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The Whiskey Widow

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By Karen Brooks
Historical Fiction

1780 Scottish Highlands
When Greer MacKenzie's despised husband dies, she and her young daughter Fen find themselves in a remote whisky smuggling community in the heart of the Highlands. Here, illicit whisky making is a means of survival in a Scotland under occupation by the British. The villagers are suspicious of the widow, but when Greer tricks excise officers away from their illegal stills with a courageous and daring act, they warm to her. But the excise men are out for revenge, smuggling is a dangerous business, and whisky is at the rebellious heart of it all. Greer and Fen have no choice but to fight for the life they want.

 

 

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