Download or read book Covington Billionaires written by Erin Swann and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three more steamy unforgettable love stories in one paperback. Contains: The billionaire''s Hope, Picked by the Billionaire, Saved by the Billionaire The Billionaire''s Hope: I hadn''t seen her since the day I broke her brother''s nose. We came from different worlds. She was trouble wrapped in temptation, and it would be smart to keep my distance. The last time I''d dared to touch Katie, her brother foolishly took a swing at me. Her family taught me a painful lesson that day about money and power. I gave him a bloody nose. They destroyed my life. Today she desperately needed a ride back to LA. Six hours of her warm body wrapped around mine on the back of my bike was the price she''d have to pay. With her life in flames, the danger was more real than she knew. When she ran from her brother and into my arms, the kiss was meant to scare her off. It didn''t work. She''s sexual napalm, and I''m the match. Now we''re both toast. I''m not giving her up until I have to. Even if it destroys me. Katie: I hadn''t seen Nick since high school, the day he broke my brother''s nose. I bumped into him while trapped in Las Vegas with no way to get home. Maybe this was my second chance. I didn''t accept the ride to LA on the back of his bike just because he''d been the hottest and baddest boy in school. I swear I didn''t. My life was all planned out. I left my sensible house every day in my sensible clothes and went to my sensible job. Until, some crazy targeted me, and it all went up in smoke. Now, I''m done being sensible. I know what I want, and he''s pure trouble. Nick''s all wrong for me, but only he can keep me safe. I''m falling for him. It can''t work. It doesn''t make sense. I''m walking straight into a broken heart, and I can''t stop. Picked by the Billionaire A night I wouldn''t forget. An offer I couldn''t refuse. Liam:I had dared to love once and lost. The memory haunted me every day. Now, I have rules, three simple rules: I don''t do dinner, they never come to my place, and I never stay the night. Until I met the tantalizing Amy and she turned everything upside down. It was just one night. Tomorrow I could get back to normal I told myself. When she turned up at my next meeting, normal was no longer on the horizon. Now, she is essential to defeating my nemesis. One way or another she may be my undoing. Amy:I couldn''t get past my failed marriage - I couldn''t take the terrifying leap. When the question became his place or mine, I ran back to my computer to pick another. My sister convinced me to try shock therapy - a one-night stand to get over my phobia. One night without inhibitions and never see him again, that was the plan. Simple enough, right? The next day, he walked into my meeting. Suddenly things weren''t simple anymore. He held the key to my company''s survival; there was just one catch. I had to pretend to be his girlfriend. How hard could that be? Saved by the Billionaire The FBI and the cartel are after her for the same thing: information she doesn''t have. Natalie had gone from the Belle of Boston to Witch of the West End. Everybody in town hated her for her ex-husband''s crimes. Then the FBI showed up to seize everything she owned. Without a penny to her name, she only survived by taking a job working for the most disagreeable man in town. Billionaire inventor Ryan Westerly had never allowed thoughts of any woman to intrude upon his work. But, from the first day his company hired the beautiful Natalie, he could no longer concentrate. The medicines he was developing were too important to allow her to distract him. For the sake of the children, she had to go. When the cartel comes after Natalie, she trusts him with her safety, but can she trust him with her heart?

Download or read book Keeping Up with the Dow Joneses written by Vijay Prashad and published by South End Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this short but powerful book of interlinked essays, noted cultural critic Vijay Prashad examines the contradictions of the American economy. Prashad assesses a range of related issues: the oft-vaunted US economy, propped up by the rising debt of poor and middle-class workers; welfare policies that punish those attempting to escape the grip of debt and poverty; and a prison industry that regulates and houses the unemployed, as well as a reserve army of laborers. In Keeping Up with the Dow Joneses, Prashad argues that the advent of mass production and advertising has converted citizens into consumers whose desires are captured by the phrase "keeping up with the Joneses." Yet, as Prashad so persuasively demonstrates, keeping up with the Joneses is a trap: Americans have gone into massive consumer debt, with the poorest forty percent of the public borrowing money to compensate for stagnant incomes, not to spend on luxuries. Only the richest twenty percent borrow money to invest in stocks. Not surprisingly, in the last few years, income and wealth differentials have risen to record highs. By making crystal-clear connections between the economy, welfare reform and the profit-driven prison industrial complex, Prashad offers a vision for a sustainable and vital anti-imperialist movement. Vijay Prashad is Associate Professor and Director of International Studies, Trinity College. He is the author of several books including Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity, Fat Cats and Running Dogs and The Karma of Brown Folk. Each was included in the Village Voice’s "25 Best Books of the Year" list.

Download or read book Crave written by Monica Murphy and published by Avon Impulse. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy launches her sexy Billionaire Bachelors Club series with a lavish bet, a night of carnal desires, and a forever that never seemed possible. Billionaire Archer Bancroft always gets what he wants—and he's wanted Ivy Emerson, his best friend's sister, for far too long. Being forbidden and untouchable only makes her more tempting. When a million-dollar bet with his friends throws down a challenge—last bachelor standing takes all—Archer knows he can win. That is, until one enchanted evening with Ivy takes his heart for a ride. Ivy knows Archer is nothing but bad news: infuriating, arrogant . . . and completely intoxicating. But despite her best efforts, she can't seem to keep away. When a stolen kiss leads to a night of heated passion, Ivy realizes she's in trouble and in head over heels. But in the light of day, everything seems clearer, and Archer's not so sure a one-night stand is all he wants. Concocting a plan to keep Ivy by his side, Archer might just be willing to lose this bet . . . and win the jackpot instead. An Avon Romance

Download or read book Saving Debbie written by Erin Swann and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-25 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you do when your past turns out to be a lie? Debbie: My family forced me to participate in their crimes. I'm now on the run from them, and the cops. Luke came to my rescue when I was beaten and robbed of the money I'd saved for my escape. Slowly, I realize that everything I thought I knew is a lie, and the tattooed ex-con biker is the only one I can trust. To unravel it all, I must talk to the boy from long ago who lived through the nightmare with me. Luke: I brought home the battered and bruised girl because the strong protect the weak. She came with a hitch: the news said she'd just robbed a bank. The smart move would have been to claim the reward. I was on parole for another two years, and the impulse to keep her was both stupid and dangerous. As Debbie's life unravels, she yearns to learn the truth from long ago. But, at what cost? Buy Saving Debbie today and see love find a way.

Download or read book Say the Word written by Julie Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The heart isn't like the liver. It doesn't regenerate, no matter how much time passes. Once it's gone, it's gone for good. I'd left mine with Sebastian when I walked away that day, and I hadn't seen it in the seven years since." -- Lux Kincaid At eighteen, Lux is forced to make a choice. One that nearly destroys her. She breaks a boy's heart. She breaks her own, too. Seven years later, Lux never expects to see Sebastian again -- especially not when her career as a journalist is hanging by a thread and she's stumbled onto the story of a lifetime. As she chases down leads and explores the dark underbelly of Manhattan, Lux will put her life on the line. But after crossing paths with a still-unforgiving Sebastian, it's her heart she's most worried about. Amidst the blame and the betrayal, the hurt and the heartbreak... can two lost lovers ever find their way back to one another? Lines will be blurred. The past will be unearthed. And Lux will find out that some secrets aren't meant to be kept...

Download or read book Tobacco Merchant written by Maurice Duke and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maurice Duke and Daniel P. Jordan vividly describe the colorful life and times of one of the South's—and America's—most important businesses and provide insight into how luck, management practices, and personalities helped the company rise to international prominence. Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, the world's largest independent leaf tobacco dealer, is one of the major buying arms for tobacco manufacturers worldwide, selecting, purchasing, processing, and storing leaf tobacco. The story opens during the aftermath of the Civil War when Southerners realized once again the worldwide potential of their native crop. The authors follow the company from its incorporation 1918 through one of the first hostile takeover attempts in American business, to its evolution in 1993 into Universal Corporation, a worldwide conglomerate with a number of products including tobacco. Based on scholarly research and over two hundred interviews with past and present Universal employees, this objective saga reveals much about American business and economic history.

Download or read book Black Toledo written by Abdul Alkalimat and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-11-13 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The African American experience since the 19th century has included the resettlement of people from slavery to freedom, agriculture to industry, South to North, and rural to urban centers. This book is a documentary history of this process over more than 200 years in Toledo, Ohio. There are four sections: the origin of the Black community, 1787 to 1900; the formation of community life, 1900 to 1950; community development and struggle, 1950 to 2000; and survival during deindustrialization, 2000 to 2016. The volume includes articles from the Toledo Blade and local Black press, excerpts of doctoral and masters theses, and other specialist and popular writings from and about Toledo itself.

Download or read book Let Their People Come written by Lant Pritchett and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2006-09-15 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Let Their People Come, Lant Pritchett discusses five "irresistible forces" of global labor migration, and the "immovable ideas" that form a political backlash against it. Increasing wage gaps, different demographic futures, "everything but labor" globalization, and the continued employment growth in low skilled, labor intensive industries all contribute to the forces compelling labor to migrate across national borders. Pritchett analyzes the fifth irresistible force of "ghosts and zombies," or the rapid and massive shifts in desired populations of countries, and says that this aspect has been neglected in the discussion of global labor mobility. Let Their People Come provides six policy recommendations for unskilled immigration policy that seek to reconcile the irresistible force of migration with the immovable ideas in rich countries that keep this force in check. In clear, accessible prose, this volume explores ways to regulate migration flows so that they are a benefit to both the global North and global South.

Download or read book The Rivals written by Erin Swann and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-14 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all have a boy who was our first crush. I never expected to meet up with mine again. Danielle: Our families vacationed together for years. The summer I turned sixteen, hormones raged, and I developed a huge crush on Charlie Blakewell. It ended badly when my dad and his had a huge argument. Even talking to anyone in the rival family became a crime. I grew up, and like a good girl, I joined the family firm and waited for my turn at an important assignment. As usual, my brother, John got tapped for the latest acquisition, but my turn would come. When John got in an auto accident, my turn came earlier than expected. The surprise came when Dad declared we were doing a joint deal with the Blakewells. I would be working side by side with Charlie after all these years. When things started going wrong, I had to question everything I thought I knew, and all the decisions I'd made. Was he the cause of all my problems, or the answer to my prayers? Our time together would soon come to an end. If only the clock could be turned back. Charlie: I'd been spied on during the negotiations, and when Dad said we were changing our offer to a joint deal with the Wentworths I couldn't believe it. They were likely the ones behind the surveillance. At first, when Danielle replaced her older brother John in the deal, I considered it good luck. Then things started going haywire. When busy days turned into heated nights, I had to decide if she'd been sent to distract me with her curves and that smile. Were we working toward the same goal, or were my hormones coloring my judgment? Events soon forced a choice. But, how could I choose between her and my family? Check out The Rivals today and see if love can find a way.

Download or read book The Secret Billionaire written by Teymour Shahabi and published by . This book was released on 1985-09-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1960s -- March 24. Billionaire Lyndon Surway takes off in his private plane and never returns. His will leaves the entirety of his wealth--one of the largest fortunes in history--to his "dear friend Lucian Baker." Only there is no trace of anyone by that name. And the fortune itself is nowhere to be found.Andrew Day knows nothing of wealth and privilege, but he won a scholarship to study at the most exclusive school in the country, in the town where the mystery, decades later, remains unsolved. There he discovers friendship and danger with the aristocratic Cameron and the beautiful Olivia. But watchful eyes follow him everywhere... Until, one night, he comes across a secret that will change his life. As he begins to unravel what really happened to the Surway fortune, the question remains: who is Lucian Baker?

Download or read book Off Limits written by M S Parker and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alec: I'm in my thirties and life is...well not boring, but uneventful despite being CEO of the family company. Just how I like it. Then I meet Lumen, a woman who challenges everything in such an irresistible way. For once in my life I can see myself in a relationship. There's one problem though, she's off limits. Lumen: Growing up in foster care wasn't the nightmare for me as it was for some, but life hasn't been easy. I work hard, focus on my goals, and I never let things distract me, specifically men and relationships. Until one rainy Seattle night when a gorgeous hunk walks into the spa where I work.When billionaire Alec McCrae mistakes Lumen Browne's workplace for a "happy ending" massage parlor, things get more complicated than he prefers. Especially when their lives become entwined in ways never imagined. Don't miss Off Limits, the first book in The Scottish Billionaire, M. S. Parker's latest romance series.

Download or read book Daring the Player written by Robin Covington and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-25 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She's nothing but trouble and he can't resist. Raised by a pro football legend, Miami Thunder wide receiver Rep Grissom has a career most would envy. A toxic marriage with a party girl almost put him on the sidelines, but now he keeps his head down and makes the moves on the field that leave younger players in his dust. Now all he has to do is maintain the status quo and he's guaranteed a lucrative new contract at an age when most guys are retiring.Lola Corbin is used to leaving all the big boys in her rearview mirror. The lead singer in the worlds biggest rock band she fills up arenas and closes down the clubs but with the group on the brink of breaking apart her future is uncertain. Years spent on the road has left her with nothing at home except platinum records on the walls, an empty fridge, and a cold bed. For the first time, she's looking for something and someone beyond the spotlight. When Lola's first night in her condo ends with Rep breaking up a fight he realizes that temptation has moved in next door. Lola doesn't usually go for the strong and serious types, but the more she sees of her neighbor, the more she wants. When a thank you dinner turns into dancing and a hot tryst in the back of the club their attraction cannot be denied. But when Lola-induced trouble results in a front-page-career-ending spectacle the player must decide if he's going to be as daring with his heart as he is on the field.

Download or read book Tanking to the Top written by Yaron Weitzman and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the City of Brotherly Love and see how the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers trusted The Process-using a bold plan to get to first by becoming the worst. When a group of private equity bigwigs purchased the Philadelphia 76ers in 2011, the team was both bad and boring. Attendance was down. So were ratings. The Sixers had an aging coach, an antiquated front office, and a group of players that could best be described as mediocre. Enter Sam Hinkie--a man with a plan straight out of the PE playbook, one that violated professional sports' Golden Rule: You play to win the game. In Hinkie's view, the best way to reach first was to embrace becoming the worst--to sacrifice wins in the present in order to capture championships in the future. And to those dubious, Hinkie had a response: Trust The Process, and the results will follow. The plan, dubbed "The Process," seems to have worked. More than six years after handing Hinkie the keys, the Sixers have transformed into one of the most exciting teams in the NBA. They've emerged as a championship contender with a roster full of stars, none bigger than Joel Embiid, a captivating seven-footer known for both brutalizing opponents on the court and taunting them off of it. Beneath the surface, though, lies a different story, one of infighting, dueling egos, and competing agendas. Hinkie, pushed out less than three years into his reign by a demoralized owner, a jealous CEO, and an embarrassed NBA, was the first casualty of The Process. He'd be far from the last. Drawing from interviews with nearly 175 people, Tanking to the Top brings to life the palace intrigue incited by Hinkie's proposal, taking readers into the boardroom where the Sixers laid out their plans, and onto the courts where those plans met reality. Full of uplifting, rags-to-riches stories, backroom dealings, mysterious injuries, and burner Twitter accounts, Tanking to the Top is the definitive, inside story of the Sixers' Process and a fun and lively behind-the-scenes look at one of America's most transgressive teams. Including exclusive interviews with Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, and Coach Brett Brown, Sam Hinkie, and more.

Download or read book The Expanding News Desert written by Penelope Muse Abernathy and published by Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report delves into the implications for communities at risk of losing their primary source of credible news. By documenting the shifting news landscape and evaluating the threat of media deserts, this report seeks to raise awareness of the role interested parties can play in addressing the challenges confronting local news and democracy. The Expanding News Desert documents the continuing loss of papers and readers, the consolidation in the industry, and the social, political and economic consequences for thousands of communities throughout the country. It also provides an update on the strategies of the seven large investment firms--hedge and pension funds, as well as private and publicly traded equity groups--that swooped in to purchase hundreds of newspapers in recent years and explores the indelible mark they have left on the newspaper industry during a time of immense disruption.

Download or read book Covington Billionaires written by Erin Swann and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three brothers, three unforgettable love stories.Contains The Billionaire's Trust, The Youngest Billionaire, The Secret BillionaireTHE BILLIONAIRE'S TRUSTHe answered the door in just a bathrobe. When I told him why I was there, he dropped it to the floor...Bill:I keep things simple with the women I meet. Charm her, enjoy her, discard her, and repeat. Once she hears my family name her focus is on the size of my wallet and she can't be trusted.Until Lauren shows up at my doorstep one night and I am suddenly in charge of the family company. I need to save the family legacy and ten thousand jobs. I can't do it without her. She's beautiful, sassy, brilliant, and brutally honest.She can't stand me.I need her. In my bed, in my life, as my wife. Everything's going according to plan . . . Until, she disappears.Lauren:I fell for him as soon as I saw him last week, all of him, the full package.Until, he sent me back to his condo to get rid of the girl--the naked one in his bed. He didn't even know her name.Today he's the new CEO, and he's screwing up. Royally. I told him what I thought of him.Again.Now, he won't take no for an answer. When he makes a fairy tale proposal in front of hundreds, I can't say no. Together we have a plan to save the company.But he's keeping secrets, and I uncover the worst one.THE YOUNGEST BILLIONAIRELawyers ruined her life once before. Now, his law firm is blocking justice for her family. Will love bridge the gap or will rules destroy them both?Steven is determined to fulfill his promise to his father and become a rarity, an honest lawyer. Tired of taking orders from his older brothers, he has avoided joining the family business to make a career of helping the little guy. Just out of law school, his family's money can't buy him the one thing he needs now, a recommendation to the Bar from his witch of a boss.Finding her family's stolen painting has been Emma's years-long mission. Working at the local museum, art is her whole world. Her quest to find the missing painting is nearly complete when she runs into a final legal barrier. Lawyers destroyed her life once before, and they are the problem again. She agrees with Shakespeare: first, we kill all the lawyers.When Steven rescues Emma from her worst blind date yet, avoiding him becomes impossible. Resisting him becomes futile. Then, she learns he works for the law firm preventing her from recovering the priceless painting. When his boss discovers their connection, will she seal both their fates? He doesn't suspect that pursuing her could ruin his career. She doesn't realize what trusting him could cost her.THE SECRET BILLIONAIREHe whispered in my ear. Three simple words halted all rational thought...Patrick:Women naturally circle the flame of wealth and power, and mine is brighter than most. Does she love me, does she not? There's no way to know. They're all faking something.When I stopped to help her, Liz mistook me for a carpenter. Maybe this time I'll know.She resisted me, but it was pointless. I was determined to make her mine.Everything was perfect.Until the day she left.Elizabeth:He helped me rescue the dog. Simple right? But, nothing about Pat was simple.It was just a fake kiss. At least that's how it started.The burger wasn't really a date, was it?When my car wouldn't start, he offered me a ride but said it would cost me a real date.I had no idea where that ride would take me.

Download or read book Taking on the Billionaire written by Robin Covington and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will the woman he can’t resist be his downfall? Find out, only from USA TODAY bestselling author Robin Covington! In the boardroom—and the bedroom—they’re on fire. But will her secrets destroy them both? Investigator Tess Lynch once helped Adam Redhawk find his Cherokee family. Now the self-made tech billionaire wants her to root out his company’s saboteur—and share his bed. But as passion builds between them, the private eye pursues a plan of her own—to get even for the way Adam’s adoptive father ruined hers. Until an unexpected pregnancy changes everything… From Harlequin Desire: Luxury, scandal, desire—welcome to the lives of the American elite. Redhawk Reunion Book 1: Taking on the Billionaire Book 2: Seducing His Secret Wife

Download or read book Saved by the Billionaire written by Erin Swann and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The FBI and the cartel are after her for the same thing: information she doesn't have. Natalie thought the worst day of her life was when they arrested her ex-husband... until the FBI showed up to seize everything she owned. Without a penny to her name, she ended up working for the king of rudeness. She had gone from the Belle of Boston to Witch of the West End. Everybody in town hated her for her ex-husband's crimes. Then the cartel came for her. Billionaire bio-tech inventor Ryan Westerly had never allowed thoughts of any woman to intrude upon his work. But, from the first day his company hired the beautiful Natalie, he could no longer concentrate. The medicines he was developing for the children were too important to allow her to distract him. She had to go. When the cartel comes after Natalie, he vows to protect her. But, while he keeps her safe, who will guard her heart? Saved by the Billionaire is the sixth standalone novel in the Covington Billionaire romantic suspense series. If you like powerful driven heroes, strong intelligent women, and twist-filled plots brimming with intrigue, you'll love Erin Swann's latest steamy romance. Buy Saved by the Billionaire and see love find a way today!