Babbitt turns the spotlight on middle America and strips bare the hypocrisy of business practice, social mores, politics, and religious institutions. In his introduction and notes Gordon Hutner explores the novel's historical and literary contexts, and highlights its rich cultural and social references.
Fleeing a passionate but stormy relationship back east, Amber Langley moves to Seattle and marries her mild-mannered new boss, Cormick Grayson. Little does she know that her new husband is anything but! Can Amber survive her marriage of convenience without falling in love?
Two strong businessmen who run a colossal international management consulting and accounting firm find themselves battling one another to save it, each proposing a different way of preventing its collapse.
Emma had always played the role of dependable older sister, so it was not surprising that after smashing up Drake Harwood's brand-new Ferrari, Camilla, unable to pay, expected Emma to bail her out. But the shrewd and attractive entrepreneur saw a way of capitalising on her predicament. He exacted a highly unusual, and very personal payment that cost Emma her career as a London TV newscaster - to say nothing of her pride. Emma was prepared to fight fire with fire - never thinking that, for her, Drake Harwood was as lethal as dynamite.
Bar owner Rowdy Yates isn't the kind of man women say no to. So when he approaches waitress Avery Mullins, he fully expects to get her number. However, the elusive beauty has her reasons for keeping her distance -- including a past that might come back to haunt them both.
Call No.
RS Fos
ISBN
9781464047251
Accession No.
2013744
Member Library Holdings
1 copy - single use
Publisher
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books ; [Prince Frederick, Md.] : [Distributed by] OneClick Digital, 2013, p2013
Bar owner Rowdy Yates isn't the kind of man women say no to. So when he approaches waitress Avery Mullins, he fully expects to get her number. However, the elusive beauty has her reasons for keeping her distance -- including a past that might come back to haunt them both.
Blackballed from her corporate career, Andrea Grayson's luck at finding suitable employment has run out. Until her sister secretly arranges an interview for Andy with business mogul Blake Donovan. The job? Find him a wife. It's a despicable position, but she can't turn down the opportunity. It's the only one she has.
Eligible London bachelor Lord Christopher "Kit" Cavanaugh has begun a business venture that means closing the school for impoverished children run by Miss Sylvia Buckleberry. It soon becomes clear there are villains who want both the school and Cavanaugh's business closed. Working side by side, Kit and Sylvia fight to secure the school and the future that both discover they now hold dear.
Hoping for a chance at meaningful work away from his status-obsessed wife, New York executive Charlie visits West Virginia to oversee a mining project and finds a friendship with Natty, who longs to escape her own unfulfilling existence.
Before he testifies in an important case, businessman Michael "Mikey" Fiore hides out in Jacobsville, Texas. On a rare night out, he crosses paths with softly beautiful Bernadette, who seems burdened with her own secrets. He hears whispers about a life-threatening condition, her solitary existence. This doesn't stop him from wanting her, which endangers them both. Their bond grows into passion, until shocking truths surface.
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R Pal
ISBN
9781799919155
Accession No.
2020422
Member Library Holdings
NVD c.2 01/21
SPL c.1 01/21
Publisher
Don Mills, Ontario, Canada : Harlequin Audio, 2020
In order to save her brother's company, Hannah Jessett, while dealing with an inheritance from a famous relative that thrusts her into the spotlight, confronts wealthy entrepreneur Gideon Cage, only to find herself attracted to this infuriating man who won't take no for an answer.
