
The novel has been on the USA Today bestseller list for the last 10 weeks and has received starred reviews from Booklist and Kirkus and has been named a “Must-Read” by Bustle, BuzzFeed, PopSugar, CNN, Vulture, PARADE, Country Living, USA Today, and Entertainment Weekly. Truly a fish out of water, Piper must grapple with her newfound feelings–about Brendan, the town, her past and her hopes for the future.īCDF Pictures Developing 'The Spanish Love Deception' Film 'The Hating Game's Peter Hutchings Tapped To Adapt Elena Armas Bestseller The story turns the classic ‘It Girl’ trope on its head as fun and fashionable socialite Piper clashes with gruff local fisherman Brendan to swoon-worthy results. It Happened One Summer follows a Hollywood ‘It Girl,’ who is cut off from her wealthy family and exiled to a small Pacific Northwest beach town where she butts heads with a surly, sexy local who thinks she doesn’t belong. BCDF’s Claude Dal Farra and Brian Keady will produce alongside Lisa Berger from Frolic. Christina Mengert (The Hating Game) and Joseph Muszynski (The Unhoneymooners) have adapted the book. It has also been a TikTok sensation with a hashtag with over 35 million views. The book is the first installment in Bailey’s #1 New York Times and #1 USA Today bestselling Bellinger Sisters series. EXCLUSIVE: BCDF Pictures and Frolic Media are set to produce a feature adaptation of New York Times best-selling author Tessa Bailey’s bestselling romantic comedy novel It Happened One Summer.
