The Heart of the Deal: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 1639100105
- ISBN-13
- 9781639100101
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022-06-07
- Publisher
- Alcove Press
- Author
- Lindsay MacMillan
Description
Perfect for fans of Emily Giffin and Jojo Moyes, Lindsay MacMillan’s debut novel deftly captures the feeling of being adrift in your late twenties, with poignant commentary on female friendships, mental health, and what happiness really looks like. Rae is in a romantic recession. The Wall Street banker is single in New York City and overwhelmed by the pressure to scramble up the corporate and romantic ladders. Feeling her biological clock ticking, she analyzes her love life like a business deal and vows to lock in a husband before her 30th birthday. The Manhattan dating app scene has as many ups and downs as the stock market, and outsourcing dates to an algorithm isn’t exactly Rae’s idea of romance. She considers cutting her losses, but her friends help her stay invested, boosting her spirits with ice cream and cheap wine that they share in their sixth-floor walk-up while recapping cringe-worthy dates. And then Rae meets Dustin, a poetic soul trapped in a business suit, just like her. She starts to hear wedding bells, but Dustin’s struggles with depression will test their relationship, and no amount of financial modeling can project what their future will look like. Can Rae free herself from the idea she had of what thirty was supposed to look like and let love breathe on its own timeline? Or is she too conditioned to stay on the “right track” to follow her unpaved intuition? Moving and timely, The Heart of the Deal is the story of one woman’s reckoning with what success really is in a city, an industry, and a relationship whose low lows continually challenge the enchantment of the high highs.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
The Deal
By Elle KennedyNew York Times bestseller Elle Kennedy brings you the first in the sexy Off-Campus series that everyone is talking about. She's about to make a deal with the college bad boy . . . Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on.
-
The Sweetheart Deal
By Miranda LiassonHave they discovered the perfect recipe for success...or is disaster on the way? Each book in the Blossom Glen series is STANDALONE: * The Sweetheart Deal * The Sweetheart Fix
-
Trump: The Art of the Deal
By Tony Schwartz, Donald J. TrumpTo me it’s very simple: If you’re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big.”—Donald J. Trump Here is Trump in action—how he runs his organization and how he runs his life—as he meets the people he needs to meet, ...
-
Once Upon a Broken Heart
By Stephanie GarberThe bell hanging outside the curiosity shop knew the human was trouble from the way he moved through the door. Bells have excellent hearing, but this little chime didn't need any particular skill to catch the crude jangle of the gaudy ...
-
The Deal
By Becky Cochrane, Timothy J. LambertAfter a New Year's Eve celebration deteriorates into a depressing deconstruction of the sad state of their love lives, a group of friends make a deal to find someone before next year or stop whining about it.
-
The Brain Is Kind of a Big Deal
By Nick SelukFunny, smart, and accessible, The Brain Is Kind of a Big Deal is a must-have!
-
The Death of the Heart
By Elizabeth BowenIn this piercing story of innocence betrayed set in the thirties, the orphaned Portia is stranded in the sophisticated and politely treacherous world of her wealthy half-brother's home in London.There she encounters the attractive, carefree ...
-
The Real Deal: A Novel
By Lauren BlakelyWhen I find him, his arms are crossed and his brown eyes are hard. He's not impressed with my skill at all. He's staring at me like he's pissed. What the hell? Then I realize he's not staring at me. He's staring at Dean's hand, ...
-
The Book of Broken Hearts
By Sarah OcklerJude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but the most important thing is this: the Vargas brothers are notorious heartbreakers.
-
Counting Down with You
By Tashie Bhuiyan"A witty, romantic, deeply insightful debut." —Emma Lord, author of Tweet Cute In this sparkling and romantic YA debut, a reserved Bangladeshi-American teenager has twenty-eight days to make the biggest decision of her life after agreeing ...