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Marrying my best friend’s little sister is supposed to save my company… not steal my heart. I’m one board vote away from losing my position as CEO, and my power-hungry uncle is ready to pounce. The solution? A marriage of convenience to Cedar Rowan. She’s drowning in student debt, her parents want her to settle in our cozy Small Town. After losing her sister—my best friend—our friendship has become my lifeline. Cedar is smart, sassy, and her sunshine personality chips away at my grumpy exterior. But pretending she’s mine feels dangerously real. This arrangement was supposed to...

Josh the Billionaire is back and my heart doesn’t stand a chance. Running my B&B was supposed to be my fresh start. Not a reunion with my old friend and secret crush, Josh, while on business. He’s all grown up now, with an adoptive son, and a successful career. With a rugged charm that still makes my heart skip a beat. He offered to help, and I accepted, how can I refuse assistance from a pro. Working side by side, blurs the lines between friendship to something more. Investors had other plans for this small seaside town including my B&B. But Josh’s protective instinct kicked in to ...

Grumpy Billionaire Hearts: A Clean Romance Collection Fall in love with three swoon-worthy, emotionally complex billionaires who have everything—except the one thing they truly need: love. In The Off-Limits Grump Next Door, a woman trying to heal from heartbreak finds herself face-to-face with her brother’s best friend—and former crush. Living next door to the grumpy and mysterious billionaire Antonio awakens feelings she thought were long buried. But just as their connection grows deeper, his past resurfaces with secrets that could tear them apart. In The Billionaire’s Second ...

Fall in Love with Four Grumpy Billionaires in One Heartwarming Box Set. Dive into the captivating world of grumpy billionaires who made life-changing decisions that shaped their futures forever. This special collection brings together four Clean and Wholesome standalone novels, each weaving a tale of love, transformation, and happily ever after. CEO Next Door I agreed to be my brother’s best friend and billionaire's fake fiancée, knowing it was forbidden. Confronting him about his wild party next door was supposed to be straightforward— until his captivating green eyes met mine. This ...

I never thought that moving back to my hometown would reconnect me with my high school sweetheart. As a CEO, I make a lot of decisions, as a single dad, I decide to leave the city. Returning home to give my daughter a better life, while turning mine upside down or so I thought… Enrolling my daughter in Sammy's dance studio was about fulfilling a promise I made. It wasn’t about reconnecting with a life and love I left behind, in this small town. Seeing Sammy again stirred emotions I thought I'd locked away due to choices and consequences of my past. Her positivity clashed with my ...

My grumpy billionaire neighbor is stirring up more than just old memories... After tragedy struck, I moved to Asheville NC., hoping for a quiet life so that I could heal and move on with my career. Love was the last thing on my mind—until I met my next-door neighbor. Antonio Michaelson, my secret crush from years ago and my brother’s friend from college, the grumpiest neighbor a girl could have. It’s a mystery to me why Antonio finds more peace in our apartment building than he does in his billionaire’s mansion. Then I see that there’s more to him than meets the eye as we begin to...

This small town single mom brought sunshine to my grumpy life. Settling into Oceanview, I never expected Jenna's vibrant presence. Her dedication to her son, Tyler, tugged at something within me. Yet, my gruff demeanor seemed incongruent with her sunny disposition. Caught off guard by her compassion, I found myself drawn to her, against my better judgment, as her Boss. Witnessing her defend me against office gossip, I glimpsed a side of her that stirred my emotions. As we worked together on a fundraiser, I couldn't shake the realization that my thoughts lingered on her more than they should...

Disappeared without a word, this grumpy billionaire is now returning to this small town to disrupt my life again. Kevin, the man who broke my heart, is back. Wealthy and grumpy and is seeking attention for his injury. Hoping to pick up where he left off. Disregarding the pain and heartbreak he caused. I never thought I’d see him again. Now, he’s my patient, I have to care for him, The tension is palpable, the connection undeniable. Caring for him daily and reminiscing about what we had is pulling at my heartstrings, erasing the pain of my past hurt. Convincing my heart otherwise is not ...

Aiden Hawkins. My high school best friend. The one who bolted from this small town years ago. Now he's back, standing in my dad's hospital room, and all that buried history? It's a landmine. I thought I’d left Cedar Ridge behind. Then a storm, a broken-down car, and one too many shared memories forced us into an impossible arrangement—six months of working side by side. He’s still infuriating. Still guarded. And still off-limits. But somewhere between the legal battles, those whispered late nights, and that dizzying dance under the stars? I fell. I fell hard. Now I’m torn between a ...

The firefighter next door is about to save my heart. Jackson, my next-door neighbor, is my brother’s best friend, not mine. Looking for a husband isn't on my radar; my priority is protecting my daughter. That's why I moved to this small town where no one knows the shame I carry. But when my ex-husband gets out of prison, fear takes on a new face. Then, my worst nightmare unfolds: my house is engulfed in flames. In that moment of sheer terror, Jackson, the firefighter, emerges from the chaos. He saves more than just my life that night. Offering us a place to stay, Jackson becomes a ...

I wasn’t looking for love, but it found me in the most unexpected way, far from the quiet life in my small town. Taking care of my niece and running my art business were my top priorities. But when my best friend asked me to be her brother Jake’s plus-one on a business cruise, I couldn’t say no. Jake—a junior lawyer recovering from a tough breakup—was focused on his career. He needed someone to pose as his girlfriend for appearances. His grumpy attitude clashed with my cheerful spirit, but soon, his kindness began to melt my heart. Before I knew it, what was supposed to be pretend...

Meg is excited when she hears the Centennial Strawberry Days Celebration is holding a competition for kids. The winner will be crowned the official Strawberry Days Ambassador and get a pair of electric bikes! Meg knows with Dad as her partner, there's no way she can lose. But Meg's strawberry dreams turn sour when Dad can't participate and, worse, he's already invited Grandma Sally to replace him. Without even asking Meg! Grandma likes to play by her own rules and Meg realizes her chances at winning are at an all-time low.

Microsoft President Brad Smith operates by a simple core belief: When your technology changes the world, you bear a responsibility to help address the world you have helped create. This might seem uncontroversial, but it flies in the face of a tech sector long obsessed with rapid growth and sometimes on disruption as an end in itself. While sweeping digital transformation holds great promise, we have reached an inflection point. The world has turned information technology into both a powerful tool and a formidable weapon.

For much of history women have been seen rather than heard. Their thoughts, their views, have lain too long in the shadows of our culture. Whilst this traditional view has some merit it is not entirely accurate. Here, gathered together in these volumes, we can, through their words, experience their lives; we can hear their voices, their thoughts, joys, loves and losses. For the female poet there was always the confining hand of men to instruct that their time was perhaps spent more productively elsewhere. These lines, these gilded verses, often protest otherwise.

In Girls of Tender Age, Mary-Ann Tirone Smith fully articulates with great humor and tenderness the wild jubilance of an extended French-Italian family struggling to survive in a post-World War II housing project in Hartford, Connecticut.

Lady Minerva Malbury has never lost a game of chess, and if she wants to avoid marriage, it's a streak she'll have to keep alive. Everyone knows the marriage mart is a game, but no one expects this one: the first gentleman to defeat Lady Minerva in a game of chess wins her hand. His best friend's sister was all, Anthony MacMillian, Lord Drake, could think about most days. Since her season debut, four years ago, he's had to endure countless games of chess that threated his fortitude to remain in the wings.

Lady Grace’s bargain with the devil guaranteed the life of the man she will always love, but the price was giving him up forever. Now Matthew has returned to England, and she finds it impossible to let him go. Freed from a hellish prison on the Continent, Matthew Stanford, Marquess of Harrington, retreats to his country manor. His days obsessed with thoughts of exacting revenge upon the man responsible for his captivity.

In this revised and updated edition of the original, groundbreaking book Overcoming Perfectionism: The Key to a Balanced Recovery, Smith describes the key differences between overt and covert perfectionism; the role early attachment, temperament, sibling relationships, and life circumstances play in developing this pattern; and how to shift toward a center of balance for a more fulfilling life.

From Microsoft's President and one of the tech industry's wisest thinkers, a frank and thoughtful reckoning with how to balance enormous promise and existential risk as the digitisation of everything accelerates. In Tools and Weapons, Brad Smith takes us behind the scenes on some of the biggest stories to hit the tech industry in the past decade. From Edward Snowden's NSA leak to the NHS WannaCry ransomware attack, this book is essential listening to understand what's happening in the world around us.

It’s never easy keeping secrets...Only her desire to crush the Crown’s enemies could induce Lady Lucille Stanford to endure another Season. For years she has worked secretly for the Home Office, and she has come to London with one purpose: Foil the attempted kidnapping of a highly valuable target, identity unknown. Inconveniently, Lord Harrington - Lucy’s brother and guardian - has other plans. He won’t be satisfied until she is at long last married.