Bought By Her Boss

The only thing being a "good girl" has gotten me was the ability to auction off my v-card to help my sister in rehab. Now, I'm ready to be a bad girl for the highest bidder. Imagine my shock and excitement when it's my older, sexy boss who wins me for the night, until Donovan insists he didn't buy my v-card to take it, which is disappointing to say the least. He only meant to protect me from any other man who might take advantage of me. What I want is Donovan to take advantage of me, anyway he likes, even knowing he has a dominant side. And when he drops his guard just enough for me to realize that my feelings are not one-sided, that's when I decide to turn the tables and seduce him . . . until he makes it very clear that he's going to be the one in charge and the term "boss" takes on a whole other meaning. Step inside the world of The Auction Series, where the highest bidder wins. It's not goods and services on stage to be bought and sold, but the women who have put themselves in the spotlight. When the hammer comes down and the amount is paid, will love be the real currency? Join some of your favorite romance authors as they take you behind the auction room doors. Bidding starts this August.

What’s better than one bad-boy boss? How about two? In a duet of naughty novellas, a charity date auction turns into all-out war when a pair of powerful corporate lawyers each buy the other’s assistant for a weekend of seduction. Warning: Not safe for work! Bought by the Boss depicts sexual situations in an office setting and is intended for mature audiences. HIS PRICE I’ve wanted Aria Finley from the moment I met her. We flirt, we laugh, we connect. It could be perfect. She’s even best friends with my assistant. Problem is, she works for my archnemesis—Jackson Keller—and she’s the kind of girl who stays loyal unless you give her a reason not to. Besides my hard-on there’s something hot between us, and I won’t rest until I put my finger on it. So when I get the chance to buy Aria for the weekend at a charity auction, there’s no limit. I’m going to take her home and take what I want because I’ll make her want it too. And by Monday, she’ll know she’s mine. DIRTY MONEY Liam Maxwell thinks he can get to me through my assistant. Well, two can play that game. Now Mallory Beckett—Liam’s assistant—is mine for the weekend. Only she has no idea who bought her at the charity auction. This is going to be worth every penny. But soon I realize that Mallory has been waiting for my touch all along. What starts as a fling turns into something more. From the beginning, I was so focused on stealing her away. I never thought about the fact that I’d drown if I lost her. Now the game has changed. And she needs to know that she belongs to me. Praise for Bought by the Boss “A sexy set of romances that not only make you want to turn the next page but to reach for a glass of water at the same time.”—New York Times bestselling author Carrie Ann Ryan “A fun and sexy read from Stacey Kennedy!”—Night Owl Reviews (Top Pick) “If you’re looking for a sweet, hot, romantic and peaceful book . . . this is the book!”—Dirty Books Obsession Don’t miss any of Stacey Kennedy’s red-hot reads The sinful standalone: PERFECTLY INAPPROPRIATE The duet of naughty novellas: BOUGHT BY THE BOSS The Dirty Little Secrets series: BOUND BENEATH HIS PAIN | TIED TO HIS BETRAYAL | RESTRAINED UNDER HIS DUTY | CUFFED BY HIS CHARM The Club Sin series: CLAIMED | BARED | DESIRED | FREED | TAMED | COMMANDED | MINE This ebook includes an excerpt from another Loveswept title.

A mistress to seal the deal... Greek tycoon Alekos Gionakis thought he knew the value of his secretary, but her newly transformed appearance–and surprising secret parentage–has him reappraising his most precious asset! Alekos knows that he can offer beautiful Sara Lovejoy the ability to meet her family, under his protection, while also securing a secret deal...providing she agrees to become his mistress! But his best–laid plans are about to go awry, because her innocence is the one thing this powerful tycoon will realize is priceless.

An innocent girl like her... sold to a beast like me.NikitaAs the boss of the Bratva, I live my life by a code: Always stay in control.But I broke my own rule on the night I bought Annie.She was so delicate and desperate up on that stage.I'd pay any price it took to own her.She says she can't be bought.But she doesn't know how this game is played.In my world, everything has its price.And like it or not, she's mine now - my property, my possession.I'll claim her. I'll break her. And I'll protect her until the end...Even if it costs me everything.An innocent college student is dragged into the city's underworld when she is taken and sold to the boss of the Russian Bratva mob in this standalone, bad boy mafia romance from author Nicole Fox. Nikita will go to war to safeguard his fragile prize... but when the tables are turned, he discovers that there is far more to Annie than meets the eye.Find out more in Sold to the Mob Boss.

AXIOM BUSINESS BOOK AWARD SILVER MEDALIST — HUMAN RESCOURCES / EMPLOYEE TRAINING Managing is hard. Managing for the first time is even harder. First-timers want to quickly learn what it takes to be a successful manager—like they learned how to code, how to design, how to sell—and put those learnings into practice. But what does it mean to manage, and how do you teach someone to be a good manager? Enter Rachel Pacheco, an expert at helping start-ups solve their management and culture challenges. Pacheco, a former chief people officer and founding team executive at multiple start-ups, conducts research on management and works with CEOs and their managers to build the skills necessary to navigate a rapidly scaling organization. In Bringing Up the Boss: Practical Lessons for New Managers, you’ll learn how to give effective feedback, how to motivate your team members, and how to hire and fire well, among many other critical management skills. You’ll also learn what it means to manage yourself in this new role, and how to navigate the often awkward and sometimes challenging situations that arise in this new position. Pacheco shares what makes a manager great, along with anecdotes, research, tools, and how-to's that help overwhelmed employees become expert managers fast.

What happens when an ambitious employee buys her boss at a bachelor auction? Find out in this story from USA TODAY bestselling author Rachel Bailey! Florist Faith Crawford has a brilliant plan--win her company's CEO at a bachelor auction and use their "date" to show him her designs. But her plan backfires when the focus of their meeting shifts from flowers to a floor-tilting kiss. For Dylan Hawke, it's time for damage control. Promoting the talented Faith is a no-brainer, but fraternizing with her is strictly forbidden. Dylan must remain professional--the fate of his business rests in the balance. Too bad Dylan won't rest until he gets another kiss...

"Become Your Own Boss is a must-read if you're thinking of launching a business of your own." --Jean Chatzky, bestselling author of Money 911 and Financial Editor, NBC Today Create a successful business this year! Written by America's #1 Small Business Expert, this essential handbook shows you how to launch your own business in just twelve months. Using her years of experience in business development, Melinda Emerson guides you through the process with step-by-step instructions for developing an effective marketing plan, setting a budget, and maintaining your business once it's up and running. She also offers brand-new strategies for obtaining financing through means like crowdsourcing as well as social media techniques that help build your business--all of which has been updated for today's market. With Emerson's expert business advice, you will finally follow your dreams and become your own boss!

Reminiscent of Wiseguy, Mob Boss is a compelling biography from two prominent mob experts recounting the life and times of the first acting boss of an American Mafia family to turn government witness Alfonso "Little Al" D'Arco, the former acting boss of the Luchese organized crime family, was the highest-ranking mobster to ever turn government witness when he flipped in 1991. His decision to flip prompted many others to make the same choice, including John Gotti's top aide, Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, and his testimony sent more than fifty mobsters to prison. In Mob Boss, award-winning news reporters Jerry Capeci and Tom Robbins team up for this unparalleled account of D'Arco's life and the New York mob scene that he embraced for four decades. Until the day he switched sides, D'Arco lived and breathed the old-school gangster lessons he learned growing up in Brooklyn and fine-tuned on the mean streets of Little Italy. But when he learned he was marked to be whacked, D'Arco quit the mob. His defection decimated his crime family and opened a window on mob secrets going back a hundred years. After speaking with D'Arco, the authors reveal unprecedented insights, exposing shocking secrets and troublesome truths about a city where a famous pizza parlor doubled as a Mafia center for multi-million-dollar heroin deals, where hit men carried out murders dressed as women, and where kidnapping a celebrity newsman's son was deemed appropriate revenge for the father's satirical novel. Capeci and Robbins spent hundreds of hours in conversation with D'Arco, and exhausted many hours more fleshing out his stories in this riveting narrative that takes readers behind the famous witness testimony for a comprehensive look at the Mafia in New York City.