Inevitably, Sienna’s real life intrudes on the relationship, complicating it and bringing unwelcome attention to Jethro. He and Sienna manage to enjoy themselves in other ways. As a result, Jethro holds himself to a very high personal standard, including a vow to keep it in his pants until he is, at the very least, engaged. The choices he made in his younger years had negative repercussions for himself and his family which is something he is still trying to atone for. He was wild in his youth and not just in a reckless way. Reid does an excellent job portraying how well Sienna and Jethro simply fit and are comfortable together. He also ends up driving Sienna to and from the set and they grow closer in the process. Jethro is aware a movie is shooting nearby and becomes tasked with handling any filming challenges brought on by the local wildlife. Refusing to conform to Hollywood beauty standards and thriving professionally, she is delighted to meet Jethro and more so when she realises that he doesn’t know who she is. Sienna Diaz, all hail a POC heroine!, is a zaftig and very successful comedian and actor. Six lumbersexuals looking for love and, I have decided, all versions of this gentleman: Along with unfortunate names, it’s one of through lines of the series. In this entry, older son Jethro works as a forest ranger in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and finds his partner when she gets lost on the back roads looking for her cabin. The lone sister, Ashley has found a partner in the novel I like best for the siblings so far, Beauty and the Mustache, and her brother Duane has had his time at bat with Truth or Beard which was a disappointment. Baby steps.Ī family of seven children, the Winstons live in rural Tennessee. One of my romance compatriots and I have agreed that with this second entry into her Winston Brother contemporary romance series, Penny Reid has been moved back from triple secret probation to double secret probation, maybe even single overt probation.

Grin and Beard It by Penny Reid