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The Good Girl Effect by Sara Cate book coverPublished 2025
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The Good Girl Effect

by Sara Cate · Salacious Legacy, Book 1

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Published Wednesday 1 January 2025Paperback · Sourcebooks Casablanca · 371 pages
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What to know about The Good Girl Effect

The Good Girl Effect by Sara Cate was first published in 2025, and it sits in the Salacious Legacy series.

This is Book 1 of Salacious Legacy: no earlier books to read first. 4 books in the series are on our shelves so far.

We have reviewed one of Sara Cate’s books so far: Keep Me, which we gave 4 out of 5.

About the book

From the publisher

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 of 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?

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The series in order

Salacious Legacy

This is Book 1 of 4. Every book in the series has its own page.