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Workplace Power Games is a clear, practical guide for professionals who sense that something isn’t quite right at work - but can’t always explain why. If you’ve ever felt undermined by subtle behavior, confused by office politics, or unsure how to respond to manipulation without damaging your career, this book gives you the clarity you’ve been missing. Modern workplaces are rarely shaped by performance alone. Influence often flows through unspoken rules, emotional pressure, gossip, and indirect control. These power dynamics are easy to miss and difficult to confront directly. When ...

In a world where every decision, every success, and every relationship is dictated by human behavior, The Ops Manual offers you the tools that the elite use to rise to power. The strategies and frameworks within will transform how you interact with others, enabling you to influence, inspire, and control outcomes with scientific precision.

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.

A hidden identity. A violent past. A killer who knows her better than she knows herself. I live by routines. Locked doors. Controlled schedules. Predictable days. Five years ago, I survived a violent attack while working as a real estate agent in Augusta. I escaped a man who should have been just another client—and I ran. I changed my name. I moved states. I rebuilt my life in Nashville, one listing at a time. I don’t talk about the past. I don’t revisit old memories. I tell myself survival was enough. Then a client is murdered at one of my properties. Then a colleague vanishes. Then ...

“Try me.” That’s what Drake Bennett said when I declared on my live podcast that no man could make me fall in love. The former pro football star turned sportscaster didn’t just laugh—he challenged my entire brand. Gianna Knows Things is built on the idea that love is a choice. Drake says it’s a feeling—a magical, uncontrollable, world-shifting experience.

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 ...

Blair ruined my life once. Now she's about to ruin me in an entirely different way. Blair Fox. The name that's been seared into my memory since the day her stick caught my knee and ended my athletic ambitions. The scar on my thigh is a permanent reminder of everything I lost, thanks to her. Now she's here. In my law firm. Looking at me like she wants to either argue with me or devour me—and I can't tell which one terrifies me more. We're enemies. Rivals. We can't be in the same room without the air crackling between us. So how the hell did we end up tangled together in a New Orleans hotel...

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 ...

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...

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?

Meet sports agent Cole Bennett, the only one of the Bennett brothers to walk down the aisle. But when he gets jilted at the altar, he returns to his hometown to lick his wounds. Savannah is a gorgeous ray of sunshine and smart as a whip. But if she doesn't cough up a huge amount of cash soon, the bank will foreclose on her family's home. Cole's brother Rex asks Cole to head up a construction project for him. He introduces a tract of land with the idea that it could be a perfect baseball stadium . . . if Cole gets the locals' support.

“Funny, Sexy, Romantic. Each book is adorable, but if you only read one, read book five. In Love.” -- RomanceLMHLaugh out loud and fall in love with a fake fiancé, a baseball super star, a genius, and tortured soulmates in this captivating Rom-Com bundle.Whether you like your heroinesAmbitious…but in loveSporty…but fascinatedBookish…but enthralledUnflappable…but with a secret fortuneorSweet…but determinedThis series has a book for you. Read along as these couples find their happily-ever-after.Now available--the complete series:Book 1: Fake Fiancé for Christmas (Chance & ...

Your company has a senior engineer who ships features before lunch using AI. They understand the systems, solve the problems, and build the products that generate revenue. Your company also has a VP who attends six meetings a day, forwards status updates, and presents other people's work on slides. They haven't touched a system in years. They "drive alignment" and "set strategy" — which mostly means adding process to work that was already getting done. AI is about to make one of these people dramatically more valuable and the other one redundant. It's not the one you've been told. The ...

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, ...

Girl meets a handsome stranger, gets swept off her feet, and has the best night of her life. Sounds like a dream, right? If only... When I wake up the next morning in a stunning penthouse overlooking the Seattle waterfront to a note saying, “have a safe flight back to Chicago,” his message is loud and clear: One and done. Famous last words. Guess who’s waiting to greet me on the first day at my new job? It turns out the mega-rich Asher Kingcaid is far from one and done.

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.

I walk into the most important meeting of my life—the one that's going to make or break my career—and he's here. The sexy charmer I met in the hailstorm outside. The guy so temptingly tasty I forgot myself, forgot I didn't do things like that, and asked him out. The worst part? He turned me down. And now he's here in my meeting. He's not charming. He's cranked off. Because of me. Well, guess what? It's not the first time I've made a tech bro cranky. Just because I wear skirts doesn't mean I'm going to let them think I'm any less of a programmer than they are.

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 ...

Dr. Allison Hall is staring down the prospect of her first Christmas in a new town and her first without her son, who is spending the holiday with her ex. As the new doc on the block, she's on duty for the Christmas shift and glad of it. When one of her favorite patients lands back in the hospital, and it looks like this might be his last Christmas, she hopes she can help connect him to his estranged daughter. Dante Price thinks Allison should mind her own business. He's a nurse - and admittedly a bit of a Christmas Scrooge.