Why you will love this book:
Small Town
Friends to Lovers
Second Chance
Returning Home
Slow Burn
Found Family
Community Healing
Mutual Pining
Golden Retriever Hero
Everyday IntimacyBlurb
In the delightfully nosy town of Whynot, North Carolina, secrets and sweet tea never stay cold for long. When sparks fly between two localsโone returning home and one with secrets to hideโthe gossip mill isnโt the only thing turning up the heat.
Penny Pritchard thought sheโd traded in small-town chatter for political banter when she left to build a big career in Washington, D.C. But when her beloved Aunt Muriel needs help running Central Cafรฉโthe local hotspot for gossip, grits, and good intentionsโPenny comes home with a suitcase full of high heels and denial about just how much sheโs missed this place.
Enter Sam-Pete Rochelle, the easygoing bartender at Chestyโs with a smile that could make a girl forget her rules and a secret bigger than the town itself. Everyone thinks heโs just the guy pouring whiskey and fixing the jukebox. No one suspects heโs actually a wildly popular, very rich, and very anonymous author of steamy fantasy romance novels.
When the truth is revealed and itโs time for Sam to stop hiding behind his pen name, Whynot loses its collective mind. The church ladies are clutching their pearls, Floydโs hosting a โBanned Books & Bourbonโ club, and the mayorโs calling an emergency meeting about moral decay. And Penny? Penny is learning firsthand that Sam doesnโt justย talk the talkย where his books are concerned. Sam excels atย walking the walk, if you know what I mean.
Now, Penny is torn between her two worlds. Does she go back to the career that provides a sense of fulfillment and purpose or stay in the small town with the man who writes about epic love stories and might just be her own real-life happily ever after?
A laugh-out-loud, heart-swoony friends-to-lovers romance about second chances, southern charm, and finding the courage to write your own storyโone rumor at a time.
Whiskey, Words and Whispers by Sawyer Bennett
Tanya’s rating: 4 of 5 stars
Whiskey, Words and Whispers is the first book in the Sweet Tea & Trouble Series. This is Penny Pritchard and Sam-Pete Rochelleโs story.
Sam is a bartender at Chestyโs and heโs hiding a big secret. Penny has come back home to Whynot to help her aunt. When it is time for her to return, she isnโt ready to leave behind Sam.
I love that once Sam reveals his secret Penny is so supportive! My mother would have had the same reaction Samโs mother had with Samโs secret.
I loved reading Sam and Pennyโs story, and I am looking forward to the next book! Itโs great seeing that this author is bringing out some new series!
Meet Sawyer Bennett:
New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author Sawyer Bennett uses real life
experience to create relatable stories that appeal to a wide array of readers. From contemporary
romance, fantasy romance, and both womenโs and general fiction, Sawyer writes something for just
about everyone.
A former trial lawyer from North Carolina, when she is not bringing fiction to life, Sawyer is a chauffeur,
stylist, chef, maid, and personal assistant to her very adorable daughter, as well as full-time servant to
her wonderfully naughty dogs.
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