Everything in David Winkler’s life reads like a Beverly Hills fairytale. A film producer of titles such as the Creed franchise, the fifty-three-year-old sits on the top tier of his profession, enjoys a wonderful relationship with his two children, and even gets along famously with his ex-wife. But seeking to avoid the drama and disappointment of traditional dating, David reasons a shortcut through modern courtship: he becomes a sugar daddy.
Enter Jordan, a model and influencer who harbors dreams of launching her acting career in Los Angeles. After the relationship begins magically, shadows begin to form and dark secrets take their toll. The Arrangement takes us down the Hollywood rabbit hole of sex, power, and money, leaving readers in delightful disbelief…because it’s all true.
In a city built on illusions, Liv Mathers has always craved something real. A survivor in more ways than one, she’s used to dancing through life alone—until a fateful night at Los Angeles’ most exclusive nightclub puts her in the path of Damon Lautner, a man as guarded as he is magnetic.
Their connection is immediate, electric—the kind that feels impossible to ignore, even as the world outside begins to fall apart. As a pandemic shutters the city and forces everyone behind closed doors, Liv and Damon find themselves confronting not only their growing feelings, but the secrets and scars they each try to hide.
Told with aching tenderness and sharp humor, Love and Masks is a story of two souls colliding at the exact moment they both need it most. It’s about finding unexpected hope in a time of fear, about the courage it takes to let someone see the real you—and the transformative power of love, even when the world is standing still.
For anyone who has ever believed that the right person can find you when you least expect it—Love and Masks is a reminder that even in the darkest moments, connection is still possible, and that love can be the most beautiful kind of risk.
Love and Masks is available for pre-order on Amazon now, and wherever books are sold in July.
Multi-hyphenate David Winkler is a film producer of titles such as Creed, Rocky Balboa, The Gambler, and The Mechanic. While he cut his teeth on writing screenplays and directing films such as Finding Graceland, The Arrangement is his first book. David is compelled to explore the theme of intimacy through his work by personal experience and revelation. In addition to writing, producing, and directing, David is an avid golfer, surfer, and above all, devoted father.
His second book, Love and Masks is available for pre-order on Amazon now, and wherever books are sold in July 2025.
Praise for David Winkler:
“David Winkler’s sex-and-love memoir, The Arrangement, reads more like a suspense novel, replete with twist and turns, red herrings and a femme fatale. Even for a woman who writes her own Hollywood tales, it’s hard to believe it’s all true—but it is! Sex and the City for the men in our lives, whose secrets and broken hearts are hidden beneath crisp suit jackets and the masculine urge.”
GIGI LEVANGIE GRAZER, author of The Starter Wife and Been There, Married That
“A brutally honest, often fascinating true story about sex and love in Holllywood. Winkler crafts an engrossing remembrance that will keep readers turning its pages.”
KIRKUS REVIEWS
“David has the audacity to lift the veil of secrecy around sugar daddy and sugar baby relationships, while treating serious mental health issues like drug and sex addiction with sensitivity. As a woman who’s battled her own demons and lived to write about it, I was hooked from page one.”
CARRIE WHITE, author of Upper Cut: Highlights of My Hollywood Life
“Bold. Brave. Unflinchingly and brutally honest. The devastating heartbreak throughout makes David’s journey and destination hopeful beyond measure. Not only for him, but for the reader; since not a word reads anything but heartfelt and sincere.”
DANIEL STERN, author of Swingland: Between the Sheets of the Secretive, Sometimes Messy, but Always Adventurous Swinging Lifestyle
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The Arrangement is published by Rare Bird Lit and is available on Amazon.com, Apple Books and Barnes & Noble. The audiobook is available on Audible.