Wreck the Halls: A Novel

Tessa Bailey is an American romance novelist. She has published over 40 novels and is well-known for her romance series. Her series include the Vine Mess Series, the Bellinger Sisters Series, the Hot and Hammered Series, the Broke and Beautiful Series, the Romancing the Clarksons Series, the Made In Jersey Series, the Crossing the Line Series, and the Line of Duty Series, among many others. Bailey has also published numerous standalone romance titles, including Unfixable, Baiting the Maid of Honor, Off Base, Captivated, My Killer Vacation, and Happenstance. Most recently, Bailey made her foray into the subgenre of sports romance with the 2024 publications of her new sports rom-com duology Fangirl, Down and The Au Pair Affair.

Bailey was born and raised in Carlsbad, California. She has studied at both Pace University and Kingsborough Community College. She made her literary debut in 2013 with the publication of Protecting What’s His, the first installment in Bailey’s Line of Duty Series. Bailey has since won numerous industry awards and accolades. Her novels Fix Her Up, It Happened One Summer, and Hook, Line, and Sinker received starred reviews from Publishers’ Weekly and Kirkus Reviews.