The Nanny

     

Title: The Nanny

Author: Lana Ferguson

Publisher: Berkley, April 11, 2023

Pages: 429

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Suddenly unemployed and on the brink of eviction, Cassie Evans is left with two choices: get a new job (and fast) or fire up her long-untouched OnlyFans account. But the job market is terrible, and as for OnlyFans. . . . Well, there are reasons she can’t go back. Just when all hope seems lost, an ad for a live-in nanny position seems like the solution to all her problems. It’s almost too perfect—until she meets her would-be employer.
 
Aiden Reid, executive chef and DILF extraordinaire, is far from the stuffy single dad Cassie was imagining. He shocks her when he tells her she’s the most qualified applicant he’s met in weeks, practically begging her to take the job. With hands that make her hindbrain howl and eyes that scream sex, the idea of living under the same roof as Aiden feels dangerous, but with no other option, she decides to stay with him and his adorably tenacious daughter, Sophie.
 
Cassie soon discovers that Aiden is not a stranger at all, but instead someone who is very familiar with her—or at least, her body. Given that he doesn’t remember her, Cassie is faced with what feels like an impossible situation. As their relationship heats to temperatures hotter than any kitchen Aiden has ever worked in, Cassie struggles with telling Aiden the truth, and the more terrifying possibility—losing the best chance at happiness she’s ever had.

If angst is your thing, this book is definitely for you. Cassie needs a job to get her through the last stretch of her occupational therapy degree. Aiden is a chef and a single father looking for a live in nanny. 

Very quickly, things get awkward at the Reid house because they are both so attracted to one another. And they know it's inappropriate, but they can't keep from running into one another in the middle of the night with one or the other half dressed. 

Aiden's daughter, Sophie, and Cassie's neighbor and best friend, Wanda, really made this book for me. Aiden and Cassie are great. But the will they/won't they, they will no they won't no they will was a lot. There was never really a celebration of the two of them together until the very very end, but I wanted a bit more joy for them. This was a surprise second chance romance, and I wanted them to be able to enjoy finding one another and they did a bit, but I don't know. 

And the reasons that they don't have that celebration make total sense. That doesn't mean I wasn't missing it. And shoot, if you're looking for a good cry? Pick this one up. The pining and the angst and all of that had me fighting tears toward the end. 

Ratings

Stars: 3/5

Spice: 3/5