Release Blitz, Review and Giveaway: Salt by Fearne Hill

10 April of 2024 by ButtonsMom2003

Salt By Fearne Hill

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Tropes: Bi-awakening, age-gap, hurt/comfort, slow-burn, rich man/poor man, Synaesthesia

Released: April 10, 2024

Publisher: Self-Published

Length: 271 Pages

Cover Design: Black Jazz Design

Synopsis

When was the right time to tell someone that silver flames were shooting from their hair? And that your own tranquil green desired nothing more than to tangle with them, if only it could escape a malevolent orange flare hounding your every move?

Over-stressed businessman Charles Heyer is not like most people. With a rare medical condition that scrambles the senses, he experiences emotions as flashes of colour, giving them the power to disrupt, dismay, or delight. Alone in his over-vivid world, a devastating bereavement leaves him mentally scarred and recuperating on the picturesque French island of Ré where, through a chance encounter and a good deed, he is introduced to Florian, a flirty local salt farmer.

What with trying to protect the island salt cooperative from a corporate takeover and keeping a watchful eye on his errant grandfather, handsome Florian is not as carefree as he appears. Falling in love with this odd Englishman is as unexpected as it is welcome. Both exploring new feelings, the lazy days of summer stretch out for miles until a visitor from Charles’s London life throws their peaceful idyll into a kaleidoscope of chaos. And, all of a sudden, the island’s glorious palette of colour turns several shades darker.

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Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

A little hard to follow all of the colors he saw but I loved it.

I believe this is the first time I’ve read a book where one of the MCs has synesthesia. I have to admit that I had a bit of trouble following all of the things to do with his synesthesia, especially in the beginning; having said that, I still ended up loving this very moving story.

Charles is staying on the French island of Re recovering from a mental breakdown. He becomes fascinated with Florian, a young man who harvests salt. While Florian doesn’t usually go for older men like Charles, there is something about him that he can’t resist.

I absolutely loved how caring a person Florian is. He lives with his grandfather who is beginning to show early signs of dementia. When Florian is confronted with Charles mental health issues, he just rolls with it. I definitely felt the emotional connection between Florian and Charles.

I can’t begin to write a review that does justice to this very moving story so I’m going to stop here. I think Fearne Hill’s writing is amazing and I’ve loved every story of hers that I’ve read (which I think is all of them that are currently available). Her books are richly descriptive and always invoke a lot of emotional responses when I read them; Salt was no exception. If you haven’t yet read her Rossingley series I highly recommend it.

Content warning: Charles had a serious mental breakdown and there is mention of suicidal thoughts. There is also reference to an off-page suicide.

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O Factor: Spicy

Island Love Series

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Giveaway

$25 Amazon Gift Card

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About Author

Fearne Hill can be found deep in the British countryside surrounded by trees, flowers, birds, and pets. She likes it that way.

Her novel, Two Tribes, is a Lambda Literary finalist 2023. The first book in her Rossingley series, To Hold A Hidden Pearl, received nominations in five categories in the 2020-2021 M/M Romance Group Book Awards. It was also an Honourable Mention in the 2020-2021 Rainbow Romance Awards.

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