Giovanni Cerruti’s wealthy family is always in the spotlight… So when his step-sister is headed for a rehabilitation clinic, he decides to work the paparazzi to keep her image from being splashed across the tabloids. With the help of his spin doctor, Giovanni devises a plan to keep the press occupied with another story — a fake engagement to his housekeeper, Misty Carmichael! But will Giovanni fall victim to his own plan?
When Marco agrees to an exclusive interview, Isobel is intrigued. Marco’s business dealings and beautiful face have gained him the world’s attention and a million-dollar empire. Just as she’d imagined, he is a selfish man, informing her when they meet that they’ll be going to his house in Nice.Whether she likes it or not. Kicking and screaming, she accompanies him…and she comes to learn some surprising things about him, throwing her heart into chaos.
Charlotte Hopkirk is determined to admire her boss from afar—after all, gorgeous Italian Marco Delmari seems to prefer impossibly slim supermodel types, and Charlie's curvaceous figure means she certainly doesn't fit that description! Then, on a business trip to Tuscany, the chemistry between them finally explodes—Charlie's never known passion like it! And Marco's obviously equally impressed, because now he's promoting her—from personal assistant to convenient mistress!
What did I do when I found out my new boss was my ex from college? I almost chucked my new career out the window, that's what. He broke my trust in college when he broke my heart. We had a terrible breakup that gave me trust issues for life. Now I am alone in the big city and rich, sexy Kit's is the only familiar face in town. And he seems to be interested in re-lighting the flames of our relationship. Even though my mind tells me to run away, my heart tells me to stay. People can change. Right? Doesn't everyone deserve a second chance? Kit is determined to do everything in his power to win me back. With our past breakup looming large in my mind, it's not going to be easy. Will our past and my inability to trust, drive us apart?
Cool Jakob Andersen likes working with extremes, and the frozen plains of Norway suit his business style. But with Lydia Sheridan accompanying him on business, his temperature is about to soar…. Jakob wants a seven-day affair, and Lydia is finding her resistance melting away. It's hard to keep saying no when her body is screaming yes! But will it take more than a week to thaw her boss's buried heart? With passion this hot, anything is possible!
A Greek mogul mixes big business with irresistible pleasure when he takes his shy secretary on a trip to Athens in this international romance. Lucy Proctor watches the women who come and go in Aristotle Levakis’ life. As his prim and plump secretary, she knows she could never be one of them. And despite Ari’s devastating good looks, she has no desire to. Or at least that’s what she keeps telling herself! Ari shouldn’t find his own secretary attractive, but something about her calls to him. He knows there is only one way to overcome this desire—and that is to sate it. Three weeks in Athens should be enough time to get to know his sensible secretary better . . . !
Too often, depictions of women's rise in corporate America leave out the first generation of breakthrough women entrepreneurs. Here, Edith Sparks restores the careers of three pioneering businesswomen--Tillie Lewis (founder of Flotill Products), Olive Ann Beech (cofounder of Beech Aircraft), and Margaret Rudkin (founder of Pepperidge Farm)--who started their own manufacturing companies in the 1930s, sold them to major corporations in the 1960s and 1970s, and became members of their corporate boards. These leaders began their ascent to the highest echelons of the business world before women had widespread access to higher education and before there were federal programs to incentivize women entrepreneurs or laws to prohibit credit discrimination. In telling their stories, Sparks demonstrates how these women at once rejected cultural prescriptions and manipulated them to their advantage, leveraged familial connections, and seized government opportunities, all while advocating for themselves in business environments that were not designed for women, let alone for women leaders. By contextualizing the careers of these hugely successful yet largely forgotten entrepreneurs, Sparks adds a vital dimension to the history of twentieth-century corporate America and provides a powerful lesson on what it took for women to succeed in this male-dominated business world.
The dangerously beautiful Lucky -- star of two of Jackie Collins' previous smash, international number one bestsellers, Chances and Lucky -- returns in Lady Boss. And this time the shockingly sensual, ruthlessly clever Lucky is out to conquer Hollywood In Chances Lucky grew up in a top crime family. In Lucky, she was married three times. And now, in Lady Boss, she takes on Hollywood and wins Panther Studios is the prize and Lucky wants it... In her quest for power she meets adversaries and enemies, friends and betrayers. And her relationship with her husband, charismatic comedian and movie star, Lennie Golden is put to the test. Lucky's first challenge is to buy the only movie studio still not controlled by a powerful conglomerate -- Panther Studios, owned by the retired, irascible, old Abe Panther. But Abe won't sell his beloved studio to Lucky until she proves she has the guts to make it in Hollywood. It's his idea that she disguise herself as a secretary and go in undercover to find out what's really going on. It's a challenge that also satisfies Lucky's passion for adventure -- and her desire to take chances... In the process, Lucky uncovers a world of financial scheming, big-time betrayal, and bizarre sex. Panther Studios and Lucky Santangelo... a dangerous mix... When Lucky makes her final move, assuming the role of Lady Boss at Panther Studios, she stuns the entire industry and sets off a series of shock waves, not only threatening her marriage to Lennie, but bringing down on her head the hatred of crime boss Carlos Bonnatti -- a hatred that goes back generations, putting in peril her life, and the lives of everyone close to her With Lady Boss, Jackie Collins brings back one of her most intriguing and endearing characters, Lucky Santangelo. She also proves once again that she is the unquestioned queen of glamorous fiction.
When Jason Pollack bought out Beville Holdings, he had plans for its beautiful blond receptionist. But the infamously ruthless tycoon soon discovered that his wealth and power didn't impress Leah Johanssen. She was the first woman in a long time who didn't want to chase him down the aisle! Leah's refusal of Jason's advances made him desire her all the more. He'd make her want him — he wouldn't rest until he had Leah in his bed and at his command!
