I have read this entire series (although I still need to add reviews for the rest of the books) and I can say without a doubt, this is THE book to read when it comes to the Winston Brothers.

I fully admit, I had read so many reviews where people talked about how much they love Cletus, and I, being the doubter that I am, was skeptical. How could this character live up to those reviews? Here's the thing, though: Cletus totally lives up to them.

While I loved Cletus, and would read him do just about anything, we still had a really good story. In a twist, the Winston who is always in everyone else's business, and pretty much knows all of the secrets in their town, finally met his match. While he was busy ignoring Miss Jennifer, The Banana Cake Queen, Jennifer was studying him. Cletus underestimated Jennifer and I fucking loved it!

Jennifer, tired of being known only as The Banana Cake Queen, wanted to start her life. And she wanted a husband, babies, the whole domestic life. But, due to her parent's meddling and their being so overprotective, she wasn't sure how to act around men. Jennifer's biggest weakness, not being taken seriously, also became her greatest strength. Because she watched people. She wanted to learn how to interact with them. She knows Cletus has dirt on everyone. She knows that he often blackmails people to get what he wants. So when Jennifer gets proof of a wrongdoing done by Cletus, she turns the table on our Winston meddler. She blackmails the blackmailer.

Cletus thinks he has his life all planned out. He meets the new mechanic at their garage, and thinks they are "suited". He intends to get his life together and then he will approach Shelly, court her, and eventually marry her. Cletus is nothing if not practical. Shelly is exactly the type of woman he sees himself ending up with. She checks all of the boxes that Cletus has.

Jennifer? Not so much when it comes to being the type of woman that Cletus wants. For the most part, Cletus thinks Jen is weak, silly and high maintenance. He doesn't respect her. He doesn't even really give much thought to knowing her.

Now, can I just talk about Jen for a minute? Because, damn, did I ever love this girl! Jen proved to be a smart, capable heroine. I loved seeing her finally stand up to her parents. She went from doing everything they said to becoming her own person. And as for her relationship with Cletus, I love that her backbone extended to that as well. She not only stood up to her parents, but when Cletus tried to make decisions for her, she stood up to him as well.

I often complain about too many virgin heroines, but in this case, I didn't mind. One of the main aspects of Jen's character is that she was extremely sheltered. So her not having had sex made a lot of sense. It fit with her character and the story. I think it also helped that, while Cletus wasn't a virgin, we didn't have to hear about all of the women he's been with. In fact, Cletus was a selective lover. He wasn't about jumping into bed with just anyone.

This book is just everything I wanted to see in this series. I cannot recommend it enough.