#beard necessities

William and Scarlet Claire Winston // Winston Brothers series

“If you want to pay me back, go ask Billy to sing with you.” A flash of pain burned bright behind her eyes and her smile dropped, falling into an anxious frown. She shook her head, saying softly, “He doesn’t want to sing with me.” Her denial had me huffing a laugh. “Oh, Claire. He only wants to sing with you. No one else. Never anyone else. Just you.” (Beard Science)

I don’t know why this was the moment. I don’t know why none of the others that came before would do. Maybe because I hadn’t shown her our cabin yet? Or because I simply wanted us to be here, where it had all started and I’d fallen irrevocably in love with her.

Scarlet was still the color of my soul. But now that we were finally together, she also painted my days and nights in the exquisite spectrum and uncontainable brilliance of her spirit.

This perfect moment where the anguish of our shared past met the bliss of our present and everything was exactly the way it should be.

Scarlet St. Claire/Claire McClure and Billy Winston // Winston Brothers Series

It’s March 17th so the perfect time to do a February Wrap Up. I completely forgot to do one, and then time just got away from me with all the Women’s Prize reading I’ve been doing.

But I also read in February, so let’s talk about that!

I was beyond excited to read Docile, but ultimately, this left a bad aftertaste. I wasn’t even sure what to rate it at first. With an interesting concept and a…