Review - Cuff Me by Lauren Layne

Title: Cuff Me

Series: New York’s Finest #3

Author: Lauren Layne

Release Date: March 29, 2016

Meet New York's Finest-three hot brothers sworn to protect and serve the city they love . . . and the women who've stolen their hearts.

ARRESTED BY LOVE

Vincent Moretti is one of the NYPD's top homicide detectives-and one of the most eligible bachelors in town. His family, however, thinks he should date his longtime partner, Jill-a sassy, sexy, smart-mouthed blonde who drives him absolutely crazy.

Behind the quiet authority, tough-guy demeanor, and dark aviator glasses lies a man with a big soul-and a hard body that can soften any girl's heart. After years as his coworker, Jill Henley has given up hope that anything could happen between her and Vin. Besides, loving him would break all the rules. But seeing Jill with someone else triggers feelings in Vincent he never knew he had. Now he'll have to stop playing good cop/bad cop-and find a way to convince her to be his partner for life. . .

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Vincent Moretti is one tough, badass cop. Known for his gruff exterior as well as his drop-dead-sexy good looks, Vin is also one of the most eligible bachelors in town. But behind that badass façade is a gentleman with a big heart, if only he’d drop down the walls around it to let love in. 

Vin’s guarded heart has frustrated his partner, Jill Henley, for years. After taking time off to take care of her mother, Jill’s given up hope that she and Vin could be more than just partners on the job, but partners in life too. So, once she meets Tom and thrives on their whirlwind romance, Jill is ready to take the next step toward her perfect future—marriage, the white picket fence, and children with her perfect man. 

But is this perfect relationship really going to make Jill happy in the long run? Or will Vin’s meddling family help get Vin to really open up about his feelings toward Jill?

I. Loved. This. Book. Hands down, this is the best one in the series. Jill and Vin are both so damn proud. Vin just wants Jill to be happy, even if it’s not with him. Jill doesn’t know exactly what she wants—but she’s scared to make a wrong decision. The Moretti’s are a gregarious, loving, crazy, meddling family where each one of them knows how to get under the skin of the others—just like my family. But I digress. There’s so much love to go around with this group, but holy hell, some of them need some lessons how to show it! I loved catching up with the rest of the family and I’m crossing my fingers Lauren Layne writes Marco’s story. 

~ Review by Missy

A long-time romance reader, Lauren Layne thinks the only thing better than reading about happy endings is writing them. She now pursues a full-time career in Happily Ever After, a job she's naturally suited for after marrying her high school sweetheart. A bit of a nomad, Lauren's lived everywhere from Orange County to Manhattan, and currently lives in the Seattle-area. Her hobbies include coffee by day, wine by night, and lots of writing in between. She's also a total website nerd and insists you check out laurenlayne.com!

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Review - Steal Me by Lauren Layne

Title: Steal Me

Series: New York’s Finest #2

Author: Lauren Layne

Release Date: November 24, 2015

IN HOT PURSUIT

Being a cop might be in Anthony Moretti's blood, but protecting and serving the city of New York has always been more than just the family business. If that means his love life stays locked up, well then that's just another sacrifice made in the line of duty. That is, until he sets eyes on the gorgeous new waitress at The Darby Diner and suddenly Anthony's morning coffee is leaving him a whole lot more hot and bothered than usual.

Though waitressing at The Darby isn't exactly Maggie Walker's dream job, it pays the bills and gives her time to work on her novel. Now if only she could stop fantasizing about gorgeous Anthony Moretti every time he sits down at her table, she'd really be in great shape. But when he needs her help identifying a criminal threatening The Darby—and Maggie recognizes her ex-husband—she fears her fresh start might be a pipe dream. Faster than a New York minute, Maggie and Anthony find themselves in one perilous pursuit that only gets hotter with each and every rule-breaking kiss.

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Anthony Moretti is ambitious—he wants nothing more than to follow in his father’s footsteps and become Police Commissioner. Quite a lofty ambition! But Anthony is on his way with his recent promotion to Captain in the NYPD. In a family of cops, Anthony knows the daily sacrifices he’s making—but the end will justify the means, even if he keeps his love life locked up. Until he meets Maggie Walker. There’s something about her that he can’t stay away from…even if she does spill something on him every Sunday.

Maggie is the newest waitress at The Darby Diner. While not her dream job, it pays the bills and gives her time to write her novel. She enjoys the customers (for the most part), but especially likes the man candy sightings every Sunday when the Moretti family shows up after church. Maggie is drawn to Anthony specifically, but he barely acknowledges her existence other than to get pissed off when she spills something on him accidentally every time she waits on him. But all that is about to change when Maggie takes a glance at a sketch of a robbery suspect and immediately identifies the man as her ex-husband.

Will Anthony risk his heart to protect Maggie or choose his career to solve the case? 

Oh, Anthony... sigh. You're a big, sexy, hulk of a man who just needs to let go of the reins every once in a while. Let Maggie take them for a little while—she gets you... LOL. 

I really liked Maggie and Anthony's story. Neither one of them are perfect—far from. Both are a bit guarded, but when they let go, they let go... and they smolder together. Of course, add in the shenanigans of the rest of the Moretti clan, and you have several poignant but very comedic moments... especially those involving Nonna. 

Next up we get Vincent's book—and I can't wait to meet the woman who puts him in his place! 

~ Review by Missy

A long-time romance reader, Lauren Layne thinks the only thing better than reading about happy endings is writing them. She now pursues a full-time career in Happily Ever After, a job she's naturally suited for after marrying her high school sweetheart. 

A bit of a nomad, Lauren's lived everywhere from Orange County to Manhattan, and currently lives in the Seattle-area. Her hobbies include coffee by day, wine by night, and lots of writing in between. She's also a total website nerd and insists you check out laurenlayne.com!

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Release Blast - Frisk Me by Lauren Layne

Title: Frisk Me

Series: New York's Finest #1

Author: Lauren Layne

Publisher: Forever

Release Date: July 28, 2015

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After a photograph of Luc Moretti saving a tourist hits social media, he instantly becomes New York's most famous and beloved cop. When a major network decides to run a special on the "American Hero," Luc's boss gives him no choice but to cooperate in the name of good exposure for the department. Luc doesn't mind the celebrity status-what he does mind is the gorgeous brunette journalist who's been assigned to follow his every move. Especially since she also happens to be the same knockout that rejected him rather publicly the week before.

Ava Sims is a woman who gets what she wants. And what she wants is to be CBC's lead anchor-but to get there, she'll need to nail the fluff piece on the playboy cop. Luc Moretti is everything Ava knows to stay away from: a stubborn charmer with a hero-complex. But the more Ava gets to know Luc and his oddball family, the more she realizes that beneath the swagger and the blue uniform is a complex man who makes her heart beat too fast. Soon, Ava's doing the unthinkable, and falling for the best of New York's finest ...

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Excerpt

A woman stood in the back corner of the room, helping herself to coffee from the fancy coffee machine Brinker kept for his own personal use.

Her body was mostly hidden by one of the horrible potted plants that Brinker’s wife insisted gave his office “homey character.”

And then she stepped into plain view.

He couldn’t help it; he checked her out. Everything about the woman demanded a second look, the legs in particular.

Luc had never really considered himself a legs-man, being more of an “equal opportunity” guy when it came to female body parts. (Although, if his mother ever asked, he’d swear up and down that he only ever noticed personality. Maybe the eyes.)

But the legs on this one were damn near perfect. For that matter, the high breasts and slim waist also earned high marks.

Her subdued black skirt and white blouse should have been boring, but they’d obviously been perfectly tailored to fit her trim frame perfectly.

The black high heels were icing on the already perfect cake.

Then he looked at her face, and for a second, Luc felt just a little bit dazed.

If anything, her features were even more perfect than the body. Her eyes were maybe just slightly too large for her otherwise petite features, but there was no doubt about it, the woman was stunning.

And yet, there was something else there too, just beyond the jolt of sexual awareness.

Recognition.

Luc might not have his brother Vincent’s photographic memory, but he was pretty damn good with faces. And he was pretty sure he knew this one. His brain scrambled to place her, but he kept coming up empty.

Her eyes narrowed almost imperceptibly on Luc, and his narrowed right back. He definitely knew her from somewhere.

She gave him a slow, knowing smile. “Fifth and Fortieth, three years ago.”

He shook his head to indicate he didn’t follow. “You’re trying to figure out how you know me. Three years ago, you gave my news van a parking ticket, and we exchanged…words. That’s where you know me from. I’m Ava Sims.”

Author Bio

Lauren Layne is the USA Today Bestselling author of contemporary romance.

Prior to becoming an author, Lauren worked in e-commerce and web-marketing. In 2011, she and her husband moved from Seattle to New York City, where Lauren decided to pursue a full-time writing career. It took six months to get her first book deal (despite ardent assurances to her husband that it would only take three). Since then, Lauren's gone on to publish ten books, including the bestselling Stiletto series, with several more on the way in 2015.

Lauren currently lives in Chicago with her husband and spoiled Pomeranian. When not writing, you'll find her at happy hour, running at a doggedly slow pace, or trying to straighten her naturally curly hair.

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