The Feminine Mesquite Series by Sable Sylvan

Bears + BBWs + BBQ + BDSM = Too Hot To Handle! The last thing that the curvy Quincy sisters expect is to meet their rivals, the Scoville brothers, in the flesh at the reading of their grandfather's will. What the heck are a bunch of Norwegian billionaires doing at a fair in the middle of Texas? Planning a corporate takeover, of their family's hot sauce company, The Quincy Hot Sauce Co... moreBears + BBWs + BBQ + BDSM = Too Hot To Handle! The last thing that the curvy Quincy sisters expect is to meet their rivals, the Scoville brothers, in the flesh at the reading of their grandfather's will. What the heck are a bunch of Norwegian billionaires doing at a fair in the middle of Texas? Planning a corporate takeover, of their family's hot sauce company, The Quincy Hot Sauce Co. These shifters have another thing coming if they think that these BBWs are about to give up their family's recipes without a fight, and the eldest Quincy and Scoville siblings become arch rivals...with an undeniable primal attraction to one another that they can't explain. Hot sauce hotties and ice-cold shifters... What the heck do a bunch of Nordic polar bear shifters know about running an American hot sauce company? Well...more than meets the eye. With a history tracing back from before the East India Company, all the way to the Silk Road and the Viking Age, these shifters know everything there is to know about the spice trade. What they don't know is how to woo a mate. That's right, from the moment that the eldest Scoville brother, Herbert 'Herb' Scoville, sees the curvy heir to the Quincy Sauce Company, Alice 'Allie Penny' Quincy, he knows that this firebrand is a special woman. Herb loves the hunt, and he's never failed to catch his prey...but Alice is no ordinary woman. She's as saucy as her family's hot sauce, and she's not going to give up the recipes to the sauces that Herb claims her grandfather stole from his that easily. When Alice suggests a cook-off at the Bright Star County Fair, it's on. Herb's got his eye on the prize...and the trophy doesn't look half bad either. Just who does this billionaire think he is, turning Alice on like a propane grill... From the moment Alice sees Herb, she knows he's everything she doesn't want in a man. He's pompous, gets what he wants, how he wants, and he's competitive to a fault...so why does she feel a link to him that she just can't ignore? His steely grey eyes remind her of a night filled with masks, ballgowns, ratty sneakers...and neck ties and belts wrapped around her wrists and the bedposts of a certain hotel room, in a certain city, on a certain night that seems to be so far in the past that it might as well be a fairy tale. Herb looks just as good in a custom tailored European suit as he does shirtless, handling a grill with a finesse that nearly rivals hers, but this polar has more than just a hot body to offer. The only thing hotter than their sauces is their banter, but Alice's heart belongs to another...a shifter whose name she doesn't even know. Can she learn to let go of her past, or does Fate want her to keep nursing a broken heart? Will Herb take away Alice's pain...or will he take away her grandfather's legacy? Small towns and billionaires don't mix like tea and lemonade... These billionaires have never been denied anything before, solving every problem with a credit card or check, but to earn the trust of the curvy and saucy sisters, they're going to have to earn the love of their small town. Instead of using what's in their wallets, they'll have to use what's in their hearts. Can the Quincy Sisters hot sauce melt their cold Nordic hearts, or will they have to heat them up in the bedroom? These shifters are going to have to learn their lesson the hard way, the hot way, the spicy way...if they have any chance at all of understanding The Feminine Mesquite. less

Recipe for a red hot romance: one part bear shifter, one part BBW, a pinch of bedroom spice, and a whole lot of BBQ! The last thing Abigail 'Abby O' Olivia Quincy needs in her life is drama. After dumping her loser ex, she goes home to Fallowedirt, Texas for winter break to focus on her thesis...but the curvy gal is distracted by polar bear shifter Clove Scoville. The future beta of the Viking bred Scoville Polar Clan of Oslo, Norway is at his brother's Manor to escape something else.. moreRecipe for a red hot romance: one part bear shifter, one part BBW, a pinch of bedroom spice, and a whole lot of BBQ! The last thing Abigail 'Abby O' Olivia Quincy needs in her life is drama. After dumping her loser ex, she goes home to Fallowedirt, Texas for winter break to focus on her thesis...but the curvy gal is distracted by polar bear shifter Clove Scoville. The future beta of the Viking bred Scoville Polar Clan of Oslo, Norway is at his brother's Manor to escape something else...but he can't escape his attraction to his future sister-in-law. Will Fate need a little help from Santa Claus to show these two that the best gift they can give each other for Christmas is true love? Beauty and the meat... It is a truth universally acknowledged that a BBW in possession of a healthy appetite must be in want of a BBQ, and the eldest heir to the Quincy sauce company, Alice Quincy, and her kin are no exception. While Alice and her fiancé Herb are busy formulating The Feminine Mesquite's next sauce, Abby is stuck in her study, working on her thesis...while working on ignoring the handsome shifter who, even working quietly the next table over, manages to get her goat. She doesn't have time for drama...but does she have time for true love? Booty for the beast... Someone once said that it was a truth universally acknowledged that man in possession of a great fortune must be in want of a wife, but while that was true for Herb Scoville, alpha of the polar clan, his brother Clove thought it was just a line from a fairytale. After all, only princes found a princess at the end of the story, not beasts like Clove...but when he sees the beauty who has haunted his every waking moment in the flesh in his brother's parlor, will he start to reconsider? Beauty and the feast... The two can't ignore the attraction they have for each other. After all, it's not like they could ignore it at their older siblings' engagement party. The only thing hotter than the new 'Awesome Sauce' their siblings are brewing is the sexual tension brewing between Abby and Clove. Will a game at the Mesquite Manor barbecue involving handcuffs bring this couple together...or tear them even further apart? This fairy tale romance is based on "Beauty And The Beast". The Feminine Mesquite is a five book series featuring the five curvy Quincy Sisters and the five alpha male polar bear shifters who are the heirs to the Scoville fortune. Can the ten heirs learn to get along, and will they find comfort in each other's arms...or in each other's beds? Each book is at least 25,000 words long, comprising a full-length novella. There are no cliffhangers, and every book ends with a guaranteed happily ever after (after all, these are fairy tales). These fairy tale romances feature everything you love from a bear shifter romance. Each book is a standalone, however, there is an overarching story. Don't fret: if you haven't read preceding book in the series, a short recap will be included in the first part of each book to get you up to speed...and you'll want to read all five books because the last book's epilogue features --, wait, why am I telling you? You're going to need to read them all and find out for yourself! Please note this book contains two sneak peeks (one for "Spicy Beauty" and one for "The Matchstick Grill", books 3 and 4 of "The Feminine Mesquite") but it does not contain any bonus books. less

Recipe for a hot, spicy fairy tale: - one dreamy BBW bookworm - one polar bear bad boy billion heir who parties like a rock star - just a pinch of spice - A Nordic prince, a Texan princess, two dragons, two big balls, and two fancy dances…! It's a fairy tale dream come true... Addison 'Addy O' Quincy is the quiet bookish middle sister of the Quincy family. This spicy beauty sleeps in because she stays up every night with her nose in a book... moreRecipe for a hot, spicy fairy tale: - one dreamy BBW bookworm - one polar bear bad boy billion heir who parties like a rock star - just a pinch of spice - A Nordic prince, a Texan princess, two dragons, two big balls, and two fancy dances…! It's a fairy tale dream come true... Addison 'Addy O' Quincy is the quiet bookish middle sister of the Quincy family. This spicy beauty sleeps in because she stays up every night with her nose in a book. She might be shy, but she lets her curves do the talking. Sage Scoville, playboy, badboy, heir to billions, is the gamma of the Scoville Polar Bear clan of bear shifters, so he doesn't need to play by the rules. These two couldn't be any more different, but even if they aren't alike...can they fall love? A whirlwind European adventure fit for a princess... Addison has always dreamed of visiting the renowned Bonimolean University, the finest university in Europe. Set in the English countryside, the university has educated the world's finest authors, inventors, and world leaders. It's no place for a girl from Fallowedirt, Texas with an empty wallet and a heart full of dreams...but when Addison's older sister, Alice, and her new fiance, Herbert Scoville of the Scoville Polar Clan, pull some strings, Addison's dream comes true, and it's off to England for the semester of her dreams...until the one man who can make her look up from her books crosses her path. Addison isn't the only one in the Quincy-Scoville family that is spending junior year at Bonimolean... She's the one beauty that keeps him from sleeping... Sage Scoville's reputation precedes him, and all his womanizing ways and bad boy antics can't hide the fact he is, through and through, a Scoville. He can lie to himself, but not to the animal within, which can take over his body when it wants. The last person Sage expects to see in his English literature course is the last person who wants to see him...Addison Quincy, a girl who is totally, absolutely off-limits...but will this bad boy break the rules and pursue her anyway? The Scoville patriarch is playing chess with their love lives...so will it be checkmate, or fated mate? Morten Scoville may not have power in the USA, but once Addy and Sage make a Brexit and are in the EU, they get a summon from the Scoville Clan's true alpha, Sage's grandfather, the werebear who started the Quincy-Scoville rivalry to begin with. Will the curvy gal and the bad bear find a happily ever after, or will this romance get put to sleep at the Scoville Ball? Will Addison learn a little something about 'Pride and Prejudice', or will she and Sage be unable to figure out the secret to...The Feminine Mesquite? less

Recipe for a hot new restaurant: 1. A workaholic BBW with a hand on her hips and sass on her lips 2. A know it all polar bear shifter who can't resist spicy food or spicy women 3. A pinch of BDSM 4. The best dang BBQ in the tricounty area The school year is over but it sure as heck ain't summer vacation... Herb and Alice are paying for their siblings' educations in exchange for them putting in the work to make The Feminine Mesquite, their hot sauce company, a success. They weren't joking... moreRecipe for a hot new restaurant: 1. A workaholic BBW with a hand on her hips and sass on her lips 2. A know it all polar bear shifter who can't resist spicy food or spicy women 3. A pinch of BDSM 4. The best dang BBQ in the tricounty area The school year is over but it sure as heck ain't summer vacation... Herb and Alice are paying for their siblings' educations in exchange for them putting in the work to make The Feminine Mesquite, their hot sauce company, a success. They weren't joking. Their siblings come to Fallowedirt and are put to work, and that includes Cayenne 'Kai' Quincy and Basil Scoville. Their assignment: set up the first restaurant in the company's portfolio, as a way to feature their sauces. The only problem is, the only thing that Kai and Basil can agree on is that there is an undeniable attraction between them. Can Fate strike up a match between Kai and Basil? Or are they going to be left in the cold? Kai knows the people of Fallowedirt like she knows her curves, and if she knows one thing, it's that Texans love their BBQ and their BBWs, not scant plates food in weird bubbles and foam, or stick thin women. Kai shares that passion but the question is, does Basil? The Norwegian polar bear shifter doesn't know this town like she does, and his ideas are as awful as his body is alluring. He wants to give her his meat sword, literally... Nordic shifter Basil Scoville is the delta of his polar clan, but that doesn't mean he is any less of a Viking than his older siblings. After all, he is a Scoville, and he has traveled the reaches of the earth to sample its spices and its women...but he has never had anything as spicy as Kai or the cayenne garlic sauce their siblings are busy brewing. The sauce can be bottled, but can Basil bottle up his feelings for the curvy, sassy, charismatic BBW? Basil is in Texas to work, not play, but, you know what they say about all work and no play.... Can they handle the heat, or do they need to get out of the kitchen? Worldly Basil can't understand how Cayenne can't appreciate his taste for the exotic. Cayenne can't get it into Basil's thick polar bear skull that the people of Bright Star County don't want wagyu beef and Iberian ham. The opening night of the restaurant seems to be a bust, but, can they salvage the company's reputation, as well as the chemistry between them? Will word of the restaurant spread like wildfire, or is it already on thin ice? Will the restaurant get a five star review, or is this relationship going to earn two big thumbs down? The Feminine Mesquite is a five book series featuring the five curvy Quincy Sisters and the five alpha male polar bear shifters who are the heirs to the Scoville fortune. Can the ten heirs learn to get along, and will they find comfort in each other's arms...or in each other's beds? Each book is at least 25,000 words long, comprising a full-length novella. There are no cliffhangers, and every book ends with a guaranteed happily ever after (after all, these are fairy tales). These fairy tale romances feature everything you love from a bear shifter romance. Each book is a standalone, however, there is an overarching story. Don't fret: if you haven't read preceding book in the series, a short recap will be included in the first part of each book to get you up to speed...and you'll want to read all five books because the last book's epilogue features --, wait, why am I telling you? You're going to need to read them all and find out for yourself! & less

Recipe for the best dang hot sauce in Texas: - a sassy take-no-bullshizz BBW who can cook with the best of them…and might just be able to beat them all - a daredevil polar bear shifter with nothing to lose - a big pinch of BDSM...heck, toss it all in, whips, cuffs, and more! - an unforgettable BBQ...and a summer wedding that throws one last twist at all ten Quincy Sisters and Scoville Brothers And though she be but little, she is fierce.. moreRecipe for the best dang hot sauce in Texas: - a sassy take-no-bullshizz BBW who can cook with the best of them…and might just be able to beat them all - a daredevil polar bear shifter with nothing to lose - a big pinch of BDSM...heck, toss it all in, whips, cuffs, and more! - an unforgettable BBQ...and a summer wedding that throws one last twist at all ten Quincy Sisters and Scoville Brothers And though she be but little, she is fierce... Savina 'Sav' Quincy is named after the hottest pepper in the continental USA, and she does her namesake pepper justice. She is curvy, spicy, and of course, sassy and savvy. No man can tame her fire, but will the daredevil of the Scoville Polar Clan of Norwegian billionaires be able to handle her? Not a chance...but when the other four couples challenge each other to a red hot cook-off, Sav has to get in on the action. Of course, the rules state she has to work with a partner, and all her sisters are paired up, as are the Scoville Brothers…well, except for one, the only one that Savina can’t stand. The only person left to enter the contest with her is the one Scoville whose inner fire might rival hers... An omega never forgets... The youngest of the Scoville Brothers is Mason 'Mace' Scoville, future omega of the Scoville Polar Clan. He may have been born last, but he's going to come in first in the first annual Quincy-Scoville Cook-Off. That's a polar promise. He has nothing to lose, so there is no way he is going to lose...even if he has to work with the youngest Quincy Sister, who has more spice, sass, and curves than the other sisters combined! Mace tells himself that he’s all business and is just doing this to win first prize, but he can’t lie to his inner bear. Mace might be trying to resist her feminine mystique but his shift has other intentions... Are these two firebrands destined for first place, and more importantly, are they fated mates...or will they get burned? Sav can’t stand Mace’s brash attitude…but she can’t resist his machismo or the power of his shift. Mace can’t take Sav’s sass…but he’ll have to if he wants a chance to try on her curves for size. Will a fifth couple be joining in the Quincy-Scoville wedding at the end of the summer, or are Sav and Mace destined to be always the bridesmaid and groomsman, never the bride and groom? What secrets will be revealed at the wedding? There’s only one way to find out, and it’s in the spiciest book yet, in the fifth chapter of the spiciest Sable Sylvan fairy tale ever told, the story of a hot sauce company that’ll make you so feel so hot, you’ll be reaching for a glass of ice cold sweet tea, the story of…The Feminine Mesquite. less