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Almost Perfect
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Expected 1 Dec 26A desperate nanny with big dreams flies into chaos with a stonehearted single dad CEO in this soulful and steamy marriage of convenience romance by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nicole Snow.
Eternal optimist and plant whisperer Ivy Daphner has ninety-nine problems and no miracle in sight. After a gig delivering flowers to a fire-breathing CEO goes wrong, she’s ready to gamble on a mysterious nanny job with a ridiculous salary.
Unfortunately, life has a twisted sense of humor.
Justin Ironbrook wasn’t always a colossal prick. He just needs a nanny who can handle his tornado of a son while he sells skeptical investors on the future of flight. The last thing he needs is the same spitfire who invaded his office with those godforsaken flowers marching in for an interview.
He certainly doesn’t expect Ivy to charm his boy and win over their ancient pet tortoise.
It’s a match made in crazy—and it works so well the stormy suit soon proposes a new a fake engagement to polish his family image.
It’s almost perfect. Then come the pretend kisses, the passion-drenched nights, and feelings threatening to blow everything sky-high.
Eternal optimist and plant whisperer Ivy Daphner has ninety-nine problems and no miracle in sight. After a gig delivering flowers to a fire-breathing CEO goes wrong, she’s ready to gamble on a mysterious nanny job with a ridiculous salary.
Unfortunately, life has a twisted sense of humor.
Justin Ironbrook wasn’t always a colossal prick. He just needs a nanny who can handle his tornado of a son while he sells skeptical investors on the future of flight. The last thing he needs is the same spitfire who invaded his office with those godforsaken flowers marching in for an interview.
He certainly doesn’t expect Ivy to charm his boy and win over their ancient pet tortoise.
It’s a match made in crazy—and it works so well the stormy suit soon proposes a new a fake engagement to polish his family image.
It’s almost perfect. Then come the pretend kisses, the passion-drenched nights, and feelings threatening to blow everything sky-high.
394 pages, Kindle Edition
Expected publication December 1, 2026
About the author
Nicole Snow
133 books6,608 followersNicole Snow is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author. She found her love of writing by hashing out love scenes on lunch breaks and plotting her great escape from boardrooms. Her work roared onto the indie romance scene in 2014 with her Grizzlies MC series.
Since then Snow aims for the very best in growly, heart-of-gold alpha heroes, unbelievable suspense, and swoon storms aplenty.
Current fan favorites include her Enguard Protectors series, accidental love novels, plus long beloved MC romance thrillers like the Grizzlies and Deadly Pistols.
Find more about Nicole here:
Website: http://nicolesnowbooks.com
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Since then Snow aims for the very best in growly, heart-of-gold alpha heroes, unbelievable suspense, and swoon storms aplenty.
Current fan favorites include her Enguard Protectors series, accidental love novels, plus long beloved MC romance thrillers like the Grizzlies and Deadly Pistols.
Find more about Nicole here:
Website: http://nicolesnowbooks.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicolesnowbo...
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/nicol...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NicoleSnowBooks
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Nicole-Snow/e/...
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Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
Thank you to NetGalley and Montlake for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Almost Perfect leans into a familiar trope — the rich guy, the broke girl — and doesn't try to reinvent it. What it does well is momentum: the first half is a genuine page-turner, the kind of opening that makes you forget you meant to put the book down. Unfortunately, that energy doesn't last. A sudden shift partway through knocks the pacing off balance, and the back half never fully recovers the urgency of the opening chapters.
The characters are decent — above the genre average, if not especially memorable — and the story does what it sets out to do without much surprise along the way. The dialogue and chemistry between the leads felt more functional than charged, and the concept itself doesn't push past what you'd expect from the setup.
This isn't a book I'd call bad — it's a perfectly fine read, especially if you're already a fan of the trope. But between the predictable beats and the pacing dip, it didn't leave much of an impression once I closed it. A one-time read, not a re-read.
Recommended for: readers who enjoy classic rich-guy/broke-girl romance and don't need the plot to break new ground.
Almost Perfect leans into a familiar trope — the rich guy, the broke girl — and doesn't try to reinvent it. What it does well is momentum: the first half is a genuine page-turner, the kind of opening that makes you forget you meant to put the book down. Unfortunately, that energy doesn't last. A sudden shift partway through knocks the pacing off balance, and the back half never fully recovers the urgency of the opening chapters.
The characters are decent — above the genre average, if not especially memorable — and the story does what it sets out to do without much surprise along the way. The dialogue and chemistry between the leads felt more functional than charged, and the concept itself doesn't push past what you'd expect from the setup.
This isn't a book I'd call bad — it's a perfectly fine read, especially if you're already a fan of the trope. But between the predictable beats and the pacing dip, it didn't leave much of an impression once I closed it. A one-time read, not a re-read.
Recommended for: readers who enjoy classic rich-guy/broke-girl romance and don't need the plot to break new ground.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
This was an easy book to get through; I read it in one sitting and really did like the story. This isn't the most complicated plotline of the story, but sometimes we just want something lighthearted and easy to get through, and this is the perfect romance book.
It has a bunch of my favorite tropes such as Sunshine and Grumpy and fake dating (which is more like fake engaged). I am indifferent to the billionaire tropes, but I have no strong opinions about it either way. There is some real emotion between Ivy and Justin, but I will say I think it becomes clear that they have some sort of connection way before it is required. I don't think they need to do a fake engagement, just fake dating, and to be honest, I think they didn't need to do anything fake because those feelings were there at the start. However, I did really like this book, and I really like the son element to it - this isn't a subgenre I often read where one of our romance interests already has a child, but it was a refreshing change from my normal things.
Really liked this book, and I will be sure to venture into more of Nicole's stories.
It has a bunch of my favorite tropes such as Sunshine and Grumpy and fake dating (which is more like fake engaged). I am indifferent to the billionaire tropes, but I have no strong opinions about it either way. There is some real emotion between Ivy and Justin, but I will say I think it becomes clear that they have some sort of connection way before it is required. I don't think they need to do a fake engagement, just fake dating, and to be honest, I think they didn't need to do anything fake because those feelings were there at the start. However, I did really like this book, and I really like the son element to it - this isn't a subgenre I often read where one of our romance interests already has a child, but it was a refreshing change from my normal things.
Really liked this book, and I will be sure to venture into more of Nicole's stories.
August 28, 2026
💍Nanny/employer romance
🌸1st person dual POV
💍GrumpyXSunshine
🌸Fake engagement
💍Single dad
🌸Billionaire romance
💍HEA
I feel conflicted about this and I’m rounding up to 4 but would rate it more 3.5 if I could. I ate this up in one day and I liked the overall plot, but the drama that fueled it was a bunch of loose threads. “Fake engagement” is a bit of a stretch and felt unnecessary. Dating would have worked for the plot so I’m not sure why they needed to be engaged suddenly. And there were also feelings from the beginning of the fake engagement agreement so rather than it feeling like a fake ploy with tension, it just felt like the beginning of a relationship. The drama just felt super forced.
But I really loved Ivys love of plants and flowers, because I also do! And the not so subtle slams on AI left me with a good feeling too. Tortimor may also be my new favorite on page pet too 🐢💕
Thank you Montlake for the ARC provided through NetGalley!!!
🌸1st person dual POV
💍GrumpyXSunshine
🌸Fake engagement
💍Single dad
🌸Billionaire romance
💍HEA
I feel conflicted about this and I’m rounding up to 4 but would rate it more 3.5 if I could. I ate this up in one day and I liked the overall plot, but the drama that fueled it was a bunch of loose threads. “Fake engagement” is a bit of a stretch and felt unnecessary. Dating would have worked for the plot so I’m not sure why they needed to be engaged suddenly. And there were also feelings from the beginning of the fake engagement agreement so rather than it feeling like a fake ploy with tension, it just felt like the beginning of a relationship. The drama just felt super forced.
But I really loved Ivys love of plants and flowers, because I also do! And the not so subtle slams on AI left me with a good feeling too. Tortimor may also be my new favorite on page pet too 🐢💕
Thank you Montlake for the ARC provided through NetGalley!!!
September 3, 2026
Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of Almost Perfect!
Honestly, I thought the plot was good and I enjoyed it for a little bit. But I could not get past the dialogue between the fmc and mmc and their nicknames for eachother at points, it was sooooo cringey. He called her “woman” multiple times (mind you she was NOT a stranger when he called her that) and that is just not a nickname i think anyone would like??? She also calls him “j-bomb” one too many times for my liking….
Honestly, I thought the plot was good and I enjoyed it for a little bit. But I could not get past the dialogue between the fmc and mmc and their nicknames for eachother at points, it was sooooo cringey. He called her “woman” multiple times (mind you she was NOT a stranger when he called her that) and that is just not a nickname i think anyone would like??? She also calls him “j-bomb” one too many times for my liking….
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
This isn’t my first Nicole Snow book nor will it be my last! 💘✨
I like her books as a quick little palette cleanser in between some of my fantasy reads. They are satisfying romances with a HEA that will have you swooning. This book had some of my favorite tropes:
fake engagement 💘
nanny/boss 💼
billionaire 💰
I like her books as a quick little palette cleanser in between some of my fantasy reads. They are satisfying romances with a HEA that will have you swooning. This book had some of my favorite tropes:
fake engagement 💘
nanny/boss 💼
billionaire 💰
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
This was really good. It was funny, steamy, romantic, and emotional. The ending was perfect. I loved the name for the turtle. I loved how big it was. I love the grumpy guy romances. This book is a perfect 10. I look forward to reading the next book that Nicole Snow writes. I'm grateful that netgalley and the publishers let me read this in exchange for an honest review.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
Ivy and Justin were so damn beautiful. Their start might not have been the best, but it was so sweet to see such a grump that Justin was, to see him fall for Ivy, who really grew into herself.
It was so damn beautiful.
It was so damn beautiful.
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