Career Women Fiction

Maggie Gleason is looking toward the future. Part of a midcentury wave of young women seeking new lives in New York City, Maggie works for legendary Port Authority public relations maven Lee K. Jaffe - affectionately known to her loyal staff as Mrs. J. Pauline Moreau is running from the past - and a shameful secret. She arrives in the city on the brink of despair, saddled with a young daughter who needs more love, attention, and resources than Pauline can ever hope to provide. Mrs. J tasks Maggie with befriending and looking after Pauline.

A witty, wise, straight-talking career guide for women, I Shouldn't Be Telling You This is the perfect book for the current economic climate, whether you're just starting out, re-entering the workforce after maternity leave, or simply looking for a career change; it contains essential tips and bold strategies from a gutsy innovator who helped increase Cosmo's circulation by half a million copies per month.

What enables some talented people to rise to the top and live their full ambitions at work and in life, while others stop short? In 2008, Joanna Barsh launched and sponsored Tthe Centered Leadership Project at McKinsey and Company to answer that very question. In the process, they uncovered what distinguishes leaders who are successful from those who achieve true greatness. They called it Centered Leadership because these leaders find their balance in the midst of chaos and lead from their most resourceful self to unleash the potential of others.

She’s worked hard to build a successful career. Her new female boss wants her GONE! Should she bow to this abusive treatment and leave her dream job - or stay and fight back? Husband and wife face a David and Goliath task of fighting the federal government to remedy the discriminatory abuse the wife is receiving at her federal job. Her new boss berates her in front of her peers, unfairly criticizes her job performance, and resorts to yelling and screaming to beat her down. She treats her differently than her other employees. The action is riveting and fast-paced. Readers will find ...

Book II of Love My MB finds Jonathan pulling out all the stops to win back Mary Beth after she bolts upon finding out Jonathan is indeed JJ Collins and she's the "other woman" to a beautiful Oscar-winning actress, Tiffany Taylor. JJ and Tiffany are the hottest entertainment / media couple on the planet, but to Jonathan, at least, it was strictly a PR relationship to boost both their careers, set up by their management teams. As Jonanthan and his band prepare for their next album and concert tour, he arranges a practice concert at an Army base near Mary Beth's Georgia home and hopes that ...

Set amid the world’s international airports and glamorous (and sometimes not so glamorous) hotels, the best-selling author of The Copenhagen Affair, brings you a story about what it really means for professional (but still human!) women to tackle the corporate world, scale the leadership ladder, and lean in to the lives they’ve always wanted, and truly deserve - Up in the Air meets 9-to-5 for today’s Pantsuit Nation.

The Triad, or the Holy Trinity as they call themselves, are three women at the top of their professional game with absolute Influence and power. Melody Adams, CEO of a tech firm, carefully guards her difficult past in the streets of LA, preferring instead to tout her prestigious education at Stanford University. Veronica Whitaker, a medical doctor married with two children, is having an affair with a young resident she considers her intellectual equal, unlike her husband. April Summers, a Wall Street superwoman, privileged and causes, aspires to be the first Black CFO of any major financial...

In her apron and rubber gloves, the woman of the Fifties has become a cultural symbol of all that we are most grateful to have sloughed off. But what if there was another side to the story? In Her Brilliant Career, Rachel Cooke tells the story of ten extraordinary women whose pioneering professional lives - and complicated private lives - paved the way for future generations.

It's Nashville.... An investment banker disappears. The clues suggest foul play, but Mark Rollins discovers that this moneyman is running for his life-and his hunters aren't far behind. With the aid of his loyal team of computer wizards, Rollins sets out to solve the mystery. A move exposes him and his family to unexpected dangers that spread far beyond Nashville's city limits. Will his enormous wealth and access to powerful friends be enough to save him and protect those close to him?

Lola Benson had put off settling down and having a family for the sake of her career and despite pressures from her family and loved ones, she sees no reason to relent until circumstances force her to have a rethink. How do a female executive find love before its too late amidst strict work ethics, coupled with a fiercely independent spirit.

It’s exhausting being a woman, don’t you think? Trying to be everything to everyone, juggling a million things at once. And that’s not to mention all the worry… Am I making the right decisions? Will I be successful? Will I have enough money? What if I get sick? What if my family gets sick? Unfaked is all about making life easier, while having a good time in the process. It cuts through the surface level crap, and gets right to the heart of the one thing that will give you ultimate control over your body and life - to be you, the real you and nothing but the real you.