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Olivia Brent has one summer to save the dairy farm she just inherited.<\/p>\n
But there\u2019s one problem, and it\u2019s not her lactose intolerance.<\/span><\/p>\n Jake Milovic.<\/span><\/p>\n The brooding farmhand has inherited exactly fifty percent of Brent Farm, and he\u2019s so convinced the city girl can\u2019t work the land, he bets she can\u2019t save it in a summer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Determined to prove him wrong, Olivia accepts what might be the dumbest wager of her life.<\/span><\/p>\n His strategy to win seems simple: follow her around, shirtlessly distracting her between bouts of relentless taunting. And it\u2019s effective\u2014if his dark eyes and rare smiles aren\u2019t enough to sidetrack her, the sweaty, rolling topography of the manbeast\u2019s body would do the trick.<\/span><\/p>\n What they don\u2019t know: they\u2019ll have to weather more than each other.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Mysterious circumstances throw the farm into disarray, and with the dairy farm in danger, Olivia and Jake have to work together. But when they do, there\u2019s more to fear than either of them imagined.<\/span><\/p>\n Because now their hearts are on the line, and the farm won\u2019t be the only casualty if they fail.<\/span><\/p>\n Find Bet the Farm<\/em> on GOODREADS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 5 stars!<\/strong><\/p>\n Bet the Farm<\/i> is a small town, enemies-to-lovers romance that took me on an entertaining ride, and I was hooked from the first page! It has heat, humor, and heart, and I couldn\u2019t help but love everything about Olivia and Jake when they are thrown together to run a farm.<\/p>\n Olivia is smart, funny, and endearing. I loved her sass and her drive. She is true to herself and goes after what she wants. I felt her regret and sadness when it comes to the past and it really made me love her more. She\u2019s not perfect but she\u2019s trying her best and I love that she believes in herself. Jake works so hard and my heart went out to him with all he lost. He didn\u2019t want to let Frank down and I loved how hard he fought for the farm. He cares so much and puts his all into running it.<\/p>\n When Olivia shows up, Jake\u2019s world is turned upside down. Having been given half the farm, he gets a say in how the farm is run but he isn\u2019t expecting Olivia to want to stay. There is history between them and I knew it played a part in why these two didn\u2019t get along when Olivia comes back to the farm. I also knew it was possible for that past to ruin any future that these two could have together.<\/p>\n Olivia and Jake start off on the wrong foot when she moves back to town. I loved the banter between them and think it really increased the sexual tension. There was no denying that there was a spark between these two from the moment they are thrown together and I couldn\u2019t wait for it to ignite. And when it does, these two combust! I felt the passion and heat but I felt their growing love even more so.<\/p>\n I thought the character development was well done. I really loved them individually and I thought they complemented each other so well. I loved that Jake was out of his element when it came to Olivia. He was annoyed but can\u2019t deny she was helping the farm. She just goes about it in a totally different way. I love that she took a fresh approach when it came to the farm.<\/p>\n There are definitely growing pains but in the end they are after the same thing.\u00a0There are discussions and confrontations and there is forgiveness and acceptance. I loved how they learned to trust and really showed each other what the farm means to them.<\/p>\n I appreciate that though there is some drama, it isn\u2019t over the top. I totally understand why Jake felt the way he did but I also understand Olivia completely. It just takes some eye opening moments to make them realize how they fit into each other\u2019s lives and what to do when it comes to the farm.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s just me or you..I think it\u2019s us. I don\u2019t know where it came from. All I know is I don\u2019t want to lose it.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n I really enjoyed how the book is written. The plot was well thought out and everything flowed nicely. The romance felt real and was rooting hard for Olivia and Jake. I also loved that there\u2019s a little bit of suspense added in that didn\u2019t take away from the love story.<\/p>\n *ARC generously provided by the author*<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bet the Farm by Staci Hart Released – 23 January 2021 Available Now! Amazon \u00a0| \u00a0iBooks \u00a0| B&N\u00a0 | \u00a0Kobo\u00a0 | \u00a0Paperback Blurb Olivia Brent has one summer to save […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","yasr_overall_rating":5,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,65,9,24,29],"tags":[59,424,48,346],"class_list":["post-57633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-enemies-to-lovers","category-lol-funny","category-romance","category-second-chance-romance","category-steamy","tag-arc","tag-release-blitz","tag-review","tag-staci-hart"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bet-the-Farm-cover-1.jpg?fit=200%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7gaNL-eZz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/55569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/bet-the-farm-square-teasers-bet.jpg?resize=640%2C640&ssl=1\")
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Staci has been a lot of things up to this point in her life — a graphic designer, an entrepreneur, a seamstress, a clothing and handbag designer, a waitress. Can’t forget that. She’s also been a mom, with three little girls who are sure to grow up to break a number of hearts. She’s been a wife, though she’s certainly not the cleanest, or the best cook. She’s also super, duper fun at a party, especially if she’s been drinking whiskey. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, sleeping, gaming, or designing graphics.<\/p>\nAMAZON<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0FACEBOOK<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0TWITTER<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0PINTEREST<\/a> WEBSITE<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n