The Pennymaker Tales Series by Tara Lain

A Pennymaker Tale Young Snowden “Snow” Reynaldi is brilliant, beautiful, and alone. Though he’s shy, weird, and tolerated by the NorCal University students because he’s a renowned whiz at chess and helps put the school on the map, that doesn’t keep him from dreaming of the object of his desires: Riley Prince, championship quarterback. When Riley needs a physics tutor, Snow jumps at the chance, and their relationship heats up—but Riley has to come out of the jock closet to get anywhere... moreA Pennymaker Tale Young Snowden “Snow” Reynaldi is brilliant, beautiful, and alone. Though he’s shy, weird, and tolerated by the NorCal University students because he’s a renowned whiz at chess and helps put the school on the map, that doesn’t keep him from dreaming of the object of his desires: Riley Prince, championship quarterback. When Riley needs a physics tutor, Snow jumps at the chance, and their relationship heats up—but Riley has to come out of the jock closet to get anywhere. Meanwhile, Snow’s one true friend and mentor, Professor Kingsley, marries a woman who secretly wants the chess tournament glory and money for herself. Soon after, the professor collapses and Snow finds himself underwater—literally. In a car! Seven frat brothers from Grimm College rescue Snow just in time for his life to get even worse, and Snow discovers the one relationship he always wanted slipping away. With evil looming at every turn, Snow must survive if only to prove he’s the fairest of them all and regain the trust of his handsome prince. less

What if the poison apple was a martini?Who says fairy tales can’t happen? When chess campion and physics student, Snow Reynaldi, finds himself tutoring his secret passion, quarterback Riley Prince, up close and personal, he starts to believe in happy ever after, but wait. Cosmic joker time... moreWhat if the poison apple was a martini?Who says fairy tales can’t happen? When chess campion and physics student, Snow Reynaldi, finds himself tutoring his secret passion, quarterback Riley Prince, up close and personal, he starts to believe in happy ever after, but wait. Cosmic joker time.Snow’s mentor, Professor Kingsley, suddenly marries a mysterious, beautiful woman and then falls into a coma,Snow wakes up underwater in a car,Seven frat brothers and a quirky elf of a man rescue Snow in time for him to get accused of terrible crimes and lose the man he loves,And, oh yeah, the professor’s wife is trying to steal his chess championship – and his life!Things look pretty Grimm.Any chance Snow can prove he’s the fairest of them all?Driven Snow brings together a brilliant college nerd and a handsome quarterback who’s just as smart as he needs to be, in a kissing-the-tutor, coming out, GFY, running-from-the-bad-guys, fairy tale retelling, complete with total makeover. less

A Pennymaker Tale Is beauty only skin deep? Chemist Dr. Robert “Belle” Belleterre loves flowers, green trees, his best friend Judy, and “his baby:” the new face cream he developed to help put his father’s small cosmetics company on the map. Sadly he gets no help from his alcoholic, gambling-addicted father, who loses Belle in a poker game to Magnus Strong, the CEO of Beauty, Inc., the largest American cosmetics company—a man infamous for his scarred ugliness... moreA Pennymaker Tale Is beauty only skin deep? Chemist Dr. Robert “Belle” Belleterre loves flowers, green trees, his best friend Judy, and “his baby:” the new face cream he developed to help put his father’s small cosmetics company on the map. Sadly he gets no help from his alcoholic, gambling-addicted father, who loses Belle in a poker game to Magnus Strong, the CEO of Beauty, Inc., the largest American cosmetics company—a man infamous for his scarred ugliness. Belle finds himself uprooted from his home, living in a wildly crazy apartment in New York owned by Mr. Pennymaker, and completely unprepared for his mad attraction to the charismatic Strong. Feeling like a traitor, Belle fights his passion, only to see more and more of the goodness and humility hidden by Strong’s ugly face. But when Belle’s family starts manipulating his life again, the odds turn against happiness for beautiful Belle and his beloved beast. less

Getting won in a poker game – not the foundation of a solid relationshipBrilliant chemist, Belle Belleterre’s trying to save his father’s cosmetic business, while his alcoholic old man gambles Belle away to the beast of the beauty industry, Magnus Strong.Belle wants to despise his biggest competitor, he really does. It’s just that face-to-face with the scarred, charismatic Strong, Belle can’t muster enough hate to overcome his hormones. Inner beauty wins over outer ugliness every time... moreGetting won in a poker game – not the foundation of a solid relationshipBrilliant chemist, Belle Belleterre’s trying to save his father’s cosmetic business, while his alcoholic old man gambles Belle away to the beast of the beauty industry, Magnus Strong.Belle wants to despise his biggest competitor, he really does. It’s just that face-to-face with the scarred, charismatic Strong, Belle can’t muster enough hate to overcome his hormones. Inner beauty wins over outer ugliness every time.Still, Belle’s father and brothers use Belle’s goodness against him, and it takes all of Belle’s wacky friends and the love in his heart to prove that beauty’s way more than skin deep.BEAUTY, INC. is a MM, enemies-to-lovers, opposites-attract, dysfunctional family, fairy-tale-retelling romance that shares the importance of best friends, making your own family, and having a good skin care routine. less