Beard in Mind by Penny Reid (Paperback)

The fourth book in Penny Reid’s New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling Winston Brothers series — a small-town enemies-to-lovers romance. All is fair in love and auto maintenance.

Beau Winston is the nicest, most accommodating man in the world. Usually. Handsome as the devil and twice as charismatic, he lives a charmed life as everyone’s favourite Winston brother. But since his twin decided to leave town, and his other brother hired a stunning human-porcupine hybrid as a replacement mechanic for their auto shop, Beau’s charmed life has gone to hell in a handbasket.

Shelly Sullivan is not nice, and is never accommodating. Ever. She mumbles to herself but won’t answer a question, glares at everyone (babies included), won’t shake hands or be touched, yet has no problem cuddling a dog — and her parrot speaks exclusively in curse words. Beau wants her gone: out of his shop, out of Tennessee, out of his life. The only trouble is, the moment he starts to understand why this particular porcupine wears her coat of spikes, he opens a Pandora’s box of complexity — exquisite, tempting, heartbreaking complexity — and begins to realise that being nice and accommodating might mean losing the one thing that matters most.

Warm, funny and surprisingly tender, it’s a small-town romcom with real heart beneath the humour. For mature readers.

Perfect for readers who love a grumpy-prickly-meets-sunshine romance, a small-town enemies-to-lovers slow burn, a guarded heroine with hidden depths and plenty of heart and wit.