Tessa Bailey does it again. It is hard not to be intoxicated by Sig and his protective tendencies. This book is a super cute love story and so hard to put down. You will root for Sig and Chloe’s love story, hoping they can make it through.

So much forbidden romance goodness. Lots of yearning, pining and lusting.

I was so excited to read Sig & Chloe’s story after reading the Au Pair Affair. And if fully delivered on my expectations. Tessa perfectly set up a forbidden romance without making it impossible or gross. She’s so talented and writes with so much love and humor.

I was laughing out loud and fully engrossed in this story. I couldn’t put it down. I love Tessa’s way of grabbing you with characters who are destined but still have lots to overcome with a lot of humor in between. I can’t wait for the next books!

This was just ok for me. It was lacking something that I just can’t put my finger on. It had such promise and I was living the beginning but then I disconnected. Everything felt fake and non genuine. Also, Chloe’s character was hard to like which kept me from really enjoying the book too I think.

Chloe and Sig are soon to be step siblings, but they met before they knew and it was basically love at first sight. Now it’s been nothing but tension ever since.

The feelings are hard and fast in this book. There is no pretense about how the main characters feel. It’s just their situation that keeps them apart.

Tessa is always good for a hot steamy and likable story and this was no different. Very enjoyable.

Thank you Avon and Harper Voyager and NetGaley for the ARC.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Ever since I read the previous book and got a glimpse of Chloe and Sig, I’ve been excited to see where their story was going to go when I found out it was about her being his future step-sister I was not prepared for how this book was going to go! As someone who enjoys reading Tessa Bailey's books, there was no surprise that I would like this one as well! (She added the perfect amount of spice and tension between Sig and Chloe)

Chloe and Sig both meet each other when his car breaks down and his phone dies, he ends up at a country club to call a tow truck, where he encounters the alluring Chloe Clifford.

Later that evening, Sig finally arrives to meet his dad’s new girlfriend over dinner where he sees Chloe again, and as it turns out she is the daughter of his dad’s girlfriend (now fiancee which they both discover at dinner)

Of course, Sig’s dream girl is his future stepsister which couldn’t be any more complicated!

Throughout the entirety of the book, you can see the chemistry between Sig and Chloe which is hot, hot, hot. I could not picture the both of them without one another. There was no doubt in my mind that they weren’t going to be a good pairing, based on the way it started you could just tell that their story was going to be worth the ups and downs.

The fact that their whole forbidden step-sibling relationship kept me engaged just waiting to see if they were going to be together or not was worth everything this book put me through. Even though it was a quick-paced book the sorta of slow burn between the two of them was interesting.

Overall, I enjoyed the whole storyline a lot, not to mention it was very easy to read and get into. The only thing that made it somewhat difficult to keep up with was the time jump in the first few chapters. Other than that the book was perfectly thought out and well written and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a fun, easy read.

I just want to say a huge thank you to both NetGalley and Avon for the early arc copy of this book in exchange for my honest review 💙

3.5 Solid follow-up to Au Pair Affair. I enjoyed the relationship between Sig and Chloe, though there were times when she felt very infantilized. I would get it if there were a larger age gap with Chloe in her early twenties rather than the assumed mid to late. The father-son plot line felt very lazy, like there wasn't really a good reason for Sig's not-father to keep this from him after his feelings for Chloe became apparent. It just didn't seem like a real problem. I enjoyed Chloe's development, though I would have liked to see more independence from her. All-in-all, I enjoyed it, but not as much as Fangirl Down.

I'm a sucker for Tessa Bailey books and this one was no different. I had the time of my life reading this book. The level of angst and yearning really elevated this for me. I was pretty nervous about the tropes in this book and how they would be executed but, in true Tessa Bailey fashion, she did a wonderful job. I get nervous about step sibling romances😂
I'm excited for everyone to read it. I've been waiting for Chloe and Sig's story for a while!
It's a very enjoyable read and I had lots of fun giggling and crying to myself while reading this.

Tessa Bailey is usually a “go-to” for me… but this just wasn’t it! The MFC… who’s allegedly 25, has no real world knowledge… at all. Being sheltered is one thing, this was a whole other. She’s also…. Never been to Sephora?! Really. And the male lead is an enabler. It’s not realistic, and it’s not sweet. It comes off as too consuming and unbelievable. It was a let down for me

I probably should have DNF'd this book but for some reason I kept going and finished. I do like most of Tessa Bailey's books, but this one fell flat for me. The insta love was not believable and the spice was cringy, Sig and Chloe randomly meet and hit it off right before they find out their parents are getting married. The whole book is spent with them pining for each other even though they shouldn't be together. By the end, of course, they figure out a way to be together.

Spiciness: 4/5 🌶️

Thank you to Netgalley, Avon and Harper Voyager for the ARC!

Spice 3 peppers

Forbidden love, Hockey romance, Rom-com, forced proximity, Insta-Love

After reading Tessa Bailey's The Au'Pair Affair I could not wait for Sig and Chloe's story. It started with a meet cute! Love at 1st sight. Like the title says drama soon followed. Sig could not believe that the girl of his dreams was about to become his stepsister. However, Sig could not let her go. They both risk losing what they worked so hard for but they could not stay away. Chloe the MFC did piss me off at time but if someone grows up rich and sheltered what can you expect from them. I had to tell myself that she was learning how to be in the "real" world. And I believe she did.

I did not see the plot twist coming. They way that Tessa Bailey didn't give any of it away was great.

Thank you to NetGalley, Avon and Harper Voyager for providing me with the ARC!

Ok I hate doing this, I really really loathe it., because I think Tessa Bailey is great. But in the lens of honesty- this is a one star read for me.

I should have DNFed it but I've read the other two books in the series and was excited about the story between these two. But wow. This one was just flat. I slugged through with many and eye roll and sighs. I was so entirely frustrated with the parental figures and the eventual resolution for Sig. And I'm sorry but Chloe was an idiot. Spending her money the way she did... when she has other people paying her expenses. Sig was an enabler and they had a dysfunctional relationship. It was so frustrating to read.

Obviously this one didn't work for me. But will that stop me from trying another TB book in the future? Nope!

Thanks netgalley and the publisher for the ARC!

stars: 1
Steam level: 5

Tessa Bailey is one of my favorite authors. She has this way of writing the most beautiful, captivating contemporary romances that you read cover to cover without delay. This story was so fresh and fun. I’d recommend recommending it to everyone. Happy holiday holidays.!

Thank you to NetGalley and publishers for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This wasn’t my favorite book by Tessa Bailey or favorite one in this series. I did however enjoy Chloe and and Sigs relationship and how much he cared about her.

I really wanted to love this book - the characters were so different from what I expected based on the first 2 in this series. Sig & Chloe intrigued me and I wanted their story to be that epic forbidden love. The beginning of this book is interesting & captivating. I really love Sig & Chloe's initial chemistry. Chloe initially appears to be an outgoing, fun FMC but one who is stuck under her mother's thumb. Sig provides that opening for her to explore herself. However, as the book progresses, Chloe's path differs from that of a girl seeking independence to that of one who is very naive & remains sheltered. Sig spoils her which is cute but gets frustrating. The push & pull of their circumstances felt like a merry-go-round plot. I love Tessa Bailey's writing; her dual third-person POV storytelling is still outstanding in this book. The difficulties and complexities of Sig & Chloe's relationship are handled in an entertaining and careful way, which I appreciate. Overall, this is a fast-paced forbidden love romance with a twist that I didn't see coming but provided a satisfying ending to this love story.


🏒 Hockey romance
➶ Forbidden Love (future step-siblings)
💖 Instant-Love
🫶 Soulmates
💋 Dirty talking MMC
3️⃣ Dual 3rd person POV

Thank you Avon & Harper Voyager and NetGalley for the ARC!

I am forever a Tessa Bailey fan and was SO excited to get approved for this ARC! I binged the first two in this series and devoured this one. I was genuinely curious how this story would end, because the solution was not clear. I loved it!

Thank you again for the ARC!

This is honestly the only palatable way to do a stepbrother trope. They are both adults the entire time, they were not raised as siblings, they meet before they know they’ll be siblings. They obviously make the stepbrother trope into a big thing for the plot, but I don’t think the trope is my problem with the book. I think that, while not a trope I enjoy, the trope was palatable even as a major plot point because we saw how it all came about. The writing is where I was kinda let down by it all. This was lust not love or romance, and that made the dynamic very odd and really limited the characters and the plot cause we had no page time to do anything but lust. I think we had a lot of potential here to build out some interesting characters and the stepbrother plot could’ve been fine if we just stopped thinking about sex for two seconds.

I was really interested in Chloe’s relationship with her mom. The dynamic was unhealthy but interesting and probably her most relatable character trait. It felt like it really had the potential to grow into a great plot point and character development if it had just been given a bit more page time. I wish we’d seen more of their dynamic. Similarly, I wish we’d gotten more about Harvey and Sig’s relationship not just centric on Sig trying to break up the parents because that felt like it could’ve added a lot of depth to Sig. There was a lot of potential if we’d just set aside the lust and “it’s so wrong but it feels so right” vibes that Sig and Chloe were giving off for at least a couple pages because that got a bit repetitive and it took so much of the page count that I wanted to be spent developing them.

All of this will they won’t they have sex, Will they won’t they get caught, meant we had no time to see them grow and Chloe basically remains intolerable the whole book and Sig remains a caveman the whole book. It’s meh.

Tessa Bailey does it again with Dream Girl Drama! Sig and Chloe's hard fought romance will have you swooning in no time.

I have been (im)patiently waiting on Sig & Chloe's story, and it definitely lived up to all my expectations. Dream Girl Drama had the perfect amount of pining, swoon, and spice! I loved the chemistry and banter between Chloe & Sig and oh my goodness, the tension was the cherry on top. In typical Tessa Bailey fashion, she did not disappoint!

Read this one if you like:
🏒 Hockey Romance
❤️ Forbidden Romance
✨ InstaLove
🌶 Spicy, Open-Door Romance

It’s always a treat returning to beloved characters! Tessa Bailey writes the most wonderful love stories, sprinkled with the perfect amount of messy romance to make you can’t stop reading 😂 Dream girl drama was filled with just the right amount of swoon worthy, (very forbidden haha) romance & the absolutely undeniable chemistry between characters that we’ve come to love from Tessa!

I hope you guys enjoy this one as much as i did!

I was so thrilled to get the ARC for Dream Girl Drama! Thank you NetGalley and Avon!

I enjoyed this latest installment of Big Shots from Tessa Bailey, although it's still no Fangirl Down (and I didn't like Au-Pair Affair at all). Dream Girl Drama focuses on Sig from APA and Chloe, who start out as two strangers meeting, then predictably sparks fly, and then they learn they’re about to become step-siblings.

The chemistry between Chloe and Sig was great, but felt more like lust than love, and their relationship developed at an unrealistically fast pace. Sig’s “princess treatment” of Chloe initially seemed sweet, but he was obsessive and controlling. And Chloe’s extreme naivety and privileged detachment from reality—like spending rent money on eye cream—made it hard to connect with her. But they were both so for each other that they ultimately were likeable.

The spice was top notch as usual, fingers in butts and all!