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The Interview: New York & Los Angeles Part 1

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Anti-relationship - CheckDysfunctional family – CheckMoved three thousand miles away from my dysfunctional family – CheckDream job – CheckI moved to Seattle four years ago to pursue my dream job as a journalist for the Seattle Times and to get as far away from my dysfunctional family as possible. My assignment was to interview and write an article on two well-known hot and sexy bachelors who were self-made millionaires under the age of thirty-five.Bachelor One lived in Los Angeles, and Bachelor Two lived in New York. Both men were damaged, very private, and refused to be interviewed. But I was getting those interviews one way or another. Little did I know that when I embarked on this adventure, these men would greatly impact my life, and Wyatt Coleman would change my world forever.18+

254 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 6, 2018

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Sandi Lynn

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Writing is my passion and my mission is to provide readers with romance novels that will whisk them away into another world and from the daily grind of life - one book at a time.

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Profile Image for Alex ♈.
1,568 reviews1,402 followers
December 13, 2018
3.5 stars
“But there’s a lesson behind every broken heart. Each pain is a new opportunity to love yourself even more. Don’t ever depend on someone else to give you what you can give yourself, and that’s respect.


I read in one review, that this heroine was a female equivalent of a manwhore. I didn’t even read further, it was probably one of my quickest one-clicks *lol*

An experienced woman, who enjoyed casual sex, was like a cactus in a flower garden full of virgins, frozen I-wait-for-him-till-the-day-I-die females and heroines, who slut-shamed all other characters in their stories only to pimp their tight p…s, ups, sorry, their tight morals!

What can I say?.. I love cactus! Cactus is my kind of a ‘flower’ *lol*




Firstly, the heroine wasn’t OTT ‘slutty’, she had a cool attitude and due to her family dynamic I could understand where she came from.

As the blurb says, there are 2 heroes in this book. But it’s NOT a love-triangle.
The heroine slept with both – atta girl! But not at the same time = NO cheating.
She became friends with one of them and even helped him to win a woman, whom he married later.

My high rating is mostly because of the heroine. She wasn’t perfect, surely too nosy, but overall cool.
I didn’t like any of 2 men; and the one, she chose, wasn’t worth her. IMO, sorry but not sorry.

I consider a book safe. She slept with the 1st man before she met the 2nd. No OP for both MCs after meeting each other, both celibate during separation.

Plot was a bit weird. I didn’t feel much chemistry between MCs; the only thing I liked how cool she tried to play. This woman could hold a mean grudge – and it’s a huge plus to me.
A pretty grudge with a pink bow on top is a nice accessory to a woman with a self-worth *lol*

In a nutshell:
Profile Image for Tianna✸loves books✸.
1,084 reviews
July 8, 2018
The Interview was refreshing, fun, sexy, and hard to put down.
Laurel is sassy and feisty. I loved her.

But the cover is misleading. I thought it’s MM romance. Lol. I mean I’m yet to go that way. I might read them someday just not now😉. So this is very much a MF romance.


So I’m wondering why their are two guys on the cover. Fine!! Laurel has to interview two guys for her next magazine article. Craig from Los Angeles and Wyatt from Newyork.
Craig
Wyatt
Minor irritation:
All in all, I thought this was a fun story.
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142 reviews32 followers
July 17, 2022
This book was an interesting book for me. Why? I should something to kill the time so I took this book. A great romanse. It's so sad that in real life so many things are completely impossible...
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50k reviews116 followers
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July 27, 2019
🎁 FREE on Amazon today (7/27/2019)! 🎁
Profile Image for Jola.
778 reviews8 followers
December 5, 2018
Jezu, czemu to sobie zrobiłam. Czegoś tak durnego nie czytałam dawno. W ogóle mam wrażenie, jakby nie pisała tego Sandi, której książki do tej pory mi się podobały, ale ktoś zupełnie inny.
Przede wszystkim fabuła - kurde, jak dla mnie to jest fabuła kiepskiego pornola. Niby jest jakiejś uzasadnienie dlaczego znajduje się w tym L.A i N.Y, ale dla mnie to jest słabe. Bohaterowie kiepsko wykreowani, niby przy kolesiu z L.A miało być trochę płaczliwie, ale kompletnie się w to nie wczułam i bardziej kręciłam głową z zażenowania. Nasza bohaterka to „przebojowa dziewczyna”, która jest tak łatwa, że aż mnie to boli. Aż niżej dałam fragment z książki:
„[...]skoro zostajesz jeszcze na kilka dni, [...] możesz zatrzymać się u mnie?
- [...] Chcesz, żebym u ciebie zamieszkała? - Uniosłam brew
- Tak. [...] Mam kilka pokojów gościnnych. Ale będziesz spała w mojej sypialni.
- Czyli darmowy pokój oznacza, że będę płacić seksem?
- Nie myślałem o tym w ten sposób, ale jeśli będziesz miała ochotę... - Wzruszył ramionami.
- Dobrze. Przeniosę się do ciebie.”
W tym momencie miałam ochotę walić głową w mur. Niby jest happy end i znajduje swojego jedynego, ale kurde, nie, mocno mi się nie podobała. Plus jaki znajduję to tylko trochę ponad 100 str, bo więcej nie dałabym rady przeczytać. Nie polecam, marnowanie czasu.
Profile Image for Dounya El-hage.
14 reviews3 followers
July 6, 2018
OMG
IT WAS SOO GOOD!!!
When she interviewed Craig i had a feeling he will just end up being a friend and be will be with Maddy. I loved the way she tried to get an interview with both.
lauren’s character was amazing as you told a story about a brave, strong confident women which will inspire all the ladies
Profile Image for Kim Whitehead.
2,804 reviews
July 7, 2018
I think the best way to describe this book is fulfillment!! Fantastic story line!! Left me breathless and my heart filled!! Great love story!!
664 reviews3 followers
July 9, 2018
Not As I Expected

I am a big Sandi Lynn can but not this book. I was very disappointed, especially since I paid for this awful book. Laurel was annoying and too quick to have sex with random people. The book was repetitive. Her family was horrible and poorly represented. So disappointed!!
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1,324 reviews146 followers
July 20, 2018
Great book love how it's really not what you expect
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1,071 reviews5 followers
May 22, 2019
The first half was good and I liked Craig's story but insta-love between Laurel and wyatt, the two biggest commitment phobes was just unbelievable.
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42 reviews8 followers
September 24, 2018
Surprisingly Cliche Ridden

A disappointing novel by a usually reliable author. She was hurt by her parents as well as her college boyfriend, so she has Trust Issues. She rejects relationships with males: they only cheat and thus end up betraying your trust and breaking your heart. Then she meets great guy but (drumroll, please) he has yes, yes, Trust Issues. And the cliches continue. Character development is two dimensional, dialogue is that of immature young adults, and emotional development as expressed via actions and dialogue is laughably adolescent. And these are 30 year olds! Give this book a pass and read one of her more well received novels.
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1,914 reviews17 followers
July 6, 2018
very different format and lines of hers. the lady loves sex, one night sex, she did them as much as she can, if you says man whore, the she is the female version.

but she is real. her character is on fir, you won’t mess with her, she will fight back. with the connection of chef, that’s great and amazing. but with with the man in investment business, i m not buying it, few days then that’s forever? i m not buying it.

to buy the company to get her back, r u mr. grey?

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2,015 reviews17 followers
September 15, 2018
[1 star] the whole book just felt kind of lame. this heroine who is a journalist went to LA & fuck the bachelor whom she is trying to get an interview but end up matchmaking him & another woman. after that she took a flight out to NY to interview another bachelor and fuck a stranger at the airport whom turn out to be the bachelor she was trying to get an interview. like what is this??
Profile Image for Dawn Rickard.
78 reviews2 followers
July 8, 2018
Simply Amazing

Laurel is a journalist who was giving an assignment from her boss to interview the most eligible bachelor's under the age of 35.

Her first interview was in L.A. with restaurant owner Craig Pines. Craig doesn't do interviews so Laurel books into a hotel just across from his restaurant called Rosie's. She tried to get a reservation but it was booked out so she took it upon herself to gatecrash a table with two guys sitting at it. After her food she sat at the bar waiting to speak to Craig. He sat down beside Laurel and he knew who she was and told her did he not make himself clear about the interview. She followed him to his home a yacht at the marina. Sparks flew with the two of them and slept with one another. Craig was holding a secret from Laurel but she discovered it when she followed him to the cemetery. When he left she went over to discover it was his wife and baby. When she confronted him about it he was angry with Laurel. Laurel knew she and Craig were nothing but friends. She gave him some advice about a girl called Maddy who came to his restaurant twice a week. He was afraid to approach her so Laurel did and Maddy told her the story of her husband. As Laurel was leaving L.A she asked both Maddy and Craig to meet her in Starbucks. Laurel arrived in Starbucks but hid from them but seen how they suited each other.

Then Laurel moved onto New York to her second interview with Wyatt Coleman. On the flight to New York she was sitting beside a young girl crying and beside her was a hunk of a fella. When they landed the hunk of a stranger pulled Laurel into a toilet and made love and went separate ways. Then she seen him at the ballet with a woman became miffed off because he was cheating but little did she know it was his sister Sami. When she arrived in New York she rang Colman Enterprises to set up an interview but was knocked back. Laurel wasn't taking it lying down and went to his building little did she know when Wyatt came out his door she realized it was they guy from the airport. Laurel got the interview on Wyatt.

When reading this book I had a picture who would steal Laurels heart but I didn't think it was that. As she was anti relationship because of her dysfunctional family. Sandi never seizes to amaze me with her amazing books.
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1,387 reviews6 followers
October 27, 2018
Three Strars!!!

So Laurel slept with Craig in the first 15% of the book. I was like, okay, that was fast. Then she was setting him up with another woman, okay, so where is this going?

Then she jetted off to New York and hooked up with a guy she met on the plane. Okay, alrighty then.

So... you wanted to prove that she can hook up with guys with no emotions. I get it but I don't need to see her sleep with other guys on page that is not the MC, no thanks. I don't care if it's the female or make character doing it. Please keep it off page. Thanks.

I was gonna DNF the book after all that, but I got pulled with her reaction to the guy on the plane who turned out to be the MC, Wyatt. No surprise there, withholding name and blah, blah, blah, I could see it coming a mile away that the guy on the plane would have been the person she was to interview.

The last half of the book was not so bad but I am a bit peeved about her sleeping with Craig.

Overall, not a bad read.
2,400 reviews3 followers
January 18, 2020
Laurel is just like most of the guys in books. She sleeps around and doesn't want any commitment. When I saw this book cover I thought it was going to be a love triangle. I'm not sure that I like the idea of her sleeping with both guys she was sent to interview, and only a few days apart. Although she falls for one of them and then is put out when he isn't as forthcoming as her with how he really feels. Craig has secrets as to why he is single and Laurel stalks him to find out what he is hiding. Wyatt she meets in the airport and instantly has sex with him in the airport not knowing who he really is. Her "relationship" with Craig leads to her setting him up with someone he has been watching for months and they part as just really good friends. Wyatt is not one for settling for just one woman. For him it's like enjoying a whole garden of blooms, why settle for just one?
I enjoyed the book a very easy read.
1,113 reviews17 followers
June 8, 2019
Wow you’ve rendered me speechless........................ This novel start and ended two very different ways. Let us begin with Craig, how my heart broke for him and his tragedy and how much I wanted to smack laurel for invading his life BUT then the advice she kept shelling out, made me see her in a different light. She wasn’t so annnoying to me. I totally understood about the disfunctional people
in her life and why she was the way she was. She grew on me. And then we get to NY and Holy Shit! The airport? ............Wow! Even not knowing his name but knew he was special in some way. Wyatt and Laurel had a connection that wasn’t................I can’t put into words... it was just different. Likeminded individuals. It’s very hard to find the other half of yourself. This was exceptional. I’m going to read part two now! Btw... if I haven’t mentioned it, I loved it.
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806 reviews11 followers
July 9, 2018
The Interview: New York and Los Angeles was fantastic! What is better than one hot millionaire… Two! The Interview is fun and flirty yet serious and emotional at times. I loved our leading lady, Laurel, who is strong and independent. She was the perfect journalist to interview two of the countries hottest millionaire bachelors. She wouldn’t let anything deter her from getting her interview. She found that both of these men were amazing and had very personal reasons for staying single. Coming from a dysfunctional family, she had no judgment for being single and was perfectly happy with her single lifestyle. Both of these men were utterly amazing and impacted her greatly. I loved watching the change in each of them as they discover themselves. You will not be disappointed!
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1,206 reviews
July 9, 2018
3.5⭐️

It's a wee bit fast paced for my liking... It's not very realistic... I get that there are women who are aggressive and liberated... and I'm not trying to put her in a box, but her actions—like sleeping with the interviewee only after a couple of days and then meddles with his life then they're bestfriends all of a sudden?? And then she goes and does the other guy in the airport comfort room afterwards... and so on and so fort... I feel like it lacks weight or heart... I dont know, I'm sorry. I really, really wanted to love this one cause I was looking forward for its release but I was disappointed 😞

I love the author... I've read most of her books and Connor Black is one of my loves, and I dont know, this book kinda fell short in comparison to that...
Profile Image for The Junkie's Fix is Reading (it's Em).
413 reviews33 followers
July 12, 2018
3 Stars

I'm not against the attitude of Laurel, for being anti Love and anti-Relationship, (and she's strong willed and independent btw- my fave heroine characteristics) but the chemistry with Wyatt really sucks. I didn't feel the pull between the two. It's kinda lame. This insta love is not really believable. And the friendship with Craig, uggghhh, awkward in my own opinion. I wish the epilogue was fast forward with kids and marraige to really seal the deal. Like Ms. Lynn's previous books. I'm still I'm looking forward for more release from this author in the future. Keep it goin'!

#HighlyRecommende
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418 reviews5 followers
August 6, 2018
I would have to give this book a 5 out of 5 star rating. This book was a breath of fresh air, it was just what I needed. Although I was hesitant in reading the last half for some of my own dumb reasons, but at the end this book exceeded my expectations and is what made me give this book 5 stars. The chemistry between the male and female main characters Wyatt and Laurel was amazing. I like the way Laurel could handle any situation just by saying what she needed to say to get what she wanted. Wyatt was charming and sexy throughout his part of the book. The author Sandi Lynn wrote one heck of a book. I really really do recommend this book to everyone.
1,091 reviews5 followers
February 28, 2019
I usually can dive right into a Sandi Lynn book and get lost. This one started a little rough for me BUT I’m thrilled I stuck with it. A lot of great messages. I ended up loving all the characters and want to hear more of their story.

“...there’s a lesson behind every broken heart. Each pain is a new opportunity to love yourself even more. Don’t ever depend on someone else to give you what you can give yourself, and that’s respect.”


This book was filled with lessons, hurt, forgiveness, steaminess, chemistry, fear, regret and growth.

“...my absence didn’t affect you, so clearly my presence never mattered.”
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1,041 reviews
July 19, 2018
What a mess....😉

I truly didn’t know what to expect when reading this story. But I love Laurel, she the girl you want to be friends with. She funny and smart, outspoken. She went through a lot growing up and still became this beautiful woman with a big heart. Loyal to all her friends. Family issues were crazy and she still rose above it all. Wyatt was the perfect man for her, he loved her in spite of it all. Don’t get me wrong had his own issues with love but not with Laurel.

Sandi Lynn I have love your books since forever series. Thank you.
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791 reviews69 followers
August 27, 2018
The way this book was written was just too predictable and robotic for me. Everything happened so fast and usually I like fast paced books than dragging ones. But the pace in this one just didn’t help the already shallow plot. If anything, it made it really emotionless. I read the entire thing without feeling any giddiness or basically any sort of real emotion from the characters.

Plot: 1
Writing: 2
Hero: 3
Heroine: 2
Chemistry: 2
Safe: Yes
HEA: Yes
OVERALL RATING : 2 STARS
657 reviews3 followers
July 23, 2020
Broken Hearts

Lauren was smart, bold, and awesome. Loved this character and how she was fierce with everyone she encountered. Her family gave a new meaning to beind dysfunctional. They were screwed up big time. Although I don't believe men and women can "just friends", her relationship with David was sweet. Wyatt was very Alpha, sexy, and powerful. Lauren totally captivated him and he fell in love with her. Ms. Lynn is an excellent writer and I look forward to reading book two.
355 reviews1 follower
March 12, 2023
Can a person find love who don't believe in happy ever after's??l

As a journalist she new how to capture her intended stories. In life she had a chip on her shoulder that was put there as a young child. She never would allow herself an opportunity to fall for one person for lack of trust and leading to a broken heart she kept men at arms length and only used them for her own needs. Her assignments takes her on the road to interview 2 attractive single billionaires. And the rest of her story starts there. Sandi Lynn takes you on a journey that you will enjoy!!!!
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1,272 reviews24 followers
September 23, 2023
Wyatt and Laurel 1

Such a good read. Since this ended all nice it makes me nervous that there is a second book.

So, Laurel is on assignment and she must interview Wyatt. Problem, Wyatt doesn’t want to be interviewed. After he concedes, the more time together they spend, the closer they get. And the chemistry..is off the charts.

Laurel loses me a bit as she won’t bother to listen to Wyatt each and every time he tries to explain himself. Thats annoying. Otherwise, great read and now let’s see what they are up to.
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3,519 reviews3 followers
July 9, 2018
The Interview: New York and Los Angeles

A story to top all stories. A reporter, Laurel was assigned to get 2 interviews, and one never knows how people will react, when approached. People with broken hearts, determined not to let anyone in, yet sometimes the heart, doesn't follow your rules. Wyatt is just as stubborn as Laurel, hang on to your emotions, this story definitely pulls at them, enjoy Craig, Laurel, and Wyatt. Great, emotional story, so loved it❤️.
295 reviews3 followers
July 22, 2018
Great Summer read. Great love story. Get ready to be sucked into Laurel's story it's worth it.

Sandi Lynn has done it again. Love this book. Laurel is a fun sassy character. She is honest with everyone whether they want to hear it or not. Her friendship with Craig is wonderful. The chemistry she has with Wyatt is hot and steamy. Once you open this book don't expect to put it down until you are done. Didn't Want Laurel and Wyatt's to end. Great Summer read.
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