**I received an ARC from Netgalley. In no way was I compensated for this review, and these are my honest opinions.**
Hard Sell by Lauren Layne
Release Date: September 4, 2018
My Rating: 3.75 stars
Summary: He’s a Wall Street wolf. She’s been hired to tame him. From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Layne comes a wildly sexy novel of business and pleasure.
Twenty-eight and filthy rich, Matt Cannon is the youngest broker on Wall Street. He may be a “boy wonder,” but he’s every inch a man. Ask any woman—any night. But when Matt’s latest fling makes scandalous headlines, his clients get anxious, and his bosses at Wolfe Investments level an ultimatum: keep his assets zipped, get a “real” girlfriend, and clean up his act. Only one woman can help Matt with something this hard.
For PR genius Sabrina Cross, the best fixer in Manhattan, playing Matt’s steady is going to be a challenge, even if it’s just for show. They already have an explosive history, she can’t stand the cocky party boy, and worse—she can’t stop thinking about him. So who’ll dare to break her “no touching” rule first? Because when that happens, Matt and Sabrina’s game of let’s pretend will get so hot it could set both their reputations on fire.
After the first book, I was genuinely surprised by how much I liked Hard Sell. I'd seen this couple in the previous book, but I was still a little cautious approaching this book. There were a lot of things that could have turned me off it, but these didn't happen.
One of my favorite things about this book was the trope: enemies with benefits to lovers. Matt and Sabrina had such good chemistry, and they actually helped each other grow. I think that the fact that they had known each other for years made everything about this book more realistic and made me like them more. I usually hate endings like this, but I believed more, at least, because Matt and Sabrina had been involved somewhat for years.
That was my problem with this author's past couple of books, that everything progressed in approximately 3 months with little buildup. The hinting of the couple in books to come is something I've been waiting for since the Stiletto series and haven't really found in the author's last few standalones. Having realized this, I'm more excited for Kennedy and Kate's book!
Hard Sell was a hot read of a novel with fleshed out characters who help each other become better people, which is definitely a plus. The plot and the couple''s development easily intertwined, and the hero actually apologizes for his actions!! I'm eagerly anticipating the next book!
About the Author: Lauren Layne is the New York Times bestselling author of more than two dozen romantic comedies, including Hot Asset, her first book in the 21 Wall Street series. A former e-commerce and web marketing manager from Seattle, Lauren relocated to New York City to pursue a full-time writing career, hitting the USA Today, New York Times, iBooks, and Amazon bestseller lists.
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