| Title | : | Alien Architect Needs a Nanny (Alien Nanny Agency #1) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 246 |
| Publication | : | First published January 4, 2022 |
Emelia Robbins works as an admin at the Alien Nanny Agency. She never goes on assignments, but when a desperate client puts out a last-minute plea for help, her boss decides to send her out in the field. It’s a one-year nanny contract, and if she fulfills it, she’ll earn a bonus big enough to make her dreams come true. But when she meets the out-of-control kids, she isn’t sure she’ll last a week. And her intimidating new boss might not let her make it through a single night. Mr. Drayven may be a well-respected architect, but his deep voice makes her tremble and his big body leaves her weak with unrequited lust.
Ra’as Drayven is working on the biggest project of his career. He needs a nanny who won’t head for the hills as soon as she meets his energetic daughter and complicated son. When the Alien Nanny Agency agrees to send help, he expects a matronly drill sergeant from the Outer Rings, not the beautiful young Terran who trips out of a rented gadabout and into his home. The last thing he wants is another pretty face using her employment to try and win his broken heart. Especially when her innocent eyes and dangerous curves might give her the power to do just that.
If you like strong women, hunky aliens, wild adventures, steamy sensual scenes, and happily-ever-afters, then you’ll love the world of Alien Nanny Agency.
Alien Architect Needs a Nanny (Alien Nanny Agency #1) Reviews
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Compassion, patience, chivalry—these words are unfamiliar to Ra’as Drayven.
Emilia is sent to care for Ra’as’s children after the previous nanny quit (or was fired—I’m not sure). Ra’as is a busy architect who has little time for his family, and the time he does have for them is spent either elsewhere or ignoring them.
Mimi and Dyrk, Ra’as children, stole the show. They were absolutely unrealistic as children—they never threw tantrums, fought each other, or talked back to Emilia—but they were so sensitive and lovable. Watching them bloom under Emilia’s care was a highlight of the book. She treated and communicated with them with respect and empathy previously unknown to them.
Ra’as is completely unlikable. He is rude, belittling, and selfish. The way he treats his children is upsetting. Even toward the 75% mark he still behaved this way. He didn’t really show any growth until the final chapters, but even then it was hard to believe.
Emilia and Ra’as hardly even talked to each other by the time they were in love. Even after their quick moments, he would flip a switch and do something upsetting (e.g. snapping at Dyrk for defending his passions to a rude guest). We needed 100 more pages for Ra’as to truly redeem himself.
While I didn’t like Ra’as, the familial feelings between Emilia and the children made the story enjoyable. Emilia loved them before she loved their father—even in spite of him. For that alone, I was charmed by this book.
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So this started out as a joke read. Come on look at the cover and the title, they are hilarious.
But is was surprisingly good. I never knew how much I needed to have sex with a man with a fully controllable tail, but I do. I really, really do.
Alien Architect Needs A Nanny is like a smash up of Mary Poppins meets The Sound of Music meets The Jetsons. I want a gadabout and a bracelet where I can charge it with money and use it to power my gadabout.
There’s even really cool messages about nurturing kids and being great role models for them. Emilia Robbins is a wonderful character and she gets to experience Ra’as Drayven in his Kotenka form, purrrrrrrrr give me some of that tail.
Honestly loved it! Thank you Maxine Denton. Taking one for the team turned out alright. -
It was OK. I felt our heroines love towards the children. The kids are adorable. As for our hero, there is lust, but I never truly felt love. It was enjoyable enough to pass the time and a little cute.
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The story was short, cute, and sweet. I wish there was more spice. It has a lot of euphemisms lol. It did have some angst but super tiny.
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I really enjoyed the main chick an the kids and the setting and garden deal and cooking since i vibe that but idk the dude was a bit too much of a dbag and he also didnt do enough grovelling/ character development.
It was like super angry fight conflict scene then like 5 pages later i love yous even though he never apoligised and also sure as shit didnt make up for his earlier inexcusable shite behaviour it was like bah im angry and cruel and then oh i rescued you and youre hot everything's magically solved and forgiven like... what.
The epilogue too felt lacking but theres a bonus sign up for her newsletter one which was much needed but also i felt couldve used a pregnancy or some more closure of the past and promise of the future granted it was their wedding but idk i just didnt get much like squealy blushing cute overload or even witty banter hot funny stuff in the book or the bonus epilogue.
So yeah but first book in a series it did a lot really well was a super easy read and mostly well written for what it is. Sadlyits not alien mate maguc so much as instalove which i feel rarely lives up to its promise. I mean uf you cant do the romance good relationship stuff right then at least make it smutty af and hot af. Like when its neither its like well fuck id rathet just watch a hallmark movie then some p*rn if it was gonna be like that. Sugar spice and everything nice and all that.
Needed more balance in that dep anyway.
And frankly while it did add a bit to the story the whore from work took away much more and frankly if you have one hoe you dont need 2 to serve the same purpose. Like either pick the work bitch or pick the actual whore for hire the story didnt need both.
The club thing felt a bit forced and frankly i figured hed end up saving her or something. But alas nope.
And the whole servants but they do fuck all or do their jobs shittily if not only purpose then because for some reason hed rather eat slusge than actual food was just weird obv the cook thing was for the story but the gardener being not a gardener so that she could be the gardener like idk the dude even if he is a dbag seems like hed vet his staff more but eh hes also a temper driven moron so his lack of emotional intelligence doesnt suprise me at all.
His fondness for expensive alcohol on the regular seems at odds with his health nut vibes i mean itd make more sense for it to be a protein drink or green drink... shit even a fruit smoothie.
Anyway this next chick annie seems like an idiot and a shit female for leaving domeone in the club alone so idk if ill continue the series tbh i do love thd author though so ill hold out hopenor reaf her other stuff. -
Story: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4.5)
Trope: nanny/boss
Angst: 😱😱😱
Smexy:🔥🔥
Triggers: none
Quick and cute alien read - exactly what you’d expect from Tasha Black ♥️. Awesome book to read between heavier reads, both lighthearted and fun while still being well written and entertaining. Can’t wait to read the next book in the series!
The Alien Architect Needs A Nanny is the first book in a new series by Tasha Black, but can be read as a standalone. It is written in first person from dual perspective. -
This was a very fun read. I found it very easy to get swept up into this engaging story. Emilia and Ra’as made a delightful couple that tugged at my heartstrings, bombarded me with feels and left me with a big smile on my face. I got some big "Sound of Music" vibes from this tale and for me that was like frosting on the already delicious cake. This is my independent, impartial review.
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I love it! I am short of time. I love how Emelia contacts the kids & is able to work together with them. It is great that they are able to get together in different projects. It's a great story. I'm already reaching for the next one & am sure I will reread the series several times.
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see the fact that this wasn’t the most terrible thing i’ve read these past few weeks is really telling about what i’ve been reading
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Phenomenal Book! I have read this author for awhile now and I have to say, this is THE BEST book she has ever written! Her style of writing has evolved and this book was, for me, very, very enjoyable! I read it from start to finish in the same day...I had trouble putting it down!
Ra'as and Emilia's relationship got off to a very rocky start. First, she was very late arriving at his home, but only due to the fact that they wouldn't give her the transport she was supposed to get so she ended up driving a very unreliable mode of transportation, which made her late. He was very grumpy about it! After she met the children, she knew she was meant to be there for these children.
She made dinner for the children (seeing only boxes of goopy stuff in the refrigerator) and all he saw was his children eating cupcakes for dinner and he blew up at her! Once he realized she was disguising the treats with healthy ingredients, he did at least apologize for that (and of course he had to try them...they were right there, weren't they?). Things began to get a little better...
After the rocky start, his dragon kept telling him she was his mate, but how could a woman of the church be his mate? No one knew that she wasn't who she said she was! Their feelings for each other were getting stronger as more time passed and Emilia knew she was going to have to tell everyone the truth. Eventually the truth came out and all was well (very well if you were to ask Ra'as)!
The dynamics of this relationship were just lovely. Emilia is a very kind, hard working woman who just wanted to make people happy. Ra'as is a very busy man...maybe a little too busy? As time goes on in the story, he realizes there is more to life than work and he begins to spend more time with his children and less time checking his calls all the time. (This should be the case for every person...life is too short...don't waste precious time you could be having with important people in your life!) Needless to say, together Emilia and Ra'as are combustible!
I enjoyed this book because (a) I love anything written by Tasha Black and (b) it had all of the elements I look for in a good book. Romance, sexy times, a happy ending, good writing (VERY good writing in this case) and when I finished the book, I kept wishing it wasn't over. It was a nice surprise from the author getting to read a bonus chapter!
As long as Tasha Black continues writing books, I will keep reading them. This is a very good start to a new series, written in the way only Tasha Black can write. Another WINNER for the incomparable Tasha Black!!! I cannot WAIT for the next book in this series! -
Sadly this did not live up to the cover. Just look at that beauty. It's terrible and therefore brilliant. I expected hilarity. Alas, there is none.
To be fair, it is a cute read. The heroine is incredibly maternal and how she interacts with the hero's children feels very wholesome. This works much better than in
Noxx
Noxx because the children are, thankfully, not dependent on someone clueless for their survival in a dangerous place.
I keep stumbling across Tasha Black in my hunt for trashy alien smut but I need to try and remember to avoid her work. Too much wholesomeness makes me queasy. Even more so when you make your heroines scathing about sex workers. Sure, it's shitty of the hero to prioritise getting laid over family time, but that's hardly the sex worker's fault. At least she tries to understand what he's going through. And the flirty coworker - so? It's hardly like the hero said he was taken, is it? Plus, when you introduce characters with issues, not exploring those issues is shoddy at best. We'd be better to look at why the hero distances himself from his kids, feels inadequate as a father, mourns his dead wife etc. At this point, I think the sex worker has a better idea of who the hero is than the heroine.
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I am just beginning to read this authors books, and I have to say I am impressed. The way she sets up the books always leaves room for more books, which is delightful because the books are so good. This series is called the alien nanny agency, and its basis is a community of men, rather aliens, who have lost their women in a war. They now need nannies for their children. Emilia, from the way it sounds she appears to be human but they are called a Terran. They are pretty frowned upon in the universe simply because they were one of the last planets to explore space, and their planet seems pretty desolate and dry. The author goes on and has such great explanations and descriptions of the different planets, the different species of aliens, and the problems of relationships. Emilia is sent to be a nanny to Ra’as, A very wealthy and well known and renowned architect. He is very strict with his children, and has not spent time with them since his wife died. Now Emilia is about to stir all that up. I love the alien children in this book, a teenager is still a teenager no matter what species he is. And his little sister is absolutely adorable. This book was a pleasure to read, and amazing to see a family be able to change, a change that is needed so badly, and to watch Emilia break down all the walls Ra’as had around him. An amazing happily ever after, not just for the couple but for the family.
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Redemption but with Plot Gaps
Redemption may have been achieved in the end, however the only time we get closure on the many issues that arose during the plot was during the Epilogue. It was an almost DNF several times for this alone. Issues that arise should be resolved on page when they are such huge ones for the plot to flow. They were just resolved in a couple sentenced at the end of the book. If you’re okay with waiting for a quick and non-descriptive resolution, this will be a great read for you. Also, introducing a character for the next book in the series should definitely be more thought out. Introducing that character made no sense to me until I finished the book and realized the author was introducing the next book. Honestly, the book could be fixed and be repeat read for me just by just adding a couple pages here and there to add context and resolution to each issue. Unfortunately, this is the second attempt at reading this Author and it just isn’t for me. -
When a nanny helpline call operator, Emilia, is forced to go out in the field, she gets more than she bargained for not only with a surly preteen boy and a rambunctious little girl, but with her ~hot~ employer, Ra’as Draven. Ra’as is a successful architect for the rich and important and requires as much help as possible with his children since his wife passed, but the young and bright Terran (human) is not what he was expecting from the Alien Nanny Agency.
Thoughts:
- Fun world-building and lore for the most part
- Janky and unnatural dialogue especially for the children
- Occasional grammatical and spelling errors expected from a self-published book; towards the end the female protagonist’s name gets mixed up with the daughter’s
- Shallow character development to speed along the plot
- Random dramatic tension/tropes thrown in only to be solved two short chapters later
- Too flowery of language used in the smut scenes, but, other than that, the smut is where the story shines; he has a tail *wink* -
Get ready for a new must read, “Alien Architect Needs a Nanny” & the 1st phenomenal book in the new, ‘Alien Nanny Agency’ & another page-turner that you do NOT want to miss out on!! ... What an amazing, fresh, new storyline in PNR romance with relatable characters & clever dialogue! ... Add in a smokin’ hot chemistry between the H/h, Ra’as and Emelia, despite a push-or-pull me start, they strive to give the adorable kids, baby Mimi & older brother Dyrk, a loving home! ... This grabbed me from the start with surprises and awesome attention-to-detail, right through to the end, where I am always pleased to find the HEA that I need in my favorites! ... Even tho I volunteered to read this before the kindle release day, it was without any outside influences & I can honestly recommend this to adult fans of fiction! Now I cannot wait to get my hands on the next installment, but of course I will wait ;)
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Emilia was working the help line st the Nanny agency. Calls were up since the last "batch" of nannies won big on the lottery and left en mass. However, when the president of the company calls your boss and wantd the best, you go where you're needed. Ra'as was a brilliant architect- who could "see" what was needed in a project to push it over the edge. Unfortunately, after losing his wife, he couldn't see what was needed in his own house. When the last Teo nannies didn't work out, Emilia was sent to Ra'as. His children were lovely- needing personal attention and love, but good kids. He was another story. From the start, Emilia was smitten. But attracted to an employee? Never! Or maybe not never.....a The story of a kick-butt heroine with her hands full and the swoonworthy hero and family patriarch who just might have to change his thinking for her. Another wonderful, sexy book in a new series by the fabulous Tasha Black!
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Emelia Robbins works for a nanny agency and is asked to serve as a nanny for a high profile client. Ra’as Drayven is an architect of high esteem, he is also a widower with two children. Emelia's first day starts off on the wrong foot, she is late arriving due to circumstances outside her control which upsets Ra'as. To make matters worse Ra'as is attracted to Emelia and decided her job as the nanny to his children is more important than his feelings for her. Due to his internal conflicts he is very hard on Emelia and gets upset with her at every turn. He has a tendency to go off on her without all the facts and then discovers he was in the wrong. Emelia is aware of the attraction but each time Ra'as goes off on her, her feelings for him plummet. Will he be able to sort his feelings out before it's too late to save her? There is a lot going on behind the scenes in this book, it is a great read. This is an original story with great characters. I loved it!!!
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Enjoyable read that could have been better....
Technically 4.5 stars, that could easily have been jumped to 5 if some of the issues were hashed out in writing. I felt that Ra 'as needed to be taken the task for his actions and see them resolved, it alluded that they were but it wasn't in writing. This one was missing something that most other Tasha Black books have and I have read a lot of them, just an unresolved feeling. I feel that Dyrk, Mimi, and Emilia were the stars of this book. I loved all the interactions involving them. I did like the different feeling of the shifter trope, the uniqueness of the Kotenka, I would have liked to see and understand more in regards to that. Overall I did enjoy this read, just wanted more from Ra'as that wasn't delivered. I will continue reading her books, I really enjoy her style of writing!! -
Love this! Such a lovely, fun and emotional alien romance story. Emelia is a great character, so upbeat with positive energy and a come-what-may determination that her dreams will come true, such a patient, strong and compassionate person, bold without a selfish bone in her body despite her situation. Ra'as does appear to be brisk and a bit conceited, he has emotional baggage and is slow to warm up to Emelia's positive outlook yet so unprepared for his instant attraction to her. Opposites in many ways, they work well together as a necessity. I enjoyed reading how they maneuver around their unexpected mutual attraction as her love for his children pours off the pages and their love for one another grows, so sweetly. Couldn't put it down! So good I read it twice!! Very promising start to new series.
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Emelia Robbins is given an offer she can't believe, boss decides to send her out in the field when a desperate client puts out a last-minute plea for help. A year long nanny contract, if she fulfills it, she’ll earn a bonus big enough to make her all dreams come true. But meeting these out-of-control kids, she doesn't think she can manage a week. A
Ra’as deep voice makes her tremble with unrequited lust.
Drayven, when the Alien Nanny Agency agrees to send help. The last thing he wants is beautiful young Terran in his home using her employment to try and win his broken heart. With her innocent eyes and dangerous curves it just might give her the power to do. Another creative sweet romance from Tasha Black. -
"Easy mode. Emilia wished she could go back and flip a switch like that on this entire day."
Emilia has been coaching nannies from the sidelines when they need advice, but going in to the field with a family of her own is a new challenge.
Ra'as knows there are healthier coping mechanisms than throwing yourself in to your work -- but he wasn't prepared for raising his kids solo, or their mother's heroic death, so maybe doing the best he can is good enough? Right?
This done in one book embraces compassion, kindness and courtesy while still having characters stand up for themselves and those they love. It's a wonderful balance of wholesomeness and positivity mixed with politely not being a pushover. -
Finding their right match
What an absolutely amazing story! I was drawn to this book by the cover, but once I opened the pages I was completely captivated by the words within. The characters are phenomenal! I love Ra’as and the way he hides behind work, and Emilia wasn’t afraid to put herself out there with her loving heart and values. The children were fantastic, and I enjoyed the staff as well as grandma. The author kept her focus on the growing pains of lose, love and HEA while giving us a hint of angst and danger along the way. This book was a wonderful read and I can’t wait to read it all over again. -
Ya no vamos a hablar de por qué no he superado esta extraña fase de romances alienígenas. Al parecer es algo que, por lo que se ve, llegó para quedarse, yo ya lo acepte los invito a ustedes a aceptarlo también, nos evitará futuras incomodidades 😂🤷🏻♀️
En cuanto a este libro en concreto, pues como con todos los romances alienígenas, me la pasé bien raro. 😂
No es un libro que vaya a ganar un premio Pulitzer, pero es entretenido, además dónde van a encontrar padres solteros responsables? Exacto, eso solamente se ve en otros mundos** 😂🤣
**Aclaración: claramente si deben existir padres solteros responsables, es solo que son una especie tan rara que yo nunca los he visto 😅 -
I enjoyed this book it was quite light and easy.
The kids were good ages at 13 and 4, you had the misunderstood teen and the cute 4 year old and they had a good relationship.
Emelia was a great nanny and knew just how to bring out the best in the kids, aswel as everyone else, she captivated everyone including Ra’as.
Ra’as was stern and broody to Emelias light and breezy but they were drawn to each other and Emelia had enough confidence to stand up to him, especially if it concerned the children.
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This is the first book in the Alien Nanny Agency Series and is Ra’as and Emelia’s story. Emelia is an admin at the Alien Adoption Agency, and when a client calls in desperate need of a nanny, her boss decides to send her on the assignment. I loved Emelia’s relationship with the kids and I loved that she stood up to Ra’as especially when it came to the children. However, I really wanted to swat Ra’as for his attitude through most of the book. I adored this story and can’t wait for the next book in this series.
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Are you ready to be transported to the carefully crafted sci-fi world of Ulfgard? Tasha is an expert at creating marvelous worlds and well-developed characters. Ra'as & Emily's story begins as a sort of enemies to lovers trope with Ra'as being very guarded. Emily is an extremely intelligent, quick-thinking nanny and Ra'as is a super successful, hard-working widower with a son and a daughter. The two have great chemistry & their romance, as well as Emily's relationship with the kids, is enjoyable. This book is told in third person.
