Business Fiction

Ytan på Stockholms media, och reklamvärld är skinande blank och avundsvärt glamourös, men bakom dess kulisser gömmer sig svek, hat och kriminalitet. Årets första arbetsdag börjar som vanligt för Camilla Segerstedt, som är anställd på en av Stockholms mest ansedda reklambyråer. Barnen görs i ordning och lämnas på dagis, och Camilla gör sig i ordning för jobbet. Men detta ska inte komma att bli som vilken dag som helst. Camilla har ett möte med chefen, eller rättare sagt chefens chef, som ger henne ett erbjudande hon inte kan tacka nej till.

King Cullin may be known as "the Dragon Slayer", but he fears his son’s legacy will be as "King Maurice Who Speaks with Proper Grammar". The boy keeps his nose buried in parchments, starry-eyed at the idea of noble knights and eager to hand royal gold to any con man hawking a unicorn horn. Tonight, though, Cullin will educate the prince in the truth behind minstrels’ silly songs of glory….

Bailey inherits her grandfather's business, Maid For You, but cleaning up dead body parts wasn't part of the job description. Bailey hopes to wipe out crime with the help of Nate, her computer hacker assistant, despite protests of their involvement in the case from Detective Max Wellington. As the threads of deceit unravel, the murders begin to break out like a case of Bubonic Plague. Bailey uncovers deception, corruption, and a few secrets that may forever change her life.

Ella is tired of crying. She's more powerful than ever before, but her personal life has the wow factor of vanilla ice cream. When Bear asks her to investigate a series of mysterious deaths at the ultra-hip Cauldron Festival, Ella accepts a job as one of the comedy performers but doesn't tell anyone why she is really there, not even her excited sidekick, Vanessa.

Much has happened in the five years since Reagan disappeared through the curtain of time, taking Cullen McKinnon with her in the hope of saving the young knight's life. The least of those events is Henry's awarding Connor the titles of duke of Featherstone and earl of Rockport. Upon Connor's request, the earldom was passed into his care to hold until the rightful heir can take possession. No one but Nic, Morgan, and he knew that the heir is Reagan O'Riley.

Here are three classics that must be in any business person's library: The Art of War by Sun Tzu, The Prince by Machiavelli, and A Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi. This impressive collection is accompanied by one hour of Zen-inspired Japanese music, performed on authentic instruments.

Book two (parts 1 & 2) of this eight-part series focuses on the characters who are rough around the edges: Connor Holden and the fiery Irish physician, Reagan O'Riley. Both characters introduced in book one, The Beginning, have come back together in a dynamic love story full of misunderstanding, deception, and ultimately forgiveness. The growth they experience through the journey comes at a great cost, as is usually the case when lessons are learned the hard way.

We all have things to do until we die. When you die, your "to-do" list gets cancelled. Unless your corpse is prepared for burial by Meg Hargrave. For 13 years, Meg has prepared corpses at the Peaceful Slumber Funeral Parlor. When she prepares the corpse of a World War II veteran, something extraordinary happens. She becomes aware of a task that had been weighing heavily on the man's mind and she feels compelled to finish it. Her next client is a woman killed in a car crash while driving to see her suicidal brother.

We've all heard the saying "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." Luckily, for Jack, this collection offers more than 20 stories filled with the art of sexual play at work to make even Jack more lively. Here the most mundane 9-to-5 job can lead to a rowdy romp that's sure to leave people talking by the water coolers.

Dark Wizards gather in Seattle for a meeting. Alison isn't about to let them set up business in her town. Her friends have her back, even if one of them may be a traitor. A dark wizard escapes the raid. Doesn’t he realize a Brownstone won't give up? After he frees the Fremont troll, Alison has to think fast to protect innocents. But wrangling a stone giant wasn’t on her agenda.

"Vom seidenen Faden zum gemeinsamen Strang" nimmt Sie mit auf den spannenden Entwicklungsweg der Unternehmerin Elke Jordan und ihres Führungsteams. Das Bauunternehmen Jordan Seniorenbauten ist aufgrund eines unklaren und größtenteils direktiven Führungsstils, schlechter Organisation und Personalmangels in Not geraten. Mithilfe der Unternehmensbeatmer und ihrem empathischen Beratungsansatz wird aus einer Gruppe zerstrittener Individualisten ein starkes Führungsteam, das kreative Reibung als Basis für effektive Zusammenarbeit und nachhaltiges Wachstum nutzt.

I didn’t set out to become Troy Hobson’s beck and call boy, but when the man offered me money in exchange for taking his virginity, what was I supposed to say? A guy’s gotta pay for his tuition somehow, right? I didn’t expect Troy to become a repeat customer. I definitely didn’t expect him to invite me to his cousin’s wedding and introduce me as his somebody special. And I sure as heck didn’t expect that I’d fall for the man. But Troy is sweet and sees me as more than just an escort. The kind of guy I never thought I’d meet in real life.

What should be just business becomes much more when two women agree to a deal that changes their lives. Real estate tycoon Dillon Matthews, in the middle of negotiating the deal of her life, is stunned when the owner of the small parcel of land she desperately needs to complete her latest project presents the final condition she must meet to close the deal.

Taking the company into the 21st century was not going to be easy for Mr. Blue, Jr. His Chief of Staff, B.B. Queen, seemed to be getting with the program, while other sales executives were lagging behind. Faced with constant threats from those challenging his authority and the voice of Mr. Blue, Sr. echoing in his head, he and others find themselves involved in a series of games with plots and twists that keep them all on their toes, everyone vying for the prize. Who will advance? And who will be sent packing?

Maggie Harris loves her predictable life in Meadow Creek. She flourishes on stability and consistency. Until Isaac comes to town. Now, her world is turned upside down with feelings she has never experienced before. Maggie isn’t so sure she wants to break out of the comfortable lifestyle she has been dependent on to take a chance on love.

The protégé king wants the king un-seated but it will be war, and a bloody one. And you can only push a future queen so far before she says enough and proves she's as worthy for war as her man. Damion and Alana will come together to fight but first the boundaries of the past must fall.

Part two of Unfinished Business finds Connor back in King Henry's service. Tucked inside King Louis XII's safe are the blueprints for modern war machines designed by master engineer Leonardo da Vinci. Conner is charged with the delicate and quite illegal task of stealing them back before the French monarch and his military advisers have the opportunity to produce those war machines, which would result in tipping the balance of power in the region.

Faith Watkins loves Christmas, which is why she’s thrilled that her new hotel in the Lake District will be open in time for the festive season. But what she didn’t bank on was her first paying customer being someone like Adam Hunter. Rugged, powerfully built and with a deep sadness in his eyes, Adam is a man that Faith is immediately drawn to - but unfortunately he also has an intense hatred of all things Christmassy. As the countdown to the big day begins, Faith can’t seem to keep away from her mysterious guest: just what happened to Adam Hunter? And why does he hate Christmas?

Wooed away from a top job at a competing firm by Ed Roth with promises of breaking the glass ceiling when she succeeds him as the head of the investment bank Drake Carlson, Kate learns that she has real potential for the top spot. First, she must prove her worth by unconventionally putting together an IPO for a small games maker whose most valuable but unknown asset may be a painting stolen from a Jewish family as they fled Austria after the Nazi invasion. Kate’s professional challenges play out amid a family crisis: Her husband’s company is imploding and he may have to relocate to a remote part of China to save even a small portion of his business.

Mia has made a name for herself at her school as an entrepreneur after launching not one, but two, successful businesses. Now, her classmates need her help with their own ventures, and Mia must put her problem-solving skills to the test. Whether she’s helping them get their business off the ground, work with customers, or invent new problem-solving products, Mia is sure to teach them all something new.