Title: Beauty and the Mustache (Knitting in the City #4)
Author: Penny Reid
Publisher: Cipher-Naught 2014
Genre: Romance
Pages: 438
Rating: 5/5 stars
Reading Challenges:
There are three things you need to know about Ashley Winston:
1) She has six brothers and they all have beards,
2) She is a reader, and
3) She knows how to knit.
Former beauty queen, Ashley Winston’s preferred coping strategy is escapism. She escaped her Tennessee small town, loathsome father, and six brothers eight years ago. Now she escapes life daily via her one-click addiction. However, when a family tragedy forces her to return home, Ashley can’t escape the notice of Drew Runous—local Game Warden, bear wrestler, philosopher, and everyone’s favorite guy. Drew’s irksome philosophizing in particular makes Ashley want to run for the skyscrapers, especially since he can’t seem to keep his exasperating opinions— or his soulful poetry, steadfast support, and delightful hands— to himself. Pretty soon the girl who wanted nothing more than the escape of the big city finds she’s lost her heart in small town Tennessee.
Thank goodness! We’re back to a very enjoyable, sufficiently steamy romance. I immediately fell for Ashely, her family, and Drew. I loved their back and forth between all the characters. I loved that we moved the setting to Ashley’s hometown in Tennessee. As much as I enjoy the various members of the knitting group, it was a good change of pace. As for the romance itself, these two characters are perfectly suited to each other. I was rooting for them from page one. So good! And we do get some great teases into Reid’s other romance series, Winston Brothers, detailing the adventures of Ashley’s brothers. As much as I dislike some of the names (seriously, Cletus?), I will probably end up reading that series also.
Knitting in the City
#4 Beauty and the Mustache
#4.75 Ninja at First Sight
#6 Dating-ish
#7 Marriage of Inconvenience
#8 Neanderthal Seeks Extra Yarns
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