It Happened One Summer
Tessa Bailey, 2021
A socialite exiled to a fishing town meets a grumpy captain in a banter-first rom-com about learning to haul your own weight—and letting someone help.
Tessa Bailey has said the novel was inspired by Schitt's Creek, with Piper as an Alexis-like socialite dropped into a working town.
Feels like longing, love and tenderness.
The exact panic of accidentally letting someone know you were looking.
Brendan cleared his throat hard. “What does ‘follow’ mean?”“Don’t,” Deke rushed to say. “Don’t press it.”His thumb was already on the way back up. “Too late.”All three of his crew members surged to their feet. “No. Brendan, don’t tell me you just tapped the blue button,” Sanders groaned, hands on his mop of red hair. “She’s going to see you followed her. She’s going to know you internet stalked her.”“Can’t I just unfollow now?” Brendan started to tap again.Fox lunged forward. “No! No, that’s even worse. If she already noticed you followed her, she’s just going to think you’re playing games.”“Jesus. I’m deleting the whole thing,” Brendan said, throwing the offending device onto the dashboard. Tessa Bailey, 2021
A socialite exiled to a fishing town meets a grumpy captain in a banter-first rom-com about learning to haul your own weight—and letting someone help.
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