Title: Marriage on Madison Avenue (Central Park Pact Series Book #3)
Author: Lauren Layne
Genre: Contemporary Romance
From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Layne, comes the final installment of the Central Park Pact series, a heartfelt and laugh-out-loud romantic comedy that’s perfect for fans of Sally Thorne and Christina Lauren.
Can guys and girls ever be just friends? According to Audrey Tate and Clarke West, absolutely. After all, they’ve been best friends since childhood without a single romantic entanglement. Clarke is the charming playboy Audrey can always count on, and he knows that the ever-loyal Audrey will never not play along with his strategy for dodging his matchmaking mother—announcing he’s already engaged…to Audrey.
But what starts out as a playful game between two best friends turns into something infinitely more complicated, as just-for-show kisses begin to stir up forbidden feelings. As the faux wedding date looms closer, Audrey and Clarke realize that they can never go back to the way things were, but deep down, do they really want to?
Title: Passion on Park Avenue (Central Park Pact Series Book #1)
Author: Lauren Layne
Genre: Contemporary Romance
From the author of the New York Times bestselling Stiletto and Oxford series, the first in a sizzling new series following the unlikely friendship of three Upper East Side women as they struggle to achieve their dreams and find true love and happiness in the city that never sleeps.
For as long as she can remember, Bronx-born Naomi Powell has had one goal: to prove her worth among the Upper East Side elite—the same people for which her mom worked as a housekeeper. Now, as the strongminded, sassy CEO of one of the biggest jewelry empires in the country, Naomi finally has exactly what she wants—but it’s going to take more than just the right address to make Manhattan’s upper class stop treating her like an outsider.
The worst offender is her new neighbor, Oliver Cunningham—the grown son of the very family Naomi’s mother used to work for. Oliver used to torment Naomi when they were children, and as a ridiculously attractive adult, he’s tormenting her in entirely different ways. Now they find themselves engaged in a battle-of-wills that will either consume or destroy them…
Filled with charm and heart and plenty of sex and snark, this entertaining series will hook you from the very first page.
Title: Love on Lexington Avenue (Central Park Pact Series Book #2)
Author: Lauren Layne
Genre: Contemporary Romance
From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Layne comes the second delightfully charming installment in the Central Park Pact series, following a young widow whose newfound cynicism about love is challenged by a sexy, rough-around-the-edges contractor.
There are no good men left in New York City. At least that’s Claire Hayes’s conviction after finding out her late husband was not the man she thought he was. Determined to rid her home of anything that reminds her of her cheating husband, Claire sets out to redesign her boring, beige Upper East Side brownstone and make it something all her own. But what starts out as a simple renovation becomes a lot more complicated when she meets her bad-tempered and rough-around-the-edges contractor Scott Turner.
Scott bluntly makes it known to Claire that he only took on her house for a change of pace from the corporate offices and swanky hotels he’s been building lately, and he doesn’t hesitate to add that he has no patience for a pampered, damaged princess with a penchant for pink. But when long workdays turn into even longer nights, their mutual wariness morphs into something more complicated—a grudging respect, and maybe even attraction…
Clarke is the cutest!
Keep reading to see the full Love Note!
Audrey,
I’m not going to pretend I saw you on the playground all those years ago and fell promptly in love with you. We were little kids, and that would be creepy. I am going to tell you that I saw you on the playground all those years ago and knew, even with that little-kid heart that you belonged with me. First, as my best friend—no, ALWAYS as my best friend. The one person who grounds me, who lights me up, who pushes me to be the best version of myself. I made a mistake though, thinking that I’d be content forever to be only friends, that I could get through this life without holding you in my arms as a man holds a woman he loves. Because I do love you—as a friend, as a lover, as my everything. And I always will.
Yours,
Clarke
Lauren Layne is the New York Times, USA TODAY and Amazon bestselling author of more than thirty romantic comedies. Her books have sold over a million copies, been translated into multiple languages, and have been featured in Oprah Magazine, Publishers Weekly, Glamour, The Wall Street Journal, and Inside Edition. She’s based in New York City where she is married to her high school sweetheart.
