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  • the retreat: a sweet romantic comedy by hailey gardiner

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    The Retreat – Release Day

    July 27, 2022July 27, 2022
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    💙BONUS SCENE💙 If you’ve already finished H 💙BONUS SCENE💙 If you’ve already finished Home Run Heart, you’re going to enjoy this extra little chapter written from Brooks’ POV that doubles as a preview of what’s coming next.👀 🔗 in my stories + bio! Also love when the ‘fit matches the book cover.🧢📘
    FIVE!🩷🧡💛💚💙 Can’t even describe t FIVE!🩷🧡💛💚💙 Can’t even describe the feeling of seeing all my books together on this shelf. Makes my heart so happy!☺️ The first three books (not pictured is the prequel novella- The Holiduel) make up the Falling for Franklin Series. The last two books are part of the Kitt’s Harbor series, which was originally supposed to be a duology, but I don’t think I’m quite finished with it yet…🤭 All of my books are kisses only romances that deliver on all the swoon + chemistry without the spice and can be read on Kindle Unlimited!✨ • • • • • #shelfie #bookshelfie #bookcover #romanceseries #closeddoorromance #romcomseries #kindleunlimited #kindleunlimitedbooks #kindleunlimitedromance #colorfulbooks #pastelbooks #bookstack #fallingforfranklin #kittsharbor
    Look what finally arrived!🤩 As I flipped throu Look what finally arrived!🤩 As I flipped through these paperbacks, I was swept back to the memories I made while writing Home Run Heart. Chapter 1 was written on a red-eye flight to Munich. Chapter 20 was written in the notes app on my phone in a camping trailer in Jackson Hole. Chapter 23 (the night sea swim…my personal favorite chapter in the book) was written at my kitchen table and I’ll never forget how healing it was for me to write that scene. So many memories and treasured moments are associated with this book!💙 Do you have a favorite scene or moment from Home Run Heart? Let me know in the comments below! P.S. I listened to this song while writing Nora + Brooks (second) first kiss.☺️ • • • • • #homerunheart #kittsharbor #haileygardiner #baseballromance #baseballromancebooks #baseballromancenovel #sportsromance #sportsromancebooks #smalltownromance #romancebooks #romancebookseries #romancebookcovers #authorsofinstagram #writeromance #romancewriter
    My goal while writing Home Run Heart was to give r My goal while writing Home Run Heart was to give readers the same feeling I get when I watch movies I loved as a teen, like A Cinderella Story!👌There’s nothing better than a nostalgic, wholesome, hilarious, and tender romance that makes you cackle and swoon and maybe even shed tears if you’re a sap like me.☺️ Home Run Heart: A Sweet Second Chance Romcom, is available now on Kindle Unlimited!🫶🏻 BLURB: There have only ever been two things that Brooks Alden can say he truly loved: baseball and Nora Foster, the girl he dated in high school. Returning home in the off-season gives Brooks an opportunity he never thought he’d get again: a second chance encounter with a now-divorced Nora. Suddenly, the hometown he’s avoided for so long becomes a place to make new memories together. They make a bargain that entails spending five Fridays sharing new experiences in the hopes that Brooks will discover that there’s more to life than baseball, while also helping Nora cope with the resulting grief of her divorce and the demands of single motherhood. In this second chance, sweet romantic comedy, Brooks and Nora must find the courage to discover what makes them happy and learn what it feels like to have their hearts hit a home run. • • • • • #homerunheart #romanceseries #kindleunlimitedromance #smalltownromance #closeddoorromance #romancereader #romanceseries #fallbooks #falltbr #baseballromance #sportsromance #cinderellastory #closeddoorromcom #romancebookseries #romancebooks #romcombooks #romancebookcovers #coverreveal
    October was good to us.🍂🤍 Thank you for all October was good to us.🍂🤍 Thank you for all of your thoughtful reviews, posts and messages as you’ve read Home Run Heart. It truly means the world to me that so many of you are enjoying Brooks + Nora’s story!🫶🏻
    📖 Home Run Heart by Hailey Gardiner. Available 📖 Home Run Heart by Hailey Gardiner. Available now on Kindle Unlimited!🍂⚾️🧢 • • • • • • • #kindleunlimitedromance #closeddoorromcom #romancebookseries #romancebooks #romcombooks #baseballromance #homerunheart #romancebookcovers #romancebookstagram #closeddoorromance #sportsromance #smalltownromance #smalltownromancebooks #romancebookclub #romancebookrecs #autumnbooks #fallromancebooks #kindleunlimited #kindleunlimitedbooks
    Today marks four years since we lost my Grandpa Ba Today marks four years since we lost my Grandpa Bagby. He absolutely loved baseball and never missed a Dodgers game. When I was in high school, he had season tickets and would always take a couple of us grandkids with him. I loved eating Dodger dogs and cheering on his favorite team and arguing with my sisters over which player in the lineup was the hottest. I was never an athlete and didn’t really get what was going on down on the field but always had a blast anyway. For me, baseball is associated with happy memories with my Grandpa and I know he would have been so proud of Home Run Heart! I do think it’s fitting (and maybe not coincidence?! Is he pulling strings up there in heaven? lol) that the Dodgers are playing in the World Series this weekend. They’d better win it for you, Grandpa! ⚾️💙
    📖 HOME RUN HEART: A sweet second chance basebal 📖 HOME RUN HEART: A sweet second chance baseball romcom.⚾️🧢 Available now on KU! • • • • • • • • #closeddoorromcom #baseballromance #romcombooks #romancebooks #smalltownromancebooks #smalltownromancereads #sportsromance #homerunheart #haileygardiner #newromancebook #kindleunlimited #kindleunlimitedromance #kindleunlimitedbooks #romancebookseries #romancebookcovers #romancebookstagram
    It’s here! HOME RUN HEART is available on Kindle It’s here! HOME RUN HEART is available on Kindle Unlimited + in paperback form now!🧢⚾️🧇☕️💙 So many precious hours went into this story and so much of my heart is in its pages. I can’t wait for you to read it! My hope is that it makes you cackle and possibly cry and that you’ll see yourselves in Brooks + Nora and relate to their struggles and triumphs. Thank you for making every release so special and fun. I am one blessed gal!💙 P.S. shoutout to my husband Cayden and my boy @mookiebetts. The real MVP’s that made this book possible!
    TOMORROW.⚾️🧢✨ The book that’s been my TOMORROW.⚾️🧢✨ The book that’s been my happy place for the past six months will be yours. Can’t wait for you to read HOME RUN HEART!😭 • • • • • #homerunheart #baseballromance #sportsromance #sportsromcom #smalltownromance #secondchanceromance #romancebookseries #romancewriter #writinglife #closeddoorromcom
    Paperbacks are LIVE!🥳 I ordered my copy of Hom Paperbacks are LIVE!🥳 I ordered my copy of Home Run Heart and cannot WAIT to see it next to GMG on my shelf. It will also be available on KU on Wednesday. The countdown is ON! P.S. thank you to @booklovingtaylor for these gorgeous photos!🫶🏻 • • • • • #homerunheart #paperbackbooks #kittsharbor #baseballromance #sportsromance #romcombookseries #smalltownromancebooks #smalltownromance #secondchanceromance #secondchancesportsromance #singlemomromance #romcombookrecommendations #romcombookcovers #romcombooks #closeddoorromcom #closeddoorromancebooks
    Boston…you have bewitched me body and soul.🍂🫖 I hath been stuffed full of lobster and my heart overfloweth from the grandeur of your library and bookstores. I patiently await the chance to return during baseball season to watch the Red Sox play at Fenway. Ever yours, Me.
    *closed*✨Signed paperback giveaway!✨ We’ve *closed*✨Signed paperback giveaway!✨ We’ve teamed up to send one reader signed copies of Home Run Heart by @authorhaileygardiner (coming 10.23!) and Not How I Saw That Going by @authorjenessafayeth. Both books feature FMC’s who are boy moms, just like us!💙 TO ENTER: 1. Follow @authorjenessafayeth and @authorhaileygardiner. 2. Leave a comment telling us your favorite single mom OR single dad romance! 3. Share to your stories to spread the word. This giveaway is not associated with Instagram. Giveaway closed on Saturday, October 19 at 12pm PST. Winner will be notified at that time.
    *closed* Looking to add a few more readers to my A *closed* Looking to add a few more readers to my ARC team for HOME RUN HEART!⚾️💙 Sign up using the 🔗 in my stories if you enjoy: 🧢 low spice + kissing only (but I don’t skimp on the chemistry + tension OKAY) 🧢 sports romance 🧢 healing + second chances 🧢 relatable, quirky characters 🧢 cozy, low-angst reads 🧢 fictional athletes (swipe to see the OG in my humble opinion hehehe) If you aren’t selected for an ARC, don’t fret! October 23 is just around the corner! 😊
    “Nora Foster deserves the real thing. And I’m “Nora Foster deserves the real thing. And I’m going to be the one to give it to her.” Cannot WAIT for you to meet this stud of a shortstop on October 23!🧢⚾️ • • • • • • • #homerunheart #baseballromance #baseballromcom #sportsromance #sportsromancebooks #sportsromancenovels #secondchanceromance #romancebooks #romancebookseries #romcomseries #romcombooks #romancebookstagram #romancebookaddict #romancebookseries #closeddoorromcom #closeddoorromance #romancebookcovers #romancebookclub #romancereader #romancereads #romancerecs
    As someone who struggles with anxiety, sometimes I As someone who struggles with anxiety, sometimes I feel like I’m not doing enough as an author, as a mom, and really in life in general. But what I’ve come to realize is that there is always MORE that I could be doing, but more does not always equate to BETTER. This thought has continually come to my mind when I feel like I’m falling short: You have time. You don’t have to have or do it all right now. Despite what social media may invite you to believe, nobody’s got it all figured out. There’s no need to feel rushed or pressured into reading more, writing more, posting more, or creating more, because I’ve found that doing so usually leads to burnout. So instead, let me remind you that you’ve got time. Plenty of it. And you can savor and sip it as slowly and with as much intention as you like.
    “I’ve never had the desire to venture far from “I’ve never had the desire to venture far from home. I like it here too much.” 🏠🥞 I can’t wait for you to meet the lovely, brave, and OH SO DESERVING Nora when Home Run Heart releases October 23! Swipe for the blurb + tropes.💙
    ⚾️📖 HOME RUN HEART by Hailey Gardiner. Comi ⚾️📖 HOME RUN HEART by Hailey Gardiner. Coming Oct. 23 to KU!💙 • • • • • #homerunheart #romanceseries #kindleunlimitedromance #smalltownromance #closeddoorromance #romancereader #romanceseries #fallbooks #falltbr #baseballromance #baseballlove #baseballboys #baseballbooks #baseballromancebooks #baseballromancenovel
    🌲E-book sale!🌲 GIRL MEETS GRUMP is on sale 🌲E-book sale!🌲 GIRL MEETS GRUMP is on sale today 9/25 through Saturday, 9/28! This is the perfect time to get acquainted with Sydney’s sister, Nora, before her book releases next month. Swipe for the tropes + blurb! Read if you like: 🪵 enemies to lovers 🪵 opposites attract 🪵 6’5 flannel clad mountain men 🪵 cozy, small towns 🪵 only one…KAYAK 🪵 closed door romcoms 🪵 good toast
    HOME RUN HEART has a new release date!⚾️🧢 HOME RUN HEART has a new release date!⚾️🧢 I’ve decided to push the pub date for HOME RUN HEART out an extra week to give me more time to work through revisions. It will now be available on October 23! I want Brooks + Nora’s story to be the very best it can be, so thank you for understanding my need to give myself a little grace. Promise it will be worth the wait!😊
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