The
Trouble with Love
Sex, Love and Stiletto #4
Sex, Love and Stiletto #4
By: Lauren Layne
Releasing March 3, 2015
Loveswept
Blurb
As Lauren Layne’s salacious Sex, Love
& Stiletto series returns, a jaded columnist discovers a steamy way to get
over an old flame: falling for him all over again.
As
Stiletto magazine’s authority on all things breakup-and-heartache, Emma
Sinclair writes from personal experience. Five years ago, Emma was Charlotte,
North Carolina’s darling debutante and a blushing bride-to-be. Now she’s the
ice queen of the Manhattan dating scene. Emma left her sultry Southern drawl
behind, but not even her closest friends know that with it she left her heart.
Now Emma’s latest article forces her to face her demons—namely, the devilishly
sexy guy who ditched her at the altar.
After
giving up everything for a pro-soccer career, Alex Cassidy watches his dreams
crumble as a knee injury sidelines him for good. Now he’s hanging up his cleats
and giving journalism a shot. It’s just a coincidence that he happens to pick a
job in the same field, and the same city, as his former fiancée . . . right?
But when Emma moves in next door, it’s no accident. It’s research. And Alex
can’t help wondering what might have been. Unlike the innocent girl he
remembers, this Emma is chic, sophisticated, and assertive—and she wants
absolutely nothing to do with him. The trouble is, Alex has never wanted her
more.
Link to Follow Tour: http://www.tastybooktours.com/2015/01/the-trouble-with-love-sex-love-and.html
Goodreads
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23256188-the-trouble-with-love?from_search=true
Goodreads Series Link:
https://www.goodreads.com/series/110352-sex-love-stiletto
Author Info
Lauren Layne is a
snarky cynic with a serious weakness for happily ever afters.
Marrying her high
school sweetheart was a good start. *cue Disney soundtrack.* But Lauren wanted
all romance, all the time.
Now she writes
fictional happy endings, and considers her job done well if you swoon while
reading her books. Don't worry. You will.
Once upon a time
she lived in a Manhattan high-rise, but now she's on the laid-back train in the
Seattle area. If you ever find yourself in Issaquah, she'll probably buy you a
drink. Maybe.
I liked this ending to the Sex, Love and Stiletto series in that it's not a typical romance story. If you've read the first three books in the series, they were good and entertaining, but this book was definitely the most emotional. I don't mean "The Notebook" emotional, but the history between Emma and Cassidy is turbulent. Only made more awkward in the fact that they're part of a group of friends who have all coupled up with husbands and fiances, as well as they loosely work together. No big deal right?
What I liked about this book is the fact that there are no sudden revelations between Emma and Cassidy and their feelings for each other. This isn't a story about them jumping into bed, there's only one time where we get to read about sexy times. The whole story about what happened with them years earlier isn't revealed until 63% into the book, and oh man! When you find out what happened, you might the urge to throat punch Emma's father. The sexy times don't occur until much later after that, and just when you think all will be right with them and they're riding off towards a HEA, bam! A decision is made that will potentially derail any chance of reconciliation between Emma and Cassidy.
Whether or not there is a HEA to this book doesn't happen until literally the very last two pages. But again, I was happy with this series and I can't wait to read the next series that will feature the characters from the Oxford side. I wonder if the first book will be Cole, or will it be Lincoln.
ARC provided by publisher via Netgalley in exchange for honest review.
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