It Happened One Summer: A Novel
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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.
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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.
From the celebrated author of the Fix You series comes It Happened One Summer, a new, steamy romantic comedy about a wild night and its deliciously wicked consequences…
Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means she's a magnet for trouble. When she ends up in a compromising situation with a "mystery man" at a star-studded gala, her image is at risk. Piper is determined to find out all she can about her one-night stand before her dalliance makes it to the tabloids…
Little does she know, he's not some random stranger, but Brendan, the reclusive owner of the beautiful vineyard where Piper's sister is getting married. Soon, she finds herself face-to-face with the man she can't stop thinking about, and realizes he's as sinfully gorgeous and devastatingly charming as he is aloof and distant. Brendan is everything Piper should stay away from, but she just can't resist.
As the wedding approaches, Piper and Brendan can't deny their explosive chemistry. Their secret encounter might be a reckless mistake, but it could also be the beginning of something wonderful for both of them...
It Happened One Summer is a witty, charming, and sexy read that will leave you breathless.
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