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★★★★ Three Men and a Baby, but add in a hot nanny and a lot of... sharing.

After I read Faking With Benefits the first day of my trip, I quickly downloaded two more books from Lily Gold on my phone before we lost service. I'm not a big fan of secret baby or surprise pregnancy, but while this was kind of both... it was also kind of neither.

A baby shows up at the apartment of 3 men who are friends, roommates, and business partners - who also occasionally share the same sexual partner / girlfriend. Turns out a former tryst got pregnant and had a baby without telling them, and is now unable to care for the child, Cami. 

The guys are hopeless and seek help from their shy neighbor, Beth - who aged out of foster care without being adopted and is now a nanny.

While maybe not as laugh out loud funny as Faking With Benefits, it was definitely bingeable and re-readable. As with most reverse harems, the guys are distinct enough to play off one another's strengths, weaknesses, and quirks: Jack is the huge-but-dorky software developer who has had a quiet crush on Beth for years; Cyrus is a playboy with a secret job and hidden depth; Sebastian is a curt businessman who acts as the "resistant one" from the trio (at least for a while). Reading about them bonding with Cami was adorable (I love a single parent romance so I'm a sucker for this) as well as learning how to care for her.

I also liked the conversations it had about Cyrus' job and how it impacts consent and trust in relationships. I thought the route the author chose to take with Beth - decidedly lacking jealousy or animosity - was so different and refreshing. 

CW: foster care, child abandonment, infertility, estrangement from family, sexism