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Contemporary Romance Books of 2023When 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.
