Honey Bee Mine

In this sweet and sexy small town romance from the author of Birding with Benefits, a type-A beekeeper and a former bad boy join forces to plan a summertime Honey Festival. Like the bees she keeps, Penny Becker lives by a golden rule: never stop working. That mantra kept Becker Farms running when her grandfather, dad, and ex all left for greener pastures. But after taking out a loan for an expansion plan that crashed and burned, Penny has to find a way to pay or risk losing it all, and shes betting everything on the Sullivans Glen Honey Festival. To save the farm, she has to make the festival bigger, better, and more successful than ever beforeand she plans to do it all on her own. Reformed bad boy turned restaurateur Zander Bouras left Sullivans Glen in a blaze of glory and vowed to never return. But when his ex-wife wants to go back for the summer, Zander grudgingly follows. He refuses to miss time with his son, and figures its finally time to deal with the farmhouse his grandfather left, for some reason, to him. His first day in town brings Zander face to face with Penny, the girl whose perfect life mocked him from next door. Its just his luck that his son loves her and her bees, and before he knows it hes been volunteered to help plan a honey festival with the sexy, stubborn beekeeper whose braid he just wants to tug. As they learn to work together, Zander faces his demons and learns to see Sullivans Glen in a new light as Penny realizes that accepting help isnt so badespecially from the right person. But as the festival day and Zanders departure draw near, theyll have to decide if the romance buzzing between them can last past the sweet days of summer.Like the bees she keeps, Penny Becker lives by a golden rule: never stop working. That mantra kept Becker Farms running when her grandfather, dad, and ex all left for greener pastures. But after taking out a loan for an expansion plan that crashed and burned, Penny has to find a way to pay or risk losing it all, and shes betting everything on the Sullivans Glen Honey Festival. To save the farm, she has to make the festival bigger, better, and more successful than ever beforeand she plans to do it all on her own. Reformed bad boy turned restaurateur Zander Bouras left Sullivans Glen in a blaze of glory and vowed to never return. But when his ex-wife wants to go back for the summer, Zander grudgingly follows. He refuses to miss time with his son, and figures its finally time to deal with the farmhouse his grandfather left, for some reason, to him. His first day in town brings Zander face to face with Penny, the girl whose perfect life mocked him from next door. Its just his luck that his son loves her and her bees, and before he knows it hes been volunteered to help plan a honey festival with the sexy, stubborn beekeeper whose braid he just wants to tug. As they learn to work together, Zander faces his demons and learns to see Sullivans Glen in a new light as Penny realizes that accepting help isnt so badespecially from the right person. But as the festival day and Zanders departure draw near, theyll have to decide if the romance buzzing between them can last past the sweet days of summer.