Listen free for 30 days

  • Hook, Line, and Sinker

  • A Novel
  • Written by: Tessa Bailey
  • Narrated by: Lauren Sweet
  • Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (245 ratings)

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo + applicable taxes after 30 days. Cancel anytime.
Hook, Line, and Sinker cover art

Hook, Line, and Sinker

Written by: Tessa Bailey
Narrated by: Lauren Sweet
Try for $0.00

$14.95 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $32.62

Buy Now for $32.62

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Tax where applicable.

Publisher's Summary

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?

©2022 Tessa Bailey (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers

What listeners say about Hook, Line, and Sinker

Average Customer Ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    135
  • 4 Stars
    60
  • 3 Stars
    40
  • 2 Stars
    5
  • 1 Stars
    5
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    117
  • 4 Stars
    50
  • 3 Stars
    33
  • 2 Stars
    4
  • 1 Stars
    3
Story
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    116
  • 4 Stars
    38
  • 3 Stars
    40
  • 2 Stars
    7
  • 1 Stars
    7

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Loved it!!

Would 100% recommend to anyone. I loved it ❤️

Hannah is a most certainly Leading Lady material to me. I adored her.
Fox is not the typical leading man I go for, but frig, some of his confessions made me swoon beyond anything ever before. I mean I had to send a quote to my writing group it was so good.

Thank you Tessa for writing this ❤️

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Funny, sweet, 🔥

This was nice, light and, entertaining. With very likable characters. Just enough steamy parts. Loved it all!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful Ending to Both Stories!

Flew through this book just like the first. Ending tied up all the loose ends nicely and gave enough of an after story to keep one happy!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

sick of this trope

Getting annoyed with one of the characters all of a sudden deciding they aren't good enough for the other, it's a tired trope, authors need to get more creative. Narration was ok, not my favorite.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Not a rinse and repeat romance!

FINALLY! A story that isn’t full of predictable and overdone character tropes with cookie cutter plot lines. I so badly want to give a spoiler to give props to the author for not falling into it even though she set it up like that’s where it was going. Nice one! Thanks for the entertainment. Narrator did a great job, too!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Slow burn, a little cheesy but fun.

Fun spicy chapters. Some of the dialogue was a little cheesy. Performer as a woman was great. As a man, it ruined the appeal a little for me.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Great read - a bit extra

Really enjoyed this book and the characters though I found their poor communication to drag on and be a bit frustrating. Nonetheless I loved reading it!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

4.5 ☆ loved this friends to lover romance story !

the narrator was great! the friends to lover story was wonderful and a fun book!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

If it’s not broken, don’t fix it

Same story as the first book, different progression but overall good. The characters self-doubt is exhausting.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Who doesn’t love a crab fisherman

Although it happened one summer did have a better story line/plot this one still was able to get a heart strung pulled. I enjoyed the back and forth and thought it didn’t get to repetitive. Enjoyed it and will be diving into more of Tessa Bailey.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!