Scotch authenticator Emily Clemonte is called to rural Montana to investigate a stash that could be the most elusive whisky heist in history. Has a genuine trove been found hidden in the guest cabin of the arrogant Marcus McClean? If so, how did it get there, when it disappeared off the Atlantic Coast? The forbidden love of an aristocrat and a bootlegger, a century before, holds the key to the mystery, and Emily and Marcus are about to find out that the past is not quite as it seems and has some major implications for the present. But searching for the truth brings them a lot more trouble-and a lot closer to each other than they bargained for.