I’m sad to say goodbye to this series. I have loved each book. In the final installment of this quartet, we get Nicholas and Imogen’s story. We have two people who have different reasons for swearing off relationships that come together for one night and one night only. They have instant chemistry and share an amazing night together but Imogen (Miss Anonymous) immediately deletes her profile. So starts Nicholas’s search for her. Overall the book is light and fun with a smidgen of angst.

The Deal by Clare Connelly is the 4th book in the billionaire's club series. This book is hot and catches you from the first page..

This story features Imogen, the founder of The Billionaires Club. Imogen is amazing, giving, wealthy, smart; but she has not dated in years. And she stays far away from dating any club members.

Then you have the gorgeous and titled Nicholas Rothsmore. He was left at the altar and has been sour on love and marriage since then. He is a member of the club, but moved to New York City and becomes known as the Playboy of Manhattan.

I absolutely loved reading this book because the heartwarming parts of the story melted my heart just as much as the comical parts tickled my funny bone and I was having such a to read this book in one sitting because I couldn’t wait to find out what would happen next. Nicholas and Imogen are wonderful and endearing characters. He’s earned a reputation for being quite the ladies man and Imogen knows he’s the man to help her with as many O’s as possible. Her plan to enjoy him while she’s in disguise is absolutely outrageous and I laughed out loud when her plan to stay anonymous in a club that she owns and runs backfires spectacularly. I don’t want to give away too much of the specifics of the story but one of the reasons I love Harlequin’s DARE Collection so much is that I’m not too shy to admit that I really love well written, explicit but not vulgar, sexual trysts and HQN authors do explicit sex really well. I wouldn’t change a thing. An imaginative story, delightful characters and awesome sex! Who could ask for more? I read an early copy of this book through NetGalley and all opinions expressed in my voluntary review are completely my own.

I did not read the other books, so don't know if vital information was in them, but I felt that way through most of this book. Perhaps, because of that, I had a hard time relating to Imogen Carmichael, the founder of The Billionaire Club.

Nicholas Rothsmore the Third, was left standing at the altar, his fiancee having her friend send a text to his cousin, that she wasn't going to show. While it had started as an arranged engagement, Nicholas had thought that he had fallen in love with Saffron, but now not only humiliated, but heart broken, he decides that there is no such thing as love and he will never risk his heart again. He takes off for NYC and in the next few years, fills the family coffers. And while his father had not been at all sympathetic about his son being left at the altar, he does not like that his son is known as the Playboy of Manhattan and threatens to take away the title, if he doesn't finish "sowing his oats" and return to England by the time he is 30, to do his duty.

Imogen is the creator and owner of The Billionaire Club, an exclusive club for the uber wealthy, where they can feel safe doing business, networking and relaxing and her charity Chance. She created The Billionaire Club to finance Chance. She wants to make the world a better place for children. She has been such a workaholic that she has not had a relationship, or sex in 4 years, so arranges to have a one time sexual encounter with Nicholas at the Sydney branch of the club, remaining anonymous with a wig and a mask. But the encounter is more than either expected and Nicholas manages to track her down and convince her to fake date him for a month, for some fun and sex before he has to return to England. Will the deal work?

Because the author kept leaving hints, but waited until the second half of the book to reveal why Imogen created both entities, I found her one dimensional and could not relate to her one mindedness. She also kept lapsing into British English, which was especially weird since she was the American of the couple.

I read an ARC from NetGalley.com. This is my unbiased and voluntary review.

I just finished The Deal by Clare Connelly, which was the fourth book in The Billionaires Club series. While I prefer to read series books in order, it is possible that this one can be a stand alone. The story is sexy, hot and has a lot of sizzling chemistry. This story features Imogen, the founder of The Billionaires Club. Imogen is amazing, giving, wealthy, smart; but she has not dated in years. And she stays far away from dating any club members. Our other main character is the gorgeous and titled Nicholas Rothsmore. He was left at the altar and has been sour on love and marriage since then. He is a member of the club, but moved to New York City and becomes known as the Playboy of Manhattan. He does need to return home to start a family because he needs a heir. Before coming home, he sets up a meeting with Miss Anonymous - who you can guess, is Imogen. They totally hit it off, but have a lot of rules to their relationship. This story navigates their ups and downs. You won’t be able to put the book down until you finish reading the story. The characters are fun, charming and quite likable. The author did a nice job with the setting, dialogue and of course, the chemistry between the characters. This is a quick and engaging read. If you are a fan of Harlequin Dare books, you will definitely like this one. Enjoy!

The Deal is the fourth title in Harlequin Dare's, The Billionaires Club series, it's the third title in the series that I've read, as well as being only the second time I've read a book by Clare Connelly--and what a smoking hot, well-written, can't put it down read it was. It gets 5 stars from this reader.

The Deal was a fabulous addition to this series, and this time it features the founder of The Billionaires Club, Imogen, and a stylish, elegant, sexy and exclusive club it is. Joining the Club costs $1 million dollars, and prospective members are very selectively screened by the club's founder and CEO, Imogen, a savvy, wealthy, business owner who also founded the Chance charity organization, helping disadvantaged and troubled youth rise above their circumstances, get an education and make a success of their lives. Imogen hasn't dated in years, and certainly has not dated any of the club members--yet.

The novel opens 5 years in the past, when Nicholas Rothsmore the Third, son of Lord and Lady Rothsmore, is left standing at the altar on his wedding day, with his prospective wife, Saffron, a no-show. Totally heartbroken, and humiliated in front of 500 guests, he vows to never again marry, and to never become emotionally involved with another woman, maintaining his active sex life with a series or one- or two-night stands, many of whom he finds at one of the Billionaires Club mansions around the world. Almost immediately after his non-wedding, he moved to New York City and is still there 5 years later, where he's become known as the Playboy of Manhatten. Approaching age 30, he made a deal with his father to return to England after 5 years, marry a suitable partner, and produce the next Rothsmore heir, planning to return home by New Year's Day.
While seeking a new sex partner with whom to spend his last month in NYC, he enters a chat room, where he strikes up a conversation with a woman who intrigues him, known to him only as Miss Anonymous. After several long chats with her, she and Nicholas agree to meet at New York's Billionaires Club, but with stipulations. Miss Anonymous will not share her name with him, nor has he seen so much as a photo of her. She will be masked and will stay that way throughout their encounter--and what an sizzling encounter it is. After she leaves, Nicholas spends the next week trying to find her for another assignation, and has no luck, until he attends a Chance Charity function at the Club, and meets its CEO, Imogen, whom he soon realizes, by a simple turn of phrase, is his Miss Anonymous.

Her true Identity revealed, Nicholas now wants to see her again, but Imogen has a strict rule--she never dates members of the Club, who are her clients, but she's as eager to see and experience more of Nicholas and their burn-down-the-house chemistry, as he is to see and experience more of her, and the two eventually strike a deal--they will date in secret, and keep their affair hidden for the one month Nicholas has left before returning to England. They set up strict boundaries, lines in the sand, that this "relationship" is for sex only, with no hope of anything beyond that, but you know what they say about best laid plans.

Ms. Connelly has created two interesting, likable, intelligent and charming characters in this novel, who like each other more and more with each date, and who learn more about each other as well. Nicholas can't help but be impressed by Imogen's smarts, her humor, and her commitment to the charity she created, but he's fully aware of the fact that their time together is limited, and, so is Imogen, who, near the end of their time together, comes to a sudden and surprising revelation.

If you want to find out what comes from that revelation, you'll have to do what I did, stay up most of the night reading it--who needs sleep when you've got an addictive read in your hands? Kudos to Ms. Connelly, I loved this novel and it's characters. The proof of that is the fact that I didn't want their story to end, which is why, if you're a fan of character driven, sizzling hot romances, I highly recommend this one.

I voluntarily read an advance reader copy of this novel. The opinions expressed are my own.

This is the perfect kind of Christmas love story I like to read best. It’s filled with lots of Grinch-y moments as Nicholas and Imogene are fighting off “feelings” with everything they possess. Both Nicholas and Imogene are powerfully driven people whose lives are too busy for the complications of a relationship. And they’re both certain sure that they can keep whatever this is between them strictly physical. And even though they repeatedly broke my heart, there was a part of me that took vindictive glee over the thought “yeah right, as if that’s really gonna work for you”. In the end we get to see those moments where their hearts grow three sizes. It’s in the little things where we see them falling under one another’s spell that I fell for them too.
I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book through NetGalley.

This was my first time reading author Clare Connelly & I’m very happy to say it won’t be the last. The Deal was an excellent addition to this series. It was very sexy with Nicholas & Imogene starting their relationship with her anonymity. I enjoyed watching Nicholas look for her after their night together & how it was a simple phrase that outed Imogene. Their relationship was very hot & he made it extremely sexy. I was intrigued by their dating quietly & thought someone would actually see them & it would be over, I never thought one of them or both would fall in love. I enjoyed how author Clare Connelly not only focused on the relationship but also on Imogene’s charity for kids & the reason behind it. Well done, definitely recommend.

Nicholas Rothsmore is not looking for love, he is looking for a night of blow you mind sex and he will find it with Anonymous. Imogen Carmichael is involved with her Chance charity and the Billionaire Club. When they meet its just for one night, that is what Imogen planned however one night turns into a month. Ms. Connelly has written a super hot story and the best part is Nicholas is so determined to do as his parents wish and marry a person of their choosing however Imogen comes along. Awesome story and you will love both of these characters. Is there a happy ending. absolutely.

Imogen has no time for dating in her busy life. She doesn't want romance but is missing human touch. Nicholas is done with love. It's a live in the moment, no strings kind of life for him. They make a deal to satisfy both their needs. What could possibly go wrong?

Clare Connelly writing has everything you could want in a romance novel. Great characters, hot sex, humour, conflict and that thing we all yearn for. True love!

Thanks to #Netgalley and the author and publisher of this book for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of The Deal in return for an honest review

Jumps right into it and is steamy all the way through! I like Imogene and how her character seems to genuinely work out her different conflicts internally. Sometimes I it’s hard to imagine someone reacting the way characters do in these books and it makes getting through them a chore but not the case with Clare Connolley

Hot, Hot, Hot! I loved Imogene and Nicholas. Interesting story line, good pacing, loads of hot steamy scenes .... what more could you ask for. Clare Connelly is a fabulous writer

AHHH! Imogen and Nicholas were amazingg!! I Ioved this story and the deliciously sexy chemistry in this story. Nicholas was able to see Imogen's true desires and he likewise was free of all his duties, obligations and constraints. I loved this story and this series and can't wait for more!

I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book for an honest review. 4 stars! ~Ratula