GOOD DIRECTIONS (Hayes Family #4) by Claire Hastings | Cover & Excerpt Reveal
June 12, 2025
GOOD DIRECTIONS
Hayes Family #4
by Claire Hastings
Cover & Excerpt Reveal
Release Date: July 10, 2025
Cover Design:
Y'all That Graphic
Photo: Jane Ashley Converse Photography
Model:
Dane Peterson
Genre: Contemporary Romance Standalone
Trope: Enemies to lovers, fake dating, golden retriever/black cat, sex lessons, peach innuendos, small-town
Synopsis
It was a stupid bet—that I could find a date, a real date, to my sister's wedding. Or I was at the mercy of my brothers’ whim.
No problem. I got this.
Except…I don’t.
Until I meet Sawyer Brown. The moment she pulls up to my roadside fruit stand looking for directions, I’m all in.
Then she tells me to go to hell.
Which is just peachy since she just so happens to be the expert the state sent to help my company this summer.
To say that we don’t exactly hit it off is an understatement. As it turns out, I happen to have something Sawyer desperately needs, and I’m not above using that to leverage her into being my girl—even if it is just for show.
But pretty soon fake dates turn into real ones, keeping secrets turns into baring it all, and our reasons for doing this slowly fade away.
Or so I thought…
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Excerpt
“About what you just heard…”
“That I’m your date to your sister’s wedding?”
“Yes.” I pause, trying to find the words. “I need you to please go along with it.”
“Why should I?”
Also a good question…
Sawyer crosses her arms, shifting those boobs I’m trying not to think about higher, short-circuiting my brain once more. It’s crystal clear that her tolerance for me is at an all-time low, and that whatever ground I thought I’d gained the other night at the Giddy Up is long gone.
Which means there is only one thing left to do. Come clean.
Time to lay it all out there. Here goes nothing.
“I made a bet with my brothers that I could find a date to Willa’s wedding, but because of the shit-tastic peach season we’re having, that’s taken up all my attention, so I have let it slip.” There, that’s close enough to the truth. “And now it’s six weeks away and they’re all giving me shit about it, and well…I really need to not lose this bet. So please.”
Sawyer relaxes, her arms dropping, hands sliding into her pockets. Her exhale is soft as she looks me up and down, the weight of her attention still more than my dick can bear at the moment. If I didn’t think she’d slap me so hard it’d leave a handprint, I’d consider pulling her into me and seeing if she’s feeling this too.
“What’s in it for me?”
“Pardon?”
That wasn’t what I was expecting.
“If I do this, what’s in it for me?” she repeats.
“Ummmm…”
Other than a raging hard-on, right now I don’t know that I have anything to offer her. And based on our history so far, I am pretty sure she has zero interest in that—or anything else witty I might pull out of thin air.
“Well, you’re already one up in the secret department, so…what else do you want?”
Narrowing her eyes at me, she takes a large step toward me. My pulse does the long jump within my veins, threatening to stop altogether as she gets closer.
“I want a letter of recommendation.”
“Seriously?”
That’s what she wants?
Sawyer nods, as serious as I’ve ever seen her. “I’m applying for a promotion—Lead Soil Research and Development Manager. A letter of recommendation from the Vice President of Agriculture and Produce for Hayes Industries would go a long way.”
I don’t believe my ears. She’s willing to do this. Willing to be my date to my sister’s wedding to help me win a bet. And all she wants in return is a letter of recommendation? Sold.
“Done.”
I hold out my hand, ready to make the deal. Sawyer slips her hand into mine, the contact from our skin sending a zing down my spine. This has the potential to be dangerous, but right now, I don’t care.
I have what I need.
“It’s a date.”
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Other Titles Within this Series
BLUE JEANS IN LOW BEAMS
Hayes Family #1
FEEL IT IN THE AIR
Hayes Family #2
SUNDOWN SOMEWHERE
Hayes Family #3
About the Author
USA Today Best Selling Claire Hastings is a walking, talking awkward moment. She loves Diet Coke, gummi bears, the beach, and books (obvs). When not reading she can usually be found hanging with friends at a soccer match or grabbing food (although she probably still has a book in her purse). She and her husband live in Atlanta.
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