This book was great! I couldn't put it down. I loved the writing style, the story, the characters. The banter between Georgie and Andrew was amazing and made me lol throughout the book. The story had so much more heart and emotion than I would have imagined from the blurb...perfectly perfect!

Loved this story, total attraction between opposites. Andrew (Andy) a stodgy rule follower and Georgie ( Georgiana) a fun loving sweetheart, total opposites find common ground and boy was it fun watching them do it.

Walk of Shame is a sexy contemporary romance with lots of laughs and aww moments. Lauren Layne takes the reader into the lives of Georgiana, aka Georgie, and Andrew. She’s a party animal, and he’s a stuck up attorney. The highlight of Georgie’s day is 5 am on the dot when she’s only returning from a night in town as Andrew is leaving for work. She lives and loves to tease him, and always looks forward to the time he calls her ridiculous. In fact, she gets a little sad when he doesn’t. It’s her way of knowing that despite the harsh things they tell each other every time they argue, deep down he isn’t all that indifferent to her charms.

She lives and loves to tease him, and always looks forward to the time he calls her ridiculous. In fact, she gets a little sad when he doesn’t. Andrew telling her she’s ridiculous is her way of knowing that despite the harsh things they tell each other every time they stumble upon each other, deep down he isn’t all that indifferent to her charms.

I love, love, love Walk of Shame. It’s witty and it’s sexy. The banter between Georgie and Andrew is fantastic and the fast pace makes the reader want to know what happens next. This will be one book I will read over and over again. One of my favorites in 2017.

Walk of Shame was the first Lauren Layne book that I have read and I was not disappointed! It was a great read that was just enough of a romantic/funny/sexy story that I had to go back and TBR all of Lauren’s other books! This book was a great story about two people from two totally different worlds annoying the hell out of each other. Until it becomes so much more.

Georgie is a socialite who spends all of her time working on charity events, going out with friends every night, brunching with the parents every weekend, hell, she’s one busy girl!! Most importantly, she always made sure to be in the lobby of her apartment building at 5:00 a.m. SHARP so she can annoy the very rigid lawyer, Andrew, who refers to her as ridiculous every time he speaks with her.

Andrew is the best divorce lawyer that money can buy. However, he is very set in his routine, hardly ever smiles or socializes and annoys Georgie just as much as she annoys him. Little does Georgie know that Andrew enjoys their little encounters just as much as she does.

This story had me from the first chapter! Honestly, I was sucked in when Andrew was described as the love child of Thor and Captain America! That’s a story I can get behind!! 😊

I absolutely love the banter between Georgie and Andrew. Even though Andrew is just so proper, he can really hold his own against Georgie’s quick wit and you can just feel the chemistry and wonder how they just don’t act on their attraction to each other!! It was nice to read a story that the main characters don’t jump each other’s bones within two chapters. I really enjoyed the game these two played, getting almost to the end before they finally give into their desires. AND IT IS AMAZING! Andrew is like Clark Kent…all business but when that suit comes off, HOT DAMN!!

Walk of Shame will be one of those books I go back to over and over because it is “perfectly ridiculous”!!

Lauren Layne is an auto-read author for me. Just can't get enough of her contemporary romances--she's seriously one of the best out there! This read was fun and adorable and romantic and I read it in basically one day. Layne does the Darcy-esque, stick-up-his-butt hero super well and the heroine is a cute foil for him. Fun, flirty read!

Lauren Layne is BACK!!

Having read many of LL's books over the past few years, I have come to recognize when she is really into the book she's writing and when she's not. A great Lauren Layne book has the reader effortlessly turning page after page and is filled with tons of witty dialogue, smart banter, and steamy chemistry between the characters. Walk of Shame had all of that!

Georgie is not usually the type of heroine that I enjoy reading about. She lives off of a trust fund, has no job, no ambitions, and is quite shallow.....BUT she's extremely funny and has a heart of gold and that made it hard for me not to love her. Drew ticked off all my boy boyfriend boxes. Educated, professional, brooding and cocky. LOVED HIM!

The scathing back and forth insults that they sling at each other during their early morning run-ins were great entertainment! This story was a lot of fun without too much over-the-top angst.

4.5 stars!

Lauren Layne just has that something...the thing you can't put your finger on but it's there. She has this ability to suck a reader in from the first sentence and doesn't let go until the end. This could be my favorite book of hers yet. And that's saying something because I love them all.
In romance books, it's rare that I meet a heroine that I love as much as the hero. But Georgie is just amazing. I love her spirit. She's bubbly, friendly, and easy to relate to despite being a socialite. I want to be friends with her. And her relationship with Andrew...oh the heat.
I found myself looking forward to their five a.m. meetings as much as they did. The banter. The rawness. Watching the two of them discover their feelings. It was perfection in the form of a book.
I fell hard for Andrew. He was just...there aren't words. He tried and he didn't mean to be so cruel at times. I really felt for the guy when he stuck his foot in his mouth. I just wanted to hug him and tell him to loosen up and go for it.
Favorite book I've read so far this year hands down!

This is one of my faves from Lauren Layne. And I know I keep saying that with her books but seriously, this author writes my kind of romance.

Wow talk about a difficult guy! These two are just bad at communicating but they do have a lot of sexual tension flowing. When opposites attract it can be the least expected thing but it can also be the best match. A new perspective to a set mind. Sparks fly in this story and acting ridiculous turns into a fairy tale.

Smart, fun and delighfully romantic, Walk of Shame is the perfect enemies-to-lovers story! Georgie Watkins and Andrew Mulroney are neighbors. They are not on friendly terms though. Andrew is a famous divorce attorney and a condescending workaholic, dealing in cold facts and logic. Georgie is a party girl, sassy, energetic and popular. They have nothing in common and are polar opposites. Their interactions are tense and Georgie is annoyed by Andrew’s overbearing and uptight attitude. Their banter was hilarious, each encounter degenerates into unfriendly bickering. Andrew obviously doesn’t like Georgie and it bothers her a lot. She has decided to find the crack in his armor!

The book is written from Georgie bubbly point of view for the most part. She is not the vain socialite she seems to be, she is thoughtful, caring and it makes her very relatable. She manages to elicit emotional responses from Andrew. I enjoyed his internal struggle, he can’t control his attraction to Georgie. But Andrew may be very smart, he has no idea how to flirt.

Lauren Layne has woven her story in a way that is at the same time utterly romantic and fun. Her gift for hilarious and lively dialogue allows for a feel-good read. Her characters are so engaging and well-developed that you will root for them, no matter what. As they get to know each other, their interactions become playful, their antagonism slowly fading. Their path to happiness was bumpy, but with so many feels and a lot of laughs along the way. If you enjoy light, fresh and charming romantic comedies, look no further and pick this book!

I absolutely loved everything about Walk of Shame!! It was perfectly ridiculous in all the fun ways. I had a huge smile on my face from the moment I started reading and it just never quit!

Here are some things that were done really well:

Georgiana was not OTT. She could have been. After all, she comes from money. Lots of money. But she was truly just the girl next door … with a ton of money LOL SOOOOO much fun to read her verbal sparing with Andy 🙂 I may have highlighted half the book!


“Okay, I forgive you for the dinner snub the other night. Now you forgive me for the snub just now.”
Andrew looks at me out of the corner of his eye. “It doesn’t work like that. You don’t get to just exchange one apology for another.”
“You do when they’re the same offense.”
“Yes, but mine was done out of professional necessity, yours was just petty—”
“I ate a banana,” I interrupt.
He opens his mouth, then shuts it, at loss for words. “What?”
“Yesterday. I was hung over, as you probably expected, and I didn’t have a banana, but I ordered one for dinner.”
He’s silent for a full thirty seconds. “You ordered a banana for dinner.”
“I did.”
Andrew closes his eyes for a moment. “You really are ridiculous, Georgiana.”

Their chemistry simmered on low just below the surface for the entire book. It’s one of the things that kept me glued to my kindle. This was a #fridiculous enemies to lovers/frenemies romance story that is very surprising. You just never knew what would come next from these two. And their growing friendship was soooo endearing to watch blossom, or rather read LOL

And let’s not forget BFF, Marley! Everyone need a Marley in their life people, EVERYONE, because when life punches you in the gut, a Marley will come to the rescue properly armed to punch life back!


I open my front door to Marley, who’s holding a box of pizza with two blocks of mozzarella on top.
“Um,” I say.
“Well,” she says, pushing into my apartment, “I ordered a pizza and asked for extra cheese. But then I was like, what if that’s not enough cheese, you know? So I stopped and got some extra, because . . . cheese.”
I nod approvingly. “This is why we’re best friends.”

There’s really nothing to not like about this book and a ton to really love and enjoy. It’s easy and flirty and really sexy and just plain F.U.N.

Copy provided for blog tour review

This isn’t the first time I’ve gushed over a Lauren Layne book and something tells me it won’t be the last either. I L-O-V-E-D this book. So much, in fact, that I was more than willing to stay up until nearly midnight reading it because I just couldn’t get enough of Georgie and Andrew’s banter, chemistry and utter amazingness together.

Georgie is easily one of my new favorite heroines and it’s kind of surprising because I typically have a tough time dealing with “party girl” characters. Thankfully she was multi-dimensional and there was so much more to her than her party girl side. She was sassy, sweet and smart. My love for Andrew wasn’t immediate, because he came off a little to stuffy for me at first, but when it hit, it hit hard. Together, however, they were amazing. I loved how they pushed each other’s buttons and how their day felt off if they didn’t have their usual 5:00 am sparring match. They had crazy chemistry, even when it seemed like they hated each other, so I couldn’t wait to see what happened when they stopped pretending to dislike each other. They were, as Andrew would’ve said “perfectly ridiculous” and I enjoyed every moment, laugh and feel… and the sexy times, too. I’m a big fan of the enemies to lovers trope, so it shouldn’t surprise anyone that I adored this book.

If you’re a fan of Lauren’s books, you’ll undoubtedly want to read this one ASAP. Even if you’ve never picked up one of her books, but you love romantic comedy, you need to get on this one. You won’t be sorry. In fact, if you’re anything like me, you’ll have an ear-to-ear grin the entire time you’re reading and a satisfied sigh when you’re done. Utter perfection, IMHO.

FAVORITE QUOTES

I was wrong, I realize. First kisses aren’t always a disappointment. Sometimes they’re perfect from the very start.

Apparently the man is fastidious and uptight in all things except this, because his kiss is unapologetic and carnal, disregarding the fact that we’re in the middle of a sidewalk at the crack of dawn and that we don’t even like each other.

The man whose head moves insistently between my legs is nothing like the buttoned-up lawyer who has spent the past few months ignoring me. This man is raw and primal, his touch sure and possessive, as though every part of me is his and he’s always known it.

I enjoyed this book. The main characters were funny. The relationship that developed between them was sweet and realistic. I would definitely read more from this author.

From the first lines, Let s talk about 5am for a second, that is a way to reel the reader in but the writing has to keep the reader interested enough to keep them and in this case it did. I was hooked and the author had me at Dorothy and the red shoes and tugged at my heart with every wizard of oz reference. it was so funny. Andrew and Georgie are the best couple from the start even when they are not a couple. I would love to have dinner with them and their friends. We all need a Marley in our lives. And Hailey !!! Their repartee is hysterical. The visuals are well very visual ( Thor and captain America somehow defeat biology and have a love child together, and call him Andrew...I mean come one!!!) And when twirling your hair counts as cardio I know this is the book for me. The book is never boring. This story was everything an enchanted one should be!

March 23, 2017 – Started Reading
Review It's one of those stories you can see on the big screen. Lauren has a way with imagery in her writing. As I read this book, I can picture it clearly in my head as it happens in NYC. Most of her books are based in City that Never Sleeps...especially for a character like Georgie, she enjoys a night out! A gal like Georgie is fun to read about. As I read more about her, Isla Fisher pops into my head from Confessions of Shopaholic. Speaking of which...Hugh Dancy would make a nice Andrew in this scenario. They both definitely had chemistry on the screen as these two in Walk of Shame.

It did take a while for Georgie to grow on me but as the story progresses, you can see small nuggets of character development. Starting off as enemies...running into each other at 5 am every morning, you think they really do hate each other. But when the chemistry starts, oh boy does it start to get burn, and they anticipate for the clock to strike 5am until they meet again.

There are so many hilarious scenes in the book. I couldn't help but laugh out like to the comments Georgie makes towards Andrew. As they start to bond, you can see how Andrew begins to loosen up through Georgie's influence and vice versa. Georgie begins to broaden her horizons and begins to get more creative. And when the jealousy starts, you know they are meant to be.

Lauren Layne knows how to weave a story filled with love, laughter and a little flame. I would love to see what she has in store for us next!!

Walk of Shame. It was sooo good. New FAVORITE.LL book.

I loved Georgie. She was so much fun. She was three-dimensional, complex character. She was probably my favorite character of LL’s to dates. Andrew was a tough nut to crack though. While I really liked him, it was harder to love him. Oh, don’t get me wrong, I totally LOVED him too, but it wasn’t insta-love for me.

The dislike for each other and sexual tension between the two for the first half of book was just so enjoyable. I just loved everything about this book. I kinda want to read it again. Actually, if it comes out on audio, I’m so listening to it.

4.25 stars
Lauren never disappoints me. I can always count with her exciting stories to have a good time.
Walk of Shame is a story between two people who couldn't be more different from each other, but that in somehow they are attracted. When you put together Georgianna's bubbly personality and Andrew's seriousness, you have some really funny and entertaining situations that will keep you reading without stopping.
I only wish I could have read a bit more of development between them at the end, but I'm pretty pleased with the epilogue.
I recommend it!

This is another fun read from Lauren Layne! This story is about Andrew, an uptight divorce lawyer and Georgie, a NYC socialite. They say opposites attract and this couple are definitely very different from each other. I loved how the author brought them together. Walk of Shame was sweet, funny, sexy and an emotional ride. A true romantic comedy that is a joy to read!