The Arrangement by Robyn Harding
Book Summary:
“Natalie, a young art student in New York City, is struggling to pay her bills when a friend makes a suggestion: Why not go online and find a sugar daddy—a wealthy, older man who will pay her for dates, and even give her a monthly allowance? Lots of girls do it, Nat learns. All that’s required is to look pretty and hang on his every word. Sexual favors are optional.
Though more than thirty years her senior, Gabe, a handsome corporate finance attorney, seems like the perfect candidate, and within a month, they are madly in love. At least, Nat is…Gabe already has a family, whom he has no intention of leaving.
So when he abruptly ends things, Nat can’t let go. She begins drinking heavily and stalking him: watching him at work, spying on his wife, even befriending his daughter, who is not much younger than she is. But Gabe’s not about to let his sugar baby destroy his perfect life. What was supposed to be a mutually beneficial arrangement devolves into a nightmare of deception, obsession, and, when a body is found near Gabe’s posh Upper East Side apartment, murder.”
Publication Date:
July 30th, 2019
Genre:
Domestic Thriller
My Rating:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
My Review:
The Arrangement was the first book I have read by Robyn Harding. I was looking for an easy and engaging summer read and this was perfect for that. We enter the world of city life, sugar daddies, obsession and murder…definitely brain candy but addicting!
The storyline was a little unrealistic but totally engrossing and while the characters weren’t totally likable I do think it worked for this storyline. Harding pulled me in and keep me curious until the very end. Sometimes you need a book that is totally unplausible in many ways but hooks you anyway.
Ws this amazing writing? Not really…but it was exactly what I needed during a more stressful time of year. It was a little racy and if you are looking for something different and definitely entertaining, you might like this too!
Thank you to NetGalley and Gallery/Scout Press for a copy of this book. All opinions are my own.
