It Happened One Summer

Genre: Romance / Chick-Lit

Book Type: Audio

Author: Tessa Bailey

Narrator: Charlotte North

Pages / Length: 416 pages / 10 hours and 48 minutes

Publisher: Avon (July 13, 2021) / HarperAudio

Book 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. 

Thoughts:

This was a great quick romance full of sexiness, while also having substance to the characters. It was fun entering Piper’s world of privilege to transitioning on her own and needing to work for things. I liked that she learned to appreciate work and true connection with others, and found her growth warming and tender. The sex scenes were very hot and steamy, and this book had all of the characteristics I look for in a romance.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️