Bellinger Sisters
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1. IT HAPPENED ONE SUMMER by Tessa Bailey
SYNOPSIS
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 fatherβs dive bar... in Washington.
Piper hasnβt even been in Westport for five minutes when she meets big, bearded sea captain Brendan, who thinks she wonβt last a week outside of Beverly Hills. So what if Piper canβt do math, and the idea of sleeping in a shabby apartment with bunk beds gives her hives. How bad could it really be? Sheβs determined to show her stepfatherβand the hot, grumpy localβthat sheβs more than a pretty face.
Except itβs a small town and everywhere she turns, she bumps into Brendan. The fun-loving socialite and the gruff fisherman are polar opposites, but thereβs an undeniable attraction simmering between them. Piper doesnβt 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 Brendanβand this town full of memoriesβmay have already caught her heart.
2. HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER by Tessa Bailey
SYNOPSIS
King crab fisherman Fox Thornton has a reputation as a sexy, carefree flirt. Everyone knows heβs a guaranteed good timeβin bed and outβand thatβs exactly how he prefers it. Until he meets Hannah Bellinger. Sheβs immune to his charm and looks, but she seems to enjoy hisβ¦ personality? And wants to be friends? Bizarre. But he likes her too much to risk a fling, so platonic pals it is.
Now, Hannahβs in town for work, crashing in Foxβs spare bedroom. She knows heβs a notorious ladiesβ man, but theyβre definitely just friends. In fact, sheβs nursing a hopeless crush on a colleague and Fox is just the person to help with her lackluster love life. Armed with a few tips from Westportβs resident Casanova, Hannah sets out to catch her coworkerβs eyeβ¦ yet the more time she spends with Fox, the more she wants him instead. As the line between friendship and flirtation begins to blur, Hannah canβt deny she loves everything about Fox, but she refuses to be another notch on his bedpost.
Living with his best friend should have been easy. Except now sheβs walking around in a towel, sleeping right across the hall, and Fox is fantasizing about waking up next to her for the rest of his life andβ¦ andβ¦ man overboard! Heβs fallen for her, hook, line, and sinker. Helping her flirt with another guy is pure torture, but maybe if Fox can tackle his inner demons and show Hannah heβs all in, sheβll choose him instead?