TO LOVE AND TO CHERISH is the third and final installment in Lauren Layne's Wedding Belles series. I've enjoyed each book in this Wedding Belles series, but something about TO LOVE AND TO CHERISH makes this romance linger in your mind long after you finish reading it. This is a great book for readers who enjoy the friends-to-lovers and secret-love romance tropes. There is something so compelling about the relationship between mild-mannered, Clark Kent double, British hottie Logan Harris and consummate businesswoman and perfectionist Alexis Morgan. Alexis' slow realization of how much she cares for Logan and how much he loves her is a lengthy, and often frustrating, process for Logan but Lauren Layne delivers a satisfying and emotional powerhouse with TO LOVE AND TO CHERISH.
Lauren Layne does a good job of getting inside the head of the two main characters and revealing their innermost thoughts and struggles to the reader. Logan has been Alexis' business partner and friend for eight years, as well as secretly in love with her for that same amount of time. TO LOVE AND TO CHERISH deals with some heavy emotional baggage, but I like how Lauren Layne gives the drama prominence, while also throwing in fun tropes and erotic sizzle.
It's a good thing that TO LOVE AND TO CHERISH is told from alternating perspectives, because readers need to understand the things that Alexis and Logan refuse to reveal to each other. It would be very difficult to understand why Alexis never pursues a romantic relationship with Logan, if Lauren Layne hadn't provided so much background information on Alexis throughout this book, and snapshots of her soul. Lauren Layne skillfully describes what drives Alexis and the old hurts that haunt her. In TO LOVE AND TO CHERISH, Alexis gets the emotional jolt she needs to alter her perceptions of Logan and what their relationship could be. Logan is a completely sympathetic character and hero to swoon over. Although he sometimes thinks of himself as a romantic fool where Alexis is concerned, I like that he asserted himself and finally pursues her the way she needed to be pursued.
TO LOVE AND TO CHERISH is packed with passion and a love story that is worth waiting for. Logan is a hero pushed to his limits and delicious things happen when he finally gives in to his desires. Lauren Layne frames this romance beautifully and there is a wonderful symmetry in the way the relationship between Alexis and Logan begins and what it evolves into by the end of the book. I love this Wedding Belles series, and can't wait to see what Lauren Layne has in store for readers next.
Sex and the City meets The Wedding Planner in
The Wedding Belles, a contemporary and witty romance series
about three high-powered New York City women who can plan
any weddingβbut their own.
Alexis Morgan has spent the past eight years devoted to
turning her tiny start-up into Manhattanβs premiere wedding
planning company, The Wedding Belles. Now that her business
is thriving, itβs time to turn towards her much neglected
personal life, and Alexis approaches her relationships like
she does everything else: with a plan. Not a part of
that plan is Logan Harris, the silent partner in the Belles,
and the one person whoβs been there for her since the very
beginning. But Alexis needs someone fun, and Loganβs all
business, all the timeβexcept when a late night at the
office ends with an unexpected kiss that leaves the usually
cool and together Alexis reeling.
Logan has lusted after Alexis since the day he walked into
the tiny Harlem apartment that used to double as her office.
But the ambitious wedding planner has always been
untouchable...until now. Alexis has made it clear that sheβs
on the dating marketβand equally clear that heβs not in the
running. But when Alexis finds herself in need of a date for
her sisterβs last minute wedding in Florida, Logan knows
itβs the perfect time to show Alexis that thereβs more to
him than numbers and spreadsheetsβand beneath the pinstripes
and glasses lies a hot-blooded heartthrob. As Floridaβs
sultry days turn into even hotter nights, Loganβs out to
convince Alexis that the fling of a lifetime could just
maybe turn into forever...
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