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Big Shots

by Tessa Bailey

The Big Shots series by Tessa Bailey has 5 known books (5 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Fangirl Down (2024). The latest book with a fully recorded publication date is Catch Her If You Can.

Books
5 known books (5 novels)
Published
5
First published
2024
Status
ongoing
Shelved under
Romance
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Start here: Fangirl Down (2024) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of Fangirl Down

Fangirl Down (2024)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. Fangirl Down

    Novel

    Big Shots opens with Fangirl Down in 2024, sending disgraced pro golfer Wells Whitaker -- who quit the tour in a blaze of glory -- to the door of his one remaining superfan, Josephine Doyle, with a wild proposal: become his new caddy and help him salvage his career. It runs 384 pages, launching Tessa Bailey's shift into glossier, celebrity-world settings.

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  2. Au Pair Affair

    Novel

    Au Pair Affair is the second book in Big Shots, published in 2024 at 366 pages, continuing the series' loose network of famous and fame-adjacent characters as Tessa Bailey trades small-town family sagas for paparazzi and public relationships.

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  3. Dream Girl Drama

    Novel

    Dream Girl Drama (2025) is the third book in Big Shots, coming before Pitcher Perfect at 352 pages, keeping the series' blend of glossy celebrity stakes and Bailey's usual blunt banter and devoted-hero heat.

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  4. Pitcher Perfect

    Novel

    Pitcher Perfect followed Dream Girl Drama in Big Shots as the fourth entry, in 2025, turning the series' fame-adjacent romance formula toward professional baseball. It runs 336 pages.

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  5. Catch Her If You Can

    Novel

    At 336 pages, Catch Her If You Can is the shortest book in Big Shots to date, published in January 2026 as the series' most recent installment and its most current, actively-releasing entry from Tessa Bailey.

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About the Big Shots series

Big Shots is Tessa Bailey's celebrity-and-sports-world series, following a loosely connected circle of public figures -- a professional golfer, and others in fame-adjacent worlds -- as they fall for people caught up in their high-visibility lives. It opens with Fangirl Down, in which disgraced pro golfer Wells Whitaker, who quit the tour in a blaze of glory, shows up at the door of Josephine Doyle -- his one remaining superfan -- with a wild proposal: become his new caddy and help him salvage his career. The series is a shift toward glossier, higher-stakes settings than Bailey's small-town family sagas: paparazzi, fame management, and the pressure of a public relationship sit alongside her usual blunt banter and devoted-hero heat.

Published by Avon beginning in 2024, the series' five books (Fangirl Down, The Au Pair Affair, Dream Girl Drama, Pitcher Perfect, Catch Her If You Can) don't follow one continuous couple, but do share a loose network of famous or fame-adjacent characters who cross paths across entries; Pitcher Perfect turns to professional baseball. It's Bailey's most current, actively-releasing series, with Catch Her If You Can arriving in January 2026 as its most recent installment.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in the Big Shots series?

Five so far: Fangirl Down, The Au Pair Affair, Dream Girl Drama, Pitcher Perfect, and Catch Her If You Can, published 2024-2026.

What order should I read Big Shots in?

Publication order: Fangirl Down, The Au Pair Affair, Dream Girl Drama, Pitcher Perfect, Catch Her If You Can.

What is Fangirl Down about?

A disgraced professional golfer, Wells Whitaker, recruits his biggest fan as his new caddy in a bid to save his career -- and falls for her along the way.

Is Big Shots still ongoing?

Yes -- Catch Her If You Can, the most recent entry, was released 20 January 2026, and Bailey continues to publish actively.

Do the Big Shots books share the same couple?

No, each book follows a new couple; the connection is a loose network of celebrity and fame-adjacent characters who cross paths across the series.

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