The defense did not question Melton further. Lauren’s work has been featured in Publishers Weekly, Glamour, The Wall Street Journal, and Inside Edition. Once the state took the witness, they pressed him on his absence from the previous proceedings, and his strictly professional contact with the Laynes. Lauren Layne is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of more than three dozen romantic comedies.Her books have sold over a million copies worldwide. Melton said that he felt an inaccurate picture was being portrayed of the children working outside without Mark Layne. He said he contacted the defense after seeing coverage of the trial. Melton stated that Cheryl Layne and her family are customers, and he does not know them well personally. The trial continued Friday morning with the defense calling its final witness, Josh Melton, a UPS driver. Thursday’s proceedings centered almost entirely on Layne’s testimony from the witness stand where she talked about her account of the events in question. The alleged abuse included beatings with a leather belt, whippings with archery arrows and being shoved into a wall. Layne, 46, of Whitehouse was arrested in 2019 on allegations that she physically abused one of her twin adopted sons, who were in their early teens at the time. Sentencing will be held on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. On Friday just before 5 p.m., a jury found Layne guilty of abusing her adopted son. (Aug.TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Closing arguments were made in the fourth day of the criminal trial of Cheryl Layne on Friday morning. However, enough teases are given about the other “Wedding Belles” to create genuine interest in where their stories lead. It borders on unrealistic without the diversion of actually slipping over into fantasy. This engaging tale has a light, fun style, but the plot suffers from an excess of repetition and a rehashing of tired romance tropes. As the passion heats up between them, their pasts come calling. Seth had one bout with love that soured him on the idea-until he met his sister’s wedding planner.

Her first wedding is for the sister of business magnate Seth Tyler. Now she’s in New York, trying to establish her reputation all over again. Then her groom was taken away in handcuffs. and a wonderful fiancé with whom she was planning the wedding of her dreams. Material type: Text Series: Wedding Belles novel book 1. Brooke had it all: a successful wedding planning career in L.A. Layne ( Good Girl) begins a contemporary series with this lengthy, predictable story of a wedding planner recovering from the disastrous disruption of her own wedding and a CEO with very little use for the institution of marriage.

To Have and to Hold by Lauren Layne