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

by Samantha Young

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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.