."—Library Journal