Women Workplace

Black and brown women have been making profound strides in leadership and professional achievement, despite facing the added hurdles of both sexism and racism in the workplace. But so often, excelling at work comes at the expense of their wellness: the chronic stressors and demands on Black women can result in negative physical health outcomes such as sleep disturbance, hypertension, and diabetes, and negative mental health outcomes including anxiety and depression.

This book was previously published as "Menage a Geek" by Reba Bale Three best friends. One crazy weekend. The three-way to end all three-ways. When the CEO of Toys for Grown-Ups, the leading national retailer for adult activities, takes his entire staff to the mountains for a team-building retreat, things get a little crazy. Delilah, Wesley and Kent are the three-person I.T. team for the company. Best friends for years, they spend most of their time together, both at work and on their personal time. Delilah has been fighting her attraction to the two men for a long time, but she has no idea...

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 ...

What does diversity do? What are we doing when we use the language of diversity? Sara Ahmed offers an account of the diversity world based on interviews with diversity practitioners in higher education, as well as her own experience of doing diversity work. Diversity is an ordinary, even unremarkable, feature of institutional life. Yet diversity practitioners often experience institutions as resistant to their work, as captured through their use of the metaphor of the "brick wall". On Being Included offers an explanation of this apparent paradox.

THE WAIT IS OVER! THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF MORGAN'S CHASE STARTS NOW! How fleeting his happiness? Is it but a moment before we need more happiness? At long last, Morgan Chase has found it in both her personal and professionals lives. She sits at the pinnacle as a successful CEO of her vast, global corporate empire. And, she stirs sexually sated, in her lover's arms amid a magical Montauk getaway. The ocean-swept love nest befits a billionaire with access to a corporate helicopter. And it's all in an afternoon's work for the likes of Morgan Chase. But these precious moments are flew and ...

"ALICE CROWLEY'S EROTIC STORIES ALWAYS HAVE SURPRISE ENDINGS!" ~ Hwk"I LOVED THE IMAGINATION OF THIS AUTHOR!" ~ Satisfied Kindle Reader"ALICE CROWLEY IS ONE OF OUR GREATEST LIVING WRITERS!" ~ G. Taylor This searing, sizzling chapter in the ongoing Alice Crowley saga is sure to get the juices flowing! Kayla is married to a company man, and her husband spends most of his days at the office of a chemical company. Now the deep, dark, foreboding forest is calling to Kayla, and she will heed the call of the flesh! This 5k-word short story is loaded with heaping helpings of hot and heavy scenes ...

We've decided by consensus that consensus is good. In In Defense of Troublemakers, psychologist Charlan Nemeth argues that this principle is completely wrong: left unchallenged, the majority opinion is often biased, unoriginal, or false. It leads planes and markets to crash, causes juries to convict innocent people, and can quite literally make people think blue is green. In the name of comity, we embrace stupidity. We can make better decisions by embracing dissent. Dissent forces us to question the status quo, consider more information, and engage in creative decision-making.

If no further changes are made, it will take 132 years to reach full gender parity across education, economic participation and opportunity, and political empowerment! When women learn how to be heard, true leadership with positive social and economic results is seen. They can balance assertiveness with care, management with team empowerment, and create a workplace environment that is inclusive, safe, and productive. The challenge for many female leaders isn't their leadership skills, it's finding their voice!

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 ...

He hired her to landscape the yard, but she's going to make him re-evaluate who he lets into his heart. Rhodes Quinn is only months away from taking over Quinn Valley Ranch, and he doesn't have time to deal with water leaking into the basement at the homestead. But since it's his future home, he hires a landscape architect to get things right with the yard. Capri Haywood has made the thousand-mile journey from Texas to Quinn Valley to start over after a disastrous break-up and career-ending events at her last job. She has the landscape architecture degree, but she's never used it. As she ...

Is there ever a good or perfect time for love to find you? NATALIE Office romances are a hard no in my book. Yet somehow, I connect with the office ladies’ man. I’m not about to be played. If he wants me, then he better be prepared to play for keeps. MATT I thought I had women figured out. Then I met her and all my well-thought out plans get scattered. How can one woman leave me completely unbalanced? The only thing I’m certain of is I can’t let her go when her internship ends. Loving Matt is a sweet and steamy Instalove romance featuring an older man who thought he knew it all and ...

Welcome to Isla de la Luz! Lily's life as a struggling artist takes an unexpected turn when she receives a mysterious invitation to a private island owned by the eccentric billionaire Alexander Chase. What begins as a simple commission to paint his portrait soon blossoms into a passionate connection that challenges Lily's conceptions of life, love and the reclusive tycoon himself. As she steps into Alexander's world, a realm of breathtaking beauty and haunting folklore, Lily finds her artistic inspiration reawakening under his nurturing guidance. But Alexander guards his own deep emotional ...

Kim, aka Tempest, an asset that specializes in close combat and medium ranged kills, is assigned to the think tank dubbed the cave when not out on solo missions. After unexpectedly crossing paths with the Marine Raiders, Kim determined that she and three of her sorority sisters would mission plan for the elite forces from all branches, forming the Alpha Angels unit. The then lead of the Raiders Victor, aka Titan, tasked himself to assist the Angels, and Kim was granted the Raiders to assist and plan for. In selecting the new team, she chose Matthew, aka Gabriel, as the lead who she would be...

In this fascinating and empowering book, King outlines the invisible barriers that hold women back at all stages of their careers, and provides readers with a clear set of takeaways to thrive despite the sexist workplace, as they fight for change from within. Gender equality is not about women, and it is not about men - it is about making workplaces work for everyone. Together, we can fix work, not women.

This summer’s not going as Abby Atkinson planned. A thieving PhD adviser, a screeching halt to her grad program, and zero job offers have left her high and dry. Nothing a little eat, pray, love across the Mediterranean can’t fix, right? Or eat, pray, tutor, more like. Her dissertation might be dead, but she can still teach. She’ll just have to do it for six weeks on a superyacht with a billionaire and his daughter. A playboy billionaire, according to the tabloids—but Abby’s not so sure.

This book was previously published as "Financial Punishment: the Naughty C.P.A." by Reba Bale What happens when the people who make your pleasure toys decide to let their hair down? Toys for Grown-Ups is the leading national retailer for adult activities. But even toy developers need downtime, so CEO Robert Calloway decides to take his team to the mountains for a team-building retreat. One that will have plenty of time for fun… Elaine Robertson feels like the lone voice of reason in her company. As the chief financial officer, she’s more worried about audits and spreadsheets than ...

Reluctantly, Chef Isaac finds himself working in the kitchen of his nemesis, Chef Piper Peyton. Why would he want to cook his way into her heart? To save a landmark family restaurant in Savannah, two chefs must put aside their twenty-year-old feud and cook together. Can they at least try to be kind toward each other without digging up old hurts? I can’t wait for you to read Piper’s story. Fans of my Savannah Sweethearts and Coastal Sweethearts Christian coastal romance series might recall that Piper is profoundly deaf. Here comes Chef Isaac, who does not speak American Sign Language at ...

I know our parents got married a dozen years ago. I know that Kendall is thirteen years younger than me. None of that is going to stop me from having her. She has a fresh cherry that needs popping. I won’t leave that up to the members of my club. She wants to know how I feel about her. And I’m going to show her with my hands and tongue. Come hell or high water, I’ll claim Kendall no matter what it takes. A fast-paced age gap romance featuring the MC vice president, a woman he watched grow up, and one cherry-popping romantic encounter that leads to a happily ever after.

Two professionals at the top of their game. Only one title winner spot available. A competition that promises to take each contender out of their comfort zone. Avery Strange isn’t afraid of anything, but constantly fighting for the top spot in the real estate firm she works for gets exhausting. When her biggest competition is the annoyingly handsome Logan Thomas, she has to pull out all the stops to stay a step ahead. Logan isn’t used to losing. He always assumes he’ll win. Winning is what he does and his track record speaks for itself. Serious competition from the woman he loves to ...

Lucille Barker was on her way to work when she knew something was wrong with her car. The steering wheel was extremely hard to turn and then she felt the passenger's side start to droop and pull to the left. On top of everything else, it was raining! She quickly pulled over to the side of the road, put up her umbrella and walked around to the passenger's side to investigate. She had a flat tire! She remembered her boss threatening her that if she was late one more time, he would fire her. As she stood there and worried, she heard a car pull up behind her. An elegantly dressed man who looked...