I really enjoyed the first two books in this series…this one less so. I found the female MC to be rather one dimensional and the central conflict to be not as big of a deal as everyone made it out to be. I will say that I appreciated that both MCs focused on their dreams and put themselves first. I’m glad they got everything they wanted in the end! Despite its flaws, I still enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it to others…just not as enthusiastically as I would recommend the first two books in the series.

This book sucked me in from the beginning! I liked the other two books of this series but wasn’t a huge fan but this book changed my mind! Would definitely recommended even if you don’t read the others in the series

This wasn’t my favorite one out of the series, but it also wasn’t the worst. Might have a smidge more hope for Corrigan & Skylar’s story 😅

Probably because stepbrother/stepsister has never been a thing for me, I wasn’t super drawn into it. However, the romantic in me was DYING when they kept running into problems and couldn’t be together 😭😭

Will still finish out the series but not my absolute fave. Solid 3.5

I wanted to love.this. The first book in the series was perfection. 2nd was a swing and a miss. This one, tried so hard but had to walk. The two main characters had no chemistry. The whole harp instrument was a completely off thing to give Chloe. She was written as such a dumb blonde, it was grating. She spent how much on blush!? I couldn't get behind these two hooking up.

♾️⭐️

This. Book. Was. Everything.

From the moment I met Sig and Chloe in “The Au Pair Affair”, I knew I needed their romance. The instant connection? The pining? The SIMPING? The almost-step-siblings forbiddenness of it all? 😩❤️

The story picks up on an earlier timeline than we meet them in the previous book and continues through it. We get it all—the origin story, the details we were all craving in the previous book, the drama of it all. It’s so perfect and fun and bingable (I read it in one day so I can attest to this 🙂‍↕️).

I’m not going to go into too much detail, but I’m telling you all: this is the downest-baddest man that has ever been written. The blueprint. The book may be called “Dream Girl” Drama, but this man meets all the criteria of a dream *man*. I cannot even put into words how down bad this man in. That alone should be enough to convince you to preorder a copy and stalk your mailboxes on release day.

Also, it’s spiiiiicy. Steaming. You’ll love it. 🥵

I think it’s actually insane how much this series has taken over my life. I hadn’t read many Tessa Bailey books prior to this series, but now I’m foaming at the mouth for each release. If you’ve read them, you know what I mean.

ANYWAYS, please consider picking this one up because I will be your yapping partner before, during, and after your read 😇

Tessa, can we meet for coffee?!? I have to know how you write such darling books!!! I still can not get over how precious this story was. It was so honest, and true, and juicy! I loved every page. I am always in awe at how beautiful you write your books. Thank you for such a great story! -Kelsey Vogeney @little_blue_book_hutch

Lots of chemistry between Sig & Chloe. It was really sweet how much Sig cared about Chloe and the lengths he went to in order to make her happy and make sure she was safe. I always enjoy Tessa Bailey's books and this was no exception. It did not end up being my favorite in the series but still a fun read.

I was curious about Sig and Chloe's story after their introduction in Tessa Bailey's previous book, and I was so excited they got their own book! The story begins with how they met: at a country club after Sig's truck broke down. Sig and Chloe have instant chemistry, but things are quickly thrown into disarray when they are introduced formally by their parents, who are marrying each other. So the rest of the book revolves around them trying to navigate their feelings for each other while fighting against them because of becoming stepsiblings. They have such a sweet, supportive relationship and I loved them together!

⭐⭐⭐ 2.5/5

This one is definitely better than the last, but it's still not perfect. If you're into instalove, you may love this, but I was disappointed in just how little I felt like I knew about the characters. There wasn't much character building, just brief glimpses into their pasts to show you why they are the way they are, and relationship building? Forget about it. There's just a lot of cutesy stuff, but nothing makes me believe that these characters actually love each other.

There was some other stuff with the characters and ending, but it's all subjective anyway so whatever!

Please Tessa, I beg of you to write Mailer's story next. I already know that he'll have my favorite book of the series.

Thank you to Avon and Harper Voyager for the ARC copy!

I enjoyed this! Classic Tessa Bailey, I liked the story and escapism. However, I do feel that her writing can seem a bit superficial and not fully thought out. Overall fine book!

This was perfect. The only thing I would change is to make it longer because I need more Chloe and Sig!

I adored this with my whole heart. Sig and Chloe's love is palpable, it's a living thing. Bailey made these characters feel so real to the point that I ached for both of them. The situation they are in feels impossible and the yearning they both experience is visceral.

Something I really loved about this book is the way Sig describes and talks to Chloe. It’s as if she’s the creator of his universe, and he can’t help but worship her. His entire world seems to revolve around her every breath.

Chloe feels the same for Sig but I can tell that no matter what happens, Sig's torch will always burn brighter - he's completely enamored.

Despite the conflict in this book being considered taboo, their relationship always felt so pure. They tried so hard to fight it but nothing could dull that ever present ache.

I wish this book was 1,000 pages of just them living their happily ever after. I could read a series full of just descriptions on how much Sig loves Chloe. Their story is a 10/10. One in a lifetime.

My star rating is a strong 5/5

The angst was angsting!

Bailey continues to give readers what they want in the third book of the Big Shots series. With plenty of pining and heat, with just a hint of the taboo, Bailey’s fans and regular romance readers are sure to love Dream Girl Drama. (This one might sizzle too hot for those new to the genre so take care with recommendations.)

I’ve been interested in Sig and Chloe’s story since the first book of this series, and was so happy to get an advance copy and began reading once I got it; I wound up reading this over 3 days.

During reading:
This book, these characters… Tessa Bailey, did you decide to wreck us with the LONGING in this one? Because I’m 24% of the way in, and I’m already ¾ of the way to wrecked.

The we-can’t-be-together energy is seriously present here (although, I’ll be honest, I didn’t really get why they couldn’t be together).

Post reading:
Sig and Chloe are perfect together. Neither is perfect; Ms Bailey always really humanizes her characters and the result is always human characters with good sides and bad, but together they are.

I waited for this one, wanting to read it since readers were first introduced to these two characters in this trilogy? series? Anyway, I’d been looking forward to this one so much, and it didn’t disappoint.

Fun and recommended!



Thank you to Avon and NetGalley for the DRC

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher Avon and Harper Voyager for an advance reader’s copy in exchange for a honest review. Tessa Bailey has crafted a truly delight story. The third installment in the Big Shots series, Dream Girl Drama, we finally get to learn about Sig and Chloe. I suggest that if you have not read the other two books in the series, run and do so despite these books being stand alone. Overall, Sig and Chloe do not disappoint in this hot and spicy read.

The third book of Bailey's Big Shots series reads as a stand alone. There are spoilers for the second book but nothing major considering this is a romance series and an HEA/HFN is implied.

Sig is a professional hockey player and is off to have dinner with his father, with whom he has a strained relationship, when he truck breaks down. As he is trying to get a tow truck, he meets Chloe, a harp prodigy and socialite from a wealthy family. Their connection is instantaneous and hot and they're making plans to meet up later that evening, but first Sig has to go have dinner with his dad. Only when he shows up at the address his dad gave him, there is Chloe... and it turns out their parents are engaged and they're set to be step-siblings.

Bailey delivers a hot and spicy tale of forbidden romance between the gruff blue-collar hockey player and his "dream girl." Sig and Chloe are able to fight their attraction and growing feelings for each other, but for how long? And what happens when that attraction becomes apparent to those around them. And how can this story resolve itself and still keep a happy ever after?

I saw Bailey speak while on tour for the second book in this series, The Au Pair Affair, and based on the information she gave us, I'm pretty sure we meet the next couple in the series during a baseball game.

Overall: 4/5
Spice: 2.25/3

I always jump at the chance to read Tessa Bailey, and her latest book, "Dream Girl Drama," is the perfect example of why! The premise drew me in from the very beginning, and the sweet, swoony, and crazy storyline kept me hooked until the last page. As a fan of hockey romances, I was excited, and the big twist that Tessa Bailey incorporated into this story had me intrigued. As usual, I finished the book in record time! I have read all of the standalone books in this must-read series, and I am keeping my fingers crossed that there will be many more installments in the future.

I read the first two books in this series - enjoyed the first, did not enjoy the second, but seeing Sig and Chloe in the second one made me so curious about them I had to read their story!

I’ve never read step siblings in a romance and it made me very apprehensive at the morals in this situation lol but I literally could not put this down!!! Their connection was like love at first sight. I could feel their chemistry and connection by their first interaction which made most of the book so gut wrenching to read!

I did guess the end which didn’t hinder my reading experience and I’m so glad it ended that way!!! Overall I think it’s the best in the series which I am shocked to say!

This also had less spice than the other two which I appreciated!

Thanks to NetGalley for sending me this eARC. Wow. I was looking forward to this book ever since I finished the Au Pair Affair. And I am BLOWN AWAY. The tension and the relationship that we see grow between Sig and Chloe is incredible. The plot was truly one of the most interesting and captivating plots I had read in a long time. Tessa Bailey killed it again. Can’t wait for more!

The AuPair affair was not my favorite of the series but the one thing that came out of that book was that I couldn't wait to read the story of Sig and Chloe.
And this did not disappoint.

I love insta love. and I while the angst and chemistry and the spice was absolutely everything, i hated the reason for it. I mean, they were't related! Why was it such a big deal???

Anyhoo, this reminds me of why i do love a good Tessa Bailey Book. Highly recommend.

The title couldn’t be more fitting, so much drama! I have been dying to get the story of Sig and Chloe since we met them in the Au Pair Affair. I was intrigued by them and needed to know more. There story was so much more then I anticipated. I just loved them together. While the idea of future step siblings sounds absolutely NOT ok, once we get their meet cute and see their chemistry and utter devotion, the ick factor disappeared. I wanted so desperately for them to be together.

Sig a professional hockey player encounters car trouble on the way to meet his father’s girlfriend, forced to stop at a country club that wouldn’t allow him entrance, until Chloe a beautiful, sheltered harp prodigy seeing him struggle passes him off as a friend. They have an instant connection, fun, flirting, and hope of a future was only stopped when Chloe remembered she had somewhere to be. Hours later they realize her plans were the same as his, her mother was Sig’s fathers not girlfriend but fiancé.

Now under the realization that they are future step siblings, they know they can be nothing more than friends. But nothing can seem to keep them apart, at least until people take note of this strange relationship and their jobs are at risk.

I didn’t love how the story had me rooting for Sigs dad to be the bad guy he always thought he was. But in the end love found a way. The epilogue brought me so much happiness 😊and any book that references the movie Whiplash so many times you know just must be a winner!