''Private Arrangements'' is a

historical romance Historical romance is a broad category of mass-market fiction focusing on romantic relationships in historical periods, which Lord Byron, Byron helped popularize in the early 19th century. The genre often takes the form of the novel. Varieties ...

novel written by

Sherry Thomas Sherry M. Thomas (born 1975) is an American novelist of young adult fantasy, historical romance, and contemporary romance. She has won multiple awards including the Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Historical Romance for ''Not Quite ...

. It was published in 2008 by

Bantam Books Bantam Books is an American publishing house owned entirely by parent company Random House, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House; it is an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group. It was formed in 1945 by Walter B. Pitkin Jr., Sidney B. K ...

Critical reception

''Private Arrangements'' received the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award - Best Historical in 2008. The Historical Novel Society called ''Private Arrangements'' "a delightful story with a well-developed plot that is well balanced with the right amount of historical detail" and noted that its "characters are complex and the emotional conflict is believable."

Awards

* Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award - Best Historical * Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2008

References

2008 American novels Historical romance novels American romance novels {{2000s-romance-novel-stub