My eyes cut back to hers and as I waited for the but-because there was always a but-I ignored the tightness seizing my lungs, the hope. I didn’t belong here, and I’d rather be stranded outside in a snowstorm than accept any more of her charity. “Then what do you mean?” I glanced over her head toward the room’s exit, impatient to leave. Did I say that? That’s not at all what I’m saying.” “What?” she snapped, her head tilting to the side like she needed to inspect me from a different angle. You mean you don’t want me.” And that was fine, and it made sense, and I wasn’t going to dwell on it, and now I needed to go. “I don’t?” Her features brightened and she approached the arm of the couch. I deadened the needlingly ache behind my ribcage, suffocated thoughts and desires long abandoned. I don’t want to constantly be making excuses for someone, for their lack of ability or skill or generosity.” “I want dinners and flowers,” she went on. Did she think I needed to be let down gently? Why she couldn’t just say, I don’t want you, you’re not good enough for me, I had no idea. I continued staring at her, counting the seconds as they ticked by. “I want someone to court me.”Īnd there it was. ‘Beard In Hiding’ contains spoilers for these four books (in specific). If you want to get the full immersive Green Valley world experience, I recommend reading ‘Truth or Beard,’ ‘Beard Science,’ ‘Engagement and Espionage,’ and ‘Marriage and Murder’ beforehand. ‘Beard In Hiding’ is book #4.5 in the Winston Brothers series, is a full length contemporary romantic comedy about two lost souls in their 40s, and is a companion novel to the Winston Brothers and Solving for Pie series. Theirs is a story with no future, because how can a dangerous criminal win (and keep) a queen? So when the queen of local commerce walks into his club, looking to get risky and frisky, Jason knows the smartest thing to do is save himself a headache while saving the new divorcee from her worst impulses.īut then one thing leads to another, and the memory of just-one-night doesn’t feel like enough. Problem is, she doesn’t actually know his name. She’s tired of playing it safe and she knows just the sexy criminal motorcycle man to proposition for a good time. Propositioning the Iron Wraiths’ money man seemed like a good idea at the time…ĭiane Donner-recently divorced pillar of polite society-is craving danger.

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