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Salacious Legacy #1
The Good Girl Effect: A Billionaire BDSM Forbidden Romance Spin-Off from the Salacious Players' Club
Jack St. Claire is desperate. A grieving single father, he buries himself in his work—running a brand-new kink club in Paris. Instead of handling his grief, he’s built a fortress around his heart, and it’s time he hired someone to help him take care of his daughter before things get worse.
Camille Aubert wasn’t looking for a new job. She just wanted to return a lost love letter she’d found within the pages of a book. But when she’s mistaken for a job candidate and hired as Jack’s live-in nanny, something tells her this is exactly where she needs to be.
Shortly after arriving, Camille discovers a strange room in the apartment that sparks her curiosity—and hints at a dark, mysterious side to Jack that she’s desperate to uncover. The lines between professional and personal blur dangerously as the heat between them becomes impossible to ignore. She’s drawn to the broken man who hides his grief in ropes and bondage, and she challenges him in ways he never thought possible.
Caught between her growing feelings for Jack and the ghosts of his past, Camille must can love heal a heart still grieving, or will their passion destroy them both?
Camille Aubert wasn’t looking for a new job. She just wanted to return a lost love letter she’d found within the pages of a book. But when she’s mistaken for a job candidate and hired as Jack’s live-in nanny, something tells her this is exactly where she needs to be.
Shortly after arriving, Camille discovers a strange room in the apartment that sparks her curiosity—and hints at a dark, mysterious side to Jack that she’s desperate to uncover. The lines between professional and personal blur dangerously as the heat between them becomes impossible to ignore. She’s drawn to the broken man who hides his grief in ropes and bondage, and she challenges him in ways he never thought possible.
Caught between her growing feelings for Jack and the ghosts of his past, Camille must can love heal a heart still grieving, or will their passion destroy them both?
416 pages, Paperback
Published September 2, 2025
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Sara Cate
45 books20.4k followersSara Cate is a USA Today best-selling author of steamy romance and sexy book boyfriends. Although she writes a wide range of tropes, Sara is best known for her age gap and taboo romances. One thing you can expect from her entire collection is heaps of steam and plenty of angst.
Living in Arizona with her husband and kids, Sara spends most of her time reading, writing, or baking.
Find out more at: www.saracatebooks.com
Living in Arizona with her husband and kids, Sara spends most of her time reading, writing, or baking.
Find out more at: www.saracatebooks.com
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September 9, 2025
Get this man AWAY FROM ME & bury him in the garden out back! This man tested my patience and tolerance for foolishness ❌🚨 girl run!
Camille is a small village girl working in a cute bookstore until she finds a forgotten letter tucked away in a book. She gets COMPLETELY OBSESSED with Jack aka the man who wrote it and his dead wife 🚩she goes to return the letter 🚩and ends up interviewing for the nanny position of his daughter 🚩she is determined to change him….girl no.
Look, I’m all for overlooking red flags if the man is worth it. But this one was straight self-centred trash AND hands down the WORST DAD in the romance literary history. I never hated a mmc more (and I’ve read some dark dark romance)!
Things I hated BUT it gets progressively worse:
🚩 he speaks to the nanny more than his own kid & ohh he abandoned the kid for months after his wife died
📿 praise kink is more than saying “good girl” 34x times
🚩 it’s supposed to be yearning but she’s giving DESPERATELY naive but also obsessed with dead wife
📿 she gets aroused by his wedding band (that’s his dead wife’s wedding ring!!!)
🚩 says he can’t love fmc because he’s still grieving but also proclaims he loves fmc more than dead wife ~ make it make sense!!
📿 not him having a breeding kink but can’t even take care of his CURRENT 5-year old
🚩 not the nanny hiring a babysitter so they can go to the sex club!
📿 he uses THE SAME NICKNAME for her as her dad *I’m sick*
🚩 THE GROVEL MOVE IS THE SAME HE USED ON HIS EX WIFE
The smut wasn’t bad and I enjoyed the bondage scenes but the praise kink was so superficial. The title of the book is literally a praise kink flare gun but besides mmc saying “good girl” it didn’t justify the hype for me.
I really wanted to like the book because it was well written and I enjoyed the Paris setting. I just couldn’t get past the terrible awful characters!
Camille is a small village girl working in a cute bookstore until she finds a forgotten letter tucked away in a book. She gets COMPLETELY OBSESSED with Jack aka the man who wrote it and his dead wife 🚩she goes to return the letter 🚩and ends up interviewing for the nanny position of his daughter 🚩she is determined to change him….girl no.
Look, I’m all for overlooking red flags if the man is worth it. But this one was straight self-centred trash AND hands down the WORST DAD in the romance literary history. I never hated a mmc more (and I’ve read some dark dark romance)!
Things I hated BUT it gets progressively worse:
🚩 he speaks to the nanny more than his own kid & ohh he abandoned the kid for months after his wife died
📿 praise kink is more than saying “good girl” 34x times
🚩 it’s supposed to be yearning but she’s giving DESPERATELY naive but also obsessed with dead wife
📿 she gets aroused by his wedding band (that’s his dead wife’s wedding ring!!!)
🚩 says he can’t love fmc because he’s still grieving but also proclaims he loves fmc more than dead wife ~ make it make sense!!
📿 not him having a breeding kink but can’t even take care of his CURRENT 5-year old
🚩 not the nanny hiring a babysitter so they can go to the sex club!
📿 he uses THE SAME NICKNAME for her as her dad *I’m sick*
🚩 THE GROVEL MOVE IS THE SAME HE USED ON HIS EX WIFE
The smut wasn’t bad and I enjoyed the bondage scenes but the praise kink was so superficial. The title of the book is literally a praise kink flare gun but besides mmc saying “good girl” it didn’t justify the hype for me.
I really wanted to like the book because it was well written and I enjoyed the Paris setting. I just couldn’t get past the terrible awful characters!
September 5, 2025
1 ⭐️ So what, if he abandoned his daughter ⭐️
The mmc abandons his 3 year old daughter when HER MOTHER DIES. He gives her to his friend. Not a relative for 6 months.😂 in her hour of need.
If you can move on from this little tidbit, you might enjoy this more than me. Buckle up, this is going to be long.
I could spend hours shredding this book apart because there is so much wrong with it, and so much to talk about. Luckily for this author I don’t have time to go over all of it. And I dnf’ed at 50%.
First the premise: Camille finds a love letter, Jack wrote to his now dead wife.
The love he had for her, is dialed all the way up to a 1000, and it bothered me. It was a love of the ages, enough to abandon their daughter out of grief. THAT IS WHAT A WIMP WOULD DO. She lost her mother too! 🤦♀️
I am not fragile with the dead wife trope, but his yearning and the love letters to her were too much. Any future romance seemed dulled and unrealistic at the 50% mark.
Back to Camille, she is mistaken for a job applicant for a nanny position, and she takes the job without hesitation 🤦♀️ How that all went down, was all in all, very unbelievably.
As of page 20 ish, she is openly lusting for him, and her lust is more of a priority, than the daughter is. She writes hims letters begging him to teach her the ropes! (pun intended) My friend CB would have sentenced her to a life sentence in horny jail. And she would have deserved to be there.
They have a bondage session with the daughter down the hall with an open door. Wtf! Parent fail. Which brings me to one of the biggest problems with this story, why bring a child into a BDSM story? As a key plot device!
It will have to be done very carefully, right? It was not. Everything in this book screamed neglect, and it was hard to enjoy the steam because the daughter was literally down the hall😂
His bondage room is open, because Camille walked right in by accident, so the daughter could as well.
Also he doesn’t speak to his now 5 year old child. Like at all. What purpose does that serve to the story, besides showing me he is a man child who can’t prioritize.
I am so over the tormented man, who has cart Blanche to do anything because he hurts. Get it together like the rest of the world has to.
Another major problem is the readers are being told that Camille is so curious and wild, really? because all I see is a girl who works as a nanny and is tied up at night and then writing love letters to him. I did not see her at all as wild and untamed 😂 Jack doesn’t like Camille’s voice, so she isn’t allowed to talk him. Yeah well that’s nice.
She sounds like his deceased wife, okay now he is just a freaking crazy person. She puts up with it😂 yeah she is a wild one!
She is dumb. He is a wimp. They are terrible at parenting, but good at spice.
The steam is steaming! If only they were other people. This book would have greatly benefited, from not using a child as a key character.
Her dead father used to call her little bird, and now he uses that nickname when they 🍆🍆. That’s weird and kind of a turn off. 🤮
All ln all, the writing was actually good and the steam was good. But the story sucked. It could’ve been good, but the characters were written as terrible people. How can I look at Jack and think, wow he is hot? Is that what the writer thought would happen. Abandoning your toddler is the most anticlimactic, wet towel of a man. And I can’t unsee that. I judge!
Should you read it? No, it’s shallow and catered to a certain demographic that doesn’t get distracted by a father who abandons his child in her hour of need because he hurts.
Ps. Insta lust and children DO NOT MIX. Love and children do ❤️ just my opinion.
The mmc abandons his 3 year old daughter when HER MOTHER DIES. He gives her to his friend. Not a relative for 6 months.😂 in her hour of need.
If you can move on from this little tidbit, you might enjoy this more than me. Buckle up, this is going to be long.
I could spend hours shredding this book apart because there is so much wrong with it, and so much to talk about. Luckily for this author I don’t have time to go over all of it. And I dnf’ed at 50%.
First the premise: Camille finds a love letter, Jack wrote to his now dead wife.
The love he had for her, is dialed all the way up to a 1000, and it bothered me. It was a love of the ages, enough to abandon their daughter out of grief. THAT IS WHAT A WIMP WOULD DO. She lost her mother too! 🤦♀️
I am not fragile with the dead wife trope, but his yearning and the love letters to her were too much. Any future romance seemed dulled and unrealistic at the 50% mark.
Back to Camille, she is mistaken for a job applicant for a nanny position, and she takes the job without hesitation 🤦♀️ How that all went down, was all in all, very unbelievably.
As of page 20 ish, she is openly lusting for him, and her lust is more of a priority, than the daughter is. She writes hims letters begging him to teach her the ropes! (pun intended) My friend CB would have sentenced her to a life sentence in horny jail. And she would have deserved to be there.
They have a bondage session with the daughter down the hall with an open door. Wtf! Parent fail. Which brings me to one of the biggest problems with this story, why bring a child into a BDSM story? As a key plot device!
It will have to be done very carefully, right? It was not. Everything in this book screamed neglect, and it was hard to enjoy the steam because the daughter was literally down the hall😂
His bondage room is open, because Camille walked right in by accident, so the daughter could as well.
Also he doesn’t speak to his now 5 year old child. Like at all. What purpose does that serve to the story, besides showing me he is a man child who can’t prioritize.
I am so over the tormented man, who has cart Blanche to do anything because he hurts. Get it together like the rest of the world has to.
Another major problem is the readers are being told that Camille is so curious and wild, really? because all I see is a girl who works as a nanny and is tied up at night and then writing love letters to him. I did not see her at all as wild and untamed 😂 Jack doesn’t like Camille’s voice, so she isn’t allowed to talk him. Yeah well that’s nice.
She sounds like his deceased wife, okay now he is just a freaking crazy person. She puts up with it😂 yeah she is a wild one!
She is dumb. He is a wimp. They are terrible at parenting, but good at spice.
The steam is steaming! If only they were other people. This book would have greatly benefited, from not using a child as a key character.
Her dead father used to call her little bird, and now he uses that nickname when they 🍆🍆. That’s weird and kind of a turn off. 🤮
All ln all, the writing was actually good and the steam was good. But the story sucked. It could’ve been good, but the characters were written as terrible people. How can I look at Jack and think, wow he is hot? Is that what the writer thought would happen. Abandoning your toddler is the most anticlimactic, wet towel of a man. And I can’t unsee that. I judge!
Should you read it? No, it’s shallow and catered to a certain demographic that doesn’t get distracted by a father who abandons his child in her hour of need because he hurts.
Ps. Insta lust and children DO NOT MIX. Love and children do ❤️ just my opinion.
August 21, 2025
Okay I really enjoyed the link/spice of this book!!! In fact, bondage? Hello sign me up 😂 HOWEVER, it did lose a star for me for two reasons. One, the nickname. Not only the name itself but specifically the meaning behind the name. Couldn’t do it. And also the grieving and lack of healing. I struggled with that a bit. However, Sara wrote some god damn spice dude. Idk what it is but this woman knows how to spice it up and I eat it up EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I think overall I’d give it a 3.75 (so I rounded to 4)
February 24, 2026
⚖️
Dearest Jury… We Need to Talk
We are gathered here today after a horrible crime has been committed.
I, as the witness, will present to you my evidence. I must warn you, dearest jury, this will make you question your sanity and maybe need some fresh air. 🌬️
But it must be said. Further crimes like this should not be committed.
⚠️Warning: This is long and will contain spoilers because I just can’t.
📖 Exhibit A: The Aesthetic Bait
On the 21st of February of the year 2026, I was lured by this aesthetic book.
Alas, I should have known that the label of good girl effect was hiding bad and idiotic people affecting each other underneath.
Luckily, I escaped unscathed from that effect.
But the psychological torment? Oh, it got to me.
👠 On Account of the First Offender:
Ms. Goodie-Two-Shoes Steal-Someone’s-Life: Camille
• This woman has no personality at all.
• She works in a bookstore (beginning of the book), yet doesn’t read and is only there because a position was open.
• She doodles on books she needs to sell because that is apparently okay. 😒
As a matter of fact, doodling is the only thing that defines her original personality.
She has no personality to the point she obsesses over Emmaline’s life so much that she assumes all of Em’s roles and could-have-beens. The only thing she didn’t take on was the ballet dancing, but anyway, Em gave up ballet, so Camille didn’t need to do it.
• She is so one-dimensional that her entire existence starts with Bea and ends with Jack.
• She sees a letter from Jack to Em and a picture of them together, and starts wondering what it would feel like if it were her instead. 😡
• She is jealous of a dead wife.
She is glad she has a piece of Jack she thinks he never shared with Em.
Jack continuously barks at her and dismisses her, yet she decides she feels so safe with him and — even though they didn’t talk at all (because he won’t let her) — propositions him one week into her job.
• Since he won’t talk to her, but he wrote his dead wife a letter, she decides, well, I’m going to use the same method so he can talk to me.
Because apparently, grief cosplay is romantic now. 😤
🧔 On Account of the Second Offender:
Jack & The Crimes Against the Single Dad Trope
• This man does not deserve to be a dad. ❌
• He abandoned his child for 3 years.
• Then shows up for like 3 weeks.
• Then once things fall off with Camille (because you know we needed some action and a third-act breakup was the solution), he DISAPPEARS from his daughter’s life AGAIN.
This atrocity of a man still has the audacity to fantasise about breeding Camille even though he is not a present father!!!! ❌❌❌
• This freaking idiot spends the entire first half of the book telling us how she looks like his wife, sounds like her, and reminds him of her.
And then with a straight face lies to all of us by saying:
“You don’t remind me of her.”
Is this short-term amnesia?? Selective memory loss?? Performance art??
• He calls her by her father’s nickname during sex and asks her to come.
I will give you a moment to throw up and come back. 🤢
• He has his ring on most of the book. Yet when he removes it, this moment is barely acknowledged and is not addressed at all.
You mean to tell me you were drowning in grief for 3 years, but removed such a monumental thing and didn’t bat an eyelash? 🫷🏻
Sure.
🧠 On Account of Crimes Against Child & Grief Psychology
• 5 y.o. Bea tells us several times that her mom is asleep. That is never corrected in the entire book.
This is one of the worst things to tell a child who lost a dear one!!!
A 3–5-year-old would be terrified of sleeping because they think they might die too.
• Bea later tells her dad she doesn’t want to hurt him when he says “You know your mom is dead, not sleeping.”
Children at this age do not have the capacity to invent such a thing to protect someone who isn’t even there and who doesn’t talk to them anyway.
• Bea tells Camille, “I wish you were my mom.” 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Children don’t say that unless they are hurt by their moms. This statement is a replacement, not a new. A girl who loves her mom and misses her would not say that.
• Bea is never shown grieving.
Honestly, she isn’t shown behaving like a 5-year-old either.
If I see a girl this age behaving like that, I would raise red flags. 🚩
• We are told so much about how Jack is grieving the love of his life — yet all he does is mess around and push away all his responsibilities as an adult for 3+ years of time with no repercussions.
And don’t even get me started on how he “wanted to get control” because he was grieving, so he learned bondage and slept with everything with legs and none of them were French…
IN THE MIDDLE OF PARIS.
🕳️ On Account of Crimes Against Storytelling
Plot holes so big they could swallow the book in one go.
• When Em came back to Paris she stopped dancing. Why? Nobody knows.
• Jack blames himself. Why? Nobody knows.
• Jack discovered bondage after Em died.
He never did any bondage or kinky sex with Em.
He never wanted another woman in his home.
He did all his kinky sex in his club.
Yet he still has a bondage room fully furnished in his house!!!!!!!!!
How is that possible? 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
• The love has zero foundation besides both of their obsessions with the dead wife. She wants to be her. He wants to replace her. Bam. They get together.
• Elizabeth is mad at her brother after Em dies and doesn’t talk to him for 3 years. Why? We don’t really know.
Yet she fully embraces Camille as a replacement without any visible signs of grief or trouble. The attitude shift gave me whiplash.
🚨 On Account of Crimes Against Humanity
• He calls her cute when she is coming. Yes sex coming not coming into a room.
• He says hugging his daughter feels like hugging his dead wife.
I do not think I need to explain further.
⚖️ Final Plea
So dearest jury, I have presented my case and evidence.
I beg of you to burn this book at the stake a million times over. 🔥
Court adjourned.
--
Update:
I am absolutely hate-reading this 🚩of a book and you will be getting a rant review.
I am not DNFing because I need to use the book for a challenge on one of my GR groups.
--
Pre-read:
Do we think the Good Girl Effect will rub off on me?
Going in blind🤞🏻
We are gathered here today after a horrible crime has been committed.
I, as the witness, will present to you my evidence. I must warn you, dearest jury, this will make you question your sanity and maybe need some fresh air. 🌬️
But it must be said. Further crimes like this should not be committed.
⚠️Warning: This is long and will contain spoilers because I just can’t.
📖 Exhibit A: The Aesthetic Bait
On the 21st of February of the year 2026, I was lured by this aesthetic book.
Alas, I should have known that the label of good girl effect was hiding bad and idiotic people affecting each other underneath.
Luckily, I escaped unscathed from that effect.
But the psychological torment? Oh, it got to me.
👠 On Account of the First Offender:
Ms. Goodie-Two-Shoes Steal-Someone’s-Life: Camille
• This woman has no personality at all.
• She works in a bookstore (beginning of the book), yet doesn’t read and is only there because a position was open.
• She doodles on books she needs to sell because that is apparently okay. 😒
As a matter of fact, doodling is the only thing that defines her original personality.
She has no personality to the point she obsesses over Emmaline’s life so much that she assumes all of Em’s roles and could-have-beens. The only thing she didn’t take on was the ballet dancing, but anyway, Em gave up ballet, so Camille didn’t need to do it.
• She is so one-dimensional that her entire existence starts with Bea and ends with Jack.
• She sees a letter from Jack to Em and a picture of them together, and starts wondering what it would feel like if it were her instead. 😡
• She is jealous of a dead wife.
She is glad she has a piece of Jack she thinks he never shared with Em.
Jack continuously barks at her and dismisses her, yet she decides she feels so safe with him and — even though they didn’t talk at all (because he won’t let her) — propositions him one week into her job.
• Since he won’t talk to her, but he wrote his dead wife a letter, she decides, well, I’m going to use the same method so he can talk to me.
Because apparently, grief cosplay is romantic now. 😤
🧔 On Account of the Second Offender:
Jack & The Crimes Against the Single Dad Trope
• This man does not deserve to be a dad. ❌
• He abandoned his child for 3 years.
• Then shows up for like 3 weeks.
• Then once things fall off with Camille (because you know we needed some action and a third-act breakup was the solution), he DISAPPEARS from his daughter’s life AGAIN.
This atrocity of a man still has the audacity to fantasise about breeding Camille even though he is not a present father!!!! ❌❌❌
• This freaking idiot spends the entire first half of the book telling us how she looks like his wife, sounds like her, and reminds him of her.
And then with a straight face lies to all of us by saying:
“You don’t remind me of her.”
Is this short-term amnesia?? Selective memory loss?? Performance art??
• He calls her by her father’s nickname during sex and asks her to come.
I will give you a moment to throw up and come back. 🤢
• He has his ring on most of the book. Yet when he removes it, this moment is barely acknowledged and is not addressed at all.
You mean to tell me you were drowning in grief for 3 years, but removed such a monumental thing and didn’t bat an eyelash? 🫷🏻
Sure.
🧠 On Account of Crimes Against Child & Grief Psychology
• 5 y.o. Bea tells us several times that her mom is asleep. That is never corrected in the entire book.
This is one of the worst things to tell a child who lost a dear one!!!
A 3–5-year-old would be terrified of sleeping because they think they might die too.
• Bea later tells her dad she doesn’t want to hurt him when he says “You know your mom is dead, not sleeping.”
Children at this age do not have the capacity to invent such a thing to protect someone who isn’t even there and who doesn’t talk to them anyway.
• Bea tells Camille, “I wish you were my mom.” 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Children don’t say that unless they are hurt by their moms. This statement is a replacement, not a new. A girl who loves her mom and misses her would not say that.
• Bea is never shown grieving.
Honestly, she isn’t shown behaving like a 5-year-old either.
If I see a girl this age behaving like that, I would raise red flags. 🚩
• We are told so much about how Jack is grieving the love of his life — yet all he does is mess around and push away all his responsibilities as an adult for 3+ years of time with no repercussions.
And don’t even get me started on how he “wanted to get control” because he was grieving, so he learned bondage and slept with everything with legs and none of them were French…
IN THE MIDDLE OF PARIS.
🕳️ On Account of Crimes Against Storytelling
Plot holes so big they could swallow the book in one go.
• When Em came back to Paris she stopped dancing. Why? Nobody knows.
• Jack blames himself. Why? Nobody knows.
• Jack discovered bondage after Em died.
He never did any bondage or kinky sex with Em.
He never wanted another woman in his home.
He did all his kinky sex in his club.
Yet he still has a bondage room fully furnished in his house!!!!!!!!!
How is that possible? 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
• The love has zero foundation besides both of their obsessions with the dead wife. She wants to be her. He wants to replace her. Bam. They get together.
• Elizabeth is mad at her brother after Em dies and doesn’t talk to him for 3 years. Why? We don’t really know.
Yet she fully embraces Camille as a replacement without any visible signs of grief or trouble. The attitude shift gave me whiplash.
🚨 On Account of Crimes Against Humanity
• He calls her cute when she is coming. Yes sex coming not coming into a room.
• He says hugging his daughter feels like hugging his dead wife.
I do not think I need to explain further.
⚖️ Final Plea
So dearest jury, I have presented my case and evidence.
I beg of you to burn this book at the stake a million times over. 🔥
Court adjourned.
--
Update:
I am absolutely hate-reading this 🚩of a book and you will be getting a rant review.
I am not DNFing because I need to use the book for a challenge on one of my GR groups.
--
Pre-read:
Do we think the Good Girl Effect will rub off on me?
Going in blind🤞🏻
October 13, 2025
⋆˚࿔ Review 𝜗𝜚˚⋆
3⭐️
I was already in a bad mood when I picked this up, but honestly… even if I wasn’t, this still wouldn’t have blown me away
First of all, I cannot stand the classic “small-town girl moves to the big city” storyline. It’s been done to death, resurrected, and then done to death again. And setting it in Paris? Sorry, but slapping a croissant on it doesn’t make it original 😑
The characters? Yeah… I didn’t care. Him? The way he treated his child had me side-eyeing so hard I almost gave myself a headache. Her? She had the personality of a blank page. I tried to root for them, but there was just nothing there.
And don’t even get me started on the club subplot, it was giving awkward school play energy. It added absolutely nothing. Meanwhile, the side characters were out here stealing the spotlight effortlessly. Phoenix and Elizabeth carried this book on their backs without even trying, which is probably why I’m actually excited for their stories.
All in all, this wasn’t terrible, but it definitely wasn’t good either. Just kind of… there. Like room-temperature tea ☕
⋆. 𐙚 ˚ pre read ⋆. 𐙚 ˚
I heard single dad 🫦
3⭐️
I was already in a bad mood when I picked this up, but honestly… even if I wasn’t, this still wouldn’t have blown me away
First of all, I cannot stand the classic “small-town girl moves to the big city” storyline. It’s been done to death, resurrected, and then done to death again. And setting it in Paris? Sorry, but slapping a croissant on it doesn’t make it original 😑
The characters? Yeah… I didn’t care. Him? The way he treated his child had me side-eyeing so hard I almost gave myself a headache. Her? She had the personality of a blank page. I tried to root for them, but there was just nothing there.
And don’t even get me started on the club subplot, it was giving awkward school play energy. It added absolutely nothing. Meanwhile, the side characters were out here stealing the spotlight effortlessly. Phoenix and Elizabeth carried this book on their backs without even trying, which is probably why I’m actually excited for their stories.
All in all, this wasn’t terrible, but it definitely wasn’t good either. Just kind of… there. Like room-temperature tea ☕
⋆. 𐙚 ˚ pre read ⋆. 𐙚 ˚
I heard single dad 🫦
August 17, 2025
4.5 stars ⭐️
SOO GOOD & the only thing I could finish in a week and a half with my slump 🤭 RTC
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I need something to brain off to and Hambright PR must have read my mind because they sent me this e-arc and alc! single dad x nanny too 😌
SOO GOOD & the only thing I could finish in a week and a half with my slump 🤭 RTC
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I need something to brain off to and Hambright PR must have read my mind because they sent me this e-arc and alc! single dad x nanny too 😌
September 1, 2025
I'm always split on if I want to read a Second Generation series. It always sounds like a good idea, but in practice, it can be risky to retread ground we have already played on before. I was particularly worried that a series set in a sex club could feel a bit... well, odd, to have a second generation take place.
However, I think Sara Cate came up with a scenario that may be golden. It will all depend, of course, on what type of conflict each book rests upon, but for Jack and his sweet daughter, well, their trauma makes sense to me. And it doesn't undo or shade the HEA of his parents in any way. Becoming a widower and a single father so young is traumatic for anyone. Add in that the children of the Salacious Players haven't taken the club seriously (a different club than our OG one), and there is a lot of room for growth and change.
Enter Camille, with her bright energy and curious nature. Her love for Jack's daughter and her desire to learn what he has to teach her give us a lot to hold onto. She may have learned about him in a unique way, an old love letter to his late wife, kind of unique. But when she lucks into a nanny job for Jack's daughter... things are going to heat up rather quickly.
As always, I enjoyed how Sara Cate looks at kink. Not only bringing a new sexiness to it but also making us think about it in a new way. I loved how rope bondage was used as a form of control for Jack but also a solace. A way to put someone exactly where he wants them. To keep something or someone, in a specific place for even a limited amount of time. I couldn't help but feel for him. Camille finds it very comforting and sexy too.
There is a lot of healing that needs to take place, and I love how they both shared their grief and helped one another move forward. I thought this was sexy and moving, though I felt like the time jump was handled a little oddly. I think there needed to be one, no doubt, but... Camille just kept working for him while he... ignored her? Interesting.
Anyway, this was lovely and I look forward to the next. The narration was top notch. Led by Jason Clarke & Med Sylvan, but with a full cast compliment
4.5 Stars
4 on the spice scale
CW: death, cancer, and grief
*Thank you to the author for an ARC & ALC of this title.*
However, I think Sara Cate came up with a scenario that may be golden. It will all depend, of course, on what type of conflict each book rests upon, but for Jack and his sweet daughter, well, their trauma makes sense to me. And it doesn't undo or shade the HEA of his parents in any way. Becoming a widower and a single father so young is traumatic for anyone. Add in that the children of the Salacious Players haven't taken the club seriously (a different club than our OG one), and there is a lot of room for growth and change.
Enter Camille, with her bright energy and curious nature. Her love for Jack's daughter and her desire to learn what he has to teach her give us a lot to hold onto. She may have learned about him in a unique way, an old love letter to his late wife, kind of unique. But when she lucks into a nanny job for Jack's daughter... things are going to heat up rather quickly.
As always, I enjoyed how Sara Cate looks at kink. Not only bringing a new sexiness to it but also making us think about it in a new way. I loved how rope bondage was used as a form of control for Jack but also a solace. A way to put someone exactly where he wants them. To keep something or someone, in a specific place for even a limited amount of time. I couldn't help but feel for him. Camille finds it very comforting and sexy too.
There is a lot of healing that needs to take place, and I love how they both shared their grief and helped one another move forward. I thought this was sexy and moving, though I felt like the time jump was handled a little oddly. I think there needed to be one, no doubt, but... Camille just kept working for him while he... ignored her? Interesting.
Anyway, this was lovely and I look forward to the next. The narration was top notch. Led by Jason Clarke & Med Sylvan, but with a full cast compliment
4.5 Stars
4 on the spice scale
CW: death, cancer, and grief
*Thank you to the author for an ARC & ALC of this title.*
August 20, 2025
Audio 🎧- 5⭐️
📖- 4⭐️
OK, this book completely took me by surprise. This was my first read from Sara (I know, criminal), and I absolutely fell in love with her writing style and storytelling. I’d heard she’s known for her hot and heavy spice, and let me just say… she absolutely lived up to the hype.
I don’t usually reach for books where a spouse has died, it’s a trope I’ve never really loved, or at least I thought I didn’t. But here, it worked so beautifully. It added so much emotion and depth, not just to Jack’s character but to the story as a whole. The way Camille was fascinated by the love Jack and his wife shared really built on that storyline for me. It hit harder than I expected, and yes, I ended up crying more than once. Normally, I don’t love the idea of someone feeling like they’re living in the shadow of a former lover, but this was written with such care and taste that it felt okay.
And speaking of emotions, Bea completely stole my heart. She was spunky, sweet, and so full of life. I adored the bond she built with Camille, and I have to say, I’m really into the nanny trope. This was only my second book with it, but I can confidently say I’m hooked.
Now, the icing on the cake? Jack’s mouth. Add Jason Clarke narrating in my ear and it was perfection. The audiobook was phenomenal, the narrators nailed the emotion, and the accents were flawless.
I absolutely ADORED the fact that they wrote letters to each other. It was romantic and kinda hot??
The club was just another fun bonus. All in all, this was such a good read and an even better listen. I can’t wait to dive into more of Sara’s books.
TYSM to Sara for sending me over the audiobook 💓
📖- 4⭐️
OK, this book completely took me by surprise. This was my first read from Sara (I know, criminal), and I absolutely fell in love with her writing style and storytelling. I’d heard she’s known for her hot and heavy spice, and let me just say… she absolutely lived up to the hype.
I don’t usually reach for books where a spouse has died, it’s a trope I’ve never really loved, or at least I thought I didn’t. But here, it worked so beautifully. It added so much emotion and depth, not just to Jack’s character but to the story as a whole. The way Camille was fascinated by the love Jack and his wife shared really built on that storyline for me. It hit harder than I expected, and yes, I ended up crying more than once. Normally, I don’t love the idea of someone feeling like they’re living in the shadow of a former lover, but this was written with such care and taste that it felt okay.
And speaking of emotions, Bea completely stole my heart. She was spunky, sweet, and so full of life. I adored the bond she built with Camille, and I have to say, I’m really into the nanny trope. This was only my second book with it, but I can confidently say I’m hooked.
Now, the icing on the cake? Jack’s mouth. Add Jason Clarke narrating in my ear and it was perfection. The audiobook was phenomenal, the narrators nailed the emotion, and the accents were flawless.
I absolutely ADORED the fact that they wrote letters to each other. It was romantic and kinda hot??
The club was just another fun bonus. All in all, this was such a good read and an even better listen. I can’t wait to dive into more of Sara’s books.
TYSM to Sara for sending me over the audiobook 💓
August 28, 2025
Okay but he started calling her “little bird” after finding out that was her dead dad’s nickname for her? That doesn’t sit right 😅
I had high hopes for this one because I loved Salacious Player’s club series and this is the next gen, but something was off with Jack. He just wasn’t a good guy. Besides being an absentee father, he just kinda a terrible person overall.
I did devour this in almost one sitting and the spice was great so giving it a generous 3 star rating. I will continue with the series and seeing Elizabeth’s story next I hope.
I had high hopes for this one because I loved Salacious Player’s club series and this is the next gen, but something was off with Jack. He just wasn’t a good guy. Besides being an absentee father, he just kinda a terrible person overall.
I did devour this in almost one sitting and the spice was great so giving it a generous 3 star rating. I will continue with the series and seeing Elizabeth’s story next I hope.
September 5, 2025
Sara Cate herself couldn’t convince me she wrote this book.
September 3, 2025
Yikes
Only reason I finished this book was because I usually love this author. Unfortunately this just wasnt it.
I disliked both fmc and mmc so it was a rough read.
I hated that the mmc treated his daughter like she wasnt even there and didnt get help until the fmc said she would leave. He should have put his daughter first but ultimately he didnt and that ruined the storyline for me.
I hated that the fmc would think about how she wanted to be that wife in the old pictures. It was creepy and unhinged.
The book was also difficult to get into by the way it started even having read the other series.
Only reason I finished this book was because I usually love this author. Unfortunately this just wasnt it.
I disliked both fmc and mmc so it was a rough read.
I hated that the mmc treated his daughter like she wasnt even there and didnt get help until the fmc said she would leave. He should have put his daughter first but ultimately he didnt and that ruined the storyline for me.
I hated that the fmc would think about how she wanted to be that wife in the old pictures. It was creepy and unhinged.
The book was also difficult to get into by the way it started even having read the other series.
August 25, 2025
Simply going through the motions, Camille Aubert happens upon a photo and love letter which lead her to do something wild, unintentionally setting off a series of events that change the trajectory of her life.
Much like Camille, Jack St. Claire is surviving, but never thriving. He’s grieving, pissed off at the world, and detached from his own life and daughter. Enter Camille. She’s outspoken and defiant, stubborn and rebellious. She also has a heart of gold and the softest of spots for Bea.
So much to unpack with this one. There is tension and angst, an exquisite torture. But moreover, so much heartbreak and heartache. Just when you think it’s all for naught and the grief will consume them both, Sara throws us a lifeline and we get a well deserved HEA.
It will be interesting to see where Legacy takes us and how it both mirrors and differs from our beloved Salacious.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥1/2
Darkness: 🤍
Heat: 🌶️🌶️
Range of Emotions: 😊🤫😭🫠😍
Ending: 💗 {HEA}
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual | Present}
🗄️ Genre: Contemporary Romance
🗂️ Subgenre(s): New Adult
✨ Tropes: Forbidden, Forced Proximity, Grumpy/Sunshine, Nanny, Single Parent, Workplace
💫 Microtropes: Alphahole, “Good Girl”, Pet Name, Sėx Lessons, Tragic Past
💋 Kinks: Public Play, Shibari
⚠️ Warning: The angst in this slow-burn will edge you to the point of combustion!
🚩 Safety Squad: There are potentially triggering elements. If you have any hesitation, check the warnings before diving in. Otherwise, blind is best!!
📣 Type: The Good Girl Effect is the first book in the Salacious Legacy series, but can be read as a standalone.
🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.
Much like Camille, Jack St. Claire is surviving, but never thriving. He’s grieving, pissed off at the world, and detached from his own life and daughter. Enter Camille. She’s outspoken and defiant, stubborn and rebellious. She also has a heart of gold and the softest of spots for Bea.
So much to unpack with this one. There is tension and angst, an exquisite torture. But moreover, so much heartbreak and heartache. Just when you think it’s all for naught and the grief will consume them both, Sara throws us a lifeline and we get a well deserved HEA.
It will be interesting to see where Legacy takes us and how it both mirrors and differs from our beloved Salacious.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥1/2
Darkness: 🤍
Heat: 🌶️🌶️
Range of Emotions: 😊🤫😭🫠😍
Ending: 💗 {HEA}
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual | Present}
🗄️ Genre: Contemporary Romance
🗂️ Subgenre(s): New Adult
✨ Tropes: Forbidden, Forced Proximity, Grumpy/Sunshine, Nanny, Single Parent, Workplace
💫 Microtropes: Alphahole, “Good Girl”, Pet Name, Sėx Lessons, Tragic Past
💋 Kinks: Public Play, Shibari
⚠️ Warning: The angst in this slow-burn will edge you to the point of combustion!
🚩 Safety Squad: There are potentially triggering elements. If you have any hesitation, check the warnings before diving in. Otherwise, blind is best!!
📣 Type: The Good Girl Effect is the first book in the Salacious Legacy series, but can be read as a standalone.
🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.
January 31, 2026
The Good Girl Effect by Sara Cate is an explicit contemporary romance that launches the Salacious Legacy series with a blend of grief, desire, and unexpected connection. Camille Aubert travels from her small French bookstore to Paris to return a lost love letter and, by misfortune or fate, becomes the live‑in nanny for widowed father Jack St. Claire and his young daughter. Jack runs a newly inherited kink club and hides his heart behind grief and walls of emotional detachment, while Camille’s curiosity and warmth slowly blur the professional boundary between them, spiraling into passion, rope play, and complicated intimacy as they confront Jack’s past and Camille’s growing feelings.
Reading this felt like stepping into a story full of friction and heat, with a forced proximity and age gap that keeps the pages moving; Jack’s emotional armor and Camille’s audacity create sparks and frustration in equal measure. While the BDSM and romance elements are robust and satisfy readers who crave intensity, some parts of the character development and pacing felt uneven to me, making it less emotionally grounded than I hoped. I would rate this book 3 out of 5 stars.
Reading this felt like stepping into a story full of friction and heat, with a forced proximity and age gap that keeps the pages moving; Jack’s emotional armor and Camille’s audacity create sparks and frustration in equal measure. While the BDSM and romance elements are robust and satisfy readers who crave intensity, some parts of the character development and pacing felt uneven to me, making it less emotionally grounded than I hoped. I would rate this book 3 out of 5 stars.
September 5, 2025
1⭐️| spice doesn’t matter bc wtf was this
DNF : chapter 30
As someone else in these comments said something to the effect of “you can’t pay me me enough to believe Sara Cate wrote this” and I couldn’t agree more.
I hate to say it but this is very embarrassing to attach your name to after you wrote Salacious Players Club.
In my opinion, I really do believe her writing has gone so far downhill since that series, including the Goode brother series.
I stopped reading this at chapter 30, I just couldn’t do it. The impending third act break up when you don’t give af just seemed pointless to cont.
Camille, i had hopes for. Tbh i had hopes for all of them. But damn. She was freaking ANNOYING. Dare I say she at one point was trying to replace the dead wife? Like the vibes of her doing so were all there. She is a petulant child who had nothing going for her. W SPC all of the women were strong, bad ass, and independent. Camille is a fall from grace and should not be put next to those women.
She’s lusting after this man immediately which made me think she was crazy. As well as what I said before, trying to make this man love her so she can take the place of the wife. We need a case study on this woman STAT.
Jack. Yikes. An absentee father who loves to hate his child’s nanny bc she reminds him of his dead wife. His love for his dead wife was sooo strong and you couldn’t make me believe he loves Camille. What a joke.
Both of these characters are as interesting as a piece of plywood.
OH. OMG. Don’t let me forget the similarities between Praise and TGE. Both FMC’s get mistaken in the beginning of the book, which leads both of them into the world of BDSM, and that story line was very prominent in the beginning. Not a fan. Get more creative.
One more thing. Calling your girlfriend, hookup, rope bunny, whatever…the nickname HER DEAD FATHER called her during your sessions…vile. Who would ever think that’s cute? Should have absolutely gone back to the drawing board with this one.
I don’t think I’ll continue this series because unlike the SPC where all of the characters seemed fascinating and you wanted to hear their stories, these characters seem flat and forgettable.
What a waste of an audible credit.
DNF : chapter 30
As someone else in these comments said something to the effect of “you can’t pay me me enough to believe Sara Cate wrote this” and I couldn’t agree more.
I hate to say it but this is very embarrassing to attach your name to after you wrote Salacious Players Club.
In my opinion, I really do believe her writing has gone so far downhill since that series, including the Goode brother series.
I stopped reading this at chapter 30, I just couldn’t do it. The impending third act break up when you don’t give af just seemed pointless to cont.
Camille, i had hopes for. Tbh i had hopes for all of them. But damn. She was freaking ANNOYING. Dare I say she at one point was trying to replace the dead wife? Like the vibes of her doing so were all there. She is a petulant child who had nothing going for her. W SPC all of the women were strong, bad ass, and independent. Camille is a fall from grace and should not be put next to those women.
She’s lusting after this man immediately which made me think she was crazy. As well as what I said before, trying to make this man love her so she can take the place of the wife. We need a case study on this woman STAT.
Jack. Yikes. An absentee father who loves to hate his child’s nanny bc she reminds him of his dead wife. His love for his dead wife was sooo strong and you couldn’t make me believe he loves Camille. What a joke.
Both of these characters are as interesting as a piece of plywood.
OH. OMG. Don’t let me forget the similarities between Praise and TGE. Both FMC’s get mistaken in the beginning of the book, which leads both of them into the world of BDSM, and that story line was very prominent in the beginning. Not a fan. Get more creative.
One more thing. Calling your girlfriend, hookup, rope bunny, whatever…the nickname HER DEAD FATHER called her during your sessions…vile. Who would ever think that’s cute? Should have absolutely gone back to the drawing board with this one.
I don’t think I’ll continue this series because unlike the SPC where all of the characters seemed fascinating and you wanted to hear their stories, these characters seem flat and forgettable.
What a waste of an audible credit.
August 19, 2025
3.75/5 ⭐️
2.5/5 🌶️
Book 1 in the continuation of the Salacious Players series. This is the second generation of kink club owners. We get our MMC, Jack St. Clair, a grieving single father, who needs a nanny for his little girl. Then we get Camille, who accidentally shows up to his house when the interviews are being conducted.
We get them navigating their relationship with each other and his little girl, all while their feelings grow stronger. It is difficult due to Jack’s late wife and his job as a kink club owner. Can new love heal a broken heart? Can their passion for each other overcome all the obstacles? If you enjoyed the original series, I highly suggest you pick this one up.
I enjoyed it as an audio with a full cast!! We’re seeing more of this where the full cast signs on for the series and you get each individual character voiced by a different narrator. Jason Clarke is our MMC, Jack, and he is absolute perfection, as always. Meg Sylvan is our FMC, Camille. While I adore Meg, I didn’t enjoy her French accent. I would’ve liked to see a French speaking narrator for this role, for a more authentic feel to the book. The accent comes and goes throughout the book, which takes you out of it a little bit.
Thanks to Sara and the Hambright PR team for an audio copy of this book.
2.5/5 🌶️
Book 1 in the continuation of the Salacious Players series. This is the second generation of kink club owners. We get our MMC, Jack St. Clair, a grieving single father, who needs a nanny for his little girl. Then we get Camille, who accidentally shows up to his house when the interviews are being conducted.
We get them navigating their relationship with each other and his little girl, all while their feelings grow stronger. It is difficult due to Jack’s late wife and his job as a kink club owner. Can new love heal a broken heart? Can their passion for each other overcome all the obstacles? If you enjoyed the original series, I highly suggest you pick this one up.
I enjoyed it as an audio with a full cast!! We’re seeing more of this where the full cast signs on for the series and you get each individual character voiced by a different narrator. Jason Clarke is our MMC, Jack, and he is absolute perfection, as always. Meg Sylvan is our FMC, Camille. While I adore Meg, I didn’t enjoy her French accent. I would’ve liked to see a French speaking narrator for this role, for a more authentic feel to the book. The accent comes and goes throughout the book, which takes you out of it a little bit.
Thanks to Sara and the Hambright PR team for an audio copy of this book.
August 19, 2025
4.5 ⭐️
The broodiest of men meets the woman who gets him to start living again. I went into this not very impressed with the MMC, but by the end he grew on me, okay? I did not expect I’d be crying reading this but here we are.
This is a fun, sexy and flirty ride, but still touches on grief and trauma in a memorable way.
Thank you so much to Hambright PR for both the ARC and ALC. The full cast duet narration was absolute perfection!
The broodiest of men meets the woman who gets him to start living again. I went into this not very impressed with the MMC, but by the end he grew on me, okay? I did not expect I’d be crying reading this but here we are.
This is a fun, sexy and flirty ride, but still touches on grief and trauma in a memorable way.
Thank you so much to Hambright PR for both the ARC and ALC. The full cast duet narration was absolute perfection!
January 27, 2026
Okay I LOVE Sara and the SP series so I was so excited to read this one but honestly it just didn’t do it for me. This man is grieving his dead wife that he was completely enamored with and the MFC is just so inconsiderate and selfish in my opinion. Immature also because how are you going to be jealous of his dead wife🧐
Anyways, hopefully the future books have better characters.
Anyways, hopefully the future books have better characters.
August 20, 2025
* 4⭐️5🌶️
* Read on kindle unlimited 9/2 when the book is released!
* “A grieving single father who runs a kink club finds his structured world disrupted when a woman mistakenly hired as his live-in nanny unveils his hidden desires and challenges him to confront his past grief.”
* I received this book as an eARC that was gifted from Hambright PR and Sara Cate!
* Set 25 years after the Salacious Players Club series (which I haven’t read) this book is the first in a new series and does reference other characters but it did not effect the story at all and this series can be read as a complete standalone series.
* I honestly did get on with the FMC Camille. Was she obsessed with Jack? Idk her character kinda gave me the ick. She is someone who seems like she constantly doesn’t think before her actions and makes so many bad mistakes due to her carelessness. HOWEVER, I warmed up towards the middle and the story pivoted away from the spicy k!nky stuff to emotional damage and grief. The book was surprisingly very deep.
* Read if you like: dual POV, single dad x nanny, age gap, forced proximity, kinks, s£x club, SPICY 🥵, naive FMC, midnight lessons, he teaches her, he calls her “good girl”
* Read on kindle unlimited 9/2 when the book is released!
* “A grieving single father who runs a kink club finds his structured world disrupted when a woman mistakenly hired as his live-in nanny unveils his hidden desires and challenges him to confront his past grief.”
* I received this book as an eARC that was gifted from Hambright PR and Sara Cate!
* Set 25 years after the Salacious Players Club series (which I haven’t read) this book is the first in a new series and does reference other characters but it did not effect the story at all and this series can be read as a complete standalone series.
* I honestly did get on with the FMC Camille. Was she obsessed with Jack? Idk her character kinda gave me the ick. She is someone who seems like she constantly doesn’t think before her actions and makes so many bad mistakes due to her carelessness. HOWEVER, I warmed up towards the middle and the story pivoted away from the spicy k!nky stuff to emotional damage and grief. The book was surprisingly very deep.
* Read if you like: dual POV, single dad x nanny, age gap, forced proximity, kinks, s£x club, SPICY 🥵, naive FMC, midnight lessons, he teaches her, he calls her “good girl”
January 31, 2026
Cringe x a million
September 4, 2025
ok i’m a bit conflicted, I really enjoyed this but there are a few things that I didn’t like. Firstly I didn’t like how absent Jack was with his daughter, he should have started therapy since his wife’s death, instead of realizing it two years later: I would have enjoyed if he put more effort since the beginning.
Also I felt like Camille was a bit obsessed with Jack’s late wife and the family in general in the first half of the book; she said she felt drawn to help them ??.
Anyway, about Jack still grieving, I appreciated that it was not because he still loved his late wife, but because he didn’t heal properly and felt like he was betraying her (still not an excuse for his absenteeism).
Overall I liked the pace of the relationship, even tho I knew that the third act conflict was going to happen and I knew the reason since the first chapters. Camille was really great, she was nice and patient; Jack was good, he was insufferable in the first half, when he started opening up I could finally see Eden’s son.
I liked this new club, it made me nostalgic of the SPC series and the cameos didn’t help it ahah
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i knew that the second gen was going to happen, so i'm excited but grieving single father...
i don't like when single fathers haven't moved on from their late partner, it seems like they just settle with the first person that comes around, so i'm a bit scared
Also I felt like Camille was a bit obsessed with Jack’s late wife and the family in general in the first half of the book; she said she felt drawn to help them ??.
Anyway, about Jack still grieving, I appreciated that it was not because he still loved his late wife, but because he didn’t heal properly and felt like he was betraying her (still not an excuse for his absenteeism).
Overall I liked the pace of the relationship, even tho I knew that the third act conflict was going to happen and I knew the reason since the first chapters. Camille was really great, she was nice and patient; Jack was good, he was insufferable in the first half, when he started opening up I could finally see Eden’s son.
I liked this new club, it made me nostalgic of the SPC series and the cameos didn’t help it ahah
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i knew that the second gen was going to happen, so i'm excited but grieving single father...
i don't like when single fathers haven't moved on from their late partner, it seems like they just settle with the first person that comes around, so i'm a bit scared
May 10, 2025
The Good Girl Effect is the first book in the Salacious Legacy series written by Sara Cate.
What to expect:
*Second generation kink club owners
*Single dad / nanny
*Shibari rope play
This book kicks off the next generation of the original Salacious Players Club characters. Jack is the son of Eden, Clay, and Jade from the sixth book in the series, Madame.
Jack is a widower who has shut himself off from his family, his coworkers, and even his daughter. When Camille finds a letter that Jack wrote to his wife, she sets off to return it to him and ends up getting hired as his nanny.
There are a lot of hot and cold emotions in this book, the MMC is still grieving but can’t help having intense feelings for the FMC. The FMC was nosey and coerced the MMC into giving her Shibari lessons.
No OW drama, some OM drama in the form of jealousy, no cheating or sharing. Does have a third act breakup, main characters are separated a little over a month before they reunite.
Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for the opportunity to read and review this title.
Format: NetGalley ebook
Genre: Contemporary fiction, romance
Overall score:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice level:🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Characters: Jack (MMC) & Camille (FMC)
What to expect:
*Second generation kink club owners
*Single dad / nanny
*Shibari rope play
This book kicks off the next generation of the original Salacious Players Club characters. Jack is the son of Eden, Clay, and Jade from the sixth book in the series, Madame.
Jack is a widower who has shut himself off from his family, his coworkers, and even his daughter. When Camille finds a letter that Jack wrote to his wife, she sets off to return it to him and ends up getting hired as his nanny.
There are a lot of hot and cold emotions in this book, the MMC is still grieving but can’t help having intense feelings for the FMC. The FMC was nosey and coerced the MMC into giving her Shibari lessons.
No OW drama, some OM drama in the form of jealousy, no cheating or sharing. Does have a third act breakup, main characters are separated a little over a month before they reunite.
Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for the opportunity to read and review this title.
Format: NetGalley ebook
Genre: Contemporary fiction, romance
Overall score:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice level:🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Characters: Jack (MMC) & Camille (FMC)
July 23, 2025
I really loved the Sara Cate’s Salacious series and was so excited to see this next Gen series with all of their kids. That said, I did not enjoy this book. Jack is problematic af and is a bad father and boyfriend.
In the previous series, even when one person was in a sub role, they were still empowered and strong. Camille is a doormat who is discouraged from speaking and is kept as a dirty secret for a lot of the story. She has no real goals or ambition and other than being sexually curious, has to real say in what happens.
Jack gave me the ick so many times. After Camille told him her dead father called her his little bird, Jack started using it as an honorific in bed. He discouraged her from speaking because her accent reminded him of his dead wife, but then he goes on to say how well she knows him and that she’s “perfect for him” 🤢. Considering who Jack’s mother is, I’d expect better. And on top to all his red flag behaviour towards Camille, he’s also an absentee father. I hope book two redeems this series because at this point 3 stars feels generous.
In the previous series, even when one person was in a sub role, they were still empowered and strong. Camille is a doormat who is discouraged from speaking and is kept as a dirty secret for a lot of the story. She has no real goals or ambition and other than being sexually curious, has to real say in what happens.
Jack gave me the ick so many times. After Camille told him her dead father called her his little bird, Jack started using it as an honorific in bed. He discouraged her from speaking because her accent reminded him of his dead wife, but then he goes on to say how well she knows him and that she’s “perfect for him” 🤢. Considering who Jack’s mother is, I’d expect better. And on top to all his red flag behaviour towards Camille, he’s also an absentee father. I hope book two redeems this series because at this point 3 stars feels generous.
August 20, 2025
This was a fun & spicy good time! I also liked the way it demonstrated grief for Jack and showed his growth throughout the book. He definitely deserved a HEA
September 7, 2025
4 stars.
Sara Cate's "The Good Girl Effect" is sooooooooooo freaking good! I didn't think that the single dad x nanny trope was my thing, but Sara Cate made me a believer. Add in the forced proximity and rope tropes, and you've got a recipe for success. I really enjoyed the characters in this story. Jason Clarke, Meg Sylvan, Brandon Francis, Samantha Brentmoor, and CJ Bloom do a spectacular job on the full-cast audiobook narration. Clarke and Sylvan play the main characters, Jack and Camille, and they play them with pitch-perfect precision. They play off of one another so well. I loved Sylvan's French accent and Clarke's brooding, grieving, gravelly tone. I liked the exploration of grief in this story. I appreciate how Jack must attempt to move on with his life after the death of his wife, and the way he copes is with rope! Wouldn't be my thing, but good for him. He has no idea he is going to possibly move on with his daughter's nanny, the enchanting woman who has bewitched him body and soul! AGHHHHHHH, so much happens in this book between Jack and Camille that is sexy as heck! I liked traveling out of my typical comfort zone for this. I also adored the budding relationship between Camille and Jack's daughter. Camille feeds her artistic spirit and never talks down to her. I thought she was a good nanny. My one complaint is it feels like everything between Jack and Camille in terms of their intimate relationship feels like it happens a little quickly? It wasn't enough to be a detriment to my enjoyment of the book, but it is something I noticed. The ending is a little predictable, too. I did not read the Salacious Players Club series, but you better believe I am going to now!
Thank you to Sara Cate and Hambright PR for the complimentary ARC and ALC of this book. All opinions are my own. I was not compensated for this review.
Sara Cate's "The Good Girl Effect" is sooooooooooo freaking good! I didn't think that the single dad x nanny trope was my thing, but Sara Cate made me a believer. Add in the forced proximity and rope tropes, and you've got a recipe for success. I really enjoyed the characters in this story. Jason Clarke, Meg Sylvan, Brandon Francis, Samantha Brentmoor, and CJ Bloom do a spectacular job on the full-cast audiobook narration. Clarke and Sylvan play the main characters, Jack and Camille, and they play them with pitch-perfect precision. They play off of one another so well. I loved Sylvan's French accent and Clarke's brooding, grieving, gravelly tone. I liked the exploration of grief in this story. I appreciate how Jack must attempt to move on with his life after the death of his wife, and the way he copes is with rope! Wouldn't be my thing, but good for him. He has no idea he is going to possibly move on with his daughter's nanny, the enchanting woman who has bewitched him body and soul! AGHHHHHHH, so much happens in this book between Jack and Camille that is sexy as heck! I liked traveling out of my typical comfort zone for this. I also adored the budding relationship between Camille and Jack's daughter. Camille feeds her artistic spirit and never talks down to her. I thought she was a good nanny. My one complaint is it feels like everything between Jack and Camille in terms of their intimate relationship feels like it happens a little quickly? It wasn't enough to be a detriment to my enjoyment of the book, but it is something I noticed. The ending is a little predictable, too. I did not read the Salacious Players Club series, but you better believe I am going to now!
Thank you to Sara Cate and Hambright PR for the complimentary ARC and ALC of this book. All opinions are my own. I was not compensated for this review.
October 2, 2025
3.5 Show Me Stars⭐️
Spicy Rating: 🌶️🌶️.5/5
Camille Aubert is kind of lost in her life. She works at a tiny little bookstore in a small village in France. She’s alone, hasn’t really got direction in her life, and has been lost since she lost her father. One day in the bookstore, she finds a love letter tucked in the pages of a donated book. The letter contains a photo of a couple, an address, and a name. Sparked by a goal and a new adventure, she sets out to return the letter to its owners. However, in her research, she discovers the woman in the photo has passed away and wonders what or who she’ll find on the other side of the address. When she gets to the house, she’s mistakenly identified as a candidate for a nanny. It turns out the man in the photograph still lives there, and he has a beautiful five-year-old girl desperate for someone to care for her. Drawn by the idea of another adventure and the chance to live in Paris, Camille applies for the nanny job. Meanwhile, Jack St. Claire has been given a year to turn around the new Club "Legacy" with the rest of the next generation of Salacious players and the deadline is approaching fast. If they fail, the club will revert to the original owners; if they succeed, Jack has a choice to make... Stay in Paris or Leave... Also he REALLY REALLY LIKES tying people up!
𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙁𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨:
I loved Camille because she’s such a dichotomy of a character. She reminds me of the saying “curiosity killed the cat" or has the “fuck around and find out” energy, but not in a malicious or problematic way. She’s just naturally curious, so she ends up in awkward and strange situations because she doesn’t always know when to draw the line and then finds interesting consequences. She also has this innate naivety that makes her endearing and you just want to like her because of her big heart!
Jack, on the other hand, is very closed off and cold. He hasn’t dealt well with his wife’s death and has pushed everyone away, especially his daughter, because she reminds him of his wife and what he lost. Like, he basically makes his friends raise her for a while cause he "can't deal". He’s incredibly forceful and dominating, extending that control into his sexual preferences. As mentioned, he REALLY LIKES tying people up and the control it gives him as a way to process his grief. It’s a semi-unhealthy coping mechanism, but it gives him what he needs.
Jack is intrigued by Camille because she challenges him. She doesn’t back down, and she forces him to face his demons. Through her, he begins to find himself again, learns to love again, starts opening up, and begins to work on being a better father to his daughter, and the poor girl is starved for attention and just wants someone to hold her and read her a bedtime story.
Beatrice, Jack's little girl, was sweet and cute. She sometimes had those “too smart for her age” moments I don’t always like in book kids... but that might just be me not knowing how a five-year-old is meant to act. She came across as very independent and witty, almost like the perfect child. We’re told she throws tantrums and has bad days, but we don’t really see it on the page, just told that they happened.
Now that ties into one of my biggest issues with the book, in that a lot of the relationship development between Camille and Jack, and Camille’s bond with Bea, is told rather than shown. We’re given time skips and explanations of "it’s been a week, they’ve been spending time together" but we don’t get to see these moments unfold. I think that in a movie, a montage works because the medium allows us to infer what’s happening. But in a book, especially one where the relationship development is a key focus, it feels like something is missing. The same happens with their intimacy. We’re told things about how sexually active they are, but we only see a few interactions. It just feels like we never see the evolution of their connection on the page. And to me it left the emotional side of their relationship feeling a bit surface-level.
Another thing that made me struggle with the emotional chemistry between them is it felt like Jack fell in love with Camille only because she let him tie her up and because she was able to give his daughter the love he didn't know how to show. Essentially, he loved her because she loved Bea. It often seemed like his feelings stemmed from Camille being a good mother figure and I wasn’t fully convinced by their deeper emotional or mental connection, especially since he spent so much time shutting her down and pushing her away.
That said, I won’t lie, some of their spicy scenes, especially when he’s teasing her. THEY WERE very sexy and sensual. The writing had a great balance of allure and enticement without being too over the top. It pulled me in and kept me hooked. And sometimes made me blush...
𝙏𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙨:
▶ Billionaire Romance
▶ Grumpy X Sunshine
▶ Single Dad X Nanny Romance
▶ Forced Proximity
▶ Forbidden Romance
and 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙧𝙤 𝙏𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙨:
▷ Nicknames
▷ Potato Sack over his Shoulder
▷ Crawl to Me
▷ Watches Her Sleep - Ok Edward
▷ "Mine"
▷ "Show Me", and "Teach Me"
▷ Tending to Injuries
▷ He Braids her Hair
▷ Share a Bath
▷ Spicy Lessons
𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙨:
➢ BDSM
➢ Bondage and Rope Play
➢ Voyeurism
➢ Fun with Toys
➢ Finger Licking Good
Overall, this was enjoyable, but I just wanted more on the emotional side to make their love story feel fully rounded.
Thank you to Hambright PR and Sara Cate for the gifted copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own
Spicy Rating: 🌶️🌶️.5/5
I want to be around her all the time. I want to own her while also being owned by her. I want her to exist in every future iteration of my life.𝙎𝙮𝙣𝙤𝙥𝙨𝙞𝙨:
Camille Aubert is kind of lost in her life. She works at a tiny little bookstore in a small village in France. She’s alone, hasn’t really got direction in her life, and has been lost since she lost her father. One day in the bookstore, she finds a love letter tucked in the pages of a donated book. The letter contains a photo of a couple, an address, and a name. Sparked by a goal and a new adventure, she sets out to return the letter to its owners. However, in her research, she discovers the woman in the photo has passed away and wonders what or who she’ll find on the other side of the address. When she gets to the house, she’s mistakenly identified as a candidate for a nanny. It turns out the man in the photograph still lives there, and he has a beautiful five-year-old girl desperate for someone to care for her. Drawn by the idea of another adventure and the chance to live in Paris, Camille applies for the nanny job. Meanwhile, Jack St. Claire has been given a year to turn around the new Club "Legacy" with the rest of the next generation of Salacious players and the deadline is approaching fast. If they fail, the club will revert to the original owners; if they succeed, Jack has a choice to make... Stay in Paris or Leave... Also he REALLY REALLY LIKES tying people up!
𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙁𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨:
I loved Camille because she’s such a dichotomy of a character. She reminds me of the saying “curiosity killed the cat" or has the “fuck around and find out” energy, but not in a malicious or problematic way. She’s just naturally curious, so she ends up in awkward and strange situations because she doesn’t always know when to draw the line and then finds interesting consequences. She also has this innate naivety that makes her endearing and you just want to like her because of her big heart!
Jack, on the other hand, is very closed off and cold. He hasn’t dealt well with his wife’s death and has pushed everyone away, especially his daughter, because she reminds him of his wife and what he lost. Like, he basically makes his friends raise her for a while cause he "can't deal". He’s incredibly forceful and dominating, extending that control into his sexual preferences. As mentioned, he REALLY LIKES tying people up and the control it gives him as a way to process his grief. It’s a semi-unhealthy coping mechanism, but it gives him what he needs.
Jack is intrigued by Camille because she challenges him. She doesn’t back down, and she forces him to face his demons. Through her, he begins to find himself again, learns to love again, starts opening up, and begins to work on being a better father to his daughter, and the poor girl is starved for attention and just wants someone to hold her and read her a bedtime story.
Beatrice, Jack's little girl, was sweet and cute. She sometimes had those “too smart for her age” moments I don’t always like in book kids... but that might just be me not knowing how a five-year-old is meant to act. She came across as very independent and witty, almost like the perfect child. We’re told she throws tantrums and has bad days, but we don’t really see it on the page, just told that they happened.
Now that ties into one of my biggest issues with the book, in that a lot of the relationship development between Camille and Jack, and Camille’s bond with Bea, is told rather than shown. We’re given time skips and explanations of "it’s been a week, they’ve been spending time together" but we don’t get to see these moments unfold. I think that in a movie, a montage works because the medium allows us to infer what’s happening. But in a book, especially one where the relationship development is a key focus, it feels like something is missing. The same happens with their intimacy. We’re told things about how sexually active they are, but we only see a few interactions. It just feels like we never see the evolution of their connection on the page. And to me it left the emotional side of their relationship feeling a bit surface-level.
Another thing that made me struggle with the emotional chemistry between them is it felt like Jack fell in love with Camille only because she let him tie her up and because she was able to give his daughter the love he didn't know how to show. Essentially, he loved her because she loved Bea. It often seemed like his feelings stemmed from Camille being a good mother figure and I wasn’t fully convinced by their deeper emotional or mental connection, especially since he spent so much time shutting her down and pushing her away.
That said, I won’t lie, some of their spicy scenes, especially when he’s teasing her. THEY WERE very sexy and sensual. The writing had a great balance of allure and enticement without being too over the top. It pulled me in and kept me hooked. And sometimes made me blush...
𝙏𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙨:
▶ Billionaire Romance
▶ Grumpy X Sunshine
▶ Single Dad X Nanny Romance
▶ Forced Proximity
▶ Forbidden Romance
and 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙧𝙤 𝙏𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙨:
▷ Nicknames
▷ Potato Sack over his Shoulder
▷ Crawl to Me
▷ Watches Her Sleep - Ok Edward
▷ "Mine"
▷ "Show Me", and "Teach Me"
▷ Tending to Injuries
▷ He Braids her Hair
▷ Share a Bath
▷ Spicy Lessons
𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙨:
➢ BDSM
➢ Bondage and Rope Play
➢ Voyeurism
➢ Fun with Toys
➢ Finger Licking Good
Overall, this was enjoyable, but I just wanted more on the emotional side to make their love story feel fully rounded.
Thank you to Hambright PR and Sara Cate for the gifted copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own
September 5, 2025
4.75⭐️
4🌶️
This book was not only spicy as hell and made me blush, but the ending had tears pooling in my eyes. It was so beautiful and made my heart squeeze.
This might be my favourite “he falls for the nanny” romance I’ve ever read. The audiobook was absolutely incredible!
4🌶️
This book was not only spicy as hell and made me blush, but the ending had tears pooling in my eyes. It was so beautiful and made my heart squeeze.
This might be my favourite “he falls for the nanny” romance I’ve ever read. The audiobook was absolutely incredible!
August 15, 2025
Another Sara Cate banger!! I think my favorite one yet!!
Do yourself a favor and get the audiobook. Duet style muticast with Meg Sylvan (amazing French accent work) and Jason Clarke (so many growly Good Girls) with a supporting cast of Brandon Francis, Samantha Brentmoor and CJ Bloom.
What I Wanted- a spicy book about a single dad and nanny hanging out at a sex club in Paris.
What I Got- a powerful story not really about sex at all. It’s about the grief of a man who lost his wife and he has no idea how to move on and a woman who never thought she was enough finding her power and strength. It’s about grieving a life you thought you’d have. It’s about family. It reflects on how we can experience physical intimacy without emotional intimacy. It’s therapy positive. It’s about admitting that we are not ok.
But there is a lot of sex, bondage and shibari rope play which I am NOT disappointed about.
Amazing amazing amazing. Could not put it down.
ALC.
Do yourself a favor and get the audiobook. Duet style muticast with Meg Sylvan (amazing French accent work) and Jason Clarke (so many growly Good Girls) with a supporting cast of Brandon Francis, Samantha Brentmoor and CJ Bloom.
What I Wanted- a spicy book about a single dad and nanny hanging out at a sex club in Paris.
What I Got- a powerful story not really about sex at all. It’s about the grief of a man who lost his wife and he has no idea how to move on and a woman who never thought she was enough finding her power and strength. It’s about grieving a life you thought you’d have. It’s about family. It reflects on how we can experience physical intimacy without emotional intimacy. It’s therapy positive. It’s about admitting that we are not ok.
But there is a lot of sex, bondage and shibari rope play which I am NOT disappointed about.
Amazing amazing amazing. Could not put it down.
ALC.
September 22, 2025
4.75 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
for a long time, salacious players club was a top tier top five book series for me. i discovered some more good ones but it’s still is a legendary book series i will never forget. i even attempted to reread the whole thing a few months ago but "give me more" still scares me so i’ve put the reread on hold for now.
sara cate did magic with this series and the fact that we are getting the kids books is incredible. like i’m sorry what? AMAZING.
and this?!?! is freaking me out. because it’s jack st. claire. aka the infamous eden st. claire’s son!!! we meet jack in "madame" when he was just a toddler so it’s quite insane he’s having his own book.
and omg was this book incredible. i was not expecting much from the beginning. i don’t think i even read the plot but a lot of things surprised me. that’s not how i visualized jack’s life and somehow, it made sense. i love everything about him, camille and their relationship. and omg little beatrice?!? so adorable
as always from sara cate, the spice was delicious!!!! and omg the slow burn? BURNING
what really got me here is the subject of grief. i thought i would have a problem with this book with how jack’s ex wife is mentioned so many times and how he stops himself because of her. but not really. it was beautiful and i loved it so much. i cried a lot towards the end its stupid
i think i was going to give this five stars but the beginning was slow and kind of confusing. but i adored this
and i haven’t read a book this quick in so long so there’s that
this is making me more excited for what’s to come in this series!!!!! i wish we got to see more of the OG characters in this tho
"i was never supposed to be here, and somehow, i’ve made it my home."
for a long time, salacious players club was a top tier top five book series for me. i discovered some more good ones but it’s still is a legendary book series i will never forget. i even attempted to reread the whole thing a few months ago but "give me more" still scares me so i’ve put the reread on hold for now.
sara cate did magic with this series and the fact that we are getting the kids books is incredible. like i’m sorry what? AMAZING.
and this?!?! is freaking me out. because it’s jack st. claire. aka the infamous eden st. claire’s son!!! we meet jack in "madame" when he was just a toddler so it’s quite insane he’s having his own book.
and omg was this book incredible. i was not expecting much from the beginning. i don’t think i even read the plot but a lot of things surprised me. that’s not how i visualized jack’s life and somehow, it made sense. i love everything about him, camille and their relationship. and omg little beatrice?!? so adorable
as always from sara cate, the spice was delicious!!!! and omg the slow burn? BURNING
what really got me here is the subject of grief. i thought i would have a problem with this book with how jack’s ex wife is mentioned so many times and how he stops himself because of her. but not really. it was beautiful and i loved it so much. i cried a lot towards the end its stupid
i think i was going to give this five stars but the beginning was slow and kind of confusing. but i adored this
and i haven’t read a book this quick in so long so there’s that
this is making me more excited for what’s to come in this series!!!!! i wish we got to see more of the OG characters in this tho
"i was never supposed to be here, and somehow, i’ve made it my home."
August 21, 2025
The Good Girl Effect is the first book in the Salacious Legacy series, a spinoff/2nd gen of the Salacious Players Club series! This is set in Paris and it’s a single dad x nanny romance.
Jack St. Claire is struggling, he’s a single father, a widower, and he has his hands full with running a new kink club in Paris (alongside his childhood/family friends and siblings group). Camille has dreams of life outside her small hometown and one day finds a letter and photograph tucked away in a book in the bookstore she works at. Determined to find out more about the people in the photo and their love story she searches on social media and finds out about Jack and his late wife. Recently having grieved her own father, Camille is determined to track down Jack in Paris and return the letter, she arrives at his house and is mistaken for an applicant for the nanny position for his daughter and hired! This is definitely a forced proximity (she moves in), single dad x nanny romance, where he’s definitely very closed off at first. One day she finds out about the club and is very curious about how world and what he can show her.
I loved the original SPC series so I was very excited for this 2nd gen series, but this one kinda fell flat for me sadly. It was fine but I was never fully invested in the couple or rooting for them. I get that Jack’s character is struggling but him as a father wasn’t great and I felt like Camille had nothing going for her other than being sensual and curious about the club and rope play with Jack. Them together just didn’t sell me either, most of the story he doesn’t want her to even speak cause it sounds too much like his late wife so instead he instructs her to write him letters after their sessions of things she likes there instead. I did the audiobook and the female narrator for the heroine just did not work for me either. All in all, maybe it was just this couple/their characters that didn’t work for me in this book.
I had an audio ALC, all thoughts in this review are my own.
Jack St. Claire is struggling, he’s a single father, a widower, and he has his hands full with running a new kink club in Paris (alongside his childhood/family friends and siblings group). Camille has dreams of life outside her small hometown and one day finds a letter and photograph tucked away in a book in the bookstore she works at. Determined to find out more about the people in the photo and their love story she searches on social media and finds out about Jack and his late wife. Recently having grieved her own father, Camille is determined to track down Jack in Paris and return the letter, she arrives at his house and is mistaken for an applicant for the nanny position for his daughter and hired! This is definitely a forced proximity (she moves in), single dad x nanny romance, where he’s definitely very closed off at first. One day she finds out about the club and is very curious about how world and what he can show her.
I loved the original SPC series so I was very excited for this 2nd gen series, but this one kinda fell flat for me sadly. It was fine but I was never fully invested in the couple or rooting for them. I get that Jack’s character is struggling but him as a father wasn’t great and I felt like Camille had nothing going for her other than being sensual and curious about the club and rope play with Jack. Them together just didn’t sell me either, most of the story he doesn’t want her to even speak cause it sounds too much like his late wife so instead he instructs her to write him letters after their sessions of things she likes there instead. I did the audiobook and the female narrator for the heroine just did not work for me either. All in all, maybe it was just this couple/their characters that didn’t work for me in this book.
I had an audio ALC, all thoughts in this review are my own.
September 16, 2025
The plot was thick and the spice was dirty.
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