'Beard Necessities' by Penny Reid is a full-length contemporary romantic comedy, and can be read as a stand-alone, but it’s probably best read after books 0.5, 2, 3, 5, and 6 of the Winston Brothers series.
Ashley’s Review
‘Beard Necessities’ was the final book I read in 2019, and I cannot think of a better way to end the decade than with Scarlet and Billy finally finding their happily ever after, thanks in part to the Winston family’s shenanigans.
Throughout the Winston Brothers series, we’ve seen the way these two yearn for one another. They clearly belong together. It wasn’t until the tragic, but necessary, tale told in ‘Beard With Me,’ that we learn of their history and can understand what’s keeping them apart. I was hesitant to read ‘Beard With Me.’ My husband is a social worker, and I hear of the real-life evil and trauma people in general, youth in particular, face daily. I wasn’t sure I was ready for that in fiction and with characters I love so much. But I’m glad I read it. The heartbreak made the long-awaited happy ending of ‘Beard Necessities’ feel much more powerful.
Penny Reid’s writing got me hooked on reading as an adult in 2015. Five years later, it seems like something momentous has happened now that the Winston Brothers Series has come to a close. I can’t wait to see what other marvelous works Reid has in store for readers in the decade ahead.
Blurb
Billy Winston’s family is going to see him happy and in love if it’s the last thing they do.
No one deserves a happily-ever-after quite as much as the second oldest Winston brother and his lady love, Claire McClure (aka Scarlet St. Claire). Cruelty and circumstance tore them apart almost twenty years ago. Secrecy and bitterness kept them separated.
But you know who's tired of their separation and stubbornness? Everyone. Especially Billy Winston’s family. And now they're going to do something about it.
Well-meaning interference means the star-crossed lovers can’t stop tripping over each other in the hills of Tuscany, the catacombs of Rome, and the waterways of Venice. Billy and Claire find themselves thrown together and at the mercy of the Winston siblings’ shenanigans.
But will their forced proximity bring them together? Or push them even further apart?
This second-chance romance brings back the entire Winston gang, playing cupid in one last story of love, hi-jinks, and family collusion.
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