Rumors & Whiskey

It launches the Whiskey Women series with Wyn Crowne, eldest daughter of a family of rumored vigilantes in Rumor, Tennessee, who is living under a new identity after surviving a serial killer — until a charming, dangerous jeweler named Julian Colton reappears from the past she is trying to bury.

No. It's a separate series with its own town (Rumor, Tennessee) and family (the Crownes), though it shares Victoria Wilder's blend of small-town Southern romance, spice, and suspense.

Darker than her Bourbon Boys books. It opens with the heroine having survived captivity by a serial killer, and the Crowne women deal quiet vigilante justice to predatory men, so expect violence and heavier themes alongside the romance.

It's the Crowne women's private reckoning for men who are abusive or beyond saving — a nod to the revenge ballad — and part of the family's best-kept secret beneath their bar, The Whispering Fool.

It released in June 2026 as the first Whiskey Women book, with a second, Scandals & Whiskey, announced for January 2027.

Readers familiar with the author's previous work have noted significant narrative connections between this story and her earlier series, which some fans consider a highlight of the reading experience.

The audiobook features a dual narration by Samantha Brentmoor and Connor Crais that many listeners cite as a primary reason to choose the audio format over the print edition.