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Grin and Beard It by Penny Reid
4.0

I genuinely enjoyed this book! It was recommended to me because I like small town romances, and this is certainly that. The main female character, Sienna, is a famous actress who comes to small town Tennessee to film a movie and falls for a hillbilly park ranger. But Jethro is so much more than that and just proof that a person is more than their past mistakes. I loved Jethro's story and how he turned his life around, and how good of a person he was. His growth was incredible and I love that the walls he put up eventually came down because Sienna was able to break through and show him that he still deserved good things in life. Their chemistry was so palpable from the very beginning and I just rooted for them from the first time they interacted. Sometimes love is so unexpected, and the things we think we know are proven wrong and find what we least imagined but it's better than we ever could have thought. Also, hooray for plus size representation!