Hook, Line, and Sinker

Score: 5/5 Bookmarks

Steam Level: 🍆🍆🍆/5

A huge thank you to Avon and Harper Audio for gifting me review copies of this book.

Tessa Bailey has done it again. I absolutely loved It Happened One Summer and I wasn't sure how she was possibly going to top it with the second Bellinger Sisters book—but here we are with Hannah and Fox's story in Hook, Line, and Sinker.

We're back in Westport, WA after Hannah convinces her hot director boss to film their latest project there. Her and Fox have been texting for months and have become pretty close. He has a spare room, so she decides to stay with him during filming (her sister Pippa has a full house with the in-laws in town).

There is lots of miscommunication, and neither of them wants to ruin the friendship they've built, but I loved watching these two find their way to each other. They care about each other in such a genuine way, that I think you can only get with friends-to-lovers.

I loved their conversations too, whether by text or in person. It just felt so real and was often and a lovely mix of funny and sweet.

You get to see a little of Piper and Brendan throughout the book which is really fun too. In true Tessa style, this one is pretty steamy and fully open-door.

The audiobook was narrated by Lauren Sweet, who also performed Alexandria Bellefleur’s latest series. The audio is 10 hours and 10 minutes and you won’t want it to end.

Basically, if this one isn't on your TBR yet you need to add it! You can download the audio right now via Libro fm, or get a physical copy via the button below.

Synopsis:

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?