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Those three men smoked cigars and watched as the three women they loved snuck a few bottles of champagne into Central Park, sat on a bench, and made a pact.

To friendship.

To new beginnings.

And to the healing power of love.

Acknowledgments

It’s always a little bittersweet to come to the end of a series, but I couldn’t ask for a better way to say goodbye to the Central Park Pact crew than with Clarke and Audrey’s book. I know a lot of you were anxiously waiting for their love story from the very first time they appeared on the page together, and I was right there with you, anxiously awaiting the moment I could help them realize what I’d always known: they were perfect for each other.

This book was fun and easy to write, I suspect because I had an amazing support team. Editors are always an important part of the book process, which is why I was extra lucky to have the help of three on Marriage on Madison Avenue: Marla Daniels, who has been this series’ biggest champion from the very beginning; Sara Quaranta, who seemed to have a sixth sense in helping me bring out Clarke’s romantic side; and of course, Kristi Yanta, my editor for twenty-plus books now, who helped me develop this one into what she dubbed “the most Lauren Layne” of the series—and she’s absolutely right. Thanks to all the help I got on this one, Marriage on Madison Avenue is one of those books that captures all of the reasons I set out to write romance in the first place.

As always, the rest of the team at Gallery Books shows flawless expertise in taking my word jumble and making it comprehensible and pretty, as well as making sure it gets into the hands of as many readers as possible.

Lastly, to the rest of my “crew,” my amazing agent Nicole Resciniti, fabulous assistant Lisa Filipe, my author friends, my nonauthor friends, my family, and of course, you, lovely readers, for making it possible for me to continue doing what I love.

About the Author

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LAUREN LAYNE is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than two dozen romantic comedies. Her books have sold over a million copies in nine languages. Lauren’s work has been featured in Publishers Weekly, Glamour, The Wall Street Journal, and Inside Edition. She is based in New York City.

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