Victoria Wilder is a USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance, known for small-town settings, sharp banter, and heat-forward love stories with a thread of suspense running through them. She writes fiercely independent heroines and the guarded, loyal men who fall hard for them, favoring plots where a simmering attraction shares the page with a mystery, a buried family secret, or a threat closing in. She reached a wide audience with The Bourbon Boys, a trilogy set in the fictional town...
Bourbon & Proof
Bourbon & Proof
Synopsis
Ace Foxx is the eldest of the Foxx brothers and the one who holds the family and the distillery together, which is exactly why marriage was never part of his plan. Then circumstance forces his hand, and the only way out runs straight through Hadley Finch — an honorary member of the family, the daughter of a man the Foxxes have every reason to despise, and the one woman Ace has spent years keeping at arm's length.
Their arrangement is supposed to be a matter of convenience, nothing more. But close quarters and old, carefully ignored feelings make a poor foundation for pretending, and Fiasco's oldest warning hangs over them the whole time: never fall for a Foxx brother, because the women who do end up dead. As the mystery that has haunted the family across three books finally comes to a head, Ace and Hadley have to decide whether the curse is superstition or a threat with a name.
The final book in the Bourbon Boys trilogy, Bourbon & Proof closes the series with a marriage-of-convenience romance, the highest stakes of the three, and the last word on the danger stalking Fiasco — plenty of heat, and a mystery that pays off.
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Characters
Ace FoxxProtagonist
The eldest Foxx brother and the steady hand behind the family distillery, forced into a marriage he never wanted with the one woman he had sworn to avoid.
Hadley FinchProtagonist
An honorary member of the Foxx family and the daughter of a man they distrust; long kept at a distance by Ace, she becomes his unlikely partner in a marriage of convenience.
Grant FoxxSupporting
The former-cop brother whose romance with Laney opened the series.
Lincoln FoxxSupporting
The widowed Foxx brother whose second-chance romance drives the second book.
The Bourbon Boys
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Frequently asked questions
Whose story is Bourbon & Proof?
It's the finale for Ace Foxx, the eldest brother, and Hadley Finch — an honorary Foxx and the daughter of a man the family distrusts — pushed together into a marriage of convenience.
Is Bourbon & Proof the last Bourbon Boys book?
Yes. It's the third and final book, and it resolves the mystery and the "curse" that run across the whole trilogy.
What's the central trope in Bourbon & Proof?
A marriage of convenience between Ace and the woman he'd sworn to avoid, layered over the series' small-town romantic suspense.
Should I read the first two books first?
The romance stands on its own, but the book pays off a mystery seeded in Bourbon & Lies and Bourbon & Secrets, so it lands hardest after the first two.
When was Bourbon & Proof released?
The trilogy's conclusion came out in 2025, with wider paperback and collectible special editions following through Bloom Books.