The Good Girl Effect

Author:  Sara Cate Title: The Good Girl Effect Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca Date Published: 09/02/2025

Read Dates: 08/17/2025- 08/18/2025
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

 📖 I received a gifted e-book ARC. The following is my honest review✍🏻

The Good Girl Effect is a dual POV single father/nanny romance. Camille is dreaming of leaving her small town when she finds a love letter tucked into a book in the used bookstore where she works. She sets off to return it to the writer, only to be mistaken as a candidate for a nanny interview. Jack is a grieving widower, looking for a nanny for his young daughter and he takes a chance on Camille because his daughter Bea is so taken with her. Jack and Camille have an uneasy relationship, but Camille slowly breaks down his walls as she convinces him to introduce her to his world of control. I very much enjoy Sara Cate’s books and this one was no different! I was excited to see the continuation/spin off of the Salacious Players Club series, this time centered around a club in Paris. I really admired Camille, her patience and curiosity and absolute love for Bea. I hurt for Jack and was happy to watch as he slowly healed.

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 for 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?