the latest book in the country blues series, the nanny arrangement, follows newest member deacon latrell and his best friend, hannah fisher. since they first met, years ago when deacon was new in town and hannah summed up the courage to say hello to him in spite of her stutter, they've been connected at the hip. and while hannah values his friendship, she is also in love with him and always has been.

the problem is that deacon doesn't see her as a woman, or at least she thinks that is the problem. it's a little more complicated though. deacon sees her as a woman all right, he just believes that he has no business lusting after his best friend. his experience with love is that people leave. and he never wants hannah to not be a part of his life.

and he's thrilled when for his first tour with the band, he'll have hannah with him. she's agreed to join the tour as a nanny, watching his young son max, and the lead singer's daughter. they'll be sharing a tour bus, and at first deacon doesn't think anything of the forced proximity. but as the sexual tension rachets up between them, it's finally time for them to talk about things openly.

the truth is, they both want the same things. they want to spend a life with each other. they want to raise his son together. all deacon needs to do is believe that he is worthy of the love hannah has for him. all hannah has to do is tell him unequivocally that she loves him. this is a sweet, emotional story, and the character's rich history adds to the depth of feeling in their romance.

Friends to lovers has always been one of my favorite tropes and when I saw that Rachel Harris had a new book coming out I jumped at the chance to read it.

Hannah and Deacon have been best friends for 10 years. Hannah has always loved Deacon as more than a friend, but never revealed her feelings.
After returning from a year in Paris to heal some wounds from a broken heart and work as an Au pair, she vows to change things in her life, including getting Deacon to see her as more than just a friend and start "Operation Find My Happy" She takes a job as a nanny for Deacon's son who she adores, while the band he's in is on tour. His son's mom (and ex-friend of Hannah's) ran off right after the baby was born a few years prior. Traveling with them on the tour bus, it's the perfect opportunity to see if there could be more between them.
Hannah is a strong, sweet and honest person and has always been there for him. Deacon has always cherished their friendship and can't imagine his life without her in it. Can she show him they could be so much more than just friends? Will he take the chance?

I loved their story. Sweet, swoony and just the right amount of angst. I even got a little emotional at the end.

While there are characters from past books [Accidentally Married on Purpose (Love and Games #3) / You're Still the One (Country Blues #1)], this can be read as a stand-alone. I highly recommend this and the other books! Love these characters!

**Thank you to Entangled Publishing for providing an ARC through Net Galley for an honest review**

Very sweet book. Both of the main characters, Deacon and Hannah, were very likable people. I even enjoyed the other characters a lot as well. The story of boy bands do not usually interest me since most of the time they are about young and very rough, dirty guys, with a lot of foul language. But this book wasn't like that. Very little foul language in this book. All of the intimate scenes were hot but left a lot to the imagination, which I like in a book. This was my first book by Rachel Harris, but I will be sure and check out more of her books in the near future.

Hannah has been in love with her friend Deacon since they met as teenagers but fears he never saw her as a romantic option. Determined to change that, she returns from a year abroad with some frilly French underwear and a plan to seduce him while serving as a nanny on tour with the band he just joined. We switch perspectives but never really get into Deacon's head despite the makings of a fascinating character: alcoholic mother, abandoned by the mother of his child as soon as she could leave the hospital, pathological belief that he's not good enough... but we really just see him wrestle with his growing attraction for his friend.
This book was a light, breezy read but I found myself growing frustrated with the couple because despite a decade of friendship they were determined not to talk to each other. When combined with their sincere beliefs that they each knew what was better for the other - despite never honestly discussing their feelings - this story basically consisted of two perfectly nice people who needed to have their heads knocked together.
Deacon even turns controlling and officious toward the end, deciding hurting Hannah is what she needs and I nearly hurled my e-reader across the room because a hero who undermines the agency of the heroine is not my cup of tea. Obviously, everything works out in the end, but nothing about this book makes me want to read others in the series or come back to this well. I'd call it frustrating and forgettable.

Another good read from author Rachel Harris. A friends to lover's story which pulls at the heartstrings and entertains from one page to the next.
Review copy received from Entangled Publishing via Netgalley

Ranked 3.5 stars, rounded up.

Hannah was a shy, quiet, withdrawn child. The bullies & mean girls at school loved tormenting her because of her stutter & home made clothes. She felt so alone until he moved in next door. She finally got the nerve up to go introduce herself to him & a friendship was formed. Deacon protected her throughout school but never realized her feelings were so deep. Deacon ended up with one of her supposed friends & Hannah took off to Paris to grieve. Now she's back, Deacon is single with a young son & a touring contract with a top band. Hannah agrees to be the nanny for Deacon's son & another band member's daughter. She's determined to make Deacon see that her feelings are not just friendship. Can she make him see her in a different light? Will she back out on the conversation again?

Deacon doesn't want to lose Hannah again. It about killed him when she was in Paris & he couldn't see & talk to her everyday. Her friendship & her family met more to him than anything & he wouldn't do anything to jeopardize it. So why is he having these different feelings? Why is he looking at Hannah differently?

This writer does a good job setting the scene & feeling of the story in the beginning & growing it from there. Though this is book 2, it can be read as a stand alone. Some characters flow between the books but the storyline for the specific story begins & ends in the book. I was able to form a connection with the characters although it took a little longer than usual. Personally, I would have liked a few more flashbacks to scenes from them growing up & how he became her hero instead of just alluding to it. This was a sweet entertaining friends to lovers story.

The Nanny Arrangement by Rachel Harris is Book 2 of the Country Blues Series and is of the best-friends-to-lovers and single dads troupe. While this is part of a series, it can be read as a standalone.

This is a sweet and sexy read that incorporates a good mixing of chemistry, characters, and a titter of drama. There are some areas that need some tightening up and more explanation of how we progressed to this moment as those times it was unclear and no explanation was given as to how we went from there to here.

Please note that an ARC was generously provided in exchange for an honest review of which this is both honest and completely voluntary.

Hannah has been best friends with Deacon for years, ever since she befriended him and he became her protector. Now she's been asked to be the nanny for Deacon's son, while he's embarking on a tour with a famous country band. Hannah has loved him for years, and she's determined to make him see her as more than a best friend. Do her tactics work? Does Deacon's upbringing (absent dad, alcoholic mother) prevent him from being able to maintain a relationship?

I loved the interaction that Hannah had with Deacon, as well as his band-mates wives and girlfriends. First book I've read by Harris, and I enjoyed it so much that I need to go back and read You're Still The One, the first book in the series.

I don't know, it was well written, but it just didn't quite do it for me. He was just too down on himself. I like more of an alpha male , not a sad sack. Both of them were downers really. Cute story, but I just didn't like either of them.

My thoughts:

I'm a sucker for the best friends to lovers story. The love between Deacon and Hannah is obvious from the very beginning of the book, but Deacon doesn't notice Hannah in that way. Or does he? I loved Deacon's slow realization that he feels more than just platonic love for Hannah.

I loved the connection between Deacon and Hannah. Their friendship that had evolved through their teenage years to their mid-twenties.

The secondary characters, including Deacon's sweet son Max, are an important part of the story. Deacon is worried about being a good father to Max and a good member of his new band. He knows that Hannah is necessary to both working out. His son is in love with her and his band mates and their wives instantly bring her into the group. Deacon is afraid that if he crosses a line with Hannah, that is getting harder and harder not to cross, then everything in his world could go to hell.

The Nanny Arrangement is the perfect book to read while sitting out by the pool.

Rating:

the book girl gives The Nanny Arrangement a 5/5

Sugar sweet and cute are the keywords in The Nanny Arrangement. If you like books with girlie-crushes-on-the-bad-boy-next-door you are in for a treat! Rachel Harris' second book in the Country Blues series takes you to Hannah Fisher and her neighbour bad boy Deke - Deacon - Latrell.

Hannah is a shy girl, being bullied in her school years for stuttering, having red hair and wear-me-down clothes. Deke was the famous bad boy, being the Knight in Shining Armor for Hannah, by beating the bullies into pulp. So, an unlikely friendship grew. But, whereas Hannah developed a "Lois-is-swooning-over-Superman-crush", Deke seemed to consider her only as his best friend and sister. Even when Deke's girlfriend takes off, after leaving him their son and Hannah steps in to help him out, he still doesn't treat her as anything else than his BFF.

So Hannah takes of to Paris, to rethink her life. She comes up with Operation Find My Happy and she is determined to persuade Deke to see her not only as a good friend, but as HIS girlfriend. And what better way to convince him while being stuck together on the tourbus? But Hannah didn't take into account the other team members and their very nosy girlfriends, who are also travelling on the bus. Can she (and her girl posse) convince Deacon that he is worthy of her love? Or will they crash and burn?

A great read. You can easily read this book, without reading the first part of this series. Four out of five stars from me. With a special thanks to Netgalley and Entangled Publishing for providing the ARC.

LOVED it!! This is an absolutely fantastic friends to lovers story that had my emotions all over the place. Deacon Latrell and Hannah Fisher have been friends since childhood. Two misfits that worked perfectly together. Deacon had a tough family life and was considered a bad boy. Hannah had a loving family but was shy and held back because of a stutter. Now all grown up these two have remained close but not as close as Hannah would like them to be. Will Deacon ever see her as more than the shy girl next door?? Now he has the opportunity to go on tour and he wants Hannah to go along as a nanny for his son. Could this be Hannah's chance to show Deacon how good they can be together?

A fantastic read that I highly recommend to everyone.

Great addition to the Country Blues series! I adore Deacon & Hannah and the rest of the Blue 'family'. The ending made me tear up, it was so sweet.

I'm already highly anticipating the 3rd book in the series!

The Nanny Arrangement is a sweet, fun and flirty romance about unrequited love and second chances. Throw in a precocious two year old toddler and two matchmaking friends, and this story is beyond adorable.

I loved both Deacon and Hannah. Hannah because she is so incredibly sweet, giving and kind, but also because she is brave. She recognised what she wanted out of her life, and what she wanted was Deacon. She made a plan to go after her dreams despite her fears and the fact that everything could blow up in her face. It takes guts when you've been bullied your whole life and when you're shy to be able to do what Hannah did and I applaud her for it.

As for Deacon, poor misguided Deacon. He carried so much guilt around and so much fear of not ever being good enough or worthy of love. But on top of that, he's a great guy, who defended Hannah from bullies right through high school and was her personal "Superman". He's also hardworking and an overachiever, so fearful of rejection and failing that he put in the extra mile in order to excel, which he does. When he finally realises he's worthy of love and he loves Hannah, it was lovely to see. I was so happy for him for finally realising his own worth.

Another thing I loved in this story was the pop culture references. I even got the obscure Friends reference to the lobster because I'm in the process of rewatching all the Friends episodes and we recently watched that particular episode. Those references tickled me pink.

This was a total feel good story. It ticks all my boxes for something sweet, cute, heartwarming and lovely, and it was exactly what I needed. I'm thinking I might go back at some point and read Charlie and Arabella's story.

This was a very appealing and likeable story about two people that were in love with each other but hesitant about risking their friendship for the unknown. Tired of waiting, Hannah pushes herself to take the leap out of the friend zone but is Deacon along for the jump? This was such a delightful story of friends taking a chance on love and redefining their relationship. This is the second book in the series and stands strong on its own but I found myself going back to book one to read more from this incredible author.

Hannah is known as shy and soft-spoken but underneath she has a strong core and is an extremely hard working. When she gets the chance to win her best friends heart, once and for all, she takes it…it comes in the position of nanny on a rock and roll tour bus.

Deacon has been half in love with Hannah from day one but she is his best friend and he doesn’t want to mess up a good thing. But how is he going to resist her when she blows his mind with just her smile.

This is a case of serious lack of communication, which makes for some excellent reading.

Utterly sweet and endearing love story. He was her superhero, she saved his life and together they've always ever been best friends.

Can you say SWOON with a capital S! Harris writes humanized, lovable characters that touch a place deep in your heart.

I received this ARC copy of The Nanny Arrangement from Entangled Publishing, LLC. This is my honest and voluntary review. The Nanny Arrangement is set for publication May 22, 2017.

My Rating: 4 stars
Written by: Rachel Harris
Print Length: 233 pages
Publisher: Entangled: Bliss
Publication Date: May 22, 2017
Sold by: Macmillan
ASIN: B071NKWD4K

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This book is technically book two of the Country Blues series, but you do not have to read You're Still The One (or Accidentally Married On Purpose where we meet Tyler and Sherry) to enjoy this book, although you should because they're great books. This one completely stands alone and does not end on a cliffhanger. Any sex that happens is behind closed doors, but there is cursing, including two f-bombs (which don't offend me at all but felt really out of place in this story).

This book is seriously adorable. I was intrigued by the tiny snippet of Deacon and Hannah in You're Still The One, but I had no idea just how much I would enjoy this book. Their relationship is so sweet from the very start that I couldn't help but root for these two to figure out what we all knew – that they were totally meant to be. I do wish there had been more of Hannah and Deacon together, but thankfully Sherry and Ella were characters I am familiar with so their time spent together was nostalgic for me rather than seeming completely out of left field. I will admit that there were moments that I wasn't sure if Hannah would get it together, that she would never actually realize that she was worth more than she believed, but I was very pleased with how it all played out. Although Deacon screws up occasionally, the way that he loves and dotes on his son is so incredibly special. As much as I loved his bond with Hannah, his relationship with his son was even better. There is nothing as sexy as a man who loves his children.

One thing that Rachel Harris does so wonderfully is to infuse her books with both subtle and laugh-out-loud humor. I also found myself not only laughing out loud, but also smiling and chuckling at subtle phrasings or things that were happening. That happened so often that I lost count - I LOVE a book that makes me laugh, and Ms. Harris' books never fail to do that.

If you're looking for a sweet friends-to-lovers book that will make you swoon, make you laugh, break your heart a little and then put it back together, and make you smile, you should definitely give this book (and You're Still The One, and the Love and Games series) a read. I have really loved the last few books and cannot wait for Miles and Nate's stories.

I was very generously granted an ARC of this book by the publisher via NetGalley. I was under no obligation to write this review, I did so because I very much enjoyed this story.

I haven't read a Rachel Harris book in a while and for the life of me, I can't figure out why. But when I received the chance for an ARC of The Nanny Arrangement, I jumped at it. And I was not disappointed.

It's incredible how even with adult contemporary romance, you don't really need the explicit love scenes to be touched to your very core by a love story.

Hannah and Deacon have always been very close. Since the moment Hannah approached Deacon when they were teens, something was there. They were best friends, they cared deeply for each other. They were both complete idiots. Well, kind of.

Deacon, always protecting Hannah at school when she was the social pariah for her stutter, became superman. Naturally. And Hannah was always there for Deacon, supporting him and encouraging him to chase his dreams. She was therewhen his ex (and Hannah's friend) left him at the hospital with their newborn. And she stepped in, cared for and loved Max as if he were her own. Forming this pseudo-family unit of their own, only without the romance.

But now that Deacon is Blue's fiddler/keyboardist and is going on tour with the band, fulfilling his life's dream, Hannah will be joining the group as the band's nanny. After a year in Paris, distancing herself from her feelings for Deacon, her goal is to find her happy.

The dynamics of this story is nothing short of adorable. I enjoyed every part, even the annoying ones where Deacon is being a complete idiot. Men. I loved the glimpses of the other couple's lives, the kids scenes were cute as hell and the F2B is, as always, perfect and on point with Rachel Harris's style.

But most of all I loved how deeply I felt everything Harris tried carrying through.

While I didn't read the first book, I assumed this could have been read without it. I'm not sure if that's true, or not. The story mentions a lot about the past but doesn't actually offer up much of what exactly happened, and I can't know if that is mentioned in book 1. Why I assume it wasn't is because I think it's a different couple from this couple here.

Another aspect I didn't like of this book was that many times I kept going "how did we get here?". Indeed, how did we get there, one moment we are going to a hotel with Hannah and Deacon and then next its like a different day and an entirely different scene and while the chapter broke it up I had this happen in the chapters as well. We would be reading about Deacon and his feelings and then suddenly he's at a fan meet and greet signing. How did we get there? Was he reflecting back to his time with Hannah in the previous day? It wasn't clear at all.

Hannah and Deacon's love doesn't completely shine through especially with their long long internal monologues. They both have feelings for each other but both are held back by different things, a sense of duty, a sense of self worth, a sense of pride, and a sense of hurt. This gets annoying and could have been cut down in half. I personally don't enjoy books with tons and tons of internalizing, I prefer a lot of dialogue to break it up.

While the story is mildly engaging I found myself board, wandering and not wanting to finish it but I knew I also <i>did</i> want to finish it. The story isn't bad, it just could be tightened up a bit.

Hannah is a woman who as a child struggled with a stutter, homemade clothing, older parents and constantly being bullied. Deacon has absent parents who enjoy the bottle more than him. But we never experience these feelings with him, we never feel these things with him or understand quite how they impact him. One day Hannah decides to go outside and talk to Deacon. They become fast friends BFFs who have always loved each other. It's alluded to there being a reason that Hannah fled to Paris, but it is never exactly expanded on what just happened, as though we are just supposed to <i>know</i> unless of course this is mentioned in book 1. Either way a refresh would have been nice. Eventually Deacon gets signed on to a country band named Blue and Hannah is asked to be a nanny for the band. One of the band members has a daughter and another one on the way and Deacon, well Deacon has a son named Max. And so Hannah becomes their nanny while the band is on tour. This allows Deacon and Hannah to possibly go beyond the friend zone.

Anyways, while the book has book parts and bad parts I just wished it was cleaned up a little bit more. There is definitely potential here for sure.

<b> Thank you to the author, and publisher for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book for free via NetGalley for my open and honest opinion. All opinions in this review are mine and mine alone.</b>

This is a sweet but rather slow story. Hannah and Deacon have been best friends for years, always the other's rock and support. Deacon doesn't know his own heart and after a stint away in Paris, Hannah decides if she doesn't push to get Deacon to see her as a woman she'll always regret it.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from NetGalley. I was not compensated for my review, and I was not required to write a positive review. The opinion expressed here is my own.