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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 30, 2024

I’ll make her the most desired woman in NY…but that means letting her go.

The Agency was always going to choose Piper-Lily’s husband.

Her father’s name opened doors, but he needed the money a good match could bring. Turns out, no amount of money was going to fix the Ponzi scheme he was running. Overnight, Piper-Lily went from my most anticipated client to persona non grata.

But she wasn’t willing to let her father’s mistake ruin her future. Not when she could force her way into my office and offer herself as my little project.

She’ll pretend to be my girlfriend until her value is high enough for an auction.

An auction that includes her first time.

So I’ll move the little princess into my apartment. I’ll take her out and show her off, buy her pretty things to wear.

But when I take them off of her later, I’ll have to keep reminding myself that she isn’t mine. That the lessons I offer will be used to please another man. That there’s a limit to what we can do.

No matter how much she begs for more.

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REVIEW:CRUEL OFFER is the second instalment in Stella Gray’s contemporary, adult THE AGENCY erotic, romance series focusing on a group of investors who own and manage The Quattour Agency, an agency that arranges high profile marriages between billionaires and young socialites. This is Nathaniel ‘Nate’ Windemere, and nineteen year old university student/dancer Piper-Lily Barclay. CRUEL OFFER can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Nate and Piper) CRUEL OFFER follows in the wake of the spiral and arrest of Piper’s father who was found guilty in an elaborate Ponzi scheme that left the family destitute but to Piper’s horror, her father had made an arrangement with the Quattour Agency, to sell her ‘virginity’ to the highest bidder. Desperate to protect someone she loves, Piper approaches the Agency to make a deal, a deal that will destroy her heart. What ensues is the building but contemptuous relationship and arrangement between Piper and Nate, and the fall-out when Nate pushed Piper out of his life.

The world building focuses on Nate’s abuse of power over our story line heroine. Under the guise of training Piper for her future husband, Nate takes control of Piper’s life, a control that would destroy her heart. As Piper begins to fall for Nathaniel Windemere, Nate has other plans for the woman with whom he is falling in love.

The relationship between Nate and Piper begins as a contract; an arrangement in which, at the end, Piper would receive millions when Nate auctions off our story line heroine but Nate never expected to fall for our story line heroine, the woman who would find herself in the face of losing it all. The $ex scenes are intimate and provocative .

The secondary and supporting characters are charismatic and dynamic. We are introduced to Piper’s parents, her best friend Chloe, as well as Nate’s parents, and his sister Eliza. Theo, Becker, and Sebastian Argos return as Nathaniel’s business partners.

CRUEL OFFER is a story of power and control, betrayal and trust, secrets and lies, forgiveness and acceptance, understanding and love. The premise is emotional and heart breaking; the romance is seductive; the characters are broken and desperate.

Click HERE for Sarah’s review of book one SECRET OFFER

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Reviewed by Sandy

Stella Gray is an emerging author of contemporary romance. When she is not writing, Stella loves to read, hike, knit and cuddle with her greyhound

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