While down on her luck, Ashley meets a handsome stranger... Curvy Ashley Monroe is having a string of bad luck. Jobless and sleeping on her friend's couch, she takes a waitressing job at an event at the prestigious Boone Art Gallery. While there, she's told one thing--stay away from the mysterious and brooding man sitting by himself. Easier said than done for Ashley who finds herself inexplicably drawn to the gorgeous stranger. After spending the evening doing things she normally wouldn't--like letting herself be seduced by this enigmatic man she only knows as Xander--she unknowingly opens her world up to the lavish lifestyle of beautiful mansions, fast cars, and expensive clothes. Because when billionaire Xander Boone sees something he wants, he gets it. His Every Whim was originally part 1 of the His Every Whim serial. All four parts are available in the novel The Billionaire's Whim.

Discusses various aspects of a career in catering, such as the challenges involved in being a professional caterer, administration, sales, operations, convention food and beverage functions, weddings, beverage sales, etc. Also includes glossaries of hotel terms, wines, and alcoholic beverages, in addition to diagrams for meetings, food functions, and buffets. Directed toward persons interested in becoming professional caterers.

A month with the ruthless Russian… Kat Marshall has sacrificed everything for her younger sisters. And with money tighter than ever, she's in desperate need of help. Innocent Kat has hidden her dreams away until she meets enigmatic Russian, Mikhail Kusnirovich, whose outrageous offer could make them all come true…. Billionaire Mikhail doesn't have dreams. He has money, lots of it, and he always gets what he wants. Bedding Kat should be easy, but the tempting redhead is impossible to seduce! So Mikhail offers to pay off her debts—in exchange for a month on his yacht, and in his cabin, virginity included!

She just woke up in bed with her worst enemy! What’s her next move? Rival magazine editors Belle and Darryl wage a fierce, funny and public battle of wits. She skewers his arrogance, while he delights in needling her. Then someone spikes the punch at a party and...oops! They’re determined never to mention this again. But the joke has a punchline: there’s a little person due in nine months. When their secret goes viral, their clash goes nuclear! Can enemies become friends as well as co-parents? USA Today Bestselling author Jacqueline Diamond won a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for her heartwarming, hilarious romantic comedies. Welcome to the first book in her Scoundrels in Love trilogy!

Militia seize an innocent captive and subject him to a nightmarish overland journey that feels as though it will never end. Meanwhile, a lonely white schoolteacher wrestles personal demons whilst attempting to overcome the everyday difficulties of a life in which power cuts last for months at a time, homes are left without running water, brawls break out over even the most basic necessities and an atmosphere of fear and intimidation presides. Which of them is in the gravest danger, and does either have the power to escape their fate? In this highly original, searing and timely new novel, we witness the devastating effects of a country's economic and moral collapse. In a world where greed, barbarism, anarchy and lawlessness are rife, how do the honest survive? Is it possible to keep a conscience when all those around you have lost theirs?

She’s safe. You’ll never find her. And a curse on the three of you for betraying your friend. May you suffer and never know peace until you right this terrible wrong. But you, Lochlann, will suffer the worst for you were his best friend. Bliss is worried for her two sisters, Elysia and Annis as are those in their clan who have marriage-age daughters. A search goes on to find a wife for the cursed lord. He’s lost three wives in the last six years due to the curse inflicted upon his father twenty years ago. There are rumors that he is half savage, having spent the last year on foreign soil with heathens. No noble will allow their daughter to wed him and so his father, Lord Lochlann of the Clan MacClaren, has sent two men to find a peasant woman for him to wed and produce an heir since he is the last of three sons, the curse having claimed the other two. Bliss can’t bear the thought of either one of her sisters forced to wed a man that will surely mean her death. Elysia is a gentle soul, preferring the quiet and her stitching. Annis is the opposite, outspoken, no interest in men or marriage, but the most beautiful out of the three of them. Bliss doesn’t worry about herself being chosen since most believe her past childbearing age at her twenty plus years. The situation is much worse than first thought for two other men were cursed that awful night and a search goes on for wives for them as well. One lost his voice the day his brother died while some say he killed his brother in a fit of madness. The other is so cursed that death will not even touch him. He has suffered endless wounds and injures that would kill most men, but not him. It is a nightmare for Bliss. She has the ability to help her sisters should they fall ill since she is a fine healer, but curses are beyond her healing abilities. The only choice left to her is to seek out the witch in the forest and see if there is a way to break the curse. Unfortunately, time is not on her side and fate decides for her.

A promise is a promise and Raven keeps hers no matter the cost. Five years ago Raven of the Clan MacKinnon was forced to hide after the attack on her clan. She helped get her wounded father to safety, then watched helplessly as her two brothers were taken prisoner and marched off to serve the Beast, a heartless Northman determined to claim not only MacKinnon land but surrounding clan lands as well. What she witnessed that day shocked her. How she survived afterwards changed her forever. Her brothers’ return home signal her own return home to her family and relative peace. Finally, the Beast has been appeased. Or so she thinks. Wolf is an exceptional warrior, fearless, even ruthless when necessary. He intends to claim land that rightfully belongs to his family. All went according to plan until… how did one, young lass escape a troop of warriors and ruin his well-executed plans? He searched five years for the MacKinnon lass without success, then she suddenly surfaces with a proposal for him that will end all strife and win him most of what he wants. She may think she is the victor, but he knows better. Or so he thinks. Wolf accepts the proposal, signs the agreement, making the woman who caused him endless trouble… his wife. Raven and Wolf face challenges, not only with each other, but with an old enemy seeking revenge, and unexpected secrets that reveal surprising truths and unforeseen danger. Can foes become friends? Or will love decide for them? Highland Promise Trilogy Highland Oath A Prequel Book one, Pledged To A Highlander Book two, Entrusted To A Highlander Book three, Highlander Oath Of The Beast

The course of true love never runs smoothly, & for Vivian St. James, it's accident prone. But when her paramours land in the emergency room, gorgeous Dr. Zachary Warner is on duty, & Vivian thinks all these accidents may be a blessing in disguise.