Some treasures are meant to be uncorked.
Auction director Austin Gillespie has one chance to save his career: authenticate the legendary “Lee bottles”—a cache of priceless vintage Madeira rumored to be hidden in the cellar of the decaying Georgia mansion known as Ballineen.
What he doesn’t expect to find is Jeff Brady.
Jeff is a sharp-eyed, stubbornly private PI with his own reasons for prowling Ballineen’s shadowy halls. One intoxicating night between them turns professional curiosity into something far more dangerous. Unfortunately, they want different things. Jeff doesn’t believe in love at first sight—and he certainly doesn’t believe in coming out of the closet.
When fraud, deception, and a suspicious death bubble to the surface, Austin discovers that not everything buried in Ballineen’s cellar is what it seems. And trusting Jeff might be the biggest gamble of all.
Because in Georgia, secrets age slowly…
and love can be as volatile as vintage wine.
