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THE ARRANGEMENT - Suzanne Forster  A Perfect 10 MIRA May 2007 ISBN: 978-0-7783-2426-3 Romantic Suspense Mirage Bay, Southern California Coast, Present Day She wakes every morning in a panic. Alison Fairmont Villard is lucky to be alive, or so she tries to convince herself each day. Alison fell off her husband’s yacht six months ago, and her face was so battered by rocks there was nothing left. The surgeons repaired her face, and each day when she looks in the mirror, she sees Alison, but who is she really? Dare she trust Andrew Villard, the man who calls himself her husband but never touches her? After the surgery, they made a deal. Andrew would give her a place to recover, and she would do whatever she could to help him find out what really happened the night she fell off the yacht. With only vague memories, Alison isn’t sure whom she can trust. And the memories she does have she dare not share with anyone. Andrew Villard has lived with the woman in his house for more than six months. She has abided by their agreement, and so has he. But when Alison’s mother summons them back to Mirage Bay where the accident happened, he knows that time is running out. Despite Alison’s fear of returning to Mirage Bay, Andrew insists. But does he really hope to find answers, or is he looking for a way to rid himself of the wife who isn’t a wife? Gripping and intense, THE ARRANGEMENT grabs the reader from the opening page and never lets go. The twists and turns in the plot will keep the reader guessing, and suspecting nearly everyone, including Alison herself. The plot driven story is filled with a cast of meticulously crafted characters, and Alison’s mother and brother take the “dysfunctional family" to a whole new level. Andrew appears to be the hero on the surface, but is he really? Just how much and who will be sacrificed to clear his own name? And who is Alison really? Secrets abound, and no one is to be trusted. With a multi-million dollar trust involved, no one is safe, and Alison, with her faulty memory, is walking a very dangerous path. Spine tingling and chilling, THE ARRANGEMENT is one of Ms. Forster’s best books ever. Fast, suspenseful, and with a touch of romance, this book has everything and well deserves RRT’s Perfect 10. Terrie Figueroa |
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