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