Virtual Workplace

A hot fling offers them both a chance to escape their pasts… Bridget Hitchcock – Birdie to her friends – is getting married to the man of her dreams. Or so she keeps telling herself. When Fate intervenes to ruin the big day, Bridget’s devastated, but she’s honest enough to admit that the humiliation and embarrassment has upset her more than actually losing Mal. Standing on Wellington quay in the rain in her wedding dress, she contemplates where to go from here, and has no idea. Aaron Reed is dashing through the rain with his son to their hotel room when he spots the beautiful ...

Never fall for your hot young fake fiancé… It's simple, convince my family the engagement to my new secretary is real, if it works, the yacht club’s mine. The trouble is…I don’t do relationships. And I don’t do marriage. Being Star Island’s most eligible billionaire, you’d think getting her to say yes would be easy. But faking it gets complicated. I can do anything for a short time except getting stuck on a yacht with this smok’n hottie. The thought of those thick thighs wrapped around my neck ignites a blaze in me and I can’t keep my hands off her. But Isabella’s half ...

5X Best-Selling & Award-Winning Author and Podcaster; Leadership, HR, Innovation, Future of Work, & Culture Global Thought Leader; Chair/Professor of Organizational Leadership; Change/OD/HR/Social Impact Consultant Work is constantly evolving, and organizations need to equip their leaders with the tools to navigate change while fostering employee engagement, productivity, and well-being. In this book, leadership expert Jonathan H. Westover lays out a roadmap for establishing purpose-driven leadership in uncertain times. Drawing from research and case studies, Westover outlines strategies ...

Eye of the Storm is a call to action for business and organizational leaders. Ray Williams cites problems such as relentless demands and extreme pressure placed on both leaders and workers, explaining the harm that recurring waves of job cuts and globalization do to the corporate structure as they lower loyalty and job satisfaction. But Williams doesn't just detail the problem--he presents steps on how to fix it. Arguing how leaders need to become more mindful and take steps to engage their employees in more meaningful work, he also lays out ways in which businesses can create environments ...

To deal with her present, she must face her past. In 1985, a young Laura Rodriguez goes to Silicon Valley to start a career as a computer programmer. She finds a job at a quirky startup run by a family with secrets. In 2016, a now middle-aged Laura faces growing professional and family crises and the most divisive presidential election in recent history. She fears losing her job in the wake of a merger, and she distrusts her new millennial boss. Her daughter has cancer, her son quit a lucrative programming job and moved back home, and her marriage is crumbling—especially when an old flame...

Melody Mazyk lives under a microscope. As if being a black female senior manager in corporate America wasn't enough, she's the architect of a most unusual diversity issue; eighty percent of leadership positions under her, are held down by women of color. As power is the mother of protest, they were bound to come under attack. The attack comes from Dominic Counsel - a bitter black man with processed hair and a fat white wife, who recruits a few luscious men to woo the top black female executives into complacency and destroy this corporate utopia of Black Girl Magic. Melody and her high-...

A billionaire searching for something more. A baker hiding a troublesome past. Will Christmas spoil their chance at love? Each Christmas, Grace Smythe struggles to forget her heartbreaking childhood. Her joy comes from giving her customers yummy goods. Billionaire Sebastian Layley basks in the anonymity of his adopted hometown. Then he meets the lovely baker who turns his visit to her shop into a catastrophe. He’s willing to forgive and forget, but as he draws closer to Grace, she throws up the barricades. Grace can’t let down her guard. She’s been hurt too many times and won’t take...

When Elizabeth Chatham met her new boss, department-store owner Nicholas Lancaster, she completely fell for him. But she never imagined that after a whirlwind courtship, Nick would be on bended knee proposing to her. It was the stuff of a Christmas fairy tale... Then Nick and Elizabeth decided to hold their wedding in Elizabeth's hometown of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and their dream of an idyllic Christmas wedding began to turn into a disaster. Elizabeth's family wanted a lively, down-home, country-style party with all their friends and relatives. Nick's family, on the other hand, pushed for...

Funny how things had worked out, she went from hunting him down for killing her brother to him sitting beside her as the new recruit in the Bureau. Most would say it is their worst nightmare, but even a nightmare could not prepare them for this. A normal married couple, living a normal life in a normal suburb, working normal jobs...well, if you can call two undercover agents trying to bring down one of the world’s largest human trafficking rings “normal.” Pose as a married couple, easy. Keeping things professional now that might be hard.

Harrison I wanted Gabriella Manners from the moment she walked into my office, pushed back the hood of her raincoat, and shook out her long chocolate-brown hair. In another world, I think I could have loved a woman like her, but the timing turns out to be all wrong. In a few weeks, we’re both heading off in different directions, and it soon becomes clear that a one-night stand is about all we have time for. I’m not sure she’ll be interested. She’s only ever been to bed with her ex, and when I ask her back to my apartment, I fully expect the usually shy, nervous Gaby to say no. But ...

He’ll warm up your crowd, your bed, and your heart. Being the guitarist for Criminal Records, the nation’s number one rock band, is a dream come true. But like all complicated lifestyles, mine comes with a few hard and fast rules. Protect your heart at all costs, and… Don’t date other musicians. Ever. Let’s just say the road can be a treacherous place for a girl whose been burned before. Enter Harvey Moon: our opening act with killer looks, a voice that makes panties melt, and the uncanny ability to make me question every single one of my rules. Our friendship hits all the right ...

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?

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 ...

She was days away from saying “I do”—until a marriage she didn’t know she had changed everything. Nikki has always played by the rules. With her wedding to her dependable longtime boyfriend just around the corner, everything in her life seems perfectly planned—until a shocking discovery throws it all into chaos: she’s already legally married to professional basketball star Marcus Black. Marcus is just as stunned. He doesn’t remember the quickie Vegas wedding any more than she does. But now that the paperwork is real, walking away isn’t as simple as signing a form—...

Are you looking to sharpen your communication skill to advance your career to the next level? Sometimes, the only thing standing between you and getting that new promotion or locking in that next deal is effective communication. This book aims to help you gain skills needed to get ahead of your peers. With Communication at the Workplace, you can master the secrets to interpersonal communication. These strategies will help you establish effective workplace collaboration, boost your confidence, and leave a positive impression among your colleagues and clients. This book will help you: • ...

**He was supposed to be a nameless hookup, not my best friend's billionaire dad.** **Now he's my grumpy boss and my deepest temptation.** **Can our age gap love survive family, scandal, and corporate sabotage?** I thought I'd never see him again after that explosive night at the club in Paris. Then he walked into my New York office as the new owner; Jamie Katz—the man from my wildest fantasies and my best friend's estranged father. He's experienced, demanding, and irresistible. Every heated argument leaves me breathless, every accidental touch reignites the passion we shared. When we're ...

A charming billionaire, a woman hiding behind her big glasses, and their dream date gone completely wrong. Mae Delaney, a super smart accounting nerd, has fallen in love with her boss, the handsome and accomplished Slade Steele, over video chats. When he flies into her hometown and asks her to dinner, she can't believe that all of her dreams are about to come true. Mae decides to ditch her usual oversized t-shirts and glasses and allow her best friend to do a complete make-over on her. But at the restaurant that evening, everything falls apart--Slade is late, the waiter is hitting on her, ...

Commitment phobic Alaria Russell has just been fired. Again. Desperate for a job, she applies to be a nanny. Alaria hits it off with single dad Daymond Jones immediately over text message. He needs a nanny immediately. It seems there is no one left willing to watch his kids. He’s willing to pay top dollar. Alaria is relieved when Daymond invites her to meet him and the kids. Then the unexpected happens the moment Alaria meets the Jones family. 1. She doesn’t expect to be so attracted to her new boss. 2. She doesn’t expect his children to hate her. Alaria needed the money badly, so she...

A complete trilogy of utterly-adorable romance you won't put down! Victoria is a skilled Event-planner and Oliver is the heir of the illustrious Kent company. The second they meet, sparks fly. But something keeps getting in the way! An oh-so-sweet omnibus that includes the entire trilogy, three novellas bundled together. You'll love Oliver and Victoria's love-at-first-sight meet-cute. But when Victoria is mistaken for someone else, the mishaps really begin. In book one, An Event-Planner Vacay, their mystery-riddled story is packed with so much heart, it will bring tears to your eyes. In ...

In a tailspin and out of control… Hunter 'Alpo' Petersen couldn’t believe his world was turning upside down before his very eyes! He should be out with all the pretty women, the bar bunnies, and models—not grounded with a tomboy in coveralls hefting a torque wrench. Barely surviving brutal landing, he’s stranded with the most bewildering female who won’t quit talking–Glory. She grates on his last nerve, has to be right about everything, and just when he can’t take anymore… she refuses to kiss him! A chance she never dreamed of… Glory Madison had the biggest, stupidest ...