A Beardy Bonus

Bonus and Deleted Scenes from the Winston Brothers Series

By: Penny Reid

Narrated by: Chris Brinkley, Joy Nash

Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

All the Winston Brothers bonus scenes and deleted excerpts all in one place! This collection includes:

• A Winston Christmas
• Beauty and the Beard
• Duane’s Letter to Beau
• Duane’s Letter to Jess
• Cletus’s Letter to Santa
• Billy’s Letter to Scarlet
• Pie in the Beard
• Beard in Waiting
• A Very Beardy Christmas
• Beard and Hen

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This was FREAKING FANTASTIC!!!

It is not only the icing on the cake; it is not only the cherry on top; it is not only the creme de le creme... It is the freaking bomb!! Each book in the series was a feast on so many levels, and this collection of bonus material is the perfect ending. I still can't get over Repo and Jennifer's mom!!! I did not see that coming (oops, no pun intended).

A nice visit with the Winstons

While it wasn't a traditional book, it was nice to get a visit with the Winston family - I've missed them. Chris and Joy are forever the voices of Winston for me!

Great stories and entertaining narration

The Winston Brothers series is one of the best I’ve listened to in a long time. The narrators were perfectly chosen which made the humor and emotion grip my heart. Highly recommended.

Love the extras!

Yay! My favorite book family of all time. I just have to say two words...More please!!!

More characters

The stories continues to continue to mix the saga of family and their love life.

Mistakes with chapters

I loved the snippets, but the lack of editing here irked me. The chapters didn’t align with the titles, and some were repetitive. With that said: any bonus content is always appreciated! Some great lines:

His closeness was the equivalent of chloroform to my good judgement.
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My childhood had been anchor free. I’d been tossed about on a sea of chaos and violence. I didn’t have a real concept of safety until I was 16. This meant that my particular superpower was adaptation. No one had a stronger self-preservation instinct than I did. No one.

And one Christmas dinner with the Winstons would not be the death of me, even if Billy Winston happened to be present. Sure, it might feel like dying. It might feel like being stabbed repeatedly through the heart with a wooden chopstick while standing on one leg naked in an icy tundra that smelled like regret. But it wouldn’t, in fact, be death.

Wrong Order

The chapter titles are incorrect; here are the corrections along with when you can listen to these bonuses.

1. The Opening

2. Extra Scene: A Winston Christmas (Ashley and Drew) — This can be an additional epilogue "after" the original epilogue in "Beauty and the Mustache."

3. Extra Scene: Beauty and the Beard (Ashley and Drew) — This can be read/listened to prior to the end of "Beauty and the Beard."

4. Duane's Letter to Beau — The ideal timing for this chapter would be before the epilogue of "Beard in Mind."

5. Duane's Letter to Jess — This can serve as an epilogue for "Truth or Beard."

6. Cletus's Letter to Santa — This can be read after completing "Bread Science."

7. Beard and Hen — A sneak peek for "Engagement and Espionage."

8. Choking the Chicken/Beard and Hen — A sneak peek for "Engagement and Espionage."

9. Billy's Letter to Scarlet — This can be read after "Beard Me" and before "Beard of Necessities."

10. Pie in the Beard — This story may be read after "Engagement and Espionage." I'm unsure since I haven't read this novel yet, but based on the summary, I think the ending of this novel involves Jen and Cletus getting engaged, and this scene is about them while they are engaged.

11. Beard in Waiting (Repo and Diane) — This is a word-for-word excerpt from chapter 5 of "Beard in Hiding."

12. A Very Beardy Christmas (Billy and Scarlet) — This is a crucial scene that will be mentioned repeatedly in "Beard Necessities," so it's important to listen to it before reading "Beard Necessities." The author created this scene to bring changes to Scarlet's life and make their love story possible.

13. The Sneak Peek: It's the same as "Beard and The Hen."

14. This is a sneak peek at "Totally Folked."

Messed up chapters

The chapter about Jen and the eggs has played at least twice and going by the list of chapters this wasn’t supposed to be included… somehow it made it on twice and in odd places which messed up the rest of the book, nothing matched.

Winston brothers series review

I truly fell in love with this family and Green valley TN. I didn't want it to end.

I loved this

I love these stories. Penny Reid is a fantastic author. Her stories are smart and funny, and her characters are really well created.