Made in Manhattan
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From the New York Times bestselling author of the Central Park Pact comes a reverse My Fair Lady for the modern era about a pampered and privileged Manhattan socialite who must teach an unpolished and denim-loving nobody from the Louisiana Bayou how to fit in with the upper crust of New York City. Perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Sally Thorne. Violet Townsend has always been a people pleaser. Raised in the privileged world of Upper East Side Manhattan, she always says the right things, wears the right clothes, and never rocks the boat. Violet would do anything for the people closest to her, especially her beloved grandmother. So when she asks Violet to teach the newly-discovered grandson of her friend how to fit in with New York City’s elite, Violet immediately agrees. Her goal? To get Cain Stone ready to take his place as heir to his family company…but to say he’s not exactly an eager student is an understatement. Born and raised in rural Louisiana and now making his own way in New Orleans, Cain Stone is only playing along for the paycheck at the end. He has no use for the grandmother he didn’t know existed and no patience for the uppity Violet’s attempts to turn him into a suit-wearing, museum-attending gentleman. But somewhere amidst antagonistic dinner parties and tortured tux fittings, Cain and Violet come to a begrudging understanding—and the uptight Violet realizes she’s not the only one doing the teaching. As she and Cain begin to find mutual respect for one another (and maybe even something more), Violet learns that blindly following society’s rules doesn’t lead to happiness…and that sometimes the best things in life come from the most unexpected places.
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You deserve to have everything you want, Duchess
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Lauren Layne has done it again, another book and another couple I fell completely in love with. I'm I am so happy to have had the opportunity to read this book and meet these characters and this couple.
The synopsis of the book and the cover were a total yes for me, but reading the story, reading these characters and meeting them has been wonderful. Violet is a character dedicated to others but, thanks to Cain, our protagonist, and her best friend, she begins to see for herself, to make herself heard, and that was something I liked reading. I liked how she enjoyed the little things in life just because she felt like doing, eating, or saying something.
Cain was the push that Violet needed, but he was also someone who decided to earn things for himself, not because of who he is.
At first glance these two characters have nothing in common and are the opposite, but as the days go by and they get to know each other, they see that they have some things in common and that the attraction they have is undeniable. What you bring to each other is wonderful and I have adored you, and the epilogue is a very nice thing to read. Thank you for so much, Lauren.
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Lauren Layne lo ha vuelto a hacer, otro libro y otra pareja del que caí completamente enamorada. Estoy tan feliz de haber tenido la oportunidad de leer este libro y conocer a estos personajes y esta pareja.
La sinopsis del libro y la portada fueron un total si para mí, pero leer la historia, leer a estos personajes y conocerlos ha sido maravilloso. Violet es un personaje dedicado a los demás, pero gracias a Cain, nuestro protagonista, y a su mejor amiga, empieza a ver por si misma, a hacerse escuchar, y eso fue algo que me gustó leer. Me gustó como disfrutaba de las pequeñas cosas de la vida solo porque a ella le apetecía hacer, comer o decir algo.
Cain fue el empujón que Violet necesitaba, pero también fue alguien que decide ganarse las cosas por él mismo, no por ser quien es.
A primera vista estos dos personajes no tienen nada en común y son lo opuesto, pero conforme pasan los días y se van conociendo, ven que tienen algunas cosas en común y que la atracción que tienen es innegable. Lo que se aportan mutuamente es maravilloso y los he adorado, y el epilogo es algo muy lindo de leer. Gracias por tanto, Lauren.
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