The Arrangement

By Rowan Banks

Victoria Hale has spent eight years sacrificing everything for one goal: CEO of Harrington Global Industries. Brilliant, strategic, and completely alone-exactly how she planned it.

When a corporate retreat requires partners and threatens to derail her carefully constructed path, Victoria makes a calculated decision: hire someone to play the role. Enter Mateo Rivera, the night-shift janitor who teaches salsa on weekends and sees straight through her armor.

What begins as a business transaction becomes something far more dangerous. Mateo refuses to be controlled, and worse-he makes Victoria want things she's spent years protecting herself against: vulnerability, connection, a life that includes more than quarterly reports and late nights at the office.

But when the board questions whether being in love makes her unfit to lead, Victoria faces an impossible choice: the position she's earned or the person who's taught her what it means to be whole.

In a world that demands she choose between ambition and authenticity, Victoria must discover that true strength isn't about control-it's about having the courage to surrender to the right person.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GQN1F953
• ISBN13: 9798249094171
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"