The Courtship Maneuver Complete Series

By: Ivy Layne

Narrated by: Madison Coyle

Chloe Henson is in love with her boss. Completely, totally, head over heels in love. She knows he doesn't feel the same way - she doesn't expect him to. Sam Logan is successful and wealthy, and he only dates supermodels. When he could have any woman in Las Vegas, why would he want his shy, abundantly curvy assistant? Determined to ignore her heart, Chloe puts her feelings on hold. But when her brother disappears, and she ends up in the crosshairs of the Russian mob, she has nowhere to turn. Except to Sam.

Sam Logan has a problem. He has a thing for his assistant, but he knows he can't act on it. Chloe's the best assistant he's ever had, and over the three years they've worked together, she's become his best friend. Chloe is so shy, he knows one wrong move will send her running. When her irresponsible brother rips off a mob boss and vanishes, Chloe is in danger, and Sam's tired of waiting to make his move. The best way to keep her safe is to make her his. But with bullets flying and betrayal around every corner, can Sam convince Chloe that this is more than just a fling?

©2015 Ivy Layne (P)2016 Ivy Layne

Potential to be Great

The story is good; very good in fact. But the narration is lacking. The narrator is not very good, and a male narrator is needed for the male chapters. I’d still recommend the book because of the story. If this were reread with two good narrators it would be awesome.

2nd book in the series and the constant...

Overall opinion: In the first book, the h made a few bad decisions. In this book, the ridiculously bad decision level jumped tenfold.

Brief Summary: No need to expand on the author's summary.

POV: mixed with a single author

Overall Pace: fast

Instalove: Yup

H Rating: decent - spends to much time whining

h Rating: TSTL - cannot stop making bad decisions

Sad/happy/thrill/. Mild thrill

Heat Level: Moderate - 5 out of 10

Descriptive Sex: a bit but nothing crazy

OW/OM Drama: no

Sex with OW/OM: no

Cheating: no

Separation: no

Triggers: any chance to make a bad decision

Closure (HEA/HFN/Cliffhanger):

Does not have:
Cheating
H or h pushing / running away
Abuse

NOTE TO THE AUTHOR: Ivy, please allow your h's to have common sense.

Narrator

The story was pretty good but as read by this particular narrator it lost a lot of its appeal. It was difficult to tell which character was “speaking”, the intonations were bland, and it took a lot of patience to endure this story. You should probably have both male and female narrators to read this story and release it again.
Madison just needs more practice before she ventures into any more romance novels.

the Courtship Maneuver

I really enjoyed the story. I am a big fan of this author. I wasn't as impressed with the narrator for this book. she has a nice voice but not the deep and intense inflection required for an alpha male.

Need a males voice

I think it needs a males voice. The woman’s voice is not a good performance