Emma left her sultry Southern drawl behind, but not even her closest friends know that with it she left her heart. Now she’s the ice queen of the Manhattan dating scene. Five years ago, Emma was Charlotte, North Carolina’s darling debutante and a blushing bride-to-be. 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.Synopsis: 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.Īs Stiletto magazine’s authority on all things breakup-and-heartache, Emma Sinclair writes from personal experience. 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.īut 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. 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.īorn 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. 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. Violet would do anything for the people closest to her, especially her beloved grandmother. 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 Townsend has always been a people pleaser. Perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Sally Thorne. From the New York Times best-selling 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.

After the kiss by lauren layne