It Happened One Summer It Happened One Summer
Book 1 - Bellinger Sisters

It Happened One Summer

A Novel

    • 4.3 • 427 Ratings
    • $11.99
    • $11.99

Publisher Description

The first in a spicy and unforgettable rom-com duology from #1 New York Times bestseller and tik tok favorite Tessa Bailey, in which a Hollywood “It Girl” 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. 

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. 

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GENRE
Romance
RELEASED
2021
July 13
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
416
Pages
PUBLISHER
Avon
SELLER
Harper Collins Canada Limited
SIZE
2.2
MB

Customer Reviews

Marcia M.E ,

It happened one summer

When I read reviews on this book that it wasn’t that great …I was a little hesitant going in. But now I understand what it is . Ok yes Piper is a spoiled brat when you read about her at the beginning you tell yourself what is this book wow can’t do it …. Stop!! It’s just the beginning keep reading. Tessa B . Never disappoints . This book was a great read . Enjoyed everything about it even the spoiled brad ;)

jojopoco ,

Not that great

Extremely boring.

Literary Littlefoot ,

Soooo good!!

So, so good! I genuinely loved this book! The relationship between Brendan and Piper is so sweet, realistic and heart warming. The sexy bits are *spicy*. The whole story moves at a quick pace and had me hooked from the first to the last.

Don’t let the description stop you. Yes piper is a glam party girl who is sent somewhere as salt of the earth as it gets- but she’s honestly such a beautiful character, she has a real depth and sparkle. Brendan is oh my goodness dreamy- he’s such a steady character who is not at all a standoffish grump as the trope usually includes. He is romantic and dedicated right from the start. I would 100% recommend this to someone looking for a chicklit romance with some depth.

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