Featherbed (Vino and Veritas)
Gay FictionAdded on January 11, 2026
Description
When a bookworm on borrowed time meets a younger, free-spirited chicken farmer, sparks and feathers fly…Harrison Phillip Fletcher, III isn’t supposed to be here. Not in Burlington, Vermont, not running Vino & Veritas, a quaint inclusive bookstore and wine bar, and definitely not still alive, at forty-two. Also not supposed to be here? An unexpected delivery of chickens.Finn Barnes knows chickens. The burly organic farmer knows all about rare breed poultry, but dealing with a hot, older bookseller is an entirely different matter. City slicker types like Harrison never end up staying in Vermont for the long-term.They should steer clear of each other. But the flare of attraction is mutual. And somehow amid book discussions and farm tours, they discover plenty in common. Now they’re stealing kisses in Finn’s barn, sneaking out like teens, and burning up the sheets.What starts as a fling brings very real feelings for two lonely souls, but a future together seems as unlikely as chickens in a bookstore. Feathers may be flying, but learning to trust takes time neither may have. Can they take a leap of faith together before it’s too late?Featherbed is a stand-alone novel in Sarina Bowen’s World of True North. This opposites attract, age gap romance features a low-angst, fluffy—and feathery—romp as a fish out of water discovers the home he never thought he’d find.
Reader Reviews
I love Annabeth Albert dearly, and I usually enjoy all of her stuff, but Featherbed felt completely phoned in. I'm enjoying the hell out of my Kindle Unlimited membership for the summer, and I'm binging the Vino and Veritas series. Admittedly, I started with an amazing one in the series (Headstrong by Eden Finley), so my expectations for Featherbed were really high. Plus, I raise chickens, so I was thinking this book and I were meant to be. However, when I actually started reading, I found I had
Review in one (very long) sentence:Take one farmer and one lawyer turned bookstore owner, add one mother determined to play matchmaker (in the best way possible), throw in some misplaced chickens (and cute ducklings), shake, and enjoy a low-key, sweet, moderately sexy story about two men who, despite their own fears (42-year-old Harrison is obsessed with dying young, as all the men in his family passed away from heart disease before hitting 43, while Finn doesn't trust Harrison will be satisfied
5 learning how to live stars”You’re more than your heart”“Yeah, well, it might not be mine anymore anyway.” I tried for a tease but it came out hesitant and soft.“How so?” Finn was back to sounding perflexed.My face became so warm as one of Finn’s chick inbucators, and my voice lowered even further. “It’s kind of yours now.”“I’ll take good care of it.”I really wanted to read this one but I kept putting it off because I have been in a really weird mood lately and I have been really stressed becau
