{"id":27431,"date":"2021-07-13T07:21:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T11:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=27431"},"modified":"2022-10-17T03:27:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T22:27:51","slug":"review-it-happened-one-summer-by-tessa-bailey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/13\/review-it-happened-one-summer-by-tessa-bailey\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-27431\" data-postid=\"27431\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-27431 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_bbbcac8 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_49667e8 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7036296 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/it-happened-one-summer-tessa-bailey.jpg?resize=332%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-29500\" title=\"it-happened-one-summer-tessa-bailey\" alt=\"it-happened-one-summer-tessa-bailey\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/it-happened-one-summer-tessa-bailey.jpg?w=332&amp;ssl=1 332w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/it-happened-one-summer-tessa-bailey.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/it-happened-one-summer-tessa-bailey.jpg?resize=400%2C602&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a1982ef customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">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\u2019s dive bar&#8230; in Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Piper hasn\u2019t even been in Westport for five minutes when she meets big, bearded sea captain Brendan, who thinks she won\u2019t last a week outside of Beverly Hills. So what if Piper can\u2019t do math, and the idea of sleeping in a shabby apartment with bunk beds gives her hives. How bad could it really be? She\u2019s determined to show her stepfather\u2014and the hot, grumpy local\u2014that she\u2019s more than a pretty face.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Except it\u2019s a\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">small<\/span>\u00a0town and everywhere she turns, she bumps into Brendan. The fun-loving socialite and the gruff fisherman are polar opposites, but there\u2019s an undeniable attraction simmering between them. Piper doesn\u2019t 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\u2014and this town full of memories\u2014may have already caught her heart.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_23787e9 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2d1ea91  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25880 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-diamond-banner-1-2.png?resize=296%2C72&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jul 13, 2021<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>It Happened One Summer<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>1<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> HarperCollins<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> Avon<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $13.99<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The summer romance I\u2019ve been waiting for!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Bailey<\/strong><\/em> has done it yet again. Given me a story I could sink my teeth into with plenty of hella-hot steaming sexy scenes and tons of heart. Also, all the <em>Schitt\u2019s Creek<\/em> fans are going to go be entranced because our heroine, Piper Bellinger is like a long-lost cousin of Alexis Rose.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Piper<\/strong> is a Hollywood party girl, raised with every opportunity to do whatever she wanted, but her only goal seems to be seen at one party or the next and post on her Instagram. Though her viewership is starting to drop and in a moment of temporary insanity after her latest fling dumps her, she throws a party that gets her thrown in jail and handed an ultimatum from her step-father. It\u2019s spending three months, cut off from funds, and her birth father\u2019s old hometown. Add in a run-down bar as her residence and the problems are just starting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Poor Piper packs herself off with her sister in tow to the seaside town of Westport, and as the blurb states she meets the hottest King Crab fishing captain this side of the Pacific, <strong>Brendan<\/strong>. He\u2019s the grumpy, bearded man of my dreams.\u00a0 Brendan is all stern, locked into his routines, and doesn\u2019t need someone like Piper bursting in and ruining everything. She does though and Brendan finds himself lost in her thrall. She\u2019s the siren bound to sink his boat and every single page of the fall is glorious.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I devoured this story so fast, smiled a ton, and had to fan myself multiple times at Brendan\u2019s dirty talk. If Bailey delivers in one area over and over, it\u2019s her heroes have some filthy mouths in the bedroom. Bless them. There is trope gold as well with the tortured hero, fish of water, and the great spin on opposites attract.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Outside of fabulous characters, the seaside Westport is a gold mine, with loveable secondary characters, plenty of charm, and lots of opportunity for romance. Pacing is spot on, with the focus on Brendan\u2019s fall for Alexis amid her transformation from social influencer to a woman with a purpose.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, if you\u2019re going to read a book this summer, <strong>It Happened One Summer<\/strong> is the perfect rom-com to get lost in. I can\u2019t wait for more from Bailey and she\u2019s quickly rising to the top of my auto-buy list.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Landra<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_eb0616c customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ezvVrl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3yKBESf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/it-happened-one-summer-tessa-bailey\/1137911272?ean=9780063045668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/it-happened-one-summer-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Tessa_Bailey_It_Happened_One_Summer?id=wXoCEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels. 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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\u2019s dive bar... in Washington.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Piper hasn\u2019t even been in Westport for five minutes when she meets big, bearded sea captain Brendan, who thinks she won\u2019t last a week outside of Beverly Hills. So what if Piper can\u2019t do math, and the idea of sleeping in a shabby apartment with bunk beds gives her hives. How bad could it really be? She\u2019s determined to show her stepfather\u2014and the hot, grumpy local\u2014that she\u2019s more than a pretty face.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Except it\u2019s a\u00a0small\u00a0town and everywhere she turns, she bumps into Brendan. The fun-loving socialite and the gruff fisherman are polar opposites, but there\u2019s an undeniable attraction simmering between them. Piper doesn\u2019t 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\u2014and this town full of memories\u2014may have already caught her heart.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-diamond-banner-1-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p> <hr \/> <p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jul 13, 2021<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>It Happened One Summer<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>1<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> HarperCollins<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> Avon<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $13.99<\/p> <hr \/> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The summer romance I\u2019ve been waiting for!<\/em><\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Bailey<\/strong><\/em> has done it yet again. Given me a story I could sink my teeth into with plenty of hella-hot steaming sexy scenes and tons of heart. Also, all the <em>Schitt\u2019s Creek<\/em> fans are going to go be entranced because our heroine, Piper Bellinger is like a long-lost cousin of Alexis Rose.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Piper<\/strong> is a Hollywood party girl, raised with every opportunity to do whatever she wanted, but her only goal seems to be seen at one party or the next and post on her Instagram. Though her viewership is starting to drop and in a moment of temporary insanity after her latest fling dumps her, she throws a party that gets her thrown in jail and handed an ultimatum from her step-father. It\u2019s spending three months, cut off from funds, and her birth father\u2019s old hometown. Add in a run-down bar as her residence and the problems are just starting.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Poor Piper packs herself off with her sister in tow to the seaside town of Westport, and as the blurb states she meets the hottest King Crab fishing captain this side of the Pacific, <strong>Brendan<\/strong>. He\u2019s the grumpy, bearded man of my dreams.\u00a0 Brendan is all stern, locked into his routines, and doesn\u2019t need someone like Piper bursting in and ruining everything. She does though and Brendan finds himself lost in her thrall. She\u2019s the siren bound to sink his boat and every single page of the fall is glorious.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I devoured this story so fast, smiled a ton, and had to fan myself multiple times at Brendan\u2019s dirty talk. If Bailey delivers in one area over and over, it\u2019s her heroes have some filthy mouths in the bedroom. Bless them. There is trope gold as well with the tortured hero, fish of water, and the great spin on opposites attract.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Outside of fabulous characters, the seaside Westport is a gold mine, with loveable secondary characters, plenty of charm, and lots of opportunity for romance. Pacing is spot on, with the focus on Brendan\u2019s fall for Alexis amid her transformation from social influencer to a woman with a purpose.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, if you\u2019re going to read a book this summer, <strong>It Happened One Summer<\/strong> is the perfect rom-com to get lost in. I can\u2019t wait for more from Bailey and she\u2019s quickly rising to the top of my auto-buy list.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Landra<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ezvVrl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3yKBESf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/it-happened-one-summer-tessa-bailey\/1137911272?ean=9780063045668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/it-happened-one-summer-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Tessa_Bailey_It_Happened_One_Summer?id=wXoCEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27431"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29505,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27431\/revisions\/29505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}