A Hard Shell to Crack by Zoey Bell - book cover

A Romantic Comedy

A Hard Shell to Crack

A city girl with a secret. A grumpy oyster farmer who sees right through her. A small town where everyone's business is everyone's business.

She was sent to buy his family's farm. He wasn't selling. Falling for him wasn't part of the plan.

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About the Book

She was sent undercover to a tiny Tasmanian town to buy a family oyster farm. He saw through her on day one. Now she's caught between the career she's been chasing and the life she never saw coming — and a town that's not going to make this easy.

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About Zoey

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Zoey Bell writes sharp, swoony romantic comedies about women who find exactly what they weren't looking for. Her debut novel, A Hard Shell to Crack, was inspired by a love of small coastal towns, grumpy heroes, and the chaos of being an outsider in a place that decides to keep you.

When she's not writing, you can find her overthinking her coffee order, arguing with her TBR pile, and plotting her next book.