Another Tessa Bailey classic - fun, funny, and spicy! I'm loving her new foray into hockey romance. The characters in this book felt well-developed and real. I enjoyed the classics grumpy sunshine with a twist of grumpy, single dad. I'm looking forward to the next one!

this was just a no for me. i was bored and got the ick a lot. the mmc was disrespectful and manipulative and overall 🚩🚩. the very dragged out third act breakup and miscommunication was too much for me.

graduate student tallulah becomes a live-in nanny for professional hockey player burgess. she takes the job for housing and financial situations and in turn, he needs help with his daughter. their relationship faces challenges as they grow closer while his daughter desires for her parents to get back together and reunite.

tropes: single dad x live in nanny, hockey romance, age gap, grumpy x sunshine, he falls first

God I love Tessa Bailey's books. I came late to the party with her books, but I'm so glad I've started to dive in. The first one I read was Fangirl Down, and I was super excited to get my hands on The Au Pair Affair. I loved that this one is set in Boston, and the characters were just so good. Of course, this one is super steamy, but had an excellent plot with characters overcoming challenges. I loved loved loved The Au Pair Affair.

Thank you Avon Books and NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.

I loveee this author. She always writes a good combination of spice and heat. This story was absolutely delicious with emotion and humor as well. Tessa Bailey never fails!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an advance copy of The Au Pair Affair by Tessa Bailey in exchange for my honest review and opinion. Tessa has become one of my must read authors through the years so I was excited to be able to read this before all my friends and family. I found this to be a cute read older man vs. younger woman and how they handled their romance. Cute story!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me free access to the advanced digital copy of this book.

To be honest, this book just did NOT hook me. The age gap was too big for my liking, and I usually love Tessa Bailey but the vibe felt too dad-trying-to-fix-estranged-daughter.

I love me some Tessa Bailey! I was so excited to read this, and it did not disappoint. Funny, heartwarming, and plenty of spice. Highly recommend!

Tessa Bailey is the queen of dirty talk, and this book is so exception. I just love her MMCs. They are all so fantastic.

I enjoyed this! It’s not my favorite Tessa Bailey book (I’m not a big fan of age gap romance) but I will definitely be recommending it! It was cute and romantic but also had some serious themes as well, which is great to see!

I really enjoy this book. Love a good sport romance and my 1st hockey. I love the development between the characters and how they start off. He knew what she was worth after what she been through. I will definitely want to dive more into Tessa Bailey books.

What Tessa Bailey does best! This is a cute romance with a side of hockey. Expect great banter and Tessa's signature spice, which means a lot of dirty talk.

I'm a big fan of Tessa Bailey's writing and when you throw in hockey it makes me want to read it immediately! Not to mention the single dad and age gap tropes make this such a great read! He falls first and and falls hard and not to mention the groveling! The banter was quite a plus as well. I absolutely love a romance book with some great banter! I loved how much character development there was between Tallulah and Burgess not only together but also for themselves. This was such a great book and I can't wait to read the rest in the series! Thank you so much for this ARC!

I received this book for free for an honest review from netgalley. The baby one of my favorite authors and while I don't like sports romance very much this one definitely get my attention.

I loved this grumpy hockey player too much! I love the characters and the spice didn't overpower the plot.

Alas, I don't know if Tessa Bailey's books are for me. I know the patrons at my library love her books, but I don't end up enjoying myself like they do.

As an au pair myself, I couldn’t resist picking this one up. It was a bit funny to read from that perspective, especially since the main character is more of a live-in nanny, but I get that the title is just playful.

Tessa Bailey always delivers fun, flirty romances, and this one was no exception. It was light, charming, and exactly the kind of feel good story I needed !!

A quick, swoony read that doesn’t take itself too seriously, just the kind of escape I love!

This is everything you'd expect from Tessa Bailey. Funny, light hearted, spicy and easy reading. Not my personal favorite but a fun read.

Loved this one even more than the first! Their love and growth for and with eachother was emotional, raw, and so very heart warming.

I would love to see a scene of the journalist at the end getting his big break, that was a fun way to end.

The connection and banter between Sig and Chloe in this made me even more excited to get to the next book!

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If it's by Tessa Bailey, I am going to read it. I enjoy her stories, her characters, and her writing style.

Tallulah and Burgess are a couple that shouldn't work, and Burgess is convinced that they won't, for...reasons. But what does work is the connection they have and the attraction to one another.

There were other things happening in the story, and other people involved as well, but it all worked pretty well for me. There was one plot line that I found to be a little extraneous, partly as I am not sure I totally believed it from the way it was built up.

It wasn't enough to pull me from the story, as it was mostly used to prolong the tension between the main characters, but it didn't totally work for me either.

Overall, I enjoyed and recommend this title.