Every Little Thing (Hart's Boardwalk, #2)

by Samantha Young

The New York Times bestselling author of the On Dublin Street series returns to Hartwell, Delaware—the perfect place to get away from it all, and find what you never knew you needed....
 
Bailey Hartwell has many reasons to feel content—her successful business, a close circle of friends, and her steady boyfriend…even if their romance feels staid after ten years without a serious commitment. The only challenge in her life comes in the form of sexy businessman Vaughn Tremaine. She thinks the ex-New Yorker acts superior and that he considers her a small-town nobody. But when Bailey’s blindsided by a betrayal, she’s shocked to discover Vaughn is actually a decent guy.
 
Vaughn admires Bailey’s free spirit, independence, and loyalty. As his passion for her has grown, his antagonism toward her has only worsened. Every little thing Bailey does seduces him. But when Vaughn’s painful emotional past makes him walk away in fear he will hurt her, it opens an old wound in Bailey, and she uncharacteristically retreats.
 
Once Vaughn begins to realize he’s made the biggest mistake of his life, he has no choice but to fight like he’s never fought before to convince Bailey that the love they’ve found together only comes around once in a lifetime….

• ISBN10: 1101991690
• ISBN13: 9781101991695
• Publish Date: 7 March 2017
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 368
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781101991695

Reviews

[whisperingchapters]

This review was originally posted on Latte Nights Reviews.


Ever since I read about Bailey and Vaughn in The One Real Thing, I had been highly anticipating their book! My exact words were "I’m so looking forward to the next novel in this series. I won’t think twice about picking it up since it will have one of the couples that I fell so hard for in this first book! That book will be something else and I can’t wait for it!" I already had a feeling Every Little Thing was going to be great and it totally was!

"You’re looking a little stressed there, Bailey. Anything I can do to help?"
"Sterilization," I quipped.
"Huh?"
"My point exactly. Good-bye." I wiggled my fingers at them, gesturing them to move along.

After finding her boyfriend of 10 years cheating on her, Bailey isn't sure how to be a 34-year-old single woman. Despite that, she moves on with the help of her friends and her independence. Unfortunately, her sights and heart are set on Vaughn Tremaine, someone she knows she should stay away from. Years ago, someone like him broke her heart and she can't risk that type of heartbreak again. Vaughn is a very rich businessman who had no plans in staying at Hartwell, but he fell in love with the small town and so he decided to stay. Somehow, Vaughn and Bailey started off on the wrong foot and now, all they do is banter and insult each other. It wasn't until Bailey was in danger and Vaughn saved her that their insults lowered and the chemistry grew even more.

The man I thought I might have been waiting for my whole life.
All this time he’d been standing right in front of me, wearing a suit and a sexy-ass smirk.

I loved Bailey even more in this book. She's fierce, strong, independent, caring, loving, and doesn't let anybody walk over her. Any situation thrown her away, she handles it with grace and with a side of badass. She's definitely the only woman able to tame Vaughn and get him out of his commitment phobia. Because of his family, Vaughn is scared of commitment. But he really wants Bailey and after a few realizations, he's determined to win Bailey and show her he won't leave. Seeing as Bailey and Vaughn hate each other, their romance went from enemies to lovers in a delicious slow burn pace that amped up the chemistry they had.

Vaughn couldn’t remember a time when he’d been so lost in a woman. He felt this unsettling hum beneath his skin. This urgency. This desperation to claim Bailey Hartwell as his own like he really was a prehistoric caveman.

Every Little Thing was everything I hoped for and more. All the chemistry, hate, love, small-town, characters, and storyline were on point! Now, I'm really hoping the next book follows Emery and Jack. They need a book ASAP!!

I received an ARC from the publisher via mail for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.This review was originally posted on Latte Nights Reviews.

[EBookObsessed]

A great enemies to lover story. I was looking forward to Vaughn and Bailey’s story after The One Real Thing and I wasn’t disappointed.
Although it is not necessary to have read Book 1 in order to read Book 2, we did get all the background set up in the first book for all the people who live and work on the boardwalk and the friendships and frenemies therein. Still, feel free to jump in with Every Little Thing and then decide whether you want to jump back.

Bailey Hartwell might be from the original founding family of Hartwell but she is quite down to earth. Keeping the Boardwalk a quiet fun retreat for families is what is most important to Bailey. That is why Bailey was so against Vaughn Tremaine opening his slick hotel and conference on the Boardwalk. She tried to stop the Board form approving his plans three years ago, and has just given him an all around hard time since he came to Hartwell.

But recently she had to, reluctantly, agree that Vaughn has been an asset to the Boardwalk community. He agrees with Bailey and the other shop owners about keeping the Boardwalk properties the way it has always been and he has no problem using his money or influence where he can. And he is behind them in their plans to keep Ian Devlin and he unpleasant plans for “improvements” off the boardwalk. Bailey has even, again reluctantly, given Vaughn some advice on how to get the town council and mayor to see his good side, even if he only shows that to everyone but Bailey.

Vaughn and Bailey have moved their antagonistic relationship into the murkier water of frenemies…frenemies who seem to really like swiping at each other.

Regardless of whether or not they agree on how to run their respective businesses, sparks always fly when Bailey and Vaughn are together. The types of sparks Bailey has never had with Tom in the 10 years they have been together. That makes it all the more confusing when Bailey catches Tom cheating and she isn’t that upset about the end of their long relationship.

Vaughn is more upset about the breakup since having Bailey with Tom was the one real roadblock which was keeping Vaughn from making a stupid move on Bailey himself. And when Ian Devlin makes a move on Bailey’s Inn and Vaughn steps in, their friends finally take notice of Vaughn’s interest in everything Bailey. After mistakes in his past, Vaughn’s plan is to remain a confirmed bachelor and Bailey is the type of woman who wants a husband and family. So giving in to his desire to kiss Ms. Hartwell senseless during her next tirade would not be good for anyone. If only he can keep convincing himself of that.

These two gave off strong sexual vibes since we started. While it takes a while for Vaughn and Bailey to make the leap from enemies to lovers, once they finally give in they don’t disappoint.

My biggest concern after reading The One Real Thing was the similarities in the characters in that book to the relationship dynamics of Joss and Braden in On Dublin Street and I worried that this series would just be rehashing of the prior series in a new location. Thankfully, I did not get that same feeling with book 2.