Goodreads Choice Award Finalist for Best Romance *Amazon Top 10 Romances of 2016AAR Top 10 Romances of All Time*From the NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, & USA TODAY bestselling series.Make a deal with the devil and you might get what you want, but will it be what you need?Jennifer Sylvester wants one thing, and that one thing is NOT to be Tennessee’s reigning Banana Cake Queen. Ever the … thing, and that one thing is NOT to be Tennessee’s reigning Banana Cake Queen. Ever the perpetual good girl and obedient daughter, Jennifer is buckling under the weight of her social media celebrity, her mother’s ambitions, and her father’s puritanical mandates. Jennifer is officially desperate.
And desperate times call for Cletus Winston.
Cletus Winston is a puzzle wrapped in a mystery covered in conundrum sauce, and now he’s in a pickle. Despite being convinced of his own omniscience, extortion by the exalted Banana Cake Queen of Green Valley has taken him completely by surprise. So… what’s a maniacal mastermind to do?
Likely, the last thing you expect.
Beard Science is book #1 in the Solving for Pie: Cletus and Jenn Mysteries series and Book #3 in the WInston Brothers series. Each book is a standalone, full length (110k words), contemporary romantic comedy novel, and follows the romantic exploits and adventures of one of the six Winston Brothers.
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This is one of my favorite authors. Her stories and characters are so original and interesting!
I recommend EVERYTHING Penny Reid. Her characters are funny and realistic and flawed. I always go back to read one of her books when I need something sweet and hilarious.
I will be reading more of the books in this series
Quirky, funny, charming. I adored it. I enjoyed it so much that I immediately bought the rest of the series. Regardless, this one still stands out as special.
I didn’t read much of this one not the type of book I enjoy but it has a good rating we can’t all like the same thing .
Penny Reid does an excellent job in this book and I enjoyed reading this series. It was original in content, easy-to-read, realistic characters, domestic issues, and romantic. Characters are not what they seem to be. It was great to see the characters evolve and rise above their issues. I would recommend this book.
Love this author’s humor and unique characters. Always clever and humorous with romance woven throughout the story. Can’t go wrong reading her books.
#Winstonbrothersrule!
This book was not a typical romance. Although I’ve read other stories in which one character sought help in finding a romantic partner, this one did not follow the typical path in doing so. The characters were very well developed and so easy to like. Many times I laughed out loud. I highly recommend this book for those who like a different type of romantic comedy.
I am addicted to the BEARDS. I don’t know what I’m going to do when Penny Reid runs out of his brothers. Cletus Winston may be my favorite brother. He is mysterious, unique bordering on strange, extremely intelligent to the point of nerdy but with a beard and a sexy bod so it’s okay. He likes to fix things and people. He meddles. So it was not a big surprise to his family when he started helping the Banana Queen.
No one would have expected Jennifer Sylvester aka the Banana Queen to have been the one to blackmail Cletus into doing anything. Sweet, simple, little Jennifer who always does what her parents tell her, who has never even attended public school, wouldn’t be bold enough to try to manipulate the Puppet Master.
Jennifer is tired of being the town joke. She wants to find a husband. She doesn’t expect to find love, she’s just hoping to find someone who’ll be kind and give her lots of babies.
Cletus isn’t interested in sweet, virginal Jennifer. He wants a woman who knows what’s what and won’t be too much trouble. Jennifer is already proving to be a lot of trouble. He can’t seem to stop thinking about her and it’s interfering with his work.
Love and fate often have plans of their own that don’t coincide with the ones you have made for yourself. Cletus and Jennifer soon find out that all their best laid plans are about to be baked into a delicious pie.
Penny Reid has made me laugh out loud, nearly pee my pants, weep uncontrollably and fall head over keester in love with this family and their stories. I want to live in Green Valley with the Winston family.
Joy Nash and Chris Brinkley add their personalities and talents to this fabulous story by giving voice to these characters and making them walk off the page and into my life. I cannot say enough good things about this series. I even spent Christmas money on the next book in the series because I didn’t want to wait a full month for my book allowance. Y’all, I am hooked.
Starts slow but funny. Worth it to continue readint
These two characters were too funny. How she was able to blackmail him to get what she wanted was priceless. And it was good to see that he was able to grow and realize consequences for his actions.
I love Penny Reid’s “Beard” books. Romantic HEA’s, the stories are unpredictable. “Beard Science” characters develop and grow with the story until I’m as anxious as they are. I must read another brother.
This is just a wonderful read and certainly a page turner. Loved it.
You don’t mind that it takes them forever to get together. They are so darn cute as they fall in love.
Hard to believe someone could be this controlled as a young adult. I enjoyed the interesting come of age story and a young woman deciding what she wants with her life. Interesting ending.
Love the Winston brothers and all Penny Reid books!
easy reading, good break from my usual murder mysteries
Cletus and Jenn my favorite Winstons. I have read this book over and over. I love it.
I adored this book! Cletus and Jenn are such a cute couple! I will definitely be reading more of the Winston brothers!