Travel writer Jill Curtis is in Louisville, Kentucky, on the next stop of her bourbon tour assignment, and is looking forward to exploring the distilleries on the state's tour circuit with her videographer, Michael Erickson - especially since her new beau, Detective Nick Atkins, lives in the city.

But the night before Jill's first tour at Parker's Distillery, she is shocked to learn that the master distiller, William Scott, has died suddenly of a heart attack - and even more shocked when she discovers William's daughter, Alexis, suspects foul play. Is there more to William's death than meets the eye? Jill is soon drawn into a deadly blend of rivalry, jealously and cold-blooded murder . . .