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Lane’s Tips for Licking Thicket Newcomers

If at all possible, find yourself a hot and helpful landlord like Jaybird Proud who mows the lawn shirtless… and hope your grass grows quickly.

Expect the unexpected at work. If you’re a veterinarian, this might mean letter-cows, pet pigs that aren’t pets, and Butterscotch the Pomeranian, who has Strong Feelings about his glands.

Offer your help around town when needed… especially when that gorgeous landlord knocks on your door because his (pea)cock won’t stop displaying.

Learn about local customs, including: matchmaking, leaving Italian Gentlemen on the doormat, ordering tater tots, and entwining dead vines into wreaths as a sign of true love.

Get your car washed on the regular… especially when your landlord is the one doing the scrubbing.

Above all, keep things casual, even when Jay ends up at your place every night. And every morning. And the occasional afternoon.

But when you find yourself falling for someone like Jaybird Proud (and life in his weird and wonderful town), let go of everything you thought you wanted… and Entwine that Thicketeer forever.

 

Book Review

Two men who don’t see their own worth come together in some miscommunications, but with a whole lot of feels, in this latest novella from Lucy Lennox and May Archer.

 

It has been far too long since I got to visit my favorite Tennessee town of Licking Thicket with all its zany characters and crazy puns. ‘Peacocks’ features Hunter Jackson’s friend’s ex, Lane Dawson, who has recently relocated to the Thicket as a veterinarian, and Jaybird Proud (finally a Proud boy), a local who seems to have his fingers in an awful lot of pots. The idea of these two had me giggling right from the get-go.

 

“He was silly and playful, and there was something about his freedom to be his unique self that…

Okay, fine. That attracted me to him.

Maybe we were less like a trout and a dove and more like a yappy Jack Russell terrier and a derpy golden retriever.” ~ Lane

 

Jaybird might just genuinely be the nicest person I’ve ever met. He loves taking care of people in all the big and little ways, and he doesn’t think any of it is that big of a deal. No, not like Lane with all his diplomas and his smarts that have Jay thinking he’s not good enough for the newest resident of the Thicket. But, there’s so much more to Jay than meets the eye, and no, I’m not telling. You’ll need to read this wonderful story if you want to find out.

 

It only took about six months in Licking Thicket for Lane to realize that a) he loved his vet clinic, his staff, and his patients, b) this life was what he’d been craving without even realizing it, and c) his landlord couldn’t possibly want him as much as Lane wanted Jay. Lane struggles with his own insecurities from a jerk of an ex-boyfriend and he’s convinced he’s horrible at relationships. Sigh. These two had some hurdles to overcome.

 

I loved every moment of this, the sweetest story from the Thicket, and truly hope there’s more to come.

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook and print
Length	Novel, 156 pages
Heat Level
Publication Date	11-February-2025
Price	$4.99 ebook, $14.99 paperback
Buy Link	https://www.amazon.com/Peacocks-Licking-Thicket-Book-5-ebook/dp/B0D92SPXLS