Shelbourne & Mattingly: Table of Contents
Two families tied by bourbon. Two hearts bound by time. One winter solstice to break all the rules.
Two families tied by bourbon. Two hearts bound by time. One winter solstice to break all the rules.
In the heart of Kentucky's bourbon country, Erie Shelbourne knows two things with absolute certainty: the past stays safely preserved in its proper place, and childhood best friends should never fall in love. But on December’s shortest day, as she serves Earl Grey at her aunt’s tea parlor and Seth Mattingly paints haunting Civil War scenes in his third-floor studio, both certainties are about to shatter.
Set against the backdrop of Kentucky’s bourbon country, this intimate winter novelette explores what happens when childhood friends face impossible choices with unflinching wit and desperate grace. It’s about finding the courage to love completely when your heart knows the cost, and learning that some stories are worth living fully, even when you know how they end.
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