Love on Lexington Avenue by Lauren Layne is a 2019 Gallery Books publication.A little flat- but still a light, entertaining readI loved the first book in this trilogy and have been looking forward to reading this second installment. A classic! I look forward to the next book. I loved the scene at the beach when they finally empty the one room. I wanted her to get what she wanted and not what someone else wanted her to have. Scott agrees to help and he is not much of a wingman. In Scott she finds that person but she wants to try her wings. Claire does not want the spotlight but she wants people to look at her, see her. It can be read as a standalone but I want to read the first book in the series before the last book comes out. It does not work that way.I liked this story. They do not want to be attracted to each other. Enter contractor Scott who wants a change from his usual big office/complex work. Realizing she has been looking at the same bland design that the house is currently in, she decides it is time to radically change the house and add color to it. Claire (the widow) has mourned for a year and is now going to remake the brownstone she shared with her husband. The widow, the mistress, and the girlfriend of the dead guy make a pact to save each other from the wrong guy. But when long workdays turn into even longer nights, their mutual wariness morphs into something more complicated-a grudging respect, and maybe even attraction.įilled with laugh-out-loud scenes that blend perfectly with the touching friendships Layne brings to life on the page, this “hugely entertaining” ( USA TODAY) novel is perfect for fans of Lauren Weisberger. 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 what starts out as a simple renovation becomes a lot more complicated when she meets her bad-tempered contractor Scott Turner. 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. At least that’s Claire Hayes’s conviction after finding out her late husband was not the man she thought he was. There are no good men left in New York City. “Fans of The Devil Wears Prada will flip over Love on Lexington Avenue.” -Karen Hawkins, New York Times bestselling authorįrom 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.

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