5 Smooches
Synopsis
aka… the Festivus Surprise
100% of proceeds go to Toys for Tots.
This book cannot be read as a standalone. It is a collection of short scenes following the ladies from the ‘Knitting in the City’ series and will only be available in eBook format from December 1 – December 15, 2014.
‘Neanderthal Seeks Honeymoon’ – Janie and Quinn
‘Friends Definitely With Benefits’ – Elizabeth and Nico
‘Hacking the Hacker’ – Sandra and Alex
‘Beauty and the Beard’ – Ashley and Drew
‘Ninja at First Sight’ – Fiona and Greg
Review
“Quinn! Where are my clothes?” “In the bag.” “The only thing in here are string bikinis and suntan lotion,” “I would consider suntan lotion a type of clothing.” ~Quinn and Janie
Can Penny Reid do any wrong? NOPE! Scenes from the city is a perfect little Christmas gift from Penny to all us Knitting in the City obsessed folks! We get to dive into a scene with each couple we have fallen in love with so far and get a peak of them we hadn’t seen before! Now here is my only problem with this fast read . . . it wasn’t fast, with each and every scene I read I found myself re-reading or at least skimming the original book. What should have taken me an hour or two to read took 3 WONDERFUL days!
“Then I am sorry. Do you forgive me?” “Yes . . . but we’re still having angry sex later.” ~Nico and Elizabeth
I can honestly never get enough of these smart, witty and amazingly fun characters! When offered an early copy of this Christmas Surprise set of stories I not only jumped at the chance I might have even yelped a bit! The part of Penny’s couples that I like most is that even though they all share some similarities (I mean they are all friends so they do have things in common) each set is very unique from the other. One book boyfriend is vastly different in personality from the next so I am always surprised by what I get and I never get bored!
“Humor me. We’ll get cake after.” “You know I love cake. But if we keep eating cake at this rate, my increasing bottom size will require a new wardrobe.” “I’m fine with that.” ~Alex and Sandra
The variety in characters in Penny’s books also carries over to this collection. Each scene is very different from the others. Some are in the future, some in the past and some right where we left off! I loved that while a few were very sexy there were also ones that were just as much sweet and hilarious. I never got bored or reading the short scenes as I sometimes do with novellas or short stories!
“Drew . . . Your dick. My vagina. Now. Make it happen.” ~Ashley to Drew
Highlight of this collection though was meeting Fiona and Greg and while their story (which cannot come out soon enough for me) takes place in the current this glimpse into them takes place years ago in college when they meet and trust me, TRUST ME, you don’t want to miss this reserved girl and the outgoing boy meeting! I love them already and I am actually kind of mad at Penny for making me love them and then have to wait for them!
“Prepare yourself. I’m going to kiss you now.” ~Greg to Fiona
Through out it all my favorite part of the whole thing was how Penny introduced “Beauty and the Beard” by saying “Also, it has sexy times. So . . . yeah <3 Penny”She gets me! She really gets me! As always I am enamored with Penny’s talent and my girl crush on her is only growing by the day!
~miranda
