Lauren Layne. Gallery, $16 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-1-5011-9157-2
Strong characters and relatable situations elevate Layne’s bighearted contemporary. When self-made woman Naomi Powell receives a message that she’s been approved for an interview for a fancy Park Avenue co-op, she isn’t sure what to think. She is...
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Lauren Layne. Gallery, $16.99 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-1-66804-797-2
This grumpy sunshine contemporary from Layne (Passion on Park Avenue) brims with wit and warmth. Astronomer Miranda Reed is approaching Neil Degrasse Tyson levels of fame thanks to her approachable and entertaining teaching style, so it’s a big...
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Lauren Layne. Gallery, $16.99 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-1-982152-83-3
Layne (To Sir, with Love) brings a light touch to this delightful, gender-swapped My Fair Lady tale in which the city itself is a nuanced character. Manhattan socialite Violet Townsend occupies herself with charity engagements, volunteer work, and...
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Lauren Layne. Gallery, $16 trade paper (228p) ISBN 978-1-982152-81-9
Layne (Marriage on Madison Avenue) crafts a gleefully shameless homage to Little Shop Around the Corner and You’ve Got Mail that sparkles like champagne fizz. Onetime aspiring artist Gracie Cooper reluctantly took over her family’s Manhattan...
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Lauren Layne. Montlake, $12.95 trade paper (254p) ISBN 978-1-5420-2305-4
The feel-good second Man of the Year romance (after Yours in Scandal) turns from politics to the world of professional sports and transports readers to picturesque upstate New York, a departure from Layne’s typical portraits of the sparkling New...
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Lauren Layne. Montlake Romance, $12.95 trade paper (252p) ISBN 978-1-5420-1880-7
Layne (Marriage on Madison Avenue) opens the Man of the Year series with a charming, fluffy political romance set in an idealized New York City occupied exclusively by the rich and powerful. Charismatic Robert Davenport, the youngest-ever N.Y.C....
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Lauren Layne. Gallery, $16 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-1-5011-9163-3
Layne concludes her Central Park Pact trilogy (following Love on Lexington Avenue) with this breezy and satisfying contemporary romance. Audrey Tate, reeling with pain and guilt following the death of her married lover, avoids reentering the...
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Lauren Layne. Gallery, $16 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-1-5011-9160-2
This strong sequel to Passion on Park Avenue will appeal to slice-of-life romance readers as well as fans of HGTV marathons. A year after the unexpected death of Claire Hayes’s cheating husband, she decides she needs a change in her life and begins...
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Lauren Layne. Grand Central/Forever, $6 mass market (320p) ISBN 978-1-4555-4609-1
Layne proves that the line between love and hate is often blurred in her witty and charming second Best Mistake contemporary (after Only with You). Life isn’t going according to plan for Brynn Dalton, who just turned 31. She’s a beautiful,...
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Lauren Layne. Loveswept, $4.99 e-book (200p) ISBN 978-1-101-96955-7
In Layne’s middling fifth Oxford contemporary (after I Knew You Were Trouble), a woman who has almost everything turns to her boss for an education in love. Brit Robbins, an executive at the men’s magazine Oxford, is ready for love, but love doesn’t
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Lauren Layne. Montlake Romance, $12.95 trade paper (301p) ISBN 978-1-5039-0106-3
In this playful romance, first in the 21 Wall Street series, a financial whiz meets his match in the form of the driven Securities and Exchange Commission agent who’s investigating him for alleged insider trading. If Lara McKenzie can prove...
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Lauren Layne. Loveswept, $4.99 e-book (200p) ISBN 978-1-101-88511-6
Layne (I Knew You Were Trouble) gives a nod to Runaway Bride and The Bachelor with this clever romance set in Lucky Hollow, Mont. Fireman Luke Elliott likes the small-town life; people all know one another’s business but everyone is polite and...
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Lauren Layne. Pocket, $5.99 mass market (384p) ISBN 978-1-5011-3513-2
Layne (Good Girl) begins a contemporary series with this lengthy, predictable story of a wedding planner recovering from the disastrous disruption of her own wedding and a CEO with very little use for the institution of marriage. Brooke had it all:...
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Lauren Layne. Pocket Star, $1.99 e-book (100p) ISBN 978-1-50113-519-4
Layne (the New York’s Finest series) packs as much into this sexually charged and emotionally intense novella (an introduction to her upcoming Wedding Belles series) as most authors do in a full novel. Manhattan photographer Leah McHale was head...
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Lauren Layne. Grand Central/Forever, $5.99 mass market (384p) ISBN 978-1-4555-6123-0
A high-profile murder case is the backdrop for this cleverly crafted finale in Layne’s New York’s Finest contemporary trilogy (after Steal Me). New York homicide detective Vincent Moretti likes his aviator sunglasses shiny, his leather jacket snug,...
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Lauren Layne. Grand Central/Forever, $5.99 mass market (352p) ISBN 978-1-4555-6121-6
Layne’s standout second New York’s Finest contemporary (after Frisk Me) pairs the oldest brother in a family of cops with a sweet and sassy waitress. Police Capt. Anthony Moretti has no doubt that he’ll one day reach his dream of becoming police...
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Lauren Layne. Grand Central/Forever, $6 mass market (384p) ISBN 978-1-4555-6118-6
Layne (the Redemption series) launches the New York’s Finest contemporary romance series with this stellar example of the genre. The recent endeavors of Luc Moretti, the youngest son in a family of NYPD officers, have earned him the nickname America’
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Lauren Layne and Anthony LeDonne. Blackstone, $26.99 (250p) ISBN 979-8-200-89932-6
Bestseller Layne (Passion on Park Avenue) teams up with her husband, debut author LeDonne, for this sparkling second-chance romance. Manhattan attorney Katherine Tate’s father died on Christmas nine years ago, and ever since, she’s been the...
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