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It Happened One Summer

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It Happened One Summer

By: Tessa Bailey
Narrated by: Charlotte North
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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.

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
Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Romantic Comedy Women's Fiction Comedy Heartfelt

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Very predictable and unrealistic story, hoped it would get better but it didn’t! Easy listen, but wouldn’t buy another in this series

Predictable

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easy listening girl meets boy fall in love basically but nice and relaxing as you don't really have to concentrate. a good book for chilling out to

easy listening

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For a romance story this is actually a very good listen. I’m sure there will be a story to follow about the sister to come as well. The narration was spot on for the main character.

Surprisingly good

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Loved it sooooo much! I laughed an cried in the best way.
Very good narrator, just loved it!

Definitely 10/10

Wow wow wow

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I thought I would try a different author so read this book after reading all the positive reviews. I was sad to say that I lost interest in reading it on more than 1 occasion. I did eventually finish it but thought it could of been shorter and more interesting. I won't be reading this authors material and will probably be sticking to the same authors that I normally read.

lost interest

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The main character was one that was hard to believe could be real. It just wasn’t all that interesting.

Was okay, but hard to believe

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I've read the book and it's a 5⭐️, however, the narration was not. I only listened to it to remind me of the story before I read Hook, Line And Sinker

The book is way better

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A little raunchy at times but omg I just couldn't stop listening. Hope it gets made into a film.

AMAZING

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Was a brilliantly written book, had me hooked from the start. Some naughty scenes, so not appropriate for younger readers but was a really easy read. The characters truly came to life

Lovely little romance

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The beginning of this book made me want to almost throw up with all the social media and fake friends that the star of the piece Piper had. She was basically a socialite with money financed by her stepdad. She messes up one too many times and he with the support of her mum, tells her to go to Westport where her deceased father was born and raised. She has to stay for at least 3 months. Her sister goes with her and the test is how Will Piper deal with life without her usual luxuries.

This is when the book gets interesting for me and when she meets Brendan, I would imagine there are sparks but he dislikes her from the start and they have a rocky start. Now Piper starts to come into her own and she meets a significant family member that she wasn’t aware of due to her mother leaving the area and found it too painful to discuss as Piper and her sister were very young when their father passed they barely remember him.

This book has substance and the real test for Piper is will she last the 3 months, will she find love, will she crave her old life with her fake friends or will she discover what it means to get real…..

*Deceptive Chick Lit*

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