3.5 stars

Liam and Kamilah are former best friends whose grandfathers are thick as thieves. They even have neighboring businesses--a restaurant and a distillery. Kamilah wants to revitalize the restaurant and her parents are against it, but her grandfather agrees to support her on one condition--that she marries Liam. Liam wants his grandfather to agree to treatment to fight his cancer and he agrees on one condition--that he marries Kamilah.

So, the premise was cute but that old guy manipulation didn't sit right with me. And Kamilah's family was so mean to her. I found myself not even feeling bad that she lied to them. They soured the book for me a bit. But Kamilah and Liam working back to the friends they were, and then into lovers was very nice. I liked that a lot. Liam's pain was palpable; that part was written well. Kamilah's desperation to prove herself got in her own way a lot and I was frustrated with her a bit. But I love the parts where she and Liam tuned out the noise and focused on each other. Liam and his grandfather's talk was a good one and I was glad given what happened. 

And a man that designs a whiskey after you is a man after my own heart. Go Liam! It was a cute romance.