It Happened One Summer

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 doesnt 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 fathers dive bar... in Washington.Piper hasnt even been in Westport for five minutes when she meets big, bearded sea captain Brendan, who thinks she wont last a week outside of Beverly Hills. So what if Piper cant do math, and the idea of sleeping in a shabby apartment with bunk beds gives her hives. How bad could it really be? Shes determined to show her stepfatherand the hot, grumpy localthat shes more than a pretty face.Except its a small town and everywhere she turns, she bumps into Brendan. The fun-loving socialite and the gruff fisherman are polar opposites, but theres an undeniable attraction simmering between them. Piper doesnt 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 Brendanand this town full of memoriesmay have already caught her heart.As seen onE!Online, PopSugar, CNN, EliteDaily, Vulture, Buzzfeed, Bustle, the Nerd Daily, PARADE, LA Magazine, Country Living, USA Today, and more!