Grin and Beard It
by Penny Reid
Winston Brothers #2
Publication Date: May 31, 2016
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romantic Comedy
Blurb
Sienna Diaz is everyone’s favorite “fat” funny lady. The movie studio executives can’t explain it, but her films are out-grossing all the fit and trim headliners and Hollywood’s most beautiful elite. The simple truth is, everyone loves plus-sized Sienna.
But she has a problem, she can’t read maps and her sense of direction is almost as bad as her comedic timing is stellar. Therefore, when Sienna’s latest starring role takes her to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park she finds herself continually lost while trying to navigate the backroads of Green Valley, Tennessee. Much to her consternation, Sienna’s most frequent savior is a ridiculously handsome, charming, and cheeky Park Ranger by the name of Jethro Winston.
Sienna is accustomed to high levels of man-handsome, so it’s not Jethro’s chiseled features or his perfect physique that make Sienna stutter. It’s his southern charm. And gentlemanly manners. And habit of looking at her too long and too often.
Sienna has successfully navigated the labyrinth of Hollywood heartthrobs. But can she traverse the tenuous trails of Tennessee without losing her head? Or worse, her heart?
Excerpt
Finally releasing her hand, Cletus noted
conversationally, “If you come next Wednesday, I’ll let you try my sausage.”
I gathered a breath for patience and squeezed
Sienna’s waist.
“Here we go,” Drew said as he swapped a
knowing look with my sister.
Meanwhile, Beau rolled his eyes and released
a disgusted snort. “Not this again.”
“Cletus’s famous sausage is famous,” Jess
added helpfully, her eyebrows bouncing. She was already giggling.
Not missing a beat, Sienna asked, “How do you
make it? Do you bake it?”
“No way. The heat isn’t right. In order for
the sausage to mature, it needs the right type and application of heat. It
needs heat on all sides, and wet heat is best.”
“You are the worst,” Billy said, though his
mouth hitched on one side.
“This joke never gets old.” Jess was now
laughing so hard she’d gripped her stomach, tears leaking from her eyes.
“It does when you have to hear it every month
for ten years,” Duane complained, but couldn’t quite manage a scowl.
“My sausage is no joke.” Cletus frowned,
wagging his finger through the air like we
were all juveniles.
“So you grill it,” Sienna supplied, moving
the conversation back on track.
“That’s right.”
“Good.” She nodded once, sounding thoughtful.
“In that case, I insist you taste my thighs and breasts.”
These words, so calmly and earnestly spoken,
rendered us all speechless.
Even Cletus.
I do believe we stared at Sienna in a
collective state of paralyzed suspension, no one quite knowing how to react to
her offer.
I felt her shoulders shake, so I shifted to
the side, wanting to catch her expression. Her irresistible dimples flashed in
full force and she giggled as she explained, “I have a great mojo chicken
recipe. We can grill the chicken and sausage together.” Then to Cletus she
said, “It’ll help with the wet heat.”
I looked to the heavens, hidden by the porch
ceiling. “God, thank you for sending me this woman.”
Meanwhile, Cletus blinked once as though
startled, but then a slow grin spread over his typically solemn features.
Beau, holding his hand over his heart, took
the bait. “Sienna, I would be honored to taste your thighs and breasts.”
I shot him a warning glare. “Don’t you say
that to her.” But I couldn’t keep my face straight either.
“What? What did I say?” Beau tried to sound
and look affronted. “I was talking about her chicken. Obviously.”
Cletus’s grin had grown into an immense smile as his
gaze moved over my woman with plain appreciation. “Well played, Ms. Diaz. Well
played.”My Review
About Penny Reid
Penny Reid is the USA Today Best Selling Author of the Winston Brothers and Knitting in the City series. When she's not immersed in penning smart romances, Penny works in the biotech industry as a researcher. She's also a full time mom to three diminutive adults, wife, daughter, knitter, crocheter, sewer, general crafter, and thought ninja.Giveaway
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