Tessa Bailey Turns Up the Heat With Her 10 Spiciest Books Ranking (VIDEO)
Tessa Bailey knows how to add a little spice. The bestselling author is consistently blessing readers around the globe with her sexy reads — and making them blush, too. There’s a reason she’s been dubbed the “Michelangelo of dirty talk.”
Her latest novel is Dream Girl Drama, a romance between hockey star Sig Gauthier and privileged country club princess Chloe Clifford. Their dynamic turns forbidden when their parents are set to make them step-siblings. As with every Bailey novel, Sig and Chloe get their happy ending after many steamy moments along the way.
For our new series Spice It Up, Bailey sat down with Swooon and ranked 10 of her books from the least to most spicy. The author noted from the jump that all of her books are between “three and four flames out of five,” but which one does she deem the spiciest? Scroll down and watch the video above to find out Bailey’s ranking.
Hook, Line, and Sinker
Tessa Bailey
“While very hot, they do take a long time to get to the action because they are good friends. They both have some insecurities to work through, so it takes them a bit. But when it happens, it’s fire.”
Window Shopping
Tessa Bailey
“That’s another one where he is her boss, so they cannot legally have a relationship. It takes them a while to succumb to their urges.”
Secretly Yours
Tessa Bailey
“It’s still very spicy, but he resists her for a very long time because he is a very controlled professor and she is a chaotic gardener. He definitely resists it for a long time, but his inner thoughts are super spicy, so that might count for an extra point.”
Fangirl Down
Tessa Bailey
“I don’t know why [I put this as #7] because it’s like the only… I don’t know if I can even say this on camera, but I mean, she eats his butt, so that’s pretty spicy.”
Unfortunately, Yours
Tessa Bailey
“Unfortunately, Yours is a marriage of convenience between two enemies. They dislike each other immensely. There’s quite a lead-up to them agreeing to this wedding and getting to their wedding night. And he still resists her because he wants her to love him for real, so it takes them a while to be physical with each other.”
Wreck the Halls
Tessa Bailey
“Wreck the Halls is a Christmas book between two nepo babies, basically. They’re on a reality show together, setting out to reunite their parents [who] were in a band together. I think it’s actually a four flames out of five, but the Christmas theme softens it a little bit and gives a little fairy dust to make it more innocent.”
The Au Pair Affair
Tessa Bailey
“Again, one of my hottest books… He is her boss, she’s his nanny. There’s definitely, like, a power dynamic that they have to work through before they can allow themselves to go to bed together, which they do in grand fashion.”
It Happened One Summer
Tessa Bailey
“I think people would say this is like one of my top spiciest books, but it might just be because this the first one they’ve ever read from me. All I’ll say is kitchen table scene. That’s all I’m going to say about that.”
My Killer Vacation
Tessa Bailey
“I feel like I let my freak flag fly really high with My Killer Vacation. He was a bounty hunter, and she was a second-grade teacher, and they were solving a murder together, so there was a lot of high stakes that I think drove them to each other quick and a lot — quick and frequently. That was really enjoyable for me.”
Dream Girl Drama
Tessa Bailey
“Number one, I put Dream Girl Drama, which is funny because it’s actually a slow burn because they are future step-siblings, so they can’t be together. But every scene they’re in together it’s like the flames are turned up to five, the tension and the longing and the yearning is so potent that I would have to say it’s one of my top spiciest books.”
