After Hot Asset I looked forward to Matt and Sabrina. They had some tension cause of the history between them and knowing a bit makes it intriguing. They were frenemies with benefits before anything else, that was a interesting concept but makes sense. All the bickering though makes it hard on their mutual friends. Their new agreement for Sabrina to help Matt out to clean his rep by posing as his girlfriend is perfect for him. No chance of falling for the other and really settling down both of them think.

It's the perfect set up and most people are buying it. Slowly though getting to know the other beyond the bickering they chip the walls each of them have. Something Sabrina said summed up their current status well, the person with the power to destroy you can be the pne to lift you up and shines light into the dark. They are more vulnerable to the their own growing feelings but with their own issues with relationships. I can see they would be great, when they support the other things are much better. I hope they realize what they've got in front of them before it's too late.

Hard Sell is Matt and Sabrina's relationship in two words. Lots of negotiating and making plans, I like how they evolved from hate to love. It's sweet and sexy with a touch of finace. I'm liking this Wall Street based series, I like the two books so far. Ian and Matt are also quite different in terms of personalities and upbringing. Excited for Kennedy and Kate's book.

Another great read from Lauren Layne! This is the last in the series and it was great to see peaks of past characters. Loved this series and can't wait to see what's next.

I am a huge fan of Lauren Layne’s book and I loved this book as well. I really enjoyed reading about Matt and Sabrina and I can’t wait to read the next one in the series. Would definitely recommend all of Lauren Laynes books!

A brilliant read with a brilliant storyline and characters I will look forward to reading more from this author

I think this is my first "enemies with benefits" story. I was a bit skeptical at first but it did work very well. Of course Sabrina and Matt were not real enemies and they learned to deal with the many emotions being together seemed to generate.
I loved the bikering and the chemistry. Lauren Layne dropped little info about Sabrina and Matt's past along the way that really helped me understand them and ultimately love them.
The ending was very sweet too.

Meet Matt Connor. Second of our three gentlemen, ahem... at 21 Wall Street. Holy hell this book knocked me off my feet, I did not put it down until the last page. Lauren just blew this one right out of the water. I love this series but this book.... a total button pusher.
Matt is the whiz kid at work. His brain is on auto calculate constantly, it makes him good at what he does. His two best friends and co workers Ian and Kennedy work right along side him. Matt finds himself in hot water when he returns from a bachelor party in Las Vegas and finds himself splashed on the pages of the Wall Street Journal. Little did he know that a reporter from the journal was also in the strip club that night and thought they'd scoop a story on Wall Streets wunderkind. The Wolf's are still in recovery mode after what Ian went through (read book one, it's a must read) and now with Matt in the limelight it doesn't look good. When he's called front and center while still hungover from his trip, the Sam's make him an offer, clean it up, get a girlfriend or you're out. Matt hadn't even seen the paper yet.
When the guys put their heads together to try and find a girl for him, which Matt totally resents. He's so anti-relationship he's probably got the t shirt. When the guys come up with the one person that will never fall for him, never expect more, never ever... in fact she hates Matt. They have their girl. Now all he has to do is convince her. Matt and Sabrina had a falling out 4 years ago. They can't be in the same room together which always makes it rough as they share the same friends. She's a fixer but her clients are confidential, high profile and she's well known in all the right circles. It takes some doing but Matt pleads with her and she sets down some rules and they decide to go for it. Things are rough at first and they manage to smooth out. Matt comes from an unusual family, he doesn't tell anyone about his family life. Sabrina barely has a past. Ian, she has Ian. She and Ian have been friends since they were kids. He knows her so well and is protective of her. She keeps her past in the past.
This story was a thrill to watch unfold, all the ups and downs. The chemistry was sizzling and Matt ... well you have to read about Matt. I loved the characters, we see Lara again, now living with Ian. Katie, who is the admin for all three of the men and has a serious thing for Kennedy. He's a tough one to figure out, can't wait for his book. The story took a serious left turn with no blinker and I was left waving my kindle in the air... is all well? And does it end well?
This is an absolute must read and Lauren really knocked it out of the park.
Deserves more than 5 stars.

I love Lauren Layne’s books and Hard Sell does not disappoint. We know Matt and Sabrina from Hot Asset but don’t know their history together!
This book brings out emotions of these 2 characters who have history but don’t know how to have a relationship. They are supported by amazing characters throughout the book.

She’s a fixer and he needs her help. The chemistry, intensity, banter between Matt and Sabrina is amazing. The question is- when they are finally honest with one another and break down their walls- can they be together….

It’s a great lunch be story of Matt and Sabrina. They have mutual friends so they have always had a love hate relationship. Matt needed Sabrina help to safe his career and the two love cynics didn’t understand what was happening. Decently a fun easy read

Lauren Layne has done it again! Hard Sell is the second installment in the 21 Wall Street series and trust me when I say you don’t want to miss this gem!

When Wall Street Wolf, Matt Cannon, finds himself as the subject of an unsavory Wall Street Journal article, his bosses aren’t happy! Even though most of the article is completely fabricated, some of his clients are ready to jump ship! Ultimately his bosses draw a hard line- either get a “girlfriend” for publicity reasons or he’s fired! Matt decides to ask, Sabrina, a women who can’t stand him...and the only girl he’s ever wanted!

Sabrina Cross is super successful in public relations. Sabrina, a well known “fixer” seems to always have a strategy for any issue...except her own love life! When Matt asks her to be his fake girlfriend, her initial thought is hell no! But when Matt challenges her that she couldn’t spend an entire month with him and not develop “feelings” she decides to accept the challenge just so she can prove him wrong, but makes one amendment— no touching (except in public for the purpose of their ruse)! Matt and Sabrina have always had a love/hate relationship, but the one thing they could never deny is their explosive chemistry!!!

I love, love, love the premise of Hard Sell!!! Being that both Sabrina and Matt were strong-willed and very independent, I couldn’t wait read how their plan would play out! Lauren Layne does a fantastic with the pacing of this novel- I was on the hook from beginning until the end. This novel has the perfect combination of humor, steam and sass that will have you glued to your kindle! I recommend everyone read this 4.5 star novel! I am excited for more in this addictive series!

I really enjoyed this one! I’m a sucker for enemies-to-lovers but they weren’t true enemies, they just like to argue with each other. I think it got them going to bicker with each other. It definitely lead to some awesome sexual tension. I’m looking forward to the next couple, I like them the best.

I wanted to love this book. I almost, ALMOST, did. But, the last 85% felt really rushed and kind of out of the blue for me.

Sabrina and Matt have history. It's a little unpleasant but they put their personal feelings aside to help rehab Matt's professional life when an unfortunate picture taken at a bachelors party in Vegas lands him in hot water with his bosses.

The set up was really good and I enjoyed the characters a lot. I loved the friendships among the 3 Wall Street friends. If there is one thing Lauren Layne can do really well, it's write witty, humorous exchanges between friends who've been friends for a long time.

However, Matt's unexpected question in response to gossip columns and Sabrina's response had me feeling a little lost and baffled. It's like the author lost the thread at that point and knew she needed a way to wrap up the book; however, I will say that the very end of the book was delightful and I'm now even more excited for Kennedy's book.

This was so close to a 5 star read for me. ALMOST but not quite.

Matt Cannon the golden boy of Wall Street. He is a playboy and after a wild weekend in Vegas celebrating at his cousin bachelor party that playboy lifestyle may also be the down fall of his career. He needs to clean up his image, get a girlfriend and settle down. The one girl who can help him out? Sabrina Cross. Matt and Sabrina have history, they have hooked up a time or two in the past and their run in the same social circles. Both are also best friends with Ian. They can’t stand each other, so she is the perfect person to be his fake girlfriend because there is no chance she will fall in love with him or is there a chance?

After reading Hot Asset, I wanted to know about Matt and Sabrina. There was just something about them that intrigued me and let’s just say that Hard Sell did not disappoint me. The sexual tension between these two was phenomenal and I just couldn’t get enough. I loved their bickering with one another as well. For two people who claim to hate each other they sure had some fantastic chemistry.

I loved getting some more of Ian, Kennedy, Lara and Kate as well! I can’t wait for Kennedy’s story and reading more about my favorite people of Wall Street!

For anyone who is a fan of friends/enemies/lovers this is definitely a story I would recommend.

I still don't like the profanity of Lauren Layne's language but I enjoy everything else about her stories. This second title in the Wolfes of Wall Street series was as entertaining as the first with the bonus that we had already met Matt and Sabrina and so were invested in their story.

He needs her. She wants him. Will pleasure trump business or will their chemistry blow up in their faces. Hard Sell is an easy read with a whole lot of temptation thrown in for good measure. Layne takes readers back into the fast paced world of trading with a naughty broker and his image fixer. Matt is young, sexy, wealthy and a hit with the ladies. He's also a genius on the trading floor, which makes his bad boy image a liability when it comes to his clients. Enter Sabrina. Her skills are legendary when it comes to PR. She knows just how to fix any problem including a playboy with a wicked reputation. Theirs is a battle of wills that never seems to shut off. They quickly go from choice words and hot looks to stolen kisses and deep feelings. What happens when the person that drives you crazy becomes the one you can't live without? Hard Sell is a pressure cooker of chaos just waiting to explode.

This was a quick and fairly fun read. However, it was a little disappointing. It felt unpolished.

The characters are interesting. The friendships (male, female, large group, etc.) is probably the best part. The hero and heroine-Matt and Sabrina-have a lot of potential. That's what is disappointing. Looking at their past, they should be very compelling, but instead it's never developed enough. I think it's that the emotion of their emotion of their various situations is never really explored. This means even thought they shouldn't be, Matt and Sabrina both come across one-dimensional.

The romance was good and fun to read. IT was an interesting play on the enemies to lovers trope. I liked their bickering. They had a good push and pull to their interactions that built a strong chemistry. There was a lot of mentions to previous interactions from before this book. It would've been nice to get some flashbacks of those interactions to more fully flush that out.

While this is my least favorite Lauren Layne book, I do still really enjoy her writing. I will continue to read her books and would even read the others in this series-especially what I assume will be the next one.

YOU GUYS!! Hard Sell was amazingggg!! I loved Matt and Sabrina more than I thought I would honestly after seeing them in book one but was hooked from the minute this hook started. This book was hot, sexy, emotional and had ALL of the things you can love in a Lauren Layne story!! This was fantastic!!

Gah! this story hit me right in the heart folks. I thought it would be a typical enemies to lovers story but it was so much more. It was more of a frenemies to lovers story that hit you right in the feels. Matt Cannon and Sabrina Cross are pretty much oil and water. At least thats how it seems at first. He gets himself in some hot water and needs an image overhaul to appease the higherups and his stuffy iBanking clients and she is a well known "Fixer" who can fix everything. But what happens when the heated frenemies and sometimes bedmates decide to play pretend when Matt needs a fake girlfriend to make it look like he's a changed man? PURE FIREWORKS!!

Man, this story was so addicting. I could not stop reading as I felt like the author balanced their spitfire banter and their electric chemistry perfectly. I absolutely loved this story and loved the insight Layne provided about both Matt and Sabrina's backgrounds and in turn the reason why they were the way they were. I was so so hooked and was absolutely glued to my kindle. To be fair (and this is shocking since I absolutely HATE flashback scenes) but I would have loved to have seen a flashback of the first night they were together for better context and to understand the colossal fight they had the night and the reason why they were so acrimonious towards each other in the subsequent years. But all in all, this was another amazing story by this author and I hope we get to have Kate and Kennedy's story! Bravo! 4.5 stars! ~Ratula

Lauren Layne really has yet to disappoint me. She writes contemporary romance in such a way that it's enjoyable, not over the top dramatic, and gives you butterflies as you read the sweeter moments. While I haven't read the first book in this series, I thoroughly enjoyed this one and all of the characters in it. What I enjoy about Lauren Layne is that she writes her series as one-shots but they still intertwine just enough. You could easily read one book in a series and not be confused or lost by another couple mentioned within the story. Her stories, including this one, play like a seamless romcom movie. I would gladly eat it up every time. It doesn't matter how many books she's read, I'll happily read it.
You know what's great in contemporary romance? Enemies to lovers. Matt and Sabrina are just that. They've known each other for some time, they have a history, and it's not necessarily a good one. They still can't seem to resist one another and that's what makes the story as good as it is. After Matt has a wild weekend and ends up in the papers, he's in trouble with the bosses. He turns to his frenemy, Sabrina because she's just the sort of person to fix these situations. They decide to fake date (another fantastic trope) to help with his image and get back in his good graces with his bosses. These two characters worked well together and I really enjoyed reading about the supporting characters as well. They have a story to them and they're not one-dimensional. You're rooting for them as well as the main characters. I think I enjoyed the more intimate moments with these two, when their guard was down and they were growing closer without even really trying. It's a slow build-up but it's worth it. Lauren Layne doesn't leave the reader unsatisfied, peppering sexy moments throughout the book instead of saving it for the very end. The climax of this book was what got that extra star from me. I was waiting and expecting it and the payoff was better than I expected. Lauren Layne is the perfect author for light, breezy guilty pleasures without the guilt!

4.5 Stars

Matt Cannon has an image problem, and his future at Wolfe Investments hinges on him cleaning it up... quickly. With the genius idea of a temporary girlfriend, he only needs to find the right woman for the job... 

Sabrina Cross is a fixer. Building her life and reputation in NYC all on her own, she does what it takes to get the job done. But, when he nemesis asks for her help in what should be a simple fake relationship job, she finds herself looking for any other option than taking the job on herself.

Bickering with each other is practically a full time job, but Matt and Sabrina have a history of hooking up that never fails to start them right back at square one... hating each other.

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I loved this book!! Matt and Sabrina have their own brand of dislike that ultimately  keeps them avoiding whatever real feelings they have for each other. But, with their off the charts sexual tension, it is only a matter of time before one of them gives in...

Sabrina is a self-made woman who overcame an awful childhood. When Matt asks for her help, she hesitates, because he is the only man who has ever made her feel like there could be a true fairytale-type of love out there, and then he turned around and crushed her ideals right after.

Matt has a particularly jaded view of relationships due to his parents pathetic excuse for a marriage. Knowing the possibility of Sabrina ever developing feelings for him, he figures she would be the perfect person to have a fake relationship with, that won't turn into either of them expecting more in the end.

With a history of hooking up and lukewarm friendship already between them, Matt and Sabrina's fake relationship quickly turns into more than they signed up for...

I had such a great time reading this fast paced and enjoyable story! Matt and Sabrina's relationship was funny and cute, and loaded with the best kind of banter and sexual tension. Matt and Sabrina were incredibly well written, complex and completely lovable as the main characters. Actually, I adored all of the characters in this book and in the 21 Wall Street series (and there was a super fun cameo, too!!) 

I received a complimentary copy of this book for my honest and unbiased review.

I liked this book. It was cute and sexy, they both have some explosive chemistry because they already slept together but neither wants to have a serious relationship.

Matt would like to stay a bachelor but because of the recent events, he needs to find a girlfriend. The one who is not too clingy and would know their relationship is just a pretend.

His friends suggested asking Sabrina, who can’t stand Matt. But since she’s the only choice, she agrees. What starts as a favor, ends as…? Well, you’ll have to find out 😉

Their hookups? Hot.

Their banter? Hotter.

But will they trust each other with their past, secrets, and hearts?

A wonderful story, worth 4 stars.

Matt Canon the youngest broker in the Wolfe Investments and Wall Street too is in trouble. After a wild bachelor party night in Vegas, he is qualified as a wicked and he starts to lose his clients one by one. So, his bosses the “Sems” give him final demand he must find a girlfriend or he will be fired.

Only one person could help him? But, will she do it?

Hard Sell is the second book from a Wall Street series and I love it so much. I like when the minor character from the first book Matt and Sabrina become the main characters in this one, it’s like I know all of them Lara, Ian, Kate, and Kennedy. After reading this installment I’m looking forward to reading the next one.

Matt is a wonder kid as everyone called him; he is very good with the numbers and the women.

He looks mostly the same as always. Impeccably styled blond hair. Blue eyes that can go from playful to guard in the span of the single breath. His suit’s a dark navy today, the slim silver tie keeping the look modern and sharp…

Sabrina is a strong independent woman who succeeded by herself.

I know. You’re thinking I’m someone who thrives on the other people’s problems.

Sort of.

But I offer them solutions. For a price, yes, but I don’t deal in extortion. I’m upfront with how I work and what they can expect from me from the very beginning. There are no “gotchas” at least from me.

Matt and Sabrina are enemies they hate each other, is it possible that they could be a “thing”.

“It’s not like we’re holding hands and having a sing-along in the street. We’re merely tolerating each other.”

“Sure, she wants me dead. And there were a handful of times I’d have happily strangled her. But counter-intuitively, there was a strange easiness between us, too. Almost as though our mutual wariness of the other person and romantic entanglements frees us up to be our true selves. With each other.”

I like to laugh out loud scenes and phrases like this:

“Where did that phrase come from? Kennedy muses. “Marie Antoinette?”

“No, that’s let them eat cake,” Kate says.” I think have your cake and eat it, too is in reference –“

“Guys,” I interrupt.” A little help here?”

I recommend this book to everyone who wants easy summer read and series fulfilled with romance and from enemies to lover stories.