What Brooke Read

It's Friday and as I warned earlier this week, it's a big one!
Last week I released Love, Mercy with several other amazing authors in our Honoring Those Who Serve collection and that's all I read. Each story was wonderful and brought light and life to different experiences soldiers, veterans, and their loved ones go through.
Never Forget by Marie Savage 
Public Relations by Brittany Anne  
Broken Heartbeats by Lindsay Becs 
Plane Love by Avery Kingston 

Saving Ryleigh by K.R. Reese 
Callahan's Haven by Sandra Daniels 
Signed Sealed Delivered by Jaime Russell 
Hidden Letters by Audrey Ravine 
Love, Mercy by yours truly 
This week, I dived back into the Penny Ried's Winston Brothers World to wrap it up. I love these stories and I love the humor that is balanced so well with the heavier material covered in the last two books.
Beard with Me is the sixth book and book one of Scarlet and Billy's story.
Blurb:
No one is better at surviving than Scarlet St. Claire and making the best out of circumstances beyond her control is Scarlet’s specialty. In an apocalyptic situation, she’d be the last person on earth, hermitting like a pro, singing along to her CD Walkman, and dancing like no one is watching. 
Scarlet is clever, Scarlet is careful, and Scarlet is smart . . . except when it comes to Billy Winston.
No one is better at fighting than Billy Winston and raging against his circumstances—because nothing is beyond his control—is Billy’s specialty. In an apocalyptic situation, he’d be the first person on earth to lead others to safety, overcome catastrophe, or die trying. 
Billy is fearless, Billy is disciplined, and Billy is honorable . . . except when it comes to Scarlet St. Claire.
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Beard Necessities is the final book in the Winston Brothers Series and the final book of Scarlet and Billy's story. I loved the shenanigans throughout this book to bring the characters together. The ending was heartfelt and made me cry tears of joy as well as longing that it is the end of the series.
Blurb:
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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