Unfortunately that's all she can think about after running into her childhood nemesis Oliver. She's worked to long and too hard to dwell on it. There are things in Naomi's past that she doesn't want people to know about. But is this a novel or a Nieman Marcus catalog? “She picked up her YSL bag, looking at her Cartier watch while putting on her Dolce and Gabbana coat and Chanel sunglasses and listening to her Jimmy Choo heels clicking in the floor.” Seriously? Ok we get it, she has money. Finally, the constant naming of designer brands every two seconds was extremely grating. She didn’t seem to be very busy - seemed more like an Etsy seller! I also didn’t buy that Oliver wouldn’t connect the dots of a woman named Naomi with red hair who didn’t like him, to a girl named Naomi with red hair who actually lived in his house when they were younger. She seemed to only interact with her assistant, and even with her, not very often. And equally difficult to believe this woman was running a billion dollar enterprise. But I found several things ridiculously implausible, starting with the idea that three women who were connected to the same man would randomly meet (in Central Park no less, which is huge) and then become friends.

Not that I ever expect chicklit to be realistic so I guess that isn’t really a valid criticism LOL.

The plot line was a little predictable and simplistic, and not very realistic.

Now, they find themselves engaged in a battle of wills that will either consume or destroy them.įilled with charm and heart and plenty of sex and snark, this entertaining series will hook you from the very first moment. Oliver used to torment Naomi when they were children, and as a ridiculously attractive adult, he’s tormenting her in entirely different ways. The worst offender is her new neighbor, Oliver Cunningham - the grown son of the very family for whom Naomi’s mother used to work. Now, as the strong-minded, sassy CEO of one of the biggest jewelry empires in the country, Naomi finally has exactly what she wants - but it’s going to take more than just the right address to make Manhattan’s upper class stop treating her like an outsider. From the author of the New York Times best-selling Stiletto and Oxford series, the first in a sizzling new series following the unlikely friendship of three Upper East Side women as they struggle to achieve their dreams and find true love and happiness in the city that never sleeps.įor as long as she can remember, Bronx-born Naomi Powell has had one goal: to prove her worth among the Upper East Side elite - the same people for which her mom worked as a housekeeper.

Passion on park avenue by lauren layne