Preoccupied with career worries, Dr. Amsden Tilford goes for a hike and gets a lot more than she bargained for when she crosses paths with fellow historian McKee Cross. Meanwhile, First Daughter Candace Keane is forced to be around her former secret lover on a near-daily basis—until one hot day it proves too much to bear.

And consumed with nostalgia and longing, Coraleigh craves her mother's legendary dish. But a chance encounter reminds her food is not the only thing she desires.

Bottled in Bond, a 45,000-word contemporary romance novella, is the fifth work in the Bourbonland Short Stories and Novellas Series. It takes place shortly before Executive Liaisons, Bourbonland Book 4.