An
Arrangement
By Lindsay
Marie Miller
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance
Release
Date: August 30, 2016
Synopsis
When Claire
Andrews returns home from college for the summer, her little sister is rushed
to the hospital due to a life-threatening heart condition. On her twenty-first
birthday, Claire will receive a trust fund set aside by her late father with
enough money to cover all medical expenses.
The catch?
Claire must
marry a rich man or her access to the trust will be denied.
Her childhood
crush, Benjamin Lewis, is a twenty-eight-year-old billionaire business mogul
and New York City’s most eligible bachelor. When Ben agrees to marry Claire,
her financial problems are solved.
But will the
price Claire must pay in return be too much for her heart to bear?
Excerpt
“They can treat Amy,” I announced, staring
blindly out the window. “It’s experimental stuff, but the doctors are going to
do everything they can. It’s not too late.”
Mom breathed a sigh of relief, and I seemed
to feel it more than see or hear it.
“Insurance won’t cover it, but I told Dr.
Abrams that it wouldn’t be a problem.” I looked back over my shoulder at Mom,
confused by the fearful look on her face. Her cropped black hair looked
frazzled and worn, while her blue eyes, Amy’s eyes, shifted with terror and
panic. “What? What is it?”
“Claire,” she cried, grabbing ahold of my
wrist until I sat down in the chair beside her. “We can’t afford that. We don’t
have the money.” The tears started up again, and I wanted to slap her for lying
to me.
“What are you talking about?” I jerked at her
shirtsleeve. “What do you mean we don’t have the money? Daddy left you a
fortune!”
“Your father only left me with enough to live
on until you girls came of age. That and the house.”
“Came of age?” I crossed my arms over my
chest, while she dabbed her eyes with his handkerchief.
“The rest of your father’s wealth is in a
trust fund that he set up especially for you girls. He wanted to take care of
the two of you, maybe because he knew that I couldn’t.”
Wouldn’t was more like it.
“And why wasn’t I told about this? This
mysterious trust fund?”
“Because you can’t access it until you turn
twenty-one,” she clarified.
“My birthday’s next week,” I noted, stating
aloud what we both already knew.
It was my twenty-first birthday to be exact.
“I know.” Her tears dried immediately, as she
reached into her handbag to grab her phone. “I’ll call your father’s attorney.
He drew up the contract. I think there were some other stipulations.”
“What do you mean?” My frustration
resurfaced, while I watched her dial numbers on the LED touch screen. “What
kind of stipulations?”
“In order to access all of the money in the
trust…”
“Yeah,” I answered, nudging her on. “I have
to be twenty-one. What else?”
“I think you have to be married, too.”
Married? How could that even be legal?
I sat down on the floor and held my head in
my hands. Everything had happened too soon, making my world spin out of
control. I penned a mental list in my head that summed up the main points of
the day.
Amy was sick. And her condition, if not
treated, was most likely fatal.
Insurance would not cover the experimental
treatments, and Mom didn’t have the money to pay.
Instead, my late father’s wealth had been
stowed away in a trust, which I would soon have access to.
As long as I married. As long as I had a
husband. And all the while, Amy’s heart could be failing.
Money was the only way to save my sister, and
at present, marriage was the only way to get the money.
I needed a husband by next week.
And I didn’t even have a boyfriend.
Meet the Author
Lindsay Marie
Miller was born and raised in Tallahassee, FL, where she graduated from high
school as Valedictorian. Afterwards, Lindsay attended Florida State University
and graduated Summa Cum Laude with an English Literature major, Psychology
minor, and Specialized Studies in Markets and Institutions.
Lindsay is the
author of Mr. Jones & Me, S.I.N.G.L.E., Jungle Eyes, Me
& Mr. Jones, and Emerald Green. An incurable romantic at heart,
she enjoys writing about strong heroines and the honorable gentleman who claim
their hearts, often utilizing elements of suspense, adventure, or even comedy.
While the context of her writing is diverse, one factor always remains at the
center of every novel: Love.
In her free
time, Lindsay enjoys singing, playing the piano and guitar, and writing songs.
The author resides in her hometown of Tallahassee, FL, where she is currently
working on her next novel.
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