Author: Louise Bay

Books: 

A Week in New York
Autumn in London
New Year in Manhattan

Series: The Empire State <— buy the bundle here

tl;dr recommendation: no bullshit romance? I was a goner from the first pages.

Book Summaries:

Anna Kirby is sick of dating. She’s tired of heartbreak. Despite being smart, sexy, and funny, she’s a magnet for men who don’t deserve her.

A week’s vacation in New York is the ultimate distraction from her most recent break-up, as well as a great place to meet a stranger and have some summer fun. But to protect her still-bruised heart, fun comes with rules. There will be no sharing stories, no swapping numbers, and no real names. Just one night of uncomplicated fun.

Super-successful serial seducer Ethan Scott has some rules of his own. He doesn’t date, he doesn’t stay the night, and he doesn’t make any promises.

It should be a match made in heaven. But rules are made to be broken.

The Empire State Series comprises the novellas A Week in New York, Autumn in London and New Year in Manhattan.

Longer Review:

This serial series is fan-fucking-tastic. No bullshit.

Anna and Ethan are two lawyers who negotiate their way into your heart. Funny thing is that while they do it, neither of them know what the other does for a living. And that’s a good thing, because I promise you that reading about lawyering would be boring as fuck – and reading about these two is anything BUT boring. Anna and Ethan heat up the pages until they burst into flames.

I’m not being biased because it’s about lawyers, I swear (although I am curious how they stay awake all day after the nightly romps. I NEED THE SECRET) but this series is really great. Anna does her fair share of work on Ethan’s briefs, and the way she works it, she’ll soon make partner. (god, MY PUNS WON’T QUIT). Basically, there’s a hella lot of sex in this book – and these scenes are written well! Get it, girl.

It was just supposed to be a one night stand. Anna was looking for an escape from her loser (and crazy) ex boyfriend who she left in London and, well, Ethan only ever does one night stands. Anna creates rules – no real names, no personal information…only sex. Ethan’s more than agreeable as those are usually HIS lines. And that works, until it doesn’t.

Quickly Ethan is the one who breaks his rules. He starts to blur those lines and then straight out crosses them. The journey between these two may span an ocean and two continents, but it’s so much bigger than that. You could feel their love, desire and (at times) disappointment sweep through you. The straightforward dialogue was incredibly refreshing….and so were the texts & phone calls. YES YES YES.

This story needs to be shared, read, and worshipped. Ethan’s a dirty talker AND sweet talker. Both Anna and I both ate it right up. They both start their relationship on shaky ground – Anna because she’s never felt like this before and is afraid to get attached….and Ethan because not only has he never felt this way before but he’s also never had a relationship before. And they each try to find their footing. They try to live in the moment as much as they can and worry about the future later…which is great, until the future stares them in the face.

As Anna & Ethan navigate these uncharted waters and the distance that grows between them, can they learn to open up & begin to really live….together? You want to know, trust me – you do.

This story is the perfect mix of dirty, sweet and sexy. Must read series!!