"Baby, I don't need an excuse to cuff you. I just need the opportunity."
~ Tessa Bailey
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Tessa Bailey stands as a powerhouse in the world of contemporary romance, enchanting readers with her captivating storytelling, steamy romance, and dynamic characters. With a knack for blending humor, passion, and emotional depth, Bailey has garnered a devoted following and solidified her place as a leading voice in the genre.
Hailing from Carlsbad, California, Tessa Bailey's journey to literary success began with a love for storytelling instilled in her by her grandmother. After graduating from college with a degree in English Literature, Bailey pursued her passion for writing and quickly made a name for herself in the romance genre.
Bailey burst onto the scene with her debut novel, "Protecting What's His," the first installment in her acclaimed Line of Duty series. The book introduced readers to her signature blend of alpha heroes, strong heroines, and scorching chemistry, earning praise for its irresistible combination of heat and heart.
Since then, Tessa Bailey has continued to captivate readers with a string of bestselling novels, including the "Crossfire" series, "The Academy" series, and "The Fixer" series. Her books have garnered widespread acclaim for their relatable characters, witty banter, and sizzling romance, cementing her status as a fan favorite in the romance community.
Bailey's writing is characterized by its raw emotion, unapologetic sensuality, and razor-sharp dialogue. She has a talent for delving deep into the complexities of human relationships, exploring themes of love, trust, and self-discovery with honesty and authenticity.
Readers are drawn to Tessa Bailey's work for its steamy romance, compelling characters, and addictive storytelling. Her novels offer an escape into worlds where passion reigns supreme and happily ever afters are always within reach.
Some of Tessa Bailey's most beloved works include "Protecting What's His," "Fix Her Up," and "Love Her or Lose Her," all of which have topped bestseller lists and received rave reviews from readers and critics alike.
In addition to her literary accomplishments, Tessa Bailey has also received numerous accolades for her work, including nominations for the prestigious RITA Award and a win for the HOLT Medallion.
For those seeking a romance that is equal parts sweet and steamy, Tessa Bailey's books are a must-read. With their unforgettable characters, addictive plots, and sizzling chemistry, they offer a literary escape that is guaranteed to leave readers swooning.
Fans will be thrilled to know that Tessa Bailey has a brand new release titled "Fangirl Down," the book is another dose of Bailey's trademark blend of passion, humor, and heart, making it a terrific addition to her impressive bibliography.
As readers eagerly await the next chapter in Tessa Bailey's literary journey, one thing is certain – with her irresistible charm and talent for crafting unforgettable romances, the future is bound to be filled with more steamy love stories to capture our hearts.
Tessa Bailey Best Quotes
“I’ll love you until my heart gives out. I’ll be your man for a thousand years. Longer if I’m allowed.” ― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer “So you know what your punishment is going to be, sweetheart? I'm going to make love to you. Slowly. Hell, it might take me until tomorrow. I'm going to lose count of how many times you come. And every time you do, I'm going to tell you that I love you. Until you fucking get used to it.” ― Tessa Bailey, Protecting What's His “When I hug you?” Fuck. His heart was turning over and over like a car engine. “My hugs are your recharging station?” ― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer “It won’t let me just use my own name as my username.”“Yeah, probably because about nine hundred Brendan Taggarts joined before you.”“So what should I use?”“CaptainCutie69,” Fox spat out.“IGotCrabs4U,” Deke supplied.“SlipperyWhenWet.”Brendan stared. “You’re all fired. Go home.” ― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer “You can be as high maintenance as you want, honey. But I'm the only one who does the maintenance.” ― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer “Do you feel that, baby? That's your man moving inside you.” ― Tessa Bailey, Protecting What's His “You can’t live life worrying about what people will think. You’ll wake up one day, look at a calendar, and count the days you could have spent being happy.” ― Tessa Bailey, Hook, Line, and Sinker “Constant work, Piper? No. You misunderstand me.” He tipped her chin up and kissed her mouth. “When the reward is as perfect as you, as perfect as this, the work is a fucking honor.” ― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer “If this woman tacked the word “please” onto any request, he would find a way to fulfill it. Build me a palace, please. How many floors, baby?” ― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer “I could tell by the way you looked at her, she was something real special.” “How did I look at her?” He was afraid to find out. “Ah, son. Like a summer day showing up after a hundred years of winter.” ― Tessa Bailey, Hook, Line, and Sinker “I can be in a room full of people that I know and still not feel like I belong” ― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer “Baby, I don't need an excuse to cuff you. I just need the opportunity.” ― Tessa Bailey, Protecting What's His “Fuck yeah. Bite me, gorgeous. Mark up my whole body. I want everyone to know who I belong to. Who I get hard for. Just you, Story. Just you.” ― Tessa Bailey, Officer off Limits “Her soul was made of musical notes.” ― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer “You can wrap me as tight as you want around that little finger, but I won’t play games about what this is. Get me, Piper?” ― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer “You have to fight for what you deserve. What you want is no more or less important than what anyone else wants.” ― Tessa Bailey, Fix Her Up “Let me be clear, Ginger, since you insist on talking in circles. I want you underneath me in my bed. I want to be buried inside you so deep that I have to remind you of your own name. And I want those motherfuckers leering at you from the other side of the bar to smell me on you for a week afterward.” ― Tessa Bailey, Protecting What's His “He growled, equally exhilarated and annoyed bythe way she insisted on pushing him back. “I’m going to put you on your knees, Ruby. You’re going to hate how much you love it.” ― Tessa Bailey, His Risk to Take “The longer it takes me to get between your thighs, the rougher I'm going to be when I finally get there. Understand?” ― Tessa Bailey, Protecting What's His “What color are your panties?"Excuse me?You heard me.Why?I'm...you're...Am I under you, watching your breasts bounce as you buck those hips? Or am I on top of you the first time? I could force those thighs wide and bury myself deep in between them. He leaned forward to lick the curve of her ear. "Maybe I'm behind you. Ah, fuck, I could get in so deep that way, gorgeous. Tell me what you want. I'll make it happen.” ― Tessa Bailey, Officer off Limits “I'm taking you to lunch, sunshine."Like hell you are, trail mix.No. I love it.He grunted. "You ready?"Ready for what?For me to ask you to dinner yet.Her pulse tripped all over itself. Got up. Tripped again. "Did you think you needed to build a pergola to convince me?"No. I, uh... He tossed down the rag, shoved his hands into his pockets. "I needed something to keep me busy while I worked up the nerve to ask.” ― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer “Your testing my patience here, duchess," he growled. "If you have any doubt about my ability to fuck the ever- loving sarcasm right out of you, I'll be more than happy to clear it up.” ― Tessa Bailey, Asking for Trouble “Piper, I don’t just go putting my arms around girls.” She paused in the doorway. Looked back. “What does that mean?” He gave in to just a touch of temptation, tucking a wind-tangled strand of hair behind her ear. Soft. “It means I’ll be around.” ― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer “Just get off the bus somewhere safe and wait for me, all right? I fucking love you. I love you. And I'm sorry you fell in love with an idiot. I'm...Remember Seattle, you said we've been trying this whole time. Since last summer. To be in a relationship. I didn't fully understand at the time, but I do now. There was never going to be a life away from you, because, Jesus, that's no life at all. You, Hannah. Are my life. I love you and I'm coming home, so please, babe. Please. Will you just wait for me? I'm sorry.” ― Tessa Bailey, Hook, Line, and Sinker “Hot damn, Wip. We’ve got a stone-cold fox on our hands.”Willa flipped Ginger the bird without looking away from the full-length mirror. “This touching family sitcom moment brought to you by the letters F and U.” ― Tessa Bailey, Protecting What's His “Wow. A vaginal orgasm and a psychological breakthrough in the same day. You must be tapped.” ― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer “We’re not about cutting people out of our lives. We’re about refusing to accept anything less than what we deserve. About realizing that we’re all important here despite mistakes or bad relationships or lackluster careers.” ― Tessa Bailey, Fix Her Up “If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain.” ― Tessa Bailey, Protecting What's His “You . . . accept me. Exactly as I am. But you still change me for the better.” ― Tessa Bailey, Fix Her Up “Love few, love hard.” ― Tessa Bailey, Unfixable “I've met her twice in my life. This time, I was smart enough to fall in love with her.” ― Tessa Bailey, Fix Her Up “You make me feel like I’m in the exact right place.” ― Tessa Bailey, Hook, Line, and Sinker “Who’s fucking you, Ginger?”She knew what he wanted to hear. Throwing her head back, she reveled in every word. “My man. My man is fucking me.” ― Tessa Bailey, Protecting What's His “Ah, sweetheart, I don’t fuck around with virgins.” His head dipped, teeth closing around her ear and tugging. “But I’ll get down on my knees and eat that untouched pussy like a motherfucker.” ― Tessa Bailey, Risking it All “And when her face transformed with pure joy and she waved enthusiastically, Brendan knew he loved her.” ― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer “His lips twitched, his hand rubbing circles in the center of her back. "You want to dance some more, or can I bring you home?" Where is home? ― Tessa Bailey, Hook, Line, and Sinker “I do have a super strength and it involves overthinking everything to death.” ― Tessa Bailey, My Killer Vacation “Shh.” His breath at her ear sent a delicious shiver down her spine. “Be very quiet and very still or everyone will know I’m fingering your pussy under this blanket. It needs to be our little secret, doesn’t it, baby girl?” ― Tessa Bailey, Staking His Claim “Lucy Mason, you brought the color in. You brought me to life when I didn’t even realize I’d stopped breathing.” He laid his hand over hers on his cheek. “Now I can’t get enough air. It’s everywhere because of you.” When he pulled the ring out of his jacket and popped open the lid, she didn’t take her eyes off his face for a second. “Be my air. Let me be yours. Forever. Marry me, Lucy.” “Yes.” She knelt down in front of him on the ground, meeting him halfway as always. “Yes, Matt. Of course, yes.” ― Tessa Bailey, Staking His Claim “Can I tell you a dirty secret?” “Yes,” she gasped. “Just hurry.” Derek’s dark laughter increased her arousal, coating her in slick heat. Achingly slow, he sunk two thick fingers inside her. “If I could go back and do one thing differently that first night, I would taste your virgin pussy before I fucked you. I bet it would have been extra sweet.” ― Tessa Bailey, Protecting What's His “I've never even had you, and your body haunts mine.” ― Tessa Bailey, Hook, Line, and Sinker “Hannah had a playlist consisting of 308 love songs and not one of them could describe this moment accurately. Not even close.” ― Tessa Bailey, Hook, Line, and Sinker “Maybe it was the way she only reached his shoulder that sent protectiveness surging up to his jugular, while somehow—at the very same time—he wanted to seek refuge in her.” ― Tessa Bailey, Fix Her Up “You’re going to be sore tomorrow. From me. From how I’m about to fuck you. Every time you walk, sit, or stand, you’re going to think of me.” ― Tessa Bailey, Staking His Claim “Give me a chance, beautiful girl.” ― Tessa Bailey, Protecting What's His “I’d take a bullet between the eyes before I raised a hand to you, Taylor. The fact that you have to spend a second in pain makes me want to die. Are those the kind of words you’re talking about? Because they’re the only ones I’ve got.” ― Tessa Bailey, My Killer Vacation “Somehow she’d ended up in bed with the man mothers warn their daughters to stay away from. The kind of man fathers go after with a shotgun, their sobbing daughters trailing behind them in a wedding dress. She should have stayed away, because now that she knew what all the fuss was about, she would never be satisfied with anything less. He’d blindsided her, ruined her, and addicted her in one single evening.” ― Tessa Bailey, Officer off Limits “I didn’t know what right felt like until you,” he choked out. “I’m holding on to the good you give me. I’m holding on to you.” ― Tessa Bailey, Hook, Line, and Sinker “More than likely, his skill had been perfected with hundreds of women. And she'd just inflated his ego even more by acting out her own amateur version of Gone in Sixty Seconds against his leg” ― Tessa Bailey, Officer off Limits “Brent waited for a moment, to see if he could hear anything on the other side of the door, but only silence greeted him. He felt a hand on his shoulder, but he shrugged it off. Couldn’t focus on anything but getting through to her. “What do I need to do, baby? Do you want me to sing ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’? I’ll do it. I’ll deafen everyone in this building if that’s what you want.” When the silence remained, Brent’s head dropped against the door with a curse. “You’re really going to make me do this, aren’t you?” Then he gave Bette Midler a run for her money.” ― Tessa Bailey, Asking for Trouble “Don’t letthe bow tie fool you, Stella. I’m not always nice,” he says, a deep burr inhis voice. “When the situation calls for it, I can be downright rough.” ― Tessa Bailey, Window Shopping “If you’re laughing with them, they can’t laugh at you, right?” ― Tessa Bailey, Hook, Line, and Sinker “You made this fucking sound, Hayden. The first time you spread your legs to take my cock. I hear it everywhere I go. This goddamn…moan? Sob? I don’t know. All I know is if I don’t fuck that sound out of you again soon, I’m going to completely lose my mind.” ― Tessa Bailey, Asking for Trouble “He'd ridiculed her at the outset. Now he wanted to fight off anything that made her sad.” ― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer “She’d come to the hospital. In his clothes. Did she realize tears were spilling down her cheeks and she was shaking, head to toe? No, she didn’t. Based on her flirty shoulder shrugs and attempts to wink, she thought she was playing it cool, and it made his chest burn. This girl. He’d be keeping her. There was no way around it.” ― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer “Are you looking for something illegal so you’ll have an excuse to handcuff me, Derek?” ― Tessa Bailey, Protecting What's His “Women are protective. Nurturing. A boat is given the name of a woman in the hopes that she'll protect the crew. And hopefully put a good word in the other important woman in our lives, the ocean.” ― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer “Maybe she should try to put her phone down more often. Or at least take in the real moments when she could.” ― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer “Every man I date either cheats or can’t commit. Or is already way too committed to his mother. Or PlayStation.” ― Tessa Bailey, Fix Her Up “I’m strongest when you’re around, but I’m going to get better at using that strength, even when you’re not standing beside me.” ― Tessa Bailey, Fix Her Up “God must have been busy answering someone else’s prayers.” ― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer “Don’t trade emotional currency with strangers. You will never get a refund.” ― Tessa Bailey, Window Shopping “The first time I tongue you into coming, it’s going to be an apology. The second time will be a reward for waiting.” He fell to his knees and took his first intoxicating taste of Lucy. A growl worked its way free of his chest. “The third time is going to be because I fucking love to hear you scream.” ― Tessa Bailey, Staking His Claim “It’s inevitable, Willa. We are inevitable. When you stop fooling yourself, come find me.” ― Tessa Bailey, Unfixable “I'll make sure she knows every day that she's the air I breathe. That's a promise.” ― Tessa Bailey, Fix Her Up “Bumpier journeys lead to better destinations. You. Me. We’re the best destination of all.” ― Tessa Bailey, Secretly Yours “How about Oversized Dickhead?” He shrugged. “Didn’t hear you complaining about my oversized—” She shot to her feet, jostling the table. “Can I speak with you in private?” “You need it right now?” He feigned exasperation. “We’re in the middle of dinner, woman. You’re insatiable.” ― Tessa Bailey, Asking for Trouble