Bellinger Sisters · Book 1

It Happened One Summer

Published
1 January 2021
Pages
368
ISBN-13
9780063045651
Type
novel
Cover of It Happened One Summer

About this book

It Happened One Summer, published in 2021, opens Tessa Bailey's Bellinger Sisters duology at 368 pages and became a viral BookTok phenomenon, following one of two wealthy Los Angeles socialite sisters sent to the small Washington fishing town of Westport and falling for a blunt, working-class local.

Key facts about It Happened One Summer

It Happened One Summer is a novel by Tessa Bailey. Readers have had it since 2021. It runs to 368 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of It Happened One Summer. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780063045651 to find the main one.

It Happened One Summer is book 1 of 2 in the Bellinger Sisters series. The series has 2 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.

Additionally, Tessa Bailey writes Line of Duty, Serve and Broke and Beautiful, plus 10 more series. Those series sit on our romance shelf. Meanwhile, Catch Her If You Can is the latest published Tessa Bailey book on file, from 20 January 2026.

About Tessa Bailey

Tessa Bailey is an American contemporary romance author known for steamy, banter-heavy love stories with a strong comic streak. See every Tessa Bailey book in order.

Its place in Bellinger Sisters

It Happened One Summer is book 1 in the Bellinger Sisters series. It is followed by Hook, Line, and Sinker. See the full Bellinger Sisters reading order.

Bellinger Sisters follows two wealthy, socialite sisters from Los Angeles who each end up, by very different circumstances, sent to the small Washington fishing town of Westport -- and falling for blunt, working-class local men who couldn't be further from their old lives. It's Tessa Bailey's biggest commercial hit: It Happened One Summer became a viral BookTok phenomenon and is now one of the most commonly recommended entry points into her whole catalogue, pairing her signature devoted-hero heat with a classic…

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