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A fast-paced, juicy debut novel that peeks behind the curtain at the cutthroat world of hip-hop music and the glamorous magazine scene in the late 1990s, written by the ultimate insider. It's 1999, and Nikki Rose is the only Black editor on the staff of a prestigious fashion magazine she once...

One single night. One perfect kiss. One undeniable connection. That's all it took for the most captivating man I've ever met to anchor himself within my soul. Deeply enough that I can't help reliving our stolen moment in time over two years later.

Advertising guru Olivia Masterson is all work and no play. But on the eve of earning her dream promotion, her best friend dares her to drop her ice-queen façade for one night and seduce a sexy stranger. Olivia's worked her ass off to get where she is - why the hell not? Cole Bennett never thought he'd run into his feisty one-night stand at the office, furious that he stole her promotion. No matter how hard she tries to ice him out, they can't seem to keep their hands to themselves...or their clothes on.

Surrounded by incompetence? Feeling like you’re trapped in a never-ending meeting with clueless coworkers? Welcome to the survival guide you didn’t know you desperately needed. For anyone navigating today’s chaotic workplace filled with baffling decisions, endless meetings, and maddening mediocrity, How to Work with Stupid People offers a practical, witty, and research-backed blueprint to protect your sanity — and your career. Drawing on 30 years of experience inside corporate madhouses, JS Paxton unpacks the psychology of irrational behavior and gives you tactical strategies to ...

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, ...

Getting an internship at the biggest accounting firm in Boston is no small feat. But when my straight boss becomes my new Daddy, everything I’ve worked so hard for is put in jeopardy. Even so, I love every minute of it. Every year, the MBA candidates fight for internships all across the city. Somehow, I managed to land the most sought-after position in Massachusetts. I’m personal assistant to Timothy Hark, billionaire, CEO, and one of the most handsome men I’ve ever seen in my life. The problem? He’s my boss now, nearly twice my age, a jerk, and he has a girlfriend. However, that ...

Damion West was the boy who stole my young heart and then broke it. That was a long time ago though and I'm not a girl susceptible to hot boys with big egos who just happen to kiss well anymore. He's the heir to West Enterprises, and notoriously loud on social media. Everyone knows Damion West. Just not like I do. But that's another story better left untold.

She sells dream homes. Someone's filling them with bodies. I have a routine, and the routine keeps me sane. Five years ago, I survived a killer. I was a real estate agent in Augusta, showing a house to a man who seemed perfectly normal—until he wasn't. I escaped. I moved to Nashville. I changed my name and rebuilt my life, one open house at a time. I don't talk about what happened. I don't think about it. I check the locks twice and flinch at loud noises and tell myself the past can't hurt me anymore. I'm wrong. When a client is murdered at one of my listings, the nightmare starts again. ...

By providing extremely detailed and accurate descriptions of nine recognizable personalities, The 9 Types of Leadership is an unmatched tool for business people to use to decode the mysteries involved in understanding why people do what they do, why we have conflicts with some people but not others, and how we can become aware of our blind spots. Most importantly, it can help leaders know themselves in a deeper way so they can more effectively lead others.

I'm Mila Banks, the ultimate jinx. Not just in theory—I've got a track record. Seven weddings, seven disasters. Everything from a groom with a concussion to an attack of red ants (a long story) has happened because of me. So, when my bestie, Nadia, insists on making me her maid of honor, I can't help but try to find a way out of it. To make matters more complicated, my boss, Grayson Manning, is going to be the best man. Did I mention I'm head over heels for him?

South Florida is treating Travis Fulbrook (44) well: he has a beautiful wife with a great sense of humor (Anna, 40) and a satisfying job. He plays Texas hold ’em with the other guys in his neighborhood and sometimes even wins. He has a younger colleague (Rob, 23) with enough DIY experience to help him out with home improvements on the weekends. Perhaps best of all: his lanai is alligator-free! (Though he can’t say the same for his neighbors', the Harrisons). But when Travis stumbles upon Anna’s candid posts on a “dead bedrooms” forum, he’s shocked to discover that his wife is ...

Read the complete Exotic Desires series in this box set. No Cliffhanger. After having lost the only woman he’d ever loved, twenty-seven year-old Reed Stirling rejects his parents' plans for him to take over the family business and travels to Europe, searching for a revelation as to what he's supposed to do with his life. What he finds instead is something else entirely. Don't miss the Sinful Desires steamy spin-off series, Exotic Desires by best-selling author M.S. Parker.

If someone had told me three months ago that I would walk down the aisle to marry my boss, Derrick Thomas, the hot as hell but super demanding and arrogant CEO of Broker Publishing, I would have called them a damn lunatic. But here I am, all dressed in white, ready to tie the knot with the man of my dreams. Or so you would think. There's one problem: Somewhere along the way, I did the dumbest thing possible. I fell in love with him. When Jessica Ellis lands her dream job as an editor at Broker Publishing in Manhattan, she never expects her life to take a dramatic turn. But when her parents'...

He runs an empire built on blood and silence. I’m no one. That should have kept me safe. Then Francisco Corello looks at me with something in his eyes. Not desire. Decision. His attention is quiet. Absolute. No one touches me after that. No one dares. He doesn’t threaten. Doesn’t explain. He simply claims. I should run when I learn what he is. A mafia Don who answers to no one and apologizes for nothing. Instead, I lean closer to him. Into the danger. The control. The way the entire room holds its breath when he walks in. Once a man like Francisco Corello gets hold of you, he ...

The FULL TEXT of Sam Vaknin's classic, groundbreaking BIBLE of NARCISSISM and NARCISSISTIC ABUSE, now in its 10th edition. Tips and advice as well as the most complete clinical background. Narcissistic Personality Disorder and its effects on the narcissist, the psychopath and their nearest and dearest in a variety of settings: the family, workplace, in Church, the community, law enforcement, and politics. 100 frequently asked questions and two essays - a total of 730 pages! Reflects the NEW criteria in the recent fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM 5-TR). You are not...

I'm done playing by my father's rules. Lex Edwards may rule the business world, but he no longer controls me. We did, however, come to one agreement—I'm allowed to take a gap year before college to travel through Europe. But, one year to the day, I must return home. On my travels, I met April. She's like me—escaping life back home until we're both forced to go back. April offers me a place to stay, and since I'm broke and in dire need of a job, I'll take anything over going back to my controlling father. That's when I'm offered an opportunity I can't possibly refuse.

I was supposed to ruin him. Upload the receipts, cancel the billionaire, collect my payday. What I wasn’t supposed to do? Moan “yes, Daddy” before I’d even found the damn copy room. Dominic Kane is everything I hate. Capitalism in a custom suit. Power with a clenched jaw. A filthy mind behind a cleaner-than-clean NDA. But then he told me to sit still. Called me baby girl. Said if I wanted to keep the job, I’d better start behaving like I’m his. And I folded like a bad alibi. Now he feeds me praise and pleasure. Leaves marks where my ethics used to live. Tells me I look pretty ...

Ava, the girl next door, has proven herself to be much more over the past few months. She is no longer just a childhood crush in need of protection. She has become Alex's trusted friend, and she’s helped and supported him. As their chemistry continues to grow, all they need is the right opportunity to take their relationship to the next level. Meanwhile, Gwen learns about Alex's unconventional lifestyle and begins to distance herself from him. But Ava, who has befriended the professor, is determined to change Gwen’s mind by arranging a camping trip for the three of them. Once again, ...

My wedding day was supposed to be the happiest day of my life. Instead, my heart was shattered into a million pieces. When twenty-five year-old Bree Gamble was left at the altar by her long-time boyfriend, she’d no idea where to go from there. Her friends is now trying to help by setting her up on blind dates, telling her she needs a casual encounter to move on. When a mysterious stranger comes to her rescue from a disastrous date from hell, Bree thinks that maybe she's met the one person who can help heal her broken heart. What she doesn't know is that her handsome hero isn't the white ...

It was pushing midnight at the bar, and I was looking to make a mistake. Then he walked in. Lexa Lewis turns to a one-night stand to blow off some steam after losing her job. Casimiro is the perfect man for the task: tall, handsome, and smiling like he knows exactly what Lexa’s thinking. By the time she follows him to the bathroom, neither of them need to say a word to know what the other wants. If only the affair ended there. Never expecting to see him again, Lexa is shocked when Casimiro and his team of safety auditors show up at Blackrock Energy, the site of her new job. And when her ...