Dream Girl Drama
A Novel
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4.2 • 25 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
A steamy chance encounter between a professional hockey player and the manic pixie dream girl he just can’t seem to forget takes a turn when the pair realize that their parents are engaged—in an all-new rom-com by #1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey.
When professional hockey player Sig Gauthier’s car breaks down and his phone dies, he treks into a posh private country club to call a tow truck, where he encounters the alluring Chloe Clifford, the manic pixie dream girl who captivates him immediately with her sense of adventure and penchant for stealing champagne.
Sparks fly during a moonlight kiss and the enamored pair can’t wait to see each other again, but when Sig finally arrives to meet his dad’s new girlfriend over dinner, Chloe is confusingly also there. Turns out the girlfriend is Chloe’s mother. Oh, and they’re engaged.
Sig’s dream girl is his future stepsister.
Though the pair is now wary of being involved romantically, Chloe, a sheltered harp prodigy, yearns to escape her controlling mother. Sig promises to teach her the ins and outs of independence in Boston—but not inside his bedroom. They both know there can never be more than friendship between a famous hockey player and his high-society, soon-to-be stepsister. But keeping their relationship platonic grows harder amid the developing family drama, especially knowing they were meant for so much more…
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Families can sometimes get in the way of romance, but Tessa Bailey takes it up a notch in this steamy love story. When professional hockey player Sig Gauthier and concert harpist Chloe Clifford first meet, the romantic sparks fly. They soon find out, though, that his gold-digging dad and her controlling mother have been dating—and just got engaged. The strain of being future stepsiblings becomes a terrible strain on the new lovers’ lives. Bailey layers on the family drama on both sides of the equation, making the couple’s conundrum just the tip of the iceberg. Leaning into the quasi-forbidden aspect of the romance, she turns up the heat on each stolen-moment encounter until the sexual sizzle reaches peak intensity. You’ll be right there with the frustrated, deliriously in-love couple as they deal with perilous roadblocks.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Bailey follows The Au Pair Affair with another irresistible sports rom-com. After a difficult childhood with a struggling single mother, Sig Gauthier basks in his newfound financial comfort as a member of the Boston Bearcats hockey team. When his truck breaks down while he's driving through Connecticut with a dead cellphone, he walks into a nearby country club for help, where he meets Chloe Clifford, a beautiful blonde harp player. The pair are smitten from the first glance and share a passionate kiss. There's just one thing standing in the way of their relationship: Sig's absentee father, who wants back into his life, happens to be engaged to Chloe's mother. After Chloe moves to Boston to study at Berklee College of Music and play with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the pair try to avoid each other—and their feelings—to stave off a scandal that would put both their futures in jeopardy. But the chemistry between these soon to be stepsiblings is explosive and ignoring it proves impossible. Readers who don't like the instalove trope may not buy into the immediate connection between the leads, but Bailey backs it up with thoughtful characterization and red-hot sex scenes. This is a winner.
