Swear off men? That’s a piece of cake for Josie Wright, coffee roaster extraordinaire and owner of eleven much-loved coffee houses. She’d rather use her energy to protect her younger brother and grow her thriving, if somewhat monotonous, business. Children and a family of her own would be nice, too, but she’s wary of risking her heart again. Being blackmailed into marriage by Gabe Kane, her friend and younger brother’s employer, wasn’t in her plan. But then again, neither was falling in love with him, even though he might steal her business right out from under her nose. Treat yourself to this small-town holiday romance today!
An Anthology by Shirley Jump, Susan Meier, Jackie Braun and Barbara Wallace Can a feisty four-legged matchmaker help four best friends find the romance of their dreams? When a handsome man from Gabby’s past agrees to a cross-country road trip, her master plan to re-launch her art career quickly morphs into an unexpected, romantic reunion. Marney’s 9-1-1 emergency help arrives in the form of a rugged, blue-eyed cop. Now she has the perfect bodyguard to keep her safe during those dark, steamy nights… The last thing Mia wants is a relationship…yet the headstrong florist can’t keep her hands off her sexy-as-sin ex-boyfriend. Will she open her heart before he leaves town for good? Jenny is a woman on a mission – she’ll even resort to dognapping to make her point! But can she teach a reclusive, emotionally-wounded tycoon that love heals all things?
Mike and Mallory grew up together with feuding families. Both families were successful with farming and never got along. Mallory has been away on the west coast for the past five years, but the death of her grandpa has brought her back home. Now her family needs help with dealing with her grandpa’s will. Why did he leave part of his fortune to Mike’s family? Mallory contacts Mike to help her with the will, but what they find will change everything. As Mike and Mallory fall for one another, their families try to push them a part. Will Mike and Mallory disregard their feuding families or will it tear them a part?
The Dotmocracy Handbook provides a unique set of easy-to-follow instructions for finding useful agreements among many people.At its core is the deceptively simple Dotmocracy sheet, designed to provide participants with equal opportunity to contribute to a reliable and transparent large group decision-making process.From grade school students to technical professionals, grassroots organizations to government institutions and private corporations, Dotmocracy has universal appeal and application.
A Steamy Alpha Male New Adult College Romance He needs a temporary wife… The most sought after bachelor, Carlos Kincade is young, rich and devilishly handsome. He has everything he thought he could possibly want until his grandfather’s will stipulates he must be married by his 30th birthday to keep his inheritance. He’s suddenly in need of a wife who can fulfill his every hot desire. She needs a job… Struggling psychology student Elsie Sherwood suddenly finds herself in need of another job after a medical crisis in the family cost her family home. Sexy Carlos Kincade offers her work for a month but there are strings attached…and a diamond ring. She must fulfill his thirty-one needs to play his wife until he fulfills his grandfather’s will—but is the seduction too hot to handle?
"I don't think there's anything you can do to help me," she whispered, even though his arms around her made her want to lean into this man and trust him with it all. "What if all I want to do is listen?" Lori Ryan’s Sutton Billionaire Series is now available in two boxed sets to let you binge that much faster! Read books four through six in this set! The Billionaire’s Rock Star: When this pop star's world crumbles, she turns to the one man who might understand: hunky hotel mogul, Gabe Sawyer. Pop star PJ Cantrell's career is being shredded by an angry blackmailer who uncovered the truth about her hidden past. She knows it has to be someone close, someone she trusts, and that makes the betrayal hurt all the more. She turns to long-time friend Gabe Sawyer for help but finds more than she bargained for in his strong arms and sizzling kiss. As she quickly discovers she wants more from him than friendship and support, she has to wonder what he'll think of her when he finally learns the truth about her past. Steamy romance meets heart-stopping suspense in the Sutton Billionaires Series. This is the fourth book in the series but it can be read as a standalone story with no cliffhangers. If you'd rather start at book one, grab The Billionaire Deal by Lori Ryan. A shorter version of this book was previously released as part of the Sutton Capital Series and under the title The Billionaire Rocks. The Billionaire’s Navy SEAL: A man struggling to leave the battlefield behind, a woman powerful enough to help him all the way home. Logan Stone should be happy. More than happy, in fact. He’s Sutton Capital’s newest executive, no longer a Navy SEAL in the line of fire, fighting for his country and his brothers-in-arms. Now he spends his days working side-by-side with Samantha Page, the sexy, brilliant woman of his dreams. But Logan is fighting a different kind of battle; one no one realizes he’s in. While he’s focused on managing his PTSI, something much more sinister enters his world and he must battle to save Samantha’s life and their growing love. When her life is threatened, he spirals downward. If he succumbs to the PTSI clawing at him, she’ll be left to fend for herself against threats neither of them could see coming. Steamy romance meets heart-stopping suspense in the Sutton Billionaires Series. This is the fifth book in the series, but it can be read as a standalone story with no cliffhangers. If you’d rather start at book one, grab The Billionaire Deal by Lori Ryan.
A shorter version of this book was previously released as part of the Sutton Capital Series. Falling for the Billionaire’s Daughter: Can she ever get over her broken heart? Jennie Evans has known true love, and it died with her husband. But she's found balance in her life: friends and a job she loves at Sutton Capital. And there might be a man that caught her eye, but she'll never give him her heart. Chad Thompson sees what others don't: Jennie's hurting inside and hiding it from the world. Their chemistry may be off the charts, but he vows not to push. Even if true happiness might be within reach. When their meddling friends throw Jennie and Chad together in a plot designed to push them out of their comfort zones, she ends up in more danger than anyone could have imagined. To keep her safe, Chad will have to risk his body and his heart, and no matter how things end, one of them is going to get hurt. The Billionaire Op is a standalone book in the Sutton Billionaires Series. A shorter version of it was previously published as part of the Sutton Capital Series.
Pregnant and alone, Amber Johnson-Murray, aka “Miss Always-Careful,” never in her life thought she’d end up single while expecting a child. After leaving an emotionally abusive relationship, she has sworn off men until further notice. That is, until she bumps into an old friend, hot and delicious property developer, Jules Romero. The baby growing inside her is a precious miracle. But how can she control the feelings growing inside her for too-hot-to-handle Jules? High-flying billionaire Jules Romero is determined to bury himself in his work acquiring properties after suffering injuries from a near-fatal accident, but meeting up with sweet Amber has thrown a kink in his plans. Though Amber is determined to keep the identity of her baby’s real father a secret, he wants nothing more than to take care of Amber and her child.
Kathryn thought she knew Hugh Parkinson, a charming, rakish playboy who was used to women being served to him on a plate. In his eyes she was just his utterly efficient, slightly uptight assistant. Until she nearly lost the thing that mattered most to her, and unexpectedly Hugh was there to help: he was prepared to marry her! But the catch… Hugh wanted this convenient marriage to keep Kathryn not only as his trusty assistant—but also to warm his bed….
New York Times Editors' Choice A powerful investigation of Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation, showing how he uses philanthropy to exercise enormous political power without accountability Through his vaunted philanthropy, Bill Gates transformed himself from a tech villain into one of the most admired people on the planet. Even as divorce proceedings and allegations of misconduct have recently tarnished his public image, the beneficence of the Gates Foundation, celebrated for spending billions to save lives around the globe, is taken as a given. But as Tim Schwab shows in this fearless investigation, Gates is still exactly who he was at Microsoft: a bully and monopolist, convinced of his own righteousness and intent on imposing his ideas, his solutions, and his leadership on everyone else. At the core, he is not a selfless philanthropist but a power broker, a clever engineer who has innovated a way to turn extreme wealth into immense political influence—and who has made us believe we should applaud his acquisition of power, not challenge it. Piercing the blinding halo that has for too long shielded the world’s most powerful (and most secretive) charitable organization from public scrutiny, The Bill Gates Problem shows how Gates’s billions have purchased a stunning level of control over public policy, private markets, scientific research, and the news media. Whether he is pushing new educational standards in America, health reforms in India, global vaccine policy during the pandemic, or Western industrialized agriculture throughout Africa, Gates’s heady social experimentation has shown itself to be not only undemocratic, but also ineffective. In many places, Bill Gates is hurting the very people he intends to help. No less than dark-money campaign contributions or big-business political lobbying, Bill Gates’s philanthropic empire needs to be seen as a problem of money in politics. It is a dangerous model of unconstrained power that threatens democracy and demands our attention.
Sully Fuller is a man who gets what he wants. Lethal on the battlefield, in the board room, and let's be honest, definitely the bedroom. His single-minded focus on me makes it impossible to concentrate, while I’m trying to save his company’s most important project. Yet he’s sworn to protect me until I complete my work. I'm just the hacker he hired to finish his latest project. Programming, hacking, helping save the world. Typical computer nerd day, if you don't think too hard about the rock of a man who is always within sight. Always throwing heat in my direction. It's hard to keep my eyes off him and on my computer screen. He owns the company. He’s totally off-limits. But when the stakes are high, all bets are off. My head knows it's time to focus on work. My body and my heart? Let's just say they have a completely different idea on how close to let this soldier get. This is a 20K word (about a 120 pages) short read / novella. Ex-Military Veteran Billionaire. Enemies to Lovers. Boss/Employee. Geek / Nerd. Age Gap - May/December. No Angst. Sweet & Steamy. HEA
