Lily, who was betrayed by her fianc? right before their wedding, takes her broken heart to Milan. She stays with her loving aunt and works as an Italian chef. She also reunites with her teenage crush, Alessandro, and all the bittersweet feelings for her first love come rushing back… Now he is one of the most successful businessmen in Italy. But despite her feelings for him, it is too painful for Lily to spend time with Alessandro while still reeling from her fianc?’s betrayal. Unless Alessandro can be the one to help heal her heart…
Lily, who was betrayed by her fianc? right before their wedding, takes her broken heart to Milan. She stays with her loving aunt and works as an Italian chef. She also reunites with her teenage crush, Alessandro, and all the bittersweet feelings for her first love come rushing back… Now he is one of the most successful businessmen in Italy. But despite her feelings for him, it is too painful for Lily to spend time with Alessandro while still reeling from her fianc?’s betrayal. Unless Alessandro can be the one to help heal her heart…
In this engaging book, award-winning business writer Rod McQueen examines how the pugnacious personality and hard-driving leadership style of Dominic D'Alessandro led Manulife Financial to its position as one of the largest and most profitable life insurance companies in North America, and the fourth largest in the world. From D'Alessandro's role in the successful demutualization and conversion of the company to public company status in 1999, which set the stage for Manulife to become a world leader, to D'Alessandro's successful completion of Canada's largest cross-border merger, Manulife captures the story of 15 years of outstanding business leadership.
Set in the world of Jo Walton's previous novels, The King's Peace and The King's Name, The Prize in the Game takes us to a shining era of dark powers, legendary heroes and passionate loves-all of them ruled by the hand of Fate. When a friendly competition leads to the death of a beloved horse and incurs the wrath of the Horse Goddess, the kingdoms of the island of Tir Isarnagiri are doomed to suffer. As the goddess' curse chases them down the years, four friends destined for kingship-Conal, Emer, Darag, and Ferdia-are forced into conflict as their countries build towards war. Matters are complicated when Emer and Conal fall in love, and dream of escaping together from the machinations of their respective families. But Conal and Ferdia are rivals for the High Kingship of the island, and Conal cannot simply leave. The contest between them will lead to a visionary quest on a mountain sacred to the gods-and terrifying to men. Yet Emer faces an even greater struggle. For when war finally comes, Emer has two choices: perform her duty to the homeland to which she owes everything, or protect the one she loves and be branded a traitor forever. The path she takes will become the stuff of legend, and forever alter the destiny of Tir Isarnagiri. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Andreou Marriage Arrangement Loukas Andreou: a force to be reckoned with in business…and in the bedroom. The same man who, to Alesha Karsouli’s horror, she must marry, according to the terms of her father’s will. She concedes to a paper marriage, but according to Loukas, the only way to make the arrangement appear authentic is if she’s also his willing bride in private! The Replacement Wife Becca Whitney lives with the knowledge that her blue-blooded family disowned her. So when she receives a summons to return to the ancestral mansion, she’s intrigued. Theo Markou Garcia needs a wife—or at least someone who looks similar to his infamous fiancée. The deal: masquerade as the Whitney heiress in exchange for your own fortune—but don’t fall for your husband!
Family tree -- Glossary of names -- Timeline -- Map -- A note on money -- Prologue -- Book one: The bastard son -- Book two: The obedient nephew -- Book three: The prince alone -- Afterword: Alessandro's ethnicity.
A successful Italian doctor’s idyllic life is shattered by shameful accusations in a novel by the Campiello Prize–winning author of The Worst Intentions. In a sprawling villa on the outskirts of Rome, the internationally revered pediatric oncologist Leo Pontecorvo and his family have gathered for dinner. For these exemplary members of Italy’s upper middle-class, the scene is perfect in every way—until a horrifying accusation airs on the evening news concerning Leo Pontecorvo himself. From this point on, nothing will ever be the same. An allegation of embezzling would be bad enough, but to the horror of his family, Leo is also said to have seduced his son’s twelve-year-old girlfriend. The spotlight now turned on Leo reveals every mistake, regret, and contradiction of his lifetime. The details of his private and professional life are debated by both friends and foes, ravenous reporters and punctilious prosecutors. Unable to face the suspicious gazes of his wife and children, Leo descends into the basement of his palatial home—a self-imposed exile in which he attempts to piece together the shattered remains of his life.
This book is a historical and cultural interpretation of a symbolic place in the United States, Harlan County, Kentucky, from pioneer times to the beginning of the third millennium, based on a painstaking and creative montage of more than 150 oral narratives and a wide array of secondary and archival matter.
