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Will a budding wedding planner and her bad  boy neighbor  stop banging heads  and start  hearing wedding bells? FOR BETTER OR WORSE The Wedding Belles #2 Lauren Layne Releasing Aug 30th, 2016 Pocket Books Will a budding wedding planner and her bad boy neighbor stop banging heads and start hearing wedding bells in the sexy second novel in USA TODAY bestselling author Lauren Layne’s irresistible new series that marries Sex and the City with The Wedding Planner? When small-town girl Heather Fowler finally gets promoted from assistant to actual wedding planner, she’s determined to make it as one of Manhattan’s elite Wedding Belles. Unfortunately, her first client demands an opulent black-tie affair at the Plaza…in five months’ time. Heather’s days quickly become a flurry of cake tastings, dress-fittings, RSVP cards, and bridal tantrums. But what she’s really losing sleep over is the live music blaring from her playboy ne...

Sex and the City  meets  The Wedding Planner  in   Lauren Layne’ s sizzling brand-new contemporary romance series The Wedding Belles , about three ambitious wedding planners who can make any bride’s dream come true but their own. Leading us down the aisle  with the second in the  series,  To Have and to Hold , Lauren Layne will rouse summer lists with a reception line of great reading as she “produces winner after winner” ( Fiction Vixen ). For Better or Worse The Wedding Belles, Volume 2 Lauren Layne Pocket Books August 30, 2016 ISBN 9781501135156 $5.99 About FOR BETTER OR WORSE: In  For Better or Worse ,  the sexy second novel in  USA Today  bestselling author Lauren Layne’s irresistible new series, an up-and-comer Wedding Belle butts heads with the literal guy next door. Will their brewing tension boil over into something more? He’s driving her insane . . . When small-town girl Heather Fo...

Title: I Wish You W ere Mine Series : Oxford #2   Author: Lauren Layne Publisher: Loveswept Genre: Contemporary Romance Release Date: February 2, 2016 Blurb Perfect for fans of Alice Clayton and Emma Chase, Lauren Layne’s Oxford series heats up in this story of forbidden desire as a brooding jock hoping for a comeback falls for a woman who’s strictly off-limits. A year ago, Jackson Burke was married to the love of his life and playing quarterback for the Texas Redhawks. Now he’s retired, courtesy of the car accident that ruined his career—and single, after a nasty scandal torpedoed his marriage. Just as he’s starting to get used to his new life as a health and fitness columnist forOxford magazine, his unpredictable ex shows up on his doorstep in Manhattan. Jackson should be thrilled. But he can’t stop thinking about the one person who’s always been there for him, the one girl he could never have: her younger sister. Mollie Carring...

I enjoyed reading this book, the narrative prose really set the tone and the pace of the novel.  It was like watching those Woody Allen Films set in New York.  The Bookstore aka The Owl is like New York itself and all the unique personalities that passed thru its door seemed symbolic of what the city is all about.  This is about a young woman's self discovery, of what she can accomplish, of what her goals are and in the end the realization that dreams change.   The end game becomes something else but what remains is her own self worth and the people that truly support who she really is. Overall the story is good, the writing is excellent and despite the many cliches and tropes you can truly feel Esme's struggle.  The only downside is the Mitchell character, there was too many pages devoted to him, his family his callousness and self centered personality. The way he manipulates Esme.  There was a lot about him but not really anything to make the r...