Frustrated with her stalled career as a broadcast journalist and uninspired by dating naive and needy guys her own age, Helen Croydon joined a website to seek an older man. She only expected it to be a few fun dates in some fancy bars, but finds herself propelled into a previously alien world of Prada shopping trips, fine dining, first class travel and fascinating, powerful men. But underneath the glamour, Helen discovers the well-kept secret world of men who are prepared to pay for girlfriends - men so busy they consider cash and gifts a safer way to retain a relationship than emotional investment. When some of her mature gentleman dates allude to monthly allowances in exchange for her company, she's shocked. But for how long can she keep up her moral resistance to being paid for something she is doing thrillingly for free? Helen's soul-searching dating adventures take her to New York, India, highbrow sex parties, ski trips in Colorado and most of London's finest hotels. My Sugar Daddy Diaries is a confessional true story that questions the modern ideals of relationships, the attraction of power and asks if money can ever be currency for love.