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Dream Girl Drama (Big Shots #3) by Tessa Bailey

3.5 Stars When Sig Gauthier and Chloe Clifford first meet, their attraction is visceral… and instantaneous. But the second time they meet, they realize they can NEVER act on the feelings that they both obviously share… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dream Girl Drama was an angsty, sexy and emotional, opposites attract read! Chloe and Sig may fall in…… Continue reading Dream Girl Drama (Big Shots #3) by Tessa Bailey

ARC Review · Contemporary · Hot Sex · Opposites Attract · Series · Sexy · Single Parent · Tortured Hero · Workplace

The Au Pair Affair (Big Shots #2) by Tessa Bailey

3.5 Stars When Tallulah Aydin was offered a job as an au pair with room and board in Boston, it seemed too good to be true. And now that she learned that the nickname of her new boss is Sir Savage… she is definitely having second thoughts… Burgess Abraham is single father who needs help……… Continue reading The Au Pair Affair (Big Shots #2) by Tessa Bailey

5 Star · ARC Review · Dirty Fun · Funny · Hot Sex · Love/Hate · New Beginnings · Series · Sports · Strong Heroine · Tortured Hero

Fangirl Down (Big Shots #1) by Tessa Bailey

5 Stars Josephine Doyle is a Wells Whitaker superfan… ok, she’s actually his only remaining fan. Because while Wells was once golf’s newest star, he has fallen farther and farther down his pedestal with every game he plays. But when he asks Josephine to join him on tour as his new caddy, their lives, AND the…… Continue reading Fangirl Down (Big Shots #1) by Tessa Bailey

5 Star · ARC Review · Christmas · Contemporary · Friends to Lovers · Funny · Hot Sex · Sexy · Sweet · Tortured Hero

Wreck the Halls by Tessa Bailey

5 Stars Steel Birds was the most unstoppable female duo of the nineties… until the night their band, and their friendship, went up in flames… Decades later, Melody Gallard and Beat Dawkins are tasked with the impossible… reunite their mothers for one night only, in front of the entire world… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wreck the Halls was…… Continue reading Wreck the Halls by Tessa Bailey

4 Star · ARC Review · Enemies to Lovers · Fake Relationship · Hot Sex · New Beginnings · Opposites Attract · Series · Sexy · Sweet

Unfortunately Yours (A Vine Mess #2) by Tessa Bailey

4 Stars Natalie Vos and August Cates may have perfected the art of insulting each other, but when Natalie needs a groom to secure her inheritance, there is only one eligible bachelor who comes to mind… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately Yours was a scorching hot and seriously hilarious, marriage of convenience, reading delight! Natalie and August love to…… Continue reading Unfortunately Yours (A Vine Mess #2) by Tessa Bailey

4 Star · ARC Review · Funny · New Beginnings · Opposites Attract · Series · Sexy · Small Town · Sweet · Unrequited Love

Secretly Yours (A Vine Mess #1) by Tessa Bailey

4 Stars What would you do when your childhood crush was suddenly back in town? Well, for Hallie Welch the answer is… write him secret admirer letters, of course! Being in love with Julian Vos from afar for many, many years, Hallie can’t believe her luck when he decides to move back home for the foreseeable future.…… Continue reading Secretly Yours (A Vine Mess #1) by Tessa Bailey

4 Star · ARC Review · Contemporary · Funny · Hot Sex · Mystery · Opposites Attract · Sexy · Strong Heroine · Suspense · Tortured Hero

My Killer Vacation by Tessa Bailey

4 Stars Elementary school teacher Taylor Bassey has finally arrived for her long-awaited Cape Cod vacation. Relaxation, time on the beach, and the chance to share it all with her beloved brother, she just knows that this is going to be the best vacation ever… that is, until she finds a corpse in her rental……… Continue reading My Killer Vacation by Tessa Bailey

4.5 Star · ARC Review · Friends to Lovers · Opposites Attract · Series · Sexy · Small Town · Sweet · Tortured Hero

Hook, Line, and Sinker (It Happened One Summer #2) by Tessa Bailey

4.5 Stars After her short but memorable interlude in the quaint fishing town of Westport, Washington, Hannah Bellinger has been dearly missing just about everything that she left behind there. And although Hannah’s dream career resides in LA, she can’t help but picture what life would be like living closer to her sister… and the man that she has no…… Continue reading Hook, Line, and Sinker (It Happened One Summer #2) by Tessa Bailey

4.5 Star · ARC Review · Contemporary · Hot Sex · New Beginnings · Opposites Attract · Sexy · Sweet · Workplace

Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey

4.5 Stars After recently being released from four years of incarceration, Stella Schmidt is given the opportunity… and the absolutely daunting task of starting over. But when this dark and moody, aspiring window dresser ends up in the right place at the right time, getting noticed for her creativity suddenly seems too good to be…… Continue reading Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey

5 Star · Alpha · ARC Review · Contemporary · Funny · Hot Sex · New Beginnings · Opposites Attract · Sexy

It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

5 Stars Piper Bellinger is a L.A. party girl through and through… but after her partying goes a little too far, she is exiled to the sleepy town of Westport, Washington. Prescribed a dose a reality by her successful stepfather, Piper plans to prove herself and return home as fast as possible… but Westport has…… Continue reading It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

4 Star · Alpha · ARC Review · Opposites Attract · Paranormal · Series · Sweet · Tortured Hero

Today Tomorrow and Always (Phenomenal Fate #3) by Tessa Bailey

4 Stars When vampire Tucker Moore meets the sweet and innocent Mary, he instantly feels the need to be her protector. There’s something that draws him to the blind fairy, and when she asks him to escort her to her fiancé, Tucker readily agrees, if only to spend a little more time with her before…… Continue reading Today Tomorrow and Always (Phenomenal Fate #3) by Tessa Bailey

Recommended Read · Top Reads!

February 2021: Top Reads & Monthly Wrap Up!

February 2021 was a fantastic reading month! The new releases seem to be picking up speed compared to the relatively quiet of January, and I had quite a few Top Reads (4.5 and 5 star) this month! I ended up reading 11 books in February, which put my Goodreads reading goal at 24/150! In my…… Continue reading February 2021: Top Reads & Monthly Wrap Up!

Recommended Read · Top Reads!

January 2021: Top Reads & Monthly Wrap Up!

Whoa, how is it that January is already over, and yet it has felt like it’s lasted for months and months at the same time?! My oldest child went back to in-person learning two weeks ago, and I find myself with the first actual free time that I’ve had since March 2020… and I’m not…… Continue reading January 2021: Top Reads & Monthly Wrap Up!

5 Star · ARC Review · Contemporary · Hot Sex · Kindle Unlimited · Opposites Attract · Sexy · Sweet

The Sweetest Fix by Tessa Bailey

5 Stars Reese Stratton dreams of dancing on Broadway, and when her big break finally comes, she rushes as fast as she can to New York City. Dancing for the world renowned, Bernard Bexley would be the opportunity of a lifetime…. only she arrives late and misses her one and only chance.  Leo Bexley is…… Continue reading The Sweetest Fix by Tessa Bailey

5 Star · Recommended Read · Top Reads!

Nightbird Novels: Top Ten of 2020!!

Whew, I think everyone can agree, this year has been absolutely nuts! 2020 was a hot mess, but at least we had a lot of added reading time… right?!  This was my fourth year writing the blog, and I had a total blast reading and reviewing SO MANY amazing books. In 2020, I have read…… Continue reading Nightbird Novels: Top Ten of 2020!!