February 2, 2025
The romance girlies KNOW the queen that Tessa Bailey is! She came to visit as a part of her tour for Dream Girl Drama– which I had the incredible opportunity to ARC for. You can read my ARC review here!
Tessa Bailey has written over 50 incredible romance books. She’s one of those household romance author names that even my friends who don’t read romance know about! My mom even bought one of her books- Window Shopping– as a Christmas read.
I found a super fun reading checklist of hers on her website, https://www.tessabailey.com/. What is so crazy and so iconic is that this isn’t even fully up to date- that’s how much of a power writing machine this incredible woman is!
Thanks so much to Booksamillion Katy for hosting the meet and greet! I also purchased the most GORGEOUS special edition of Sarah J. Maas’ Throne of Glass… I’m completely obsessed. Visit Booksamillion here!
Summary for Dream Girl Drama:
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…
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