I love being a manny. Love it. Especially when my boss goes on extended business trips and leaves me with the keys to his Park Avenue penthouse. I mean, sure, I've got to watch his daughter, but she loves me almost as much as she loves her favorite K-Pop group. Really. All is going well until their new neighbor thinks I'm the actual billionaire next door, and I don't correct her. What could possibly go wrong? --- I need to nail down some dirt against the billionaire next door before he succeeds in taking over my family's company. But, once I meet him, I just want him to nail me. It's a problem, especially when the guy I'm falling for is nothing like the one I've heard so much about. What's a girl to do when her heart wants her to give up on her crusade, but her head is telling her no man is worth losing everything for?
I've run this office effortlessly for five years, just waiting for my boss to retire and recommend me for his job. Now, the time has come, but my future is no longer guaranteed. All because of him.Royce Shaw. A pretentious name for a rule-breaking jerk. He's here to challenge me for the job that should be mine, yet he treats it like a joke. No tie, no regard for appointments, and no idea that I want him as much as I want to hate him.What's a guy to do when an injury ends his basketball career early? If you're me, you fall back on the business degree your father insisted on. I don't want this job he's pulled strings to give me a chance at. At least, not until I meet her.Annika Moore is buttoned up, stuck-up, and definitely not my type. She glares at my clothes, ignores my suggestions, and keeps me in a constant state of arousal every single minute of the work day.Fighting for the job means one of us will have to lose, but we might just win at love once all is said and done.
I lured and tricked Tig into a random hookup on social media. He has no clue he's anything but random to me. He has no clue we'll play by my rules. He has no clue I'll seduce him, then dump him because he deserves it. I refuse to allow manwhores like Tig de Luca to be praised and called Don Juan for collecting women, while I'm labeled as easy for test-driving the countless suitors selected by my old-fashioned father. I am a woman-empowering French influencer, and I'll teach the once famous tattoo artist a lesson. It's risk-free after all; I'm not into cocky alphas and crave a genuine connection. I didn't expect the game to quickly escalate into steamy, intriguing, and witty conversations. I didn't expect our undeniable virtual chemistry to transfer to real life. I didn't expect to unearth the real man beneath the surface and guarded attitude. A widower who erected barriers to protect his wounded heart. A lonely thirty-something who's not the monster I believed him to be. An omega artist who's not my type, but that I share some unlikely affinities with. Still, we both want something casual that doesn't require a label. I can't let our infuriating attraction and astonishing compatibility overrule common sense. I'm on a mission after all. All good things must come to an end, right? Except our ending was one I didn't see coming. Omega Artist is a Cocky Hero Club novel. It is inspired by Stuck-Up Suit which is part of Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward's blockbuster series, Cocky Bastard. About the Author: Hope Irving is a USA Today and Top 15 Amazon Bestselling author. She lives in Paris, France, with her supportive husband and creative teenage daughter. The French indie author spent a couple of years in Texas, where she earned her MBA. With many friends, relatives, and readers in the States, the US has a big place in her heart. Although French is her mother tongue, she chose to write her novels in English because it simply feels right for her characters. Hope's suspenseful and complex love stories are modern fairytales that feature an unconventional Prince Charming and a headstrong heroine. A natural introvert, she enjoys tormenting her flawed characters with a hint of darkness and sometimes magical elements. Still, her heart melts when love conquers all. Her work has been described as "genre-defying," "refreshingly unique," and "an intriguing rollercoaster read." Find her here: https: //linktr.ee/hi_author
I'm the next big thing... In more ways than one. The moment I step foot off the plane, I had a feeling my life was going to change. It wasn't the new contract I'd signed, and it certainly wasn't the Big Apple that called to me, it was her. Shy and sweet, Violet Kennedy, captured my attention. But I'm far from what she expected to walk into her office. I live by the moniker they've given me. Even though I'm nothing like the image they portray, I have a job to do, and that may be the reason I lose the woman of my dreams. I may be the Brazen Bachelor, but for Violet, I would walk away from it all. The only problem is, she believes the lie.
For so long, football was my life, but in one moment, it was ripped away from me forever. Forced down another path, I opened one of the hottest nightclubs in Miami.The Takedown became my new playing field. Women threw themselves at me, and I happily caught them, tossing them away as quickly as I could, sated and with a smile on their faces.Until the night I caught Dixie Sinclair falling off her barstool. I should have walked away. She was precisely the type of woman I had avoided my whole life. Stuck up, judgmental as hell, and thought she was too good for everyone. Everything I typically wanted nothing to do with.One look into her blue eyes had me questioning my assumptions about her. Dixie was a puzzle that needed to be solved, and I was willing to forget years of self-preservation to help her piece herself back together.I wanted her to be mine.I needed her to be mine.She was the game I was willing to play for the rest of my life.
He is exactly the kind of man Brie Honeyweather swore never to love...or lust after ever again: a sexy, arrogant, British bad boy in a designer suit. Alec is the last person Brie wants to be stuck on an international flight to London with, but hey...at least they're in first class. When their flight has to make an emergency landing in a snowstorm just before Christmas, Brie and Alec are thrown together in a single bedroom in a tiny English village. As the snowstorm rages outside, things get intense and emotions and lust run hot. Alec reminds Brie just how much she misses being with a man and how easy it is to fall head over heels too fast. What should have been an amazing one-night stand turns into a week-long secret romance at Alec's family estate when Brie realizes her new boss is Alec's mother, a British countess. While Brie tries to focus on writing a Christmas book with the countess, all she can think about is getting back into bed with Alec. She shouldn't fall for the arrogant brit, especially when their lives are oceans apart and neither of them wants a serious relationship. But Christmas magic has a way of working miracles. Maybe Santa will bring her a happy ending after all...
The sweet “aww”-inspiring tale of school life comes to a close!! As the school year concludes and the building empties with the newly graduated students planning to leave for good, Miyamura wanders the hallways one last time. Wondering who he would be if he had never gotten to know his friends—if he had never met Hori—Miyamura breathes in air steeped in nostalgia before finally stepping out under the blue sky to start a new chapter of his life...
Ready to be a hero to your family and to your community? then "Super Hero Manual is a must get, a great book for kids to acquire skills to be a real life hero, no super powers needed, so start now and don't forget a hero starts his or her training early.
Read Maurice Millers Millsbury Media's Pride Helix! The first issue of the hit webcomic series. Follow Nero and friends as he embarks on a journey to figure out his florishing calling to become a MMA fighter and Combat Soldier for the United Worlds Conjoint. See the action unfolds. Read the first issue!
Race and racial diversity are important aspects of America and have been shown to substantially affect social relations and the political system, often in ways inconsistent with the values of equality. However, greater civic association and a general sense of community, embodied in the concept of social capital, are said to have tremendous beneficial effects and profoundly influence American society. This 2007 study juxtaposes and critically assesses two bodies of research that have reached different conclusions on these issues. Is America's legacy of racial inequality an 'evil twin' of the benefits of social capital? By analysing the social outcomes for racial minorities, in addition to other dimensions of American politics, the author shows that the impact of racial diversity consistently outweighs that of social capital.
The only complete guide to the historical landmarks of California, this standard work has now been thoroughly revised and updated. The edition is enriched by some 200 photographs, most of which were taken by the reviser and all of which are new to this edition. Since the last revision in 1990, enormous changes have taken place within the state: many landscapes and buildings have been greatly altered and some are no longer in existence. Every effort has been made, through personal observation, to record the present condition of the landmarks and to provide clear and accurate descriptions of their locations. The text is written with the idea that the reader might use the book while traveling around the state, and thus mileage and signposts have been given where it was thought helpful. For this new edition, the reviser has added additional information on the state's geography, the presence of Native Americans, and state and local museums. To provide historical background, the reviser has written a short historical overview. The chapters of the book are organized by county, in alphabetical order. A rough chronology is followed for each county, beginning with pertinent facts on geography, continuing with Native American life, the coming of the Spaniards and other Europeans, the American conquest of the 1840s, and, in those areas where it had a major impact, the gold rush. The text then continues into the period of intensive agricultural development, railroads, industrialization, the growth of cities, the effects of World War II, and on into more recent times. The bibliography, like the text, has been updated to 2001 and includes some of the established classics in California history as well as more recent material. Reviews of the Fourth Edition "Prodigious in detail and scope, this is the definitive guide to historical landmarks in California and a valuable resource not only for travelers but also for anyone interested in California history." —California Highways "This is an outstanding and accessible piece of scholarship, one that every student of California will value." —San Francisco Chronicle "Kyle and Stanford University Press are to be lauded for this monumental undertaking." —Southern California Quarterly
The sweet "aww"-inspiring tale of school life continues!! The student council members are usually pretty buddy-buddy. But that's not to say they get along 24-7...When an all-out fight explodes among them, will it be just another chapter of their average high school life? Or will their friendships be forever broken...?
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