H.M. Ward writes contemporary and new-adult romance, often in short, highly serialised books involving wealthy families, secrets and relationships that cross between different series. The Arrangement follows Avery Stanz, a financially struggling student whose entry into an escort arrangement brings her into contact with Sean Ferro, connecting the romance to the larger Ferro family world. Because the story is divided across many instalments, individual volumes function more like episodes of one continuing plot than self-contained novels. Ward's related Ferro books, including the Damaged and Stripped strands, reuse family connections and overlapping characters while shifting attention to different couples. Her fiction is fast-paced, explicit and driven by cliffhangers, misunderstandings, money and concealed histories. It fits billionaire romance, new-adult romance and serial contemporary romance. The Arrangement should be started from its first volume and read in sequence, while readers who prefer complete stories in a single book may find the heavily episodic structure less suitable. Read more Less