'Fun, feel good and feisty - Annie Valentine is the woman you want to share a cocktail with!' Portia MacIntosh There's just one accessory Annie Valentine can't find...the perfect man! Meet Annie Valentine: stylish, savvy, multi-tasker extraordinaire. As a personal shopper in a swanky London store, Annie can be relied on to solve everyone's problems . . . except her own. Because as a busy single mum to two kids, Annie’s realised there’s a gap in her life as well as her wardrobe. But with her heart still hurting from losing the love of her life, Annie’s discovered that finding the perfect partner is turning out to be so much trickier than finding the perfect pair of shoes! Can she source a genuine classic? A lifelong investment? Or will Annie realise that her perfect man is already sitting on the front row of her life... Fans of Sophie Kinsella, Lindsey Kelk and Paige Toon will love this laugh-out-loud romantic comedy from bestselling author Carmen Reid. What readers are saying! 'If you love shopping as much as you love a great read, try this. Wonderful.' Bestselling author, Katie Fforde 'Annie Valentine is a wonderful character - I want her to burst into my life and sort out my wardrobe for me!' Bestselling author, Jill Mansell 'You will enjoy getting to know Annie Valentine; laughing with her and crying with her. You may even fall in love with her . . . I have! A fantastic read!'⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader review 'Fantastic read, couldn't put it down' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader review 'Can't wait to read the next one!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader review

Secretaries have been in existence since the establishment of the office and will undoubtedly continue to exist as long as there are offices and bosses. But the role has expanded from earlier years, and the responsibilities and duties have evolved as well. In The Elite Secretary, author Sandra C. Rorbak, who has been a secretary on three continents throughout her career of more than twenty years, provides specific information on how to succeed in the position. The Elite Secretary clarifies what novice secretaries really need to know: what to do (and what not to do) on the first day, how to handle the bully boss and other unsavory office personalities, what to expect in the modern office, and how to become an elite secretary. It provides real-life examples for both new and experienced secretaries, explaining what to expect on the job and how to handle ambiguous situations. What are the advantages and disadvantages of temping? How do male and female employers differ? How does one navigate office politics? An informative, how-to guide, The Elite Secretary includes practical tools such as rsum suggestions, a day-by-day checklist for interview preparation, competency guidelines, and a sample dress code policy to help you become a top-notch secretary.

Have they set her up to fail as the first female field agent at Guardian Security’s New York City Center? Ryleigh Davenport was trained in SpecOps, equally as qualified as any man who works for Guardian Security. Her first job—guarding a billionaire and his wife on a fix-it or forget-it vacation, at a highly exclusive resort on a remote tropical island—was exactly why Alex had hired her. Had the NYC Center manager purposely partnered her with her former lover? Blake Albright was shocked when introduced to Guardian Security’s newest employee. Stationed together in the desert, they’d been lovers until the night she disappeared without a trace…or a word. Will they be able to work together in paradise while protecting the CEO and his wife when threats turn into murder attempts? ELITE Redemption is Guardian ELITE book #1 that includes characters from KaLyn Cooper’s popular Black Swan series. Buy this high-action, second chance, contemporary military romance today. Note: This book was previously published as Double Jeopardy. It has been deeply edited and expanded to become part of KaLyn Cooper’s rebranded Guardian ELITE series.

What is the secret to Amazon's success? What does the ecommerce giant have in store for the future? Explore the disruptive new retail strategies of the world's most relentless retailer and gain valuable lessons that can be applied to any business in the ecommerce sector, with original insight from the company as it continues to revolutionize itself even further. The retail industry is facing unprecedented challenges. Across all sectors and markets, retailers are shifting their business models and customer engagement strategies to ensure they survive. The rise of online shopping, and its primary player, Amazon, is at the heart of these changes and opportunities. Amazon's relentless dissatisfaction with the status quo is what makes it such an extraordinary retailer. This book explores whether Amazon has what it takes to become a credible grocery retailer, and as it transitions to bricks and mortar retailing, investigates whether Amazon's stores can be as compelling as its online offering. Exploring the ecommerce giant's strategies, Amazon offers unique insight into how innovations such voice technology, checkout-free stores and its Prime ecosystem, will fundamentally change the way consumers shop. Written by industry leading retail analysts who have spent decades providing research-based analysis and opinion on retail strategy and enterprise technology use in retail, Amazon analyzes the impact these initiatives will have on the wider retail sector and the lessons that can be learned from its unprecedented rise to dominance - as stores of the future become less about transactions and more about experiences.

In this practical and fascinating follow-up to their behind-the-scenes look at America’s most powerful and influential class, authors Jim Taylor, Stephen Kraus, and Doug Harrison reveal insights and indispensable techniques to help salespeople and marketers hone in on wealthy customers, pique their interest, and earn their trust--and repeated business. The New Elite leveraged unprecedented research to reveal what motivates the wealthy class, how they think, where they shop, and how they really spend their money. Now, based on studies of elite companies such as Lexus, Chanel, Neiman Marcus, Four Seasons, Cartier, and Louis Vuitton, Selling to the New Elite explains what the truly rich want from brands, what they expect from the marketplace, and how their changing purchasing patterns could mean big business for you. Including eye-opening stories from mutually satisfying interactions between salespeople and affluent buyers, the book showcases the best practices that have led to hundreds of successful sales and incorporates exercises that allow you to apply the information in your own context. By helping readers win over the wealthiest customers, this one-of-a-kind guide offers the key to becoming rich yourself.

Army Ranger Colton “Hawk” Hawkins has a new set of orders — Find a wife. This new longer version has deleted scenes and never before seen love scenes! Hawk Fresh off a grueling tour overseas, I look forward to getting a little R&R — at least once I secure my promotion to Captain. I’ll do just about anything to get it — another deployment, specialized training, overtime. Bring it on. What I don’t expect is my Colonel’s advice that I get married. Marriage isn’t on my radar, but if that’s what it takes to get my boots on the next rung of the ladder, I’ll find a way. Karena After a late night snuggle session with a bottle of cab, I stumble across Colton Hawkin’s online ad and in my wine-induced haze, I realize he’s not only looking for a date — he’s looking for his last first date — so I volunteer! He’s looking for a wife. I’m looking for an adventure. What could go wrong? Love filthy talking soldiers who can melt your panties with just a look? You got it! Colton is a full-length standalone romance with no cheating, no cliffhangers and a guaranteed happily ever after!

New York Times Bestseller AT STAKE: THE FUTURE OF AMERICA The 2016 election is truly America's Armageddon—the ultimate and decisive battle to save America, a fight to defeat Hillary Clinton and the forces seeking to flout our constitutional government and replace it with an all-powerful president backed up by an activist judiciary that answers to no one. Already President Obama has moved America far down this path, and a President Clinton will act as his "third term," institutionalizing the excesses of the past eight years. In Armageddon, bestselling author and political strategist Dick Morris provides a winning game plan to take back the White House, and America. Because this is our last chance: • Our last chance to stop socialist uniformity, corruption and executive usurpation • Our last chance to curb welfare programs that are destroying the economic and social fabric of the nation • Our last chance to secure our border and keep our sovereignty • Our last chance to stand up against ISIS and terrorism • Our last chance to protect the Second Amendment We can do it. We must. It's our last chance. Read Armageddon, or risk losing the battle to save America! On Tuesday, November 8, 2016, American voters will make a momentous decision. They will decide whether or not this great country will remain a free market, constitutional democracy. The stakes could not be higher. If Hillary Clinton is elected president, it will mean the end of the America we know and love. Armageddon, by New York Times bestselling authors Dick Morris and Eileen McGann, is a call to arms, a call to join that ultimate battle. Few know Hillary Clinton better than Dick Morris. For almost two decades he served as a special adviser to both her and her husband, Bill Clinton. He knows their strengths, their vulnerabilities, and even their deepest secrets. In Armageddon, Morris offers a manual on how to win this battle and defeat Hillary once and for all. He argues that a typical Republican campaign won’t work—and that Hillary’s opponent must strike her in a very unorthodox and powerful way. Morris says it’s a winning strategy and voters play a critical role. A noted political strategist, Dick Morris has created winning strategies for numerous presidential campaigns in the U.S. and abroad. In this book he lays out a war plan, one the Republican nominee must use to prevent her victory: • Throw a surprising right jab: terrorism and healthcare • Throw the left hook: jobs, immigration, Wall Street • Play her game on class warfare: women, Latinos, and young voters Republicans need to stop playing by the old rules of the game. Those rules don’t work—they elected Barack Obama twice. Obama has changed America in fundamental ways and Morris posits that Hillary’s opponents need to grasp this and implement a strategy that can finally defeat her.

Adventure is just down the Yellow Brick Road… The award-winning author and illustrator of Neverland returns with another beautiful RPG setting book, in OZ: A Fantasy Role-Playing Game. While many have traveled with Dorothy Gale to the world of OZ, there is so much more to explore! But know this: there is more to the land and its inhabitants than the rumors might suggest. Appearances can be deceiving and like any good metal smith will tell you, the only way to tell a gold bar from a yellow brick is to hit it with a hammer. So begins Andrew Kolb’s OZ: A Fantasy Role-Playing Game. While 5th Edition compatible like its predecessor, Neverland, OZ uses an urban setting pointcrawl instead of a hexcrawl, full of secrets to discover via underground trains and a monorail that loops around all four districts of OZ. With different neighborhoods to explore, factions to join, and questions to ask (what happened to The Slippers, anyway?) players can escape to the Emerald City for hours on end.

Why would anyone want to buy this book from an unknown first-time author? The answer is simple. If you say to yourself, "This could never happen to me," "I wouldn't be so stupid," or "My faith is so strong that nothing or no one can ever shake it," then this book is for you. This book is not just for the believers of Christ but also for nonbelievers. No matter what struggles you face--financial, death, faith, loneliness, and the like--there is a living God who loves you no matter what you have experienced or where you are in life. God loves you before you were born. Many people own a Bible, but it is never read. The book sits on a shelf, collecting dust. My husband Harry and I read and discussed Scripture along with prayer time and reading a daily devotional. In facilitating Bible lessons to small groups in our home, I would always say, the Bible contains all the answers for how we should live our lives. It is a guide to daily living in a fallen world. Think of his commands as a moral compass, as it makes us conscious of sin. So how could this fall from grace happen to a faith-loving Christian like me? My intent in writing this book is to provide you with the tools and means to give you hope in our troubled world, and to learn how not to become bitter but to forgive, to keep a sense of humor, and to never give up on yourself. 84

Engaging in a comprehensive examination of reality TV's advertising and promotional strategies, as well as the commodification of viewers, Consuming Reality dissects the unique and startling relation between mediation and consumption.