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  • It Happened One Summer

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  • By: Tessa Bailey
  • Narrated by: Charlotte North
  • Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (347 ratings)

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It Happened One Summer

By: Tessa Bailey
Narrated by: Charlotte North
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Publisher's Summary

Tessa Bailey is back with a Schitt's Creek-inspired rom-com about a Hollywood "It Girl" who's 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. 

©2021 Tessa Bailey (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers

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Different from your regular rom com

At the beginning of this book I found myself rolling my eyes at the main character, but by the end I loved her. It is really refreshing for a book to romanticise the simple lives many people lead. I thought the performance of this book was really well done. The actor put a lot of effort into differentiating the characters. I totally applaud her efforts getting through the spicy scenes, of which there were many! 🌶🌶🌶

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I have thoughts..

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hear me out, I enjoyed this book, I liked piper and her character and her growth.. the sea captain was okay too. I enjoyed the story and the narrative. what wasn't for me - were the 0 to 100 intimate scenes. they were so over the top and unrealistic that it made me cringe.. I skipped a lot of them because they all seemed the same, and gave me the ick. I am no prude, but this felt too much..

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Great until that last 6 chapters

I was hooked (ha!) until about chapter 26 and then lost interest really quickly because of the cringy and unrealistic relationship being played out. I could predict the ending really easily.

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Not a lot

It was a story of no substance, very ordinary in its writing of two very uninteresting people

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Nice story

I enjoyed this one, easy to listen to and nice storyline. A little bit predictable in places but overall would recommend!

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Great spicy book

This was definitely a great listen if you are like me and love a very fictional, spicy romance!

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Cute Story

I loved the Piper sparkle. Such a sweet rom-com 😋 Lots of LOL moments including the recharge station

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Great summer reading

This book was so much fun. Lighthearted, cute and easy listening. A couple of steamy scenes that had great tension. Overall- the right book at the right time. Xx

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Obsessed

Couldn't stop listening - hope they make this into a movie one day, a very simple but great novel.

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Cringy writing that make me feel so awkward

The story line was easy to listen to and predictable, but the protagonists’ “sexy” dialogue with one another is so lame and cringy.

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