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Reader reviewed by Ria

A rich New Yorker, Kevin Perry, is going to the Hamptons with his family. He sends out an ad asking for a group of au pairs for his 4 young children. Eliza Thompson and her family and the Perry family are close friends. But after some problems with her dads job, the Thompsons were forced to leave their high society world and move to Buffalo, NY. Kevin Perry offered Eliza the job as a favor to her and for Eliza; its a way to get back into the society where she belongs. The next girl is Mara, a small-town girl who desperately needs the money for college. The last girl is Jacqui. Jacqui, a Brazilian beauty, took the job to look for her former fling, Luke.

The children are nothing like they expected. The girls didnt think that they had to care for the children. At first, Jacqui and Eliza go party to get in with the in crowd, leaving Mara with the children. Then Mara starts getting closer to Ryan, the oldest Perry child. Eliza tries to hook up with her old boyfriend, Charlie, who she broke up with immediately after her father started having problems. Jacqui looks for Luke and finally finds him. But things start to fall apart for all the girls when their real lives collide with their new lives as au pairs.

The girls seem to be living the life. But between problems with the children and problems with their love lives, the girls bond and become good friends. They learn a lot of things, especially to stick up for themselves. And despite the bad parenting skills, everything works out and the girls are invited back during Christmas to watch the kids again.

This book was really, really good. I thought I would like it because I really liked Gossip Girl, but the Au Pairs was a lot better. Of course there was a lot of drama, but it was all interesting. I finished the whole book in one sitting. I really hope that the author will write more books about these characters. I absolutely loved this book and I will recommend this book to all my friends.