TYPORAMA
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From the author of Bear With Me Now, comes another delightfully funny and heartwarming romantic comedy.
SWEETEN THE DEAL is an opposites-attract romance that follows lonely and rich Caroline who hires a “sugar baby” in the hopes of getting herself out there, but starving artist Adrian turns out to be much more than what she bargained for.
Katie Shepard’s debut novel, Bear With Me Now, was dubbed the “perfect, dazzling debut” by Ali Hazelwood.
Her fresh new voice in romance explores difficult topics like mental health struggles, neurodivergence, class dynamics, and more in an honest and hopeful way.
ABOUT SWEETEN THE DEAL:
The story: She's lonely, rich, and ten years too young for him—but she’s also his "sugar daddy," and they couldn't have less in common. Opposites attract in this charming new romance by Katie Shepard.
MBA student Caroline Sedlacek knows her personal balance sheet is a little lopsided. On the asset side, at twenty-two she’s got an NCAA trophy, a great education...and the two million dollars she unexpectedly inherited. Liabilities? She's never had friends, a boyfriend, or any life experiences away from the tennis court or the classroom. She'd love to invest herself in everything else, but "everything else" never came easily for her.
In the ten years since he left art school as a vaunted prodigy, Adrian Landry has won shows and major prizes—and done his best to shed his reputation as a pretty man who makes pretty paintings. Though currently broke and sleeping off a bad break-up on his college roommate’s couch, he knows this is the chance to get his life back on track at thirty-three—he just needs the money to find a new gallery.
When Adrian’s roommate lists him on a thinly veiled escort site, Caroline is not the patron he expected. She’s way too young, way too naive, and loudly uninterested in having sex with him. Instead, they’re both going to get exactly what they want: a little culture on her side, and a lot of cash on his. Aside from their sugar baby arrangement, they’ve got nothing in common. But as they reel from the symphony to the Haymarket, they learn that what they want and what they need might be two very different things.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
I write love stories.
I write about people whose jagged edges happen to match up with someone else’s.
I write love stories because I wanted to make happy endings for people who are afraid they won’t get them.
I studied Soviet history and worked in human rights law before burning way, way out and achieving professional tranquility as a simple country bankruptcy lawyer. It’s just as exciting as it sounds!
I live in Texas with my husband, kids, and elderly rescue cat, but am often found hiking in the mountains of Montana or the virtual woods of Thedas.
**AUTHOR'S INFORMATION AND PHOTO TAKEN FROM AUTHOR'S WEBSITE**
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