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Hook, Line, and Sinker

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AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND #1 USA TODAY BESTSELLER

In the follow-up to It Happened One Summer, Tessa Bailey delivers another deliciously fun rom-com about a former player who accidentally falls for his best friend while trying to help her land a different man…

King crab fisherman Fox Thornton has a reputation as a sexy, carefree flirt. Everyone knows he’s a guaranteed good time—in bed and out—and that’s exactly how he prefers it. Until he meets Hannah Bellinger. She’s immune to his charm and looks, but she seems to enjoy his… personality? And wants to be friends? Bizarre. But he likes her too much to risk a fling, so platonic pals it is.

Now, Hannah's in town for work, crashing in Fox’s spare bedroom. She knows he’s a notorious ladies’ man, but they’re definitely just friends. In fact, she's 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 Westport’s resident Casanova, Hannah sets out to catch her coworker’s eye… 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 can't 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 she’s 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 and… and… man overboard! He’s 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 he’s all in, she'll choose him instead?

Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Romance Romantic Comedy Women's Fiction Comedy
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The writer’s story tell style is captivating. I am looking forward to her next book

A heartwarming love story

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If you liked the first one you’ll like this! I think Hannah could grow a bit of a backbone but this type of attitude is par for the course in this genre and its easy enough to overlook and just indulge in the guilty pleasure

Enjoyable

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Thoroughly enjoyed the story, definitely my favourite book by this author.
I have re-read this book 3 times already.

Much recommend

A favourite

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I liked the first book but I loved this one. Fox is such an interesting character and his development draws you in. The dialogue is well written and it makes you care about the characters.

Only criticism was the lack of use of existing characters from the previous book, it felt like they were missing rather than having a smaller part of the story.

It’s just so good

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Gosh this was a great romance. I really loved the story, characters and the way it was written and performed. I’m a sucker for friends to lovers and I now need to get my of Tessa Baileys books!

Tessa might be my new favorite author

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