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Twice unlucky in love, natural hair vlogger Angela Strickland has settled into a life centered around avoiding men and relationships like the plague. Unwilling to risk another broken heart, she resigns herself to being a perpetually single woman. Corporate man and self-professed womanizer Ryan Boye doesn't believe in relationships or love and thinks anyone who does is a fool. But there's just something about Angela Strickland he can't shake.

All of this is fake. The expensive dates, the luxury vacations, the smoldering kisses… No way am I catching feelings for my fake, billionaire boyfriend. Nope... No way. --♥-- Five years. That’s how much time I wasted tied down to my narcissistic, cheating ex. When my brother asks me to help launch his new tech company, I jump at the chance for a fresh start. Forget men. Forget romance. My family and career are all I care about. Then, I run into my brother’s new investor at the launch party. Literally. Immediately, the tall, dark, and handsome billionaire is annoyed. Apparently, ...

In his long-awaited memoir, Yvon Chouinard - legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and founder of Patagonia, Inc. - shares the persistence and courage that have gone into being head of one of the most respected and environmentally responsible companies on earth. From his youth as the son of a French Canadian blacksmith to the thrilling, ambitious climbing expeditions that inspired his innovative designs for the sport's equipment.

Her husband’s boss makes an indecent proposal, and there’s no way young wife Chelsea would ever consider it in a million years. Or . . . will she? When her husband goes away for business for the first time in years, Chelsea suddenly feels more alone than she has ever felt in her life… and when his boss comes around to ‘check’ on her, she finds herself in an unexpected situation that could lead to her doing things she never dreamed she’d do. . . Hot wife novella: 10,000 words

If there was one piece of advice Olive Crisp always followed, it was that "one should never attempt to solve a crime on an empty stomach..." 1970s. Cambridge, England. A LIZARD, A MONKEY & A MURDER: When a tyrannical businessman is murdered Olive discovers that half the citizens of Cambridge wanted him dead. And finding which one actually killed him is like trying to find a poisonous needle in a murderous haystack. A COSY COMMUNITY: Events take a turn for the bizarre when the victim’s son begs Olive to rescue his kidnapped lizard. Are the two crimes connected? As Olive delves deeper into ...

As an associate of the Gambino family, Ferrante relied on his instincts to pull off some of the biggest heists in US history. By the age of 21, he had netted millions of dollars for his employers. His natural talent for management led Mafia bosses to rely on him. After being arrested and serving an eight-and-a-half-year prison sentence, Ferrante went straight. He realized that the Mob's most valuable business lessons would allow him to survive and thrive in the real world.

The secret is out. Almost everyone knows that entrepreneurship is the way to break their financial glass ceilings. So, every new day, thousands of businesses are being established and old businesses look to dredge their profit channels. Adverts are commissioned, promos are offered to clients and fresh capital is ploughed into businesses on a daily basis. Sadly, more businesses fail than succeed. The odds of opening a successful business narrow down daily. It is a conundrum for most entrepreneurs. They play by all the rules in the game and still lose. They fix all leakages but still get ...

Originally published under the title: Conceived & Deceived by Abbie Grace (author) For the Longest Time I Thought These Kinds of Things Only Happened to Other People But... Surprise! And the surprises just keep coming on a day that would be ordinarily just another day. I just got the promotion of a lifetime at my dream job... It should have been the happiest time in my life... only it wasn't. There is something I want more. But the odds are not in my favor. You might say I'm up against impossible odds, the kind of odds that can never be overcome the way I wish they could. There's only one ...

"The Business Man" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe about a businessman boasting of his accomplishments. It was published in February 1840 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. The story questions the concept of a self-made man. The narrator of the story is Peter Proffit, a "methodical" businessman by his own admission. He says a nurse swung him around when he was a young boy, and he bumped his head against a bedpost.

A businessman trying to win the heart of the woman he's falling for, a widowed mother trying to mend her broken heart, and a troubled past he's trying to protect her from. Will he be able to keep her safe and win her heart at the same time? Find out in the second chance, friends to lovers, small town romance.

A singing chef. A widowed billionaire. A cottage by the sea. A father of two, widowed billionaire Diehl Brooks returns home to St. Simon’s Island and falls in love with his sister’s personal chef. Will complications from his unfulfilling first marriage threaten his chance for love a second time around? A selfless personal chef… Chef Skye Langston cooks for local residents and visitors to the Golden Isles. When her friend and client, Brinley Brooks, asks her to cook for her older brother, who will be in town for the summer, Skye is wary. Although they move in different social circles, ...

They were a picture-perfect family - until a bitter divorce drove Darren Mack over the edge. A Reno millionaire, Mack was ordered by the court to pay his wife $10,000 a month in alimony. Instead, he stabbed her in the garage while their daughter watched TV upstairs. The only person Mack hated more than his wife was the family court judge who presided over their divorce. So, after killing his wife, he loaded his gun and went after the judge...and headed for Mexico with a stash of concealed weapons.

Locked in a battle of nerve and wits, a mysterious intelligence operative and a vigilante agent race against time to take down a greedy businessman bent on destroying millions of lives in this number one New York Times best-selling thriller. Evan Waller is a monster...He has built a fortune from his willingness to buy and sell anything...and anyone. In search of new opportunities, Waller has just begun a new business venture: One that could lead to millions of deaths all over the globe.

John H. Johnson, the remarkable entrepreneur who founded the Ebony publishing empire, tells the story of his success. The wealthiest African-American in the US today, Johnson shares his rags to riches saga, from the many obstacles that confronted him to his ultimate triumph.

A forbidden arrangement destroys their defenses, their plans—and builds more than they dreamed. Choosing spinsterhood over a stifling marriage, Lady Clara Chadbourne covertly applies herself to pursuits no lady ought to ponder. Surreptitiously running a London charity, she learns more about life than she should and makes friends she shouldn’t. Oh, she longs for a family, but what husband would accept—nay, embrace—her penchant for ardent piano pieces or her work with ladybirds? James Robertson has built a commercial empire—and a fortress around his heart. He has no use or patience ...

Vincent and Lacey have settled into family life. They started a new business venture while maintaining current businesses. They always put family first. Vincent and Lacey want to protect their children Lexie, Landon, and Valeria, at all costs. A new threat looms in the near distance. An old family friend returns with help to provide protection. When a new enemy emerges, targeting Lexie, it will take everything to protect her. The one thing they didn’t count on was a new rule of the businessman. Never go after his family; it doesn’t end well. Assigned with a personal bodyguard, Lexie ...

There are two rules to being an escort. Rule #1: Do whatever the client wants. Rule #2: Do not fall in love. Lacey Powell never imagined her life in the escort business. She never expected her life to turn out this way, but it did. Having learned the trade’s business and tricks, she is the most wanted and highest-paid escort around town. She lives by two rules. Vincent Powers is a ruthless businessman who doesn’t have time or the patience for relationships and the complications it ensued. To him, business is business. What happens when he hires an escort for his reasons? It all starts ...

With everything that happened to Lacey and Vincent, they finally began a new chapter in their lives together as husband and wife. After finally marrying, they start their journey to starting a family, trying to conceive, given a blessing. The only problem is that past encounters can threaten one’s happiness. What happens when old enemies try to interfere with their happily ever after? Working together with the help of friends will prove one thing, never go after the businessman’s wife. Follow Vincent and Lacey as they deal with the past while they plan a future. No one can break this ...

Few people have had such an impact on the political and business world as Donald J. Trump. But beyond the presidency, his entire family has an incredible and intriguing story to tell. Now, inside this biography, you’ll discover the incredible life and achievements of the Trump family. From their arrival to America and the businesses they founded, to Donald J. Trump’s successful ascent to the White House and his long-standing career beforehand. Few people have had such an impact on America and the world - even long before his presidential bid - than Trump.

How many business books can stand a 100-year test of time? This little volume has done just that. It's been called "The best marketing book you've never read". And while it continues to slip under the radar of many, thousands of ambitious business people regard this classic tale as one of the most important business lessons they've ever learned.