goodreads | The Naughty, the Nice and the Nanny

Title: The Naughty, the Nice and the Nanny
Author: Willa Nash
Genre: Chick-lit
Rating: 4/5
# pages: Audiobook ~4hrs
Date read: January 2024

One week with one little girl—an angel, according to my staffing agency. Acting as the short-term nanny for a single dad should have been an easy way to make some extra cash. Until I show up for my first day and face off with a demon disguised as a seven-year-old girl wearing a red tutu and matching glitter slippers.

Oh, and her father? My temporary boss? Maddox Holiday. The same Maddox Holiday I crushed on in high school. The same Maddox Holiday who didn’t even know I existed. And the same Maddox Holiday who hasn’t set foot in Montana for years because he’s been too busy running his billionaire empire.

Enduring seven days is going to feel like scaling the Himalayas in six-inch heels. Toss in the Holiday family’s annual soiree, and Christmas Eve nightmares really do come true. But I can do anything for a week, especially for this paycheck, even if it means wrangling the naughty, impressing the nice, and playing the nanny.

A short listen - only around 4 hours - but very sweet even if very predictable. Despite the title and cover, it's not actually a Christmas story at all, so can easily be read at any time of year.

I enjoyed it a lot. It was fun, charming and, probably due to its length, wonderfully lacking in the miscommunication trope that is otherwise so prevalent in the chick-lit genre.