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The Arrangement Cat Grant |
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Eric Courtland, CEO and senator wannabe, is a man living two lives. One life he shares with his new wife Ally, and the other, with his long-time lover Nick, whom he met in college and can’t get out of his system. Eric must be content with seeing Nick on the sly because as a Senate hopeful, Eric can’t do anything that could cost him the election. He knows that what he is doing is wrong and is torn between breaking things off with Nick and telling Ally. The decision is taken from him when Ally, a reporter, inadvertently realizes that the way Eric is acting is suspicious and can’t help but investigate. What she finds almost tears apart her entire world. Not only is Eric having an affair but he is having an affair with a man who just so happens to be her ex-boyfriend Nick from college. Ally is devastated but unwilling to give up on her marriage and when she hears Eric’s plan for the three of them, she can’t believe her ears. Not only does Eric want to stay married to Ally, he wants to continue to have a relationship with Nick – AND he wants Nick and Ally to agree to work on a relationship together. Through it all, Nick, is a constant in both Ally and Eric’s lives. The man he is yearns to be able to claim Eric before the entire world as well as Ally, who he has grown to love and care about. Nothing in life is easy but Nick is not giving up on the two people he loves. I liked how THE ARRANGEMENT was put together. The mini novellas inside THE ARRANGEMENT kept the storyline flowing and gave the reader hints as to what was coming next. The compilation of the different times in the three characters lives helped make the novel a breeze to read but also kept the plot realistic and eye catching. The characters of THE ARRANGEMENT are very complex. Allison, Ally as she is known, has known from the beginning of her marriage that Eric, her husband, was not head over heels in love with her. However, that did not stop Ally from falling in love with Eric. My heart broke when she found out about Eric’s affair with Nick and the author portrayed Ally’s emotions so realistically it could have been anyone there in the pages of THE ARRANGEMENT striving to live with shattered illusions. I really liked Nick’s character and had a harder time with Eric. Nick’s emotions and feelings were on the surface; you knew what he was thinking. If Nick was upset, you knew he was upset. If he was in a loving and playful mood, then the reader could tell because of his actions and his facial expressions. All Nick wanted was for Eric to love him. While Eric did love him, of that I am certain, Eric’s feelings were more intense and harder to grasp. I felt that Eric came across as selfish more than once, but then he would do something so sweet that I forgot I was supposed to be mad at him. Evidently he got to me too because that is the exact same reaction Ally and Nick had every single time Eric upset them. While emotions rang high and their lives were not perfect, Ms. Grant’s ability to make this relationship realistic worked. The fights, the laughs, and the sensuality were near perfect. If I could have changed anything in the book it would have been how the three interacted in the bedroom. I wanted both men to be with Ally at the same time, but after having read THE ARRANGEMENT in its entirety, I have to agree with Ms. Grant’s decision to write the relationship the way she did. Bravo. THE ARRANGEMENT is available via digital or print from Lyrical Press. The prequel to THE ARRANGEMENT, Strictly Business, is set to be released this month and I am looking forward to seeing what happened in Eric’s life to make him the man he was in THE ARRANGEMENT. Cat Grant is now officially on my reviewer radar!
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