Author: Madhumitha Lakshmanan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781980322665
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
"You aren't playing fair," I said, and my breathing hitched. I wanted to stop him but his long, tempting fingers danced erotically over my skin."I play to win baby."She was fire, he was ice. She burns him with her gaze. He makes her shudder with his mere touch. She was a sweet spasm. He was a cruising pain. He was all about Wrath and Money. She was all about Passion and Love. When fire and ice meet, will they smother, or ignite into a blazing fire? Arjun, the CEO of India's largest textile group, the most powerful man in town, held all of it. Fame, money, and models who boundlessly bestowed themselves, were something he had in copious amounts but never got bored of. All of it multiplied especially when the news of his divorce broke. He was arrogant but captivatingly handsome. All he cared about was himself and a satisfying fuck for his nights. Maya was delicate, young and intelligent. She was endowed with beauty. Following the footsteps of her adopted parents, she turned out to be a successful Chartered Accountant. She was that happy bride in her marriage but not for long. It all just mounted up when her husband, whom she loved the most, demanded a divorce. But, she redeemed herself. She was not going to let her heart flicker for she lost all the trust she had on love. She transformed into a tough and a feisty woman. But most importantly, she was now the ex-wife of Arjun as well. But, why did they get divorced? Was there something that was still stored away that blew their marriage out? What will happen when Arjun is pushed into Maya's life all over again? Will the history repeat itself, will Arjun break Maya forever?This is a sequel to my first book I'm All Yours, but it can also be read as a stand alone.
I Was Never Yours,Mr. CEO
Author: Madhumitha Lakshmanan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781980322665
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
"You aren't playing fair," I said, and my breathing hitched. I wanted to stop him but his long, tempting fingers danced erotically over my skin."I play to win baby."She was fire, he was ice. She burns him with her gaze. He makes her shudder with his mere touch. She was a sweet spasm. He was a cruising pain. He was all about Wrath and Money. She was all about Passion and Love. When fire and ice meet, will they smother, or ignite into a blazing fire? Arjun, the CEO of India's largest textile group, the most powerful man in town, held all of it. Fame, money, and models who boundlessly bestowed themselves, were something he had in copious amounts but never got bored of. All of it multiplied especially when the news of his divorce broke. He was arrogant but captivatingly handsome. All he cared about was himself and a satisfying fuck for his nights. Maya was delicate, young and intelligent. She was endowed with beauty. Following the footsteps of her adopted parents, she turned out to be a successful Chartered Accountant. She was that happy bride in her marriage but not for long. It all just mounted up when her husband, whom she loved the most, demanded a divorce. But, she redeemed herself. She was not going to let her heart flicker for she lost all the trust she had on love. She transformed into a tough and a feisty woman. But most importantly, she was now the ex-wife of Arjun as well. But, why did they get divorced? Was there something that was still stored away that blew their marriage out? What will happen when Arjun is pushed into Maya's life all over again? Will the history repeat itself, will Arjun break Maya forever?This is a sequel to my first book I'm All Yours, but it can also be read as a stand alone.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781980322665
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
"You aren't playing fair," I said, and my breathing hitched. I wanted to stop him but his long, tempting fingers danced erotically over my skin."I play to win baby."She was fire, he was ice. She burns him with her gaze. He makes her shudder with his mere touch. She was a sweet spasm. He was a cruising pain. He was all about Wrath and Money. She was all about Passion and Love. When fire and ice meet, will they smother, or ignite into a blazing fire? Arjun, the CEO of India's largest textile group, the most powerful man in town, held all of it. Fame, money, and models who boundlessly bestowed themselves, were something he had in copious amounts but never got bored of. All of it multiplied especially when the news of his divorce broke. He was arrogant but captivatingly handsome. All he cared about was himself and a satisfying fuck for his nights. Maya was delicate, young and intelligent. She was endowed with beauty. Following the footsteps of her adopted parents, she turned out to be a successful Chartered Accountant. She was that happy bride in her marriage but not for long. It all just mounted up when her husband, whom she loved the most, demanded a divorce. But, she redeemed herself. She was not going to let her heart flicker for she lost all the trust she had on love. She transformed into a tough and a feisty woman. But most importantly, she was now the ex-wife of Arjun as well. But, why did they get divorced? Was there something that was still stored away that blew their marriage out? What will happen when Arjun is pushed into Maya's life all over again? Will the history repeat itself, will Arjun break Maya forever?This is a sequel to my first book I'm All Yours, but it can also be read as a stand alone.
The Client
Author: Madhumitha Lakshmanan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Mehr Dubey expected nothing but betrayal, deception and disloyalty from men. Sold into prostitution as a child by her stepfather, she breathed keeping the hatred alive in her. She was raped, assaulted, and treated as a commodity by hundreds of men, but what was she to expect in return? Money, just money . Every time she was fucked, she lost a part of herself to those men who used her mercilessly. She was soulless. She didn't know how to care or how to love. She was only trained to sleep with those men who came to her for the night.She was going to fuck a countless number of clients until she repaid her stepfather's debts. Then she would flee from the brothel where she was held captive for years. She had her life all mapped out until she was booked for the night by 'The Client'- Abhimanyu Raghavan, the Vice-captain of the Indian Cricket Team. He was filthy rich with impeccable taste in women. He lived life on the edge- fast, hard, and without protection. He was calculative, incapable of remorse. He demanded her soul, her body.He was thawing her frozen heart, her resistance was crumbling down. Was Mehr playing with fire while she was warming his bed night after night? Was he going to stab her in the heart like every other man in her life? After all, the Vice-captain of the Indian Cricket Team would want nothing to do with a prostitute, or would he?
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Mehr Dubey expected nothing but betrayal, deception and disloyalty from men. Sold into prostitution as a child by her stepfather, she breathed keeping the hatred alive in her. She was raped, assaulted, and treated as a commodity by hundreds of men, but what was she to expect in return? Money, just money . Every time she was fucked, she lost a part of herself to those men who used her mercilessly. She was soulless. She didn't know how to care or how to love. She was only trained to sleep with those men who came to her for the night.She was going to fuck a countless number of clients until she repaid her stepfather's debts. Then she would flee from the brothel where she was held captive for years. She had her life all mapped out until she was booked for the night by 'The Client'- Abhimanyu Raghavan, the Vice-captain of the Indian Cricket Team. He was filthy rich with impeccable taste in women. He lived life on the edge- fast, hard, and without protection. He was calculative, incapable of remorse. He demanded her soul, her body.He was thawing her frozen heart, her resistance was crumbling down. Was Mehr playing with fire while she was warming his bed night after night? Was he going to stab her in the heart like every other man in her life? After all, the Vice-captain of the Indian Cricket Team would want nothing to do with a prostitute, or would he?
Something Rotten
Author: Alan M. Gratz
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101046333
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Denmark, Tennessee, stinks. The smell hits Horatio Wilkes the moment he pulls into town to visit his best friend, Hamilton Prince. And it's not just the paper plant and the polluted river that's stinking up Denmark: Hamilton's father has been poisoned and the killer is still at large. Why? Because nobody believes that Rex Prince was murdered. Nobody except Horatio and Hamilton. Now they need to find the killer, but it won't be easy. It seems like everyone in Denmark is a suspect. Motive, means, opportunity--they all have them. But who among them has committed murder most foul?
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101046333
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Denmark, Tennessee, stinks. The smell hits Horatio Wilkes the moment he pulls into town to visit his best friend, Hamilton Prince. And it's not just the paper plant and the polluted river that's stinking up Denmark: Hamilton's father has been poisoned and the killer is still at large. Why? Because nobody believes that Rex Prince was murdered. Nobody except Horatio and Hamilton. Now they need to find the killer, but it won't be easy. It seems like everyone in Denmark is a suspect. Motive, means, opportunity--they all have them. But who among them has committed murder most foul?
Year Zero
Author: Robert Reid
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345534417
Category : Extraterrestrial beings
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
In the hilarious tradition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," Reid goes on a headlong journey through the outer reaches of the universe--and the inner workings of our absurdly dysfunctional music industry.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345534417
Category : Extraterrestrial beings
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
In the hilarious tradition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," Reid goes on a headlong journey through the outer reaches of the universe--and the inner workings of our absurdly dysfunctional music industry.
So Good They Can't Ignore You
Author: Cal Newport
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1455509108
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
In an unorthodox approach, Georgetown University professor Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is good advice, and sets out on a quest to discover the reality of how people end up loving their careers. Not only are pre-existing passions rare and have little to do with how most people end up loving their work, but a focus on passion over skill can be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping. Spending time with organic farmers, venture capitalists, screenwriters, freelance computer programmers, and others who admitted to deriving great satisfaction from their work, Newport uncovers the strategies they used and the pitfalls they avoided in developing their compelling careers. Cal reveals that matching your job to a pre-existing passion does not matter. Passion comes after you put in the hard work to become excellent at something valuable, not before. In other words, what you do for a living is much less important than how you do it. With a title taken from the comedian Steve Martin, who once said his advice for aspiring entertainers was to "be so good they can't ignore you," Cal Newport's clearly written manifesto is mandatory reading for anyone fretting about what to do with their life, or frustrated by their current job situation and eager to find a fresh new way to take control of their livelihood. He provides an evidence-based blueprint for creating work you love, and will change the way you think about careers, happiness, and the crafting of a remarkable life.
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1455509108
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
In an unorthodox approach, Georgetown University professor Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is good advice, and sets out on a quest to discover the reality of how people end up loving their careers. Not only are pre-existing passions rare and have little to do with how most people end up loving their work, but a focus on passion over skill can be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping. Spending time with organic farmers, venture capitalists, screenwriters, freelance computer programmers, and others who admitted to deriving great satisfaction from their work, Newport uncovers the strategies they used and the pitfalls they avoided in developing their compelling careers. Cal reveals that matching your job to a pre-existing passion does not matter. Passion comes after you put in the hard work to become excellent at something valuable, not before. In other words, what you do for a living is much less important than how you do it. With a title taken from the comedian Steve Martin, who once said his advice for aspiring entertainers was to "be so good they can't ignore you," Cal Newport's clearly written manifesto is mandatory reading for anyone fretting about what to do with their life, or frustrated by their current job situation and eager to find a fresh new way to take control of their livelihood. He provides an evidence-based blueprint for creating work you love, and will change the way you think about careers, happiness, and the crafting of a remarkable life.
Hacking Mr. CEO
Author: Anna Hackett
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781922414342
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
To save the only mother I've ever known, all I have to do is hack a tech billionaire. My foster mother is sick. The woman who gave me a home, love, a life. I'll do anything to find the money for her surgery, including using my skills as a hacker. My name's Remi, also known as Rogue Angel, and usually I work for a security company testing clients' systems. But now a shadowy bad guy has tracked me down and given me an ultimatum. I have to hack Rivera Tech-the biggest technology company in the world, owned by billionaire CEO, Maverick Rivera. If I do, I get paid and I can help my foster mother. If I don't, my family is in danger. Hacking Rivera is no walk in the park, and soon I find myself in a tantalizing game of cat and mouse with big, grumpy, and way-too-sexy Maverick. What I never, ever expected was for him to make me feel safe, or to threaten my closely-guarded heart, or to ignite every single part of me. I can't drag him into my mess. But Maverick has other ideas, and he isn't a man who takes no for an answer.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781922414342
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
To save the only mother I've ever known, all I have to do is hack a tech billionaire. My foster mother is sick. The woman who gave me a home, love, a life. I'll do anything to find the money for her surgery, including using my skills as a hacker. My name's Remi, also known as Rogue Angel, and usually I work for a security company testing clients' systems. But now a shadowy bad guy has tracked me down and given me an ultimatum. I have to hack Rivera Tech-the biggest technology company in the world, owned by billionaire CEO, Maverick Rivera. If I do, I get paid and I can help my foster mother. If I don't, my family is in danger. Hacking Rivera is no walk in the park, and soon I find myself in a tantalizing game of cat and mouse with big, grumpy, and way-too-sexy Maverick. What I never, ever expected was for him to make me feel safe, or to threaten my closely-guarded heart, or to ignite every single part of me. I can't drag him into my mess. But Maverick has other ideas, and he isn't a man who takes no for an answer.
What's Mine Is Yours
Author: Rachel Botsman
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062014056
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
“Amidst a thousand tirades against the excesses and waste of consumer society, What’s Mine Is Yours offers us something genuinely new and invigorating: a way out.” —Steven Johnson, author of The Invention of Air and The Ghost Map A groundbreaking and original book, What’s Mine is Yours articulates for the first time the roots of "collaborative consumption," Rachel Botsman and Roo Roger's timely new coinage for the technology-based peer communities that are transforming the traditional landscape of business, consumerism, and the way we live. Readers captivated by Chris Anderson’s The Long Tail, Van Jones’ The Green Collar Economy or Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point will be wowed by this landmark contribution to the evolving ecology of commerce and sustainability.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062014056
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
“Amidst a thousand tirades against the excesses and waste of consumer society, What’s Mine Is Yours offers us something genuinely new and invigorating: a way out.” —Steven Johnson, author of The Invention of Air and The Ghost Map A groundbreaking and original book, What’s Mine is Yours articulates for the first time the roots of "collaborative consumption," Rachel Botsman and Roo Roger's timely new coinage for the technology-based peer communities that are transforming the traditional landscape of business, consumerism, and the way we live. Readers captivated by Chris Anderson’s The Long Tail, Van Jones’ The Green Collar Economy or Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point will be wowed by this landmark contribution to the evolving ecology of commerce and sustainability.
Yours Until Dawn
Author: Teresa Medeiros
Publisher: Amber House Books
ISBN: 1939541174
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Was she an angel of mercy or the devil in disguise? Gabriel Fairchild's valor during the Battle of Trafalgar earns him the title of hero, but costs him his hope for the future. Abandoned by the fiancée he adored, the man who once walked like a prince among London's elite secludes himself in his family's mansion, cursing his way through dark days and darker nights. Prim nurse Samantha Wickersham arrives at Fairchild Park to find her new charge behaving more like a beast than a man. After their first fiery confrontation, she engages the arrogant earl in a hilarious battle of both wit and wills. Although he pronounces her a “tart, vinegary creature without an ounce of womanly softness about her”, he is secretly intrigued by her dry sense of humor, her lack of pity, and the bold way she brooks no nonsense from him. Whenever she is near, he feels the stirrings of a desire he never thought he would feel again. As Samantha begins to let the light back into Gabriel's life and his heart, they both discover that some pleasures are best explored in the dark. Book 1 of the ROGUES AND GENTLEMEN series, which includes Yours Until Dawn, Thief of Hearts, Once an Angel and Nobody’s Darling “A crisp, bright tale…as finely written as Medeiros’s best novels.”—Publishers Weekly “Absolutely marvelous! Medeiros’s writing is pure magic. Will keep you reading until the wee hours of the morning.”—Historical Romance Club “Ms. Medeiros is at the top of her game with this stellar romance. A wonderful read!”—The Best Reviews “Five Hearts—a definite keeper. Medeiros does everything right in Yours Until Dawn!”—The Oakland Daily Press “A superbly written romance…one of those stories that you don’t want to end!”—America Online Romance Fiction Forum ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION Regency romance, Nobility romance, Beauty and the Beast
Publisher: Amber House Books
ISBN: 1939541174
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Was she an angel of mercy or the devil in disguise? Gabriel Fairchild's valor during the Battle of Trafalgar earns him the title of hero, but costs him his hope for the future. Abandoned by the fiancée he adored, the man who once walked like a prince among London's elite secludes himself in his family's mansion, cursing his way through dark days and darker nights. Prim nurse Samantha Wickersham arrives at Fairchild Park to find her new charge behaving more like a beast than a man. After their first fiery confrontation, she engages the arrogant earl in a hilarious battle of both wit and wills. Although he pronounces her a “tart, vinegary creature without an ounce of womanly softness about her”, he is secretly intrigued by her dry sense of humor, her lack of pity, and the bold way she brooks no nonsense from him. Whenever she is near, he feels the stirrings of a desire he never thought he would feel again. As Samantha begins to let the light back into Gabriel's life and his heart, they both discover that some pleasures are best explored in the dark. Book 1 of the ROGUES AND GENTLEMEN series, which includes Yours Until Dawn, Thief of Hearts, Once an Angel and Nobody’s Darling “A crisp, bright tale…as finely written as Medeiros’s best novels.”—Publishers Weekly “Absolutely marvelous! Medeiros’s writing is pure magic. Will keep you reading until the wee hours of the morning.”—Historical Romance Club “Ms. Medeiros is at the top of her game with this stellar romance. A wonderful read!”—The Best Reviews “Five Hearts—a definite keeper. Medeiros does everything right in Yours Until Dawn!”—The Oakland Daily Press “A superbly written romance…one of those stories that you don’t want to end!”—America Online Romance Fiction Forum ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION Regency romance, Nobility romance, Beauty and the Beast
The Great Influenza
Author: John M. Barry
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780143036494
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
#1 New York Times bestseller “Barry will teach you almost everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history.”—Bill Gates "Monumental... an authoritative and disturbing morality tale."—Chicago Tribune The strongest weapon against pandemic is the truth. Read why in the definitive account of the 1918 Flu Epidemic. Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research, The Great Influenza provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon. As Barry concludes, "The final lesson of 1918, a simple one yet one most difficult to execute, is that...those in authority must retain the public's trust. The way to do that is to distort nothing, to put the best face on nothing, to try to manipulate no one. Lincoln said that first, and best. A leader must make whatever horror exists concrete. Only then will people be able to break it apart." At the height of World War I, history’s most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four months than AIDS killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision of science and epidemic disease.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780143036494
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
#1 New York Times bestseller “Barry will teach you almost everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history.”—Bill Gates "Monumental... an authoritative and disturbing morality tale."—Chicago Tribune The strongest weapon against pandemic is the truth. Read why in the definitive account of the 1918 Flu Epidemic. Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research, The Great Influenza provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon. As Barry concludes, "The final lesson of 1918, a simple one yet one most difficult to execute, is that...those in authority must retain the public's trust. The way to do that is to distort nothing, to put the best face on nothing, to try to manipulate no one. Lincoln said that first, and best. A leader must make whatever horror exists concrete. Only then will people be able to break it apart." At the height of World War I, history’s most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four months than AIDS killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision of science and epidemic disease.
The Future Is Yours
Author: Dan Frey
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0593158229
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Two best friends create a computer that can predict the future. But what they can’t predict is how it will tear their friendship—and society—apart. “A fantastic page-turner and a future classic.”—Peter Clines, New York Times bestselling author of Paradox Bound IN DEVELOPMENT AS AN HBO MAX ORIGINAL SERIES If you had the chance to look one year into the future, would you? For Ben Boyce and Adhi Chaudry, the answer is unequivocally yes. And they’re betting everything that you’ll say yes, too. Welcome to The Future: a computer that connects to the internet one year from now, so you can see who you’ll be dating, where you’ll be working, even whether or not you’ll be alive in the year to come. By forming a startup to deliver this revolutionary technology to the world, Ben and Adhi have made their wildest, most impossible dream a reality. Once Silicon Valley outsiders, they’re now its hottest commodity. The device can predict everything perfectly—from stock market spikes and sports scores to political scandals and corporate takeovers—allowing them to chase down success and fame while staying one step ahead of the competition. But the future their device foretells is not the bright one they imagined. Ambition. Greed. Jealousy. And, perhaps, an apocalypse. The question is . . . can they stop it? Told through emails, texts, transcripts, and blog posts, this bleeding-edge tech thriller chronicles the costs of innovation and asks how far you’d go to protect the ones you love—even from themselves.
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0593158229
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Two best friends create a computer that can predict the future. But what they can’t predict is how it will tear their friendship—and society—apart. “A fantastic page-turner and a future classic.”—Peter Clines, New York Times bestselling author of Paradox Bound IN DEVELOPMENT AS AN HBO MAX ORIGINAL SERIES If you had the chance to look one year into the future, would you? For Ben Boyce and Adhi Chaudry, the answer is unequivocally yes. And they’re betting everything that you’ll say yes, too. Welcome to The Future: a computer that connects to the internet one year from now, so you can see who you’ll be dating, where you’ll be working, even whether or not you’ll be alive in the year to come. By forming a startup to deliver this revolutionary technology to the world, Ben and Adhi have made their wildest, most impossible dream a reality. Once Silicon Valley outsiders, they’re now its hottest commodity. The device can predict everything perfectly—from stock market spikes and sports scores to political scandals and corporate takeovers—allowing them to chase down success and fame while staying one step ahead of the competition. But the future their device foretells is not the bright one they imagined. Ambition. Greed. Jealousy. And, perhaps, an apocalypse. The question is . . . can they stop it? Told through emails, texts, transcripts, and blog posts, this bleeding-edge tech thriller chronicles the costs of innovation and asks how far you’d go to protect the ones you love—even from themselves.