the moment we met was a lie (The Alternative #5)

The colorful staff of a hedonistic club attends to the unconventional and sometimes humorous needs of their members while navigating their own friendships, rivalries and romances in this contemporary series.

Random confirms Trip’s fears about his demotion. Trip deals with the backlash of his decisions while Babe flourishes in her new position under Geneva’s guidance. Trapped and betrayed, Trip makes a move that floors Babe.

Shay welcomes Mad back from England. He takes a well-deserved break from caretaking before entertaining his options with the long-distance friendship he cultivated with Shay when he was away.

Going rogue, Becky remaps her path to the Top by forming new alliances and taking a roundabout approach at making herself invaluable to the company. Her mission is helped along by an unforeseen gift from someone in her normal life.

Black keeps a handle on Becky’s rebellion while growing closer to Sam. He finds himself back in the position of helping out his friend Cade, who hits a wall in his relationship with Jane that forces him to make a choice between her or the business.

Volume 5 follows Trip’s scramble to regain his footing in the collective and introduces Mad into the fold. Becky’s candor about her recurring nightmare comes back to bite her in a turn of events that will change everything.

It’s never too dark and never too light in this forward-moving series of desires, mind games, debauchery and the option to live an offbeat The Alternative.