A review by booksta_adventure
The Au Pair Affair by Tessa Bailey

4.5

“𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙, 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙝,” 𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝. “𝙉𝙖𝙝, 𝙄’𝙢 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣’𝙩 𝙄? 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙄 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙣-𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙨𝙢𝙨, 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙. 𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙡𝙮. 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨. 𝘽𝙚. 𝙎𝙪𝙧𝙚.”

When we first met Tallulah and Burgess in Fangirl Down, I was immediately clamoring for their book. Hot hockey player offering this marine biology grad student a position as his live-in nanny, and he obviously can’t keep his eyes off her? Yes, please.

Tallulah has some real deep trauma that she is working through, and I loved how sensitive this big burly hockey player was when with that, while still being the overly protective man that he is.

I really loved the addition of Lissa, Burgess’ daughter. She felt like a real tween, with real tween reactions to situations, and frankly, she was probably the one that had me crying the hardest at the end! 😭 

Overall, I’m really enjoying Tessa’s foray into sports romance, and I’m so looking forward to the next book hinted at in this one! 👀 

Thank you to Avon and Harper Voyager and @netgalley for providing me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

 

What this book is giving:

✅ Sports Romance (Hockey)

✅ Dual POV

✅ Age Gap (He’s 37, She’s 26)

✅ Single Dad

✅ He falls first and hard

✅ Tween Daughter

✅ “Mean Daddy”

Rating: 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½ / 5

🌶️🌶️🌶️ / 5