How to display a single 'featured' blog post

Hi there

I'm hoping there is a really simple answer to this as I'm going round in circles.

What i want to achieve...

To display a single blog post as a module in a chosen position of an article so that:

When clicking the post it links to the EasyBlog component, to view the full post
Shows a specifically selected image assigned to the post, primarily the Post cover image.

Solutions I have tried...

1. Current EasyBlog modules - I haven't found one module that can achieve this (yet)
2. Content display extensions including:
a. Minitek Wall Pro - doesn't allow selection/targeting of a single easyblog article
b. RAXO All-mode portal - doesn't enable selection of easyblog posts, only joomla articles/categories and doesn't allow image selection.
c. Zentools2 - whilst this does enable single post selection, it doesn't allow selection of the image and defaults the first 'non-cover' image in the post.

Any help finding a solution would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Paul