With Hannah and Fox living together, we get to see many scenes between the two that are so awkward they are funny. There are many tropes commonly found in the romance genre such as slowburn, forced proximity, and the one bed trope. This story is great if you are looking for an enjoyable, friends to lovers romance. What happens when the line between friendship and something more starts to blur? The problem is, Hannah finds herself wanting Fox more, and Sergei less.

Hannah has a crush on her director, and Fox decides the best way to avoid flirting with Hannah is to help her make a move on Sergei. Fox, however, is known in the small town as a major player and everyone is waiting for him to mess up their friendship and hurt Hannah in the process. Their friendship has been growing over the past seven months and she was excited to see more of him. Fox offers up his spare bedroom, which Hannah gladly accepts. Hannah Bellinger works for a movie production company in Los Angeles, and when the director decides Westport, Washington is the perfect place for his new movie, Hannah finds herself back in the small town with nowhere to stay.

“Hook, Line, and Sinker” takes place seven months later with Hannah and Fox as the main characters. While we saw a bit of Hannah and Fox’s budding romance, they were not the main focus. The first book, “It Happened One Summer,” followed main characters Piper and Brendan’s story.

“Hook, Line, and Sinker” by Tessa Bailey (“It Happened One Summer”) is the second book in “The Bellinger Sisters” duology, and it is in the contemporary romance genre.

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