Blitz: Farm Cove Bliss by E.D. Hackett with an excerpt and a giveaway

Farm Cove Bliss

by E.D. Hackett

Release date: February 9th, 2023

Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63880592-farm-cove-bliss

Blurb:

Previously published on Kindle Vella as Farmhouse Bliss.

She’s relearning to trust. He’s healing his heartache. Can two shattered souls piece together a happily ever after?

Crystal Whitman is determined to redefine herself. Pulling double shifts to break free from a cheating ex, the single mom worries her life can’t get any more chaotic until her own mother dies. The city gal returns to her painfully rural hometown in the hopes of flipping her vacant ancestral farmhouse fast, so she never expected her hunky hired hand would make her want to slow down and enjoy the view.

Derek Fischer can’t shake his grief. Twelve years after losing his wife, the devoted dad’s broken heart beats only for his daughter, until a sexy school teacher sparks a different kind of love. But with a dying home improvement business to keep afloat, the contractor fears muddling the line between business and pleasure could only end in financial ruin.

When Crystal hires Derek to fix the old farmhouse, so she can sell it and return to her frenzied life, she moves in for the summer to save some money and give him a hand.

Fighting their growing attraction, she wonders if she’s destined to be alone and he wonders if his wife will ever forgive him for moving on.

When a vivacious blonde sinks her claws into Derek, Crystal relives her ex-husbands betrayal, and may sabotage their growing relationship.

Can Crystal and Derek fix the farmhouse and mend their fractured hearts?

Farm Cove Bliss is a small-town sweet romance. If you like small-town settings, relatable characters, and mid-life love, you’ll fall in love with E.D. Hackett’s Farm Cove Bliss.

Purchase:

Amazon: https://amzn.to/40w1V2N

Excerpt:

Derek’s lips tasted like peppermint. Instead of pulling away, Crystal melted against him and embraced his thick torso. He smelled like crisp snow and fire on a cold winter night. She breathed in his scent and felt anticipation race through her veins.

For the last few years, she had been stumbling through life, her heart taking a nap and her head leading the way. She changed the batteries in the dusty flashlight hiding behind her heart and shined the light directly on Derek. She no longer felt lost in the shadows of her overwhelming life.

Her electrified stomach zapped random parts of her body with every move. His long arms and broad shoulders wrapped around her like a blanket, and she found her feet up off the floor as he pressed her body against him. It felt too good to be true.

Crystal pulled away then kissed him on the lips to reaffirm her excitement. “We have four days until I have to pick up Mason. Do you have any plans? Are you working?” She looked around the house, taking a mental inventory of everything that still needed to be completed.

Derek stood up and leaned against the refrigerator, folding his arms across his chest. His assertive stance made him look like he lived there. Almost. “Nah, nothing that’s pressing. Do you want to go on a date?”

Crystal’s heart fluttered against her shirt. “Sure.”

“Tonight, let me take you to dinner and a movie. We’ll go on a real date and get to know each other.”

Crystal couldn’t stop grinning. She had no idea how her life had shifted so quickly, and she knew it wouldn’t last, but she wasn’t about to stop. He leaned down and kissed her with soft, gentle lips. “Is it a date?”

Crystal nodded, her lips still pushing against his. “Mm-hmm,” she mumbled.

“Hey, Derek!” Nicky, the contractor Derek hired, stuck his head through the door.

Crystal jumped back and rubbed the edge of her bottom lip with her fingers.

“Oh, sorry, man, but we need your help.”

Derek slid past Crystal, dragging his hand along her hip. “We’ll pick this up tonight,” he whispered.

Crystal melted at the thought of their date. She pranced upstairs, humming to herself. She grabbed her wallet, sunglasses, and keys, leaving Derek to work on the house while she shopped for a sexy outfit for their first official date.

GIVEAWAY

Blitz-wide giveaway (INT) ends February 16

• $20 Amazon gift card + signed copy of Farm Cove Bliss

http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/d04251235304/

AUTHOR BIO:

E.D Hackett is a Speech-language pathologist by day and a writer by night. She has been writing since the first grade and still has her first book, "How I Lost My Tooth." She has self-published novels that investigate layers of self-expectations, family dynamics, following dreams, and learning how to love and accept yourself. She hopes that her novels create a safe and cozy environment for her readers to fall into and explore. 

Her two kids keep her busy, when they aren't hanging out on video games or with their friends. Her husband has encouraged her to follow her dreams, no matter their size. 

She lives in New England but in her heart, she feels that she belongs in Ireland. If she could figure out how to move, live, and work over there she would do it in a heartbeat.

She loves to read, write, knit, and cook. 

She hopes that you fall in love with her characters the same way she did!

Author links:

https://www.edhackettwrites.com/

https://www.facebook.com/edhackettwrites

https://www.instagram.com/e.d_hackettwrites/

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20864221.E_D_Hackett