Entertainment Weekly's Best Romance Book of 2022 so far!"Herrera excels at propelling the romance genre and its form forward, and this book is no exception...Herrera is crafting swoony historical romances that aren't afraid to engage with the realities of the 19th-century while still making a bid for hard-earned happily-ever-afters. ", Entertainment Weekly "A romp-filled and refreshingly diverse historical romance. ", BuzzfeedParis, 1889The Exposition Universelle is underway, drawing merchants from every corner of the globe, including Luz Alana Heith-Benzan, heiress to the Cana Brava rum empire. Luz Alana set sail from Santo Domingo armed with three hundred casks of rum, her two best friends and one simple rule- under no circumstances is she to fall in love. In the City of Lights, she intends to expand the rum business her family built over three generations, but buyers and shippers alike can't imagine doing business with a woman, never mind a woman of color. This, paired with being denied access to her inheritance unless she marries, leaves the heiress in a very precarious position. Enter James Evanston Sinclair, Earl of Darnick, who has spent a decade looking for purpose outside of his father's dirty money and dirtier dealings. Ignoring his title, he's built a whisky brand that's his biggest, and.