Marriage on Madison Avenue by Lauren Layne

It’s got a distinctly high end feel and the NYC vibe that’s prevalent in Layne’s work, just taken up another notch. They form a pact and agree to help each other steer clear of that kind of guy in the future, and wind up being great friends. Each woman played a different role in his life – the wife, the mistress, and the fling – so they each have their own regrets about how things played out. If you’re not familiar with the premise behind the series, it’s a completely original one – three women meet and form a bond after discovering that they were all sleeping with the same man. They do all stand alone (especially this final book), so if you want to jump ahead it’s not an issue but the series connects together perfectly. This series got better with every book, culminating in a fantastic friends to lovers romance that’s 100% Layne’s style.

For that reason, I thought I’d share my reviews of the first two books and give you a little tease about the final installment (hint: it was an EASY 5-star rating for me and likely to show up on my Best of January list). The release of Marriage on Madison Avenue is almost upon us (January 28th, which may just be the best day for romance in 2020 with new releases by an embarrassingly outstanding group of authors). However, the Kindle editions occasionally go on sale and the audiobooks were the perfect thing to use my monthly Audible credit on, so it ended up being a non-issue (don’t hesitate to download a sample or use the Look Inside feature on Amazon to see if the series is right for you). I’ll openly admit that the price point on her Central Park series was initially a deterrent, and that’s why it took me so long to read the first two books.

Her writing is just so easy to get drawn into, flying by until you realize you’ve devoured the whole thing (case in point: I started her latest, Marriage on Madison Avenue, after lunch yesterday and didn’t sleep until I had turned the final page). As a longtime fan of Lauren Layne, I’ve read nearly everything book she’s written in the last few years.

Marriage on Madison Avenue by Lauren Layne