Passion on Park Avenue by Lauren Layne
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Released May 28, 2019
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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.
I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Passion on Park Avenue by Lauren Layne was such a cute albeit frustrating read!
The meet-cute between friends – is that a thing? – is what drew me into this story, you know… outside of the cutest cover ever! The friendships in Passion on Park Avenue is what really set this story apart from the crowd for me.
I was thinking about this story and how to tell you the trope, but it doesn’t really fit into one, it could be opposites attract, because the hero is old money and the heroine is new money; it could be hate to love because our heroine despised our hero from the beginning, but did she really? because she was also turned on by him from the start lol; it could be friends to lovers because they were neighbors before moving forward, but she still had some animosity toward him.
As you can obviously tell Passion on Park Avenue is a round peg and I can’t fit it into a square trope hole. But no how you slice it, it’s a great read with beautiful friendships, packed with an emotional punch.
Passion on Park Avenue is a clever romance and I cannot wait to read the stories of Naomi’s friends and fro all of the girls in this story to get their happily ever afters!
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