It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

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Bellinger Sisters #1

My Rating: 4/5 Stars

Primary Genre: Romcom

Blurb: Goodreads Choice AwardNominee for Readers' Favorite Romance (2021)

Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels. When too much champagne and an out-of-control rooftop party lands Piper in the slammer, her stepfather decides enough is enough. So he cuts her off, and sends Piper and her sister to learn some responsibility running their late father’s dive bar... in Washington. Piper hasn’t even been in Westport for five minutes when she meets big, bearded sea captain Brendan, who thinks she won’t last a week outside of Beverly Hills. So what if Piper can’t do math, and the idea of sleeping in a shabby apartment with bunk beds gives her hives. How bad could it really be? She’s determined to show her stepfather—and the hot, grumpy local—that she’s more than a pretty face. Except it’s a small town and everywhere she turns, she bumps into Brendan. The fun-loving socialite and the gruff fisherman are polar opposites, but there’s an undeniable attraction simmering between them. Piper doesn’t want any distractions, especially feelings for a man who sails off into the sunset for weeks at a time. Yet as she reconnects with her past and begins to feel at home in Westport, Piper starts to wonder if the cold, glamorous life she knew is what she truly wants. LA is calling her name, but Brendan—and this town full of memories—may have already caught her heart. Tessa Bailey is back with a Schitt’s Creek-inspired rom-com about a Hollywood “It Girl” who is cut off from her wealthy family and exiled to a small Pacific Northwest beach town... where she butts heads with a surly, sexy local who thinks she doesn’t belong. 

My Thoughts:

 I really liked the plot of this book. It definitely had me "hooked". Had to throw a cheesy fishing joke in there. The writing was very witty and entertaining. The side story lines also held their own. This is a great read to pull you out of a reading slump! It's fast paced and keeps you engaged. My only complaint was that the main characters were a little annoying to me. A little too, Paris Hilton meets a guy from Deadliest Catch. But by the middle of the book, they grew on me as their characters developed. I understand that there had been talk of turning this book into a movie in 2022 but it hasn't come to fruition at the time of this blog post. 

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