Virtual Workplace

Matthew Hale—my boss, my best friend, and now my pretend lover? Suddenly, my life is a romantic comedy, but the punchline is my pounding heart. He insists on being my bodyguard, claiming it's not just about the job—it's personal. I've always found him attractive, but a girl like me can't be more than friends with a rich, dreamy guy like him... right? Yet, here we are, faking a relationship to throw off my stalker, and his touch feels dangerously real. His protective instincts are a temptation I can't resist. In this tangled web of lies, the lines blur between pretend and reality. But ...

A best friends to lovers hockey romance. My coach is playing matchmaker. And that’s a problem because I work with this beautiful and distracting woman. Also, she’s my best friend’s ex making her very off limits. I also might be crushing on her. Hard. That’s a hat trick of reasons to say no. But if I don’t follow coach’s playbook on and off the ice I’ll be benched. Kind of like my heart. If I say yes to this fake-dating plan…well, it could save my reputation (nice guy, wrong place, wrong time, etc., etc.) as well as get me those deals I so desperately need. It could even help...

Taming the Abrasive Manager: How to End Unnecessary Roughness in the Workplace is an ideal resource for managers, human resource professionals, executive coaches, and anyone who works for or with an abrasive leader. Researcher and executive coach Dr. Laura Crawshaw― known as the Boss Whisperer® for her work in this field―shares her discoveries on how to tame the deep fears that drive abrasive managers to attack their coworkers. In her straight-shooting style, Crawshaw offers invaluable insights gained from her encounters with abrasive bosses in corporate jungles who aggressively defend...

EDITORIAL REVIEWS: 5 Stars Reviewed by K.C. Finn for Readers’ Favorite The Cleopatra Aspect Series Box Set by AJ Channing is a suspenseful romance trilogy centered on the ambitious and determined Tia Sanchez. In Irresistible Dreams, Tia travels to Dubai with her best friend and resolves to focus on her career after a humiliating experience. In Insatiable Desires, she strikes a deal with bad-boy billionaire Enrico Castello in a fake marriage, but her heart is stolen by her bodyguard, Beau Hennessy. In Irrevocable Love, Tia’s new romance faces threats from a vengeful Enrico, as he and his...

RETALIATION is a first-person account about the danger of speaking out in the workplace. Amy Block Joy, a faculty member at a major public university and director of a federal program, knew what she had to do when she discovered apparent fraud at her university. Following university policy, she reported her suspicions to her supervisor. When her report was ignored, she blew the whistle, asking the university to take action. Her allegations of misuse of government funds were investigated and eventually substantiated by campus authorities. Eleven months later, when the fraud findings were ...

I’m Faith Collins, the twenty-five-year-old virgin accounting clerk by day, and princess stripper at night. How I made it to twenty-five with my V-card is simple. For the last six years, my life has revolved around making enough money to take care of my grams. I date, but nothing serious. A one-night stand isn’t the first experience I want. If this fundraiser auction was my Valentine's fantasy, the night would end with me pinned under Gunnar after spending an hour examining each of his tattoos with my tongue. I would do just about anything for my first time to be with him. Too bad ...

Eyes on the prize! Gage ‘Houdini’ Walters had a terrible secret he was hiding. One mistake had his world crashing down around him, his team rejecting him, and with no way to redeem himself in their eyes. Then she had the nerve to ask him out? There was no way he was even going to entertain dating the person who'd ruined his life - Abby. Apply the airbrakes and come around, Flyboy! Abby York was surprised at the devastation and bitterness in the man’s eyes during their discussion. The news wasn’t easy, but it could be corrected - so why did he look like she’d just broken his heart?...

A former FBI agent and a treasure hunter must join forces to defeat a mutual enemy in a race to find treasures from the lost Amber Room. Emerging from a deep undercover operation gone wrong, FBI Special Agent Jake Kessler finds himself suspended without pay and left out of the remaining hunt for the most notorious terrorist in the world. The only person who might be able to help him is a random stranger he meets in San Francisco, who wants something in return even when there is a price on her own head. A relentless hunter… They say that FBI Special Agent Jake Kessler doesn’t follow ...

Never fall in love when you’re full of Christmas spirit… Stefan is the only guy I’ve ever really wanted. But on the night that I finally plucked up courage to ask him back to my room, he turned me down. Okay, he didn't just turn me down; he crushed my very soul. That was a month ago, and now, at Christmastime, I’m traveling with my family to the Arctic Circle to celebrate Noah’s wedding. Because Stefan and I are the only two singletons left, I just know we’re going to end up sitting together on the plane and in restaurants. I can’t bear to be near him. It hurts too much. And ...

Have you ever wondered if you're truly smart or just busy? It’s time to discover strategies to help you work smarter, not harder. This book will teach you how to streamline your path to success with smart leadership and effective HR leadership techniques. You'll learn how to build your dream team with effective hiring strategies and conduct effective hiring interviews, transforming your hiring process into a powerful tool for growth. Investing wisely in employee orientation, training, and development is essential. A top-notch performance appraisal system paired with effective performance ...

Reimagine Online Training: Transform Employee Engagement with Gamification Tired of boring PowerPoint, uninspired PDFs, and outdated e-Learning methods? It’s time to revolutionize your approach to training. Office Arcade is your playbook for leveraging gamification to create fun, engaging, and impactful learning experiences that drive results. Designed for HR leaders, instructional designers, marketers, and product managers, this step-by-step guide will empower you to rethink how you deliver training and motivate your teams. Inside, you’ll discover: • The Four Pillars of Gamification:...

Grow Your Spine & Manage Abrasive Leadership Behavior: A Guide for Those Who Manage Bosses Who Bully shows managers how to fearlessly manage bosses who behave badly, ensuring a psychologically safe workplace. Abrasive leaders rub their coworkers the wrong way, with behaviors ranging from mild offense to open attack. Their bullying behaviors cause interpersonal friction that grates on subordinates, peers, and often superiors, eroding motivation and disrupting the smooth flow of work. They can inflict deep wounds and intense suffering on employees, who find themselves unwillingly relegated to...

She needed a fiancé to seal the deal. He was the charming chaos next door. Chloe Larson is brilliant, driven, and this close to landing her dream VP of Marketing job. She's shattered every target and exceeded every KPI. There's just one tiny, utterly absurd hurdle: her eccentric, family-values-obsessed boss wants to meet the partners—the "support systems"—of his candidates at the annual leadership retreat. Problem? Chloe's only serious relationship is with her career. Solution? A desperate, last-minute proposal to her annoying-but-handsome neighbor, Liam O'Connell. He's a freelance ...

Life is good for Cate Maddison. Although it would be nice to have a man in her life, her career is her priority. On a night out, she meets Nick. He’s definitely her type, tall, dark and handsome. Acting on impulse they spend an amazing night together, but Cate slinks away in the morning, not thinking she’ll see him again. Fate seems to have other plans though. Nick arrives at his new job and finds he’ll be working with Cate. He’s her new boss. The attraction between them is stronger than either of them have felt before, yet Cate is reluctant to give in to her growing feelings. Cate ...

Nicola Claire's captivating new time travel romance series introduces an exciting and adventurous world, set in multiple times and multiple places, packed full of sizzling action and heart-racing escapades, where time once lost can never be found again. “That is what we do, Miss Wylde. We mend Time. Catch it. Stitch it. Make it. We’re Surgeons of Time. And you’re about to go where no layperson has ever gone before. So trust me, when I say I am responsible for you. And believe me, when I say your presence alone could fracture or restore Time.” Mourning the loss of her parents, Mimi ...

The remote work revolution is here. Even before COVID-19 created the largest remote work experiment in history, the business world was already gravitating toward virtual workplaces. Suddenly organisations as big as Twitter are learning that their employees don’t need an office in order to get great results. How to Thrive in the Virtual Workplace shows how to stay productive, feel like part of a team and make the most of remote working.

Like Beauty and the Beast—except everyone hides a monster inside. Birdie isn’t the shy, brilliant intelligence analyst everyone thinks she is. She carries a secret sin so heavy it drives her to risk everything—again and again—as penance for a life she failed to save. Behind her quiet facade lives a lonely vigilante haunted by guilt and fear. Bastien was born into darkness. The son of a brutal man, destruction runs in his blood. He joined the SEALs hoping the discipline would tame the demons inherited from his father. But when control slips, Bastien loses everything—his career, his...

Amy Parker has always been the dependable friend, but after a devastating betrayal by her ex-boyfriend and ex-best friend, she's sworn off love to focus solely on her career. When a new head of department, Ethan Reynolds, arrives with revolutionary ideas and a frustrating attitude, Amy's calm and orderly world is thrown into chaos. Their professional clash soon gives way to undeniable chemistry, but Amy’s past wounds make her wary of opening her heart again. Will Amy and Ethan find common ground—or will her fear of being hurt again keep her from taking a chance on love?

THE ABBREVIATED STORY OF FOUR MEMBERS OF A PATRIOTIC AMERICAN FAMILY AND THE STRONG WOMEN WHO LOVE AND SUPPORT THEM. EACH SELECTED FAMILY MEMBER FACES THEIR OWN DEMONS, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS WHILE SERVING THEIR COUNTRY AND LIVING THEIR LIVES TO THE FULLEST. FROM SAN JUAN HILL TO ARABIAN SANDS THIS FAMILY KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE. THESE FIVE STORIES TOUCH ON PERIODS IN THE LIVES OF MEN WHO CHOSE TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY IN THE ARMY.

Friends to Lovers Romance From Allies to Soulmates: A Midwest Journey, Overcoming Obstacles, and Adversities. Everything halts in a breathless moment. Ben's eyes connect with mine in the bustling farmers market, unleashing memories of our hot night of passion from the last time our worlds collided. Gotta bolt before he digs too deep or spots my son. Ben's ripped frame, tats, and piercing blues craft an enticing image, igniting visions of family. Yet a tantalizing secret shadows our reunion. Is this just a passing memory or the start of something more? Days later, when Ben turns up at my ...