Alexa-Alessandra


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ALEXA – ALESSANDRA Story of Love A Novel by Anita Sumariwalla Alexa is a Swiss student who won a scholarship to study music in Rome, Italy. She meets Munir, an Arab artist. Their love blossoms as they experience the joys of first love. Through deception and manipulation by others they are forcefully separated. They experience the profound sorrow of broken hearts. Alexa’s uncle recognizes her deep despair and invites her to go to England over New Year to meet his friends from Oxford. There, Alexa meets Gordon Charles, the only son of an Earl, a diplomat. The two fall in love and get married. Charles wishes that his wife be called by her real name Alessandra. He gets posted to Washington, DC where they live in an old Tudor house. During one of the diplomatic functions Alessandra meets someone from her past who will affect the rest of her life. She becomes Alexa-Alessandra.




My Best Friend's Secret


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How do you escape a past you can't remember? 'Had me gripped from the start' 5* reader review 'An outstanding debut' 5* reader review 'Such a mega page-turner' 5* reader review Kate Sullivan has a beautiful home, a job she loves and a handsome fiancé: all she'd ever dreamed of since getting sober and painstakingly piecing her life back together. But a chance encounter with her old best friend Becky threatens Kate's newfound and fragile happiness. Kate remembers nothing of their last drunken night out, the night Becky broke off their friendship without warning or explanation. With Becky back in her life, Kate is desperate to make amends for the past. For the closure she craves, Kate needs to know what she did that ruined everything. But what if the truth is worse than Kate could have imagined? 'A clever tale of how our demons shape our lives' ALEXANDRA SHULMAN 'A cracking debut' IRISH INDEPENDENT 'Gut-wrenching and powerful' CHARLOTTE DUCKWORTH '[An] emotional page-turner' WOMAN'S WEEKLY 'Beautiful writing and devastating twists' MIRANDA SMITH 'A real, clever page-turner. Dare I say addictive' TINA BAKER ***Previously published as Closure***




Forever Alexa


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First grade teacher and single mother Alexa Harris is no stranger to struggle, but for once, things are looking up. The school year is over and the lazy days of summer are here. Mini-vacations and relaxing twilight barbeques are on the horizon until Alexa's free-spirited younger sister vanishes. Ransom calls and death threats force Alexa and her young daughter to flee their quiet home in Maryland. With nowhere else to turn, Alexa seeks the help of Jackson Matthews, Ethan Cooke Security's Risk Assessment Specialist and the man who broke her heart. With few leads to follow and Abby's case going cold, Alexa must confess a shocking secret if she and Jackson have any hope of saving her sister from a hell neither could have imagined.




Covidivorce


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I actually do have Covid to thank for my Divorce so when the two words magnetised themselves together, it depicted my situation perfectly. One day when my grumpy Ex persisted to whinge at me at the way I was hanging out his washing after 32 years of marital non-bliss I had one of many epiphanies at the time. I could not be married to this man any longer. This autobiography stems from my childhood memories in Kiev right through to current day, and everything in between. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and the Erotic. It is about my darkness and more pivotally my awakenings. When life gives you lemons, trust the Universe to serve you some sugar and make lemonade with them. For Darkness always passes, as certainly as the sunrise on an emboldened new day.




Financially Fearless


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Finally, a financial plan that lets you be YOU, only richer. It’s time to throw away all your old notions of what financial advice should look like. Because if you’re looking for a book to put you on an austerity savings plan that has you giving up vacations and lattes, you’re out of luck. But if you’re looking to get your finances in rock-hard shape--in less time than it takes to finish a workout--then Alexa von Tobel, Founder and CEO of LearnVest, has your back. How? Through the LearnVest Program. First, you’ll take stock of where you stand today. Then, you’ll create your customized 50/20/30 plan. 50/20/30 simply refers to the percentage breakdown of how to spend your take-home pay each month. The 50 gets the essentials out of the way so you don't have to stress about them. The 20 sets your foundation for the future, then the 30 is left to spend on the things that bring happiness to your life. By the time you’re finished reading this book, you’ll walk away with a financial game plan tailored to your priorities, your hopes and dreams, and your lifestyle. And, because von Tobel and the team at LearnVest are experts at financial planning in the online era, you’ll also learn how to integrate your financial plan into your mobile, social, digital life. Like your own personal financial planner between two covers, this book will set you up for a secure, worry-free money future, without having to give up things you love. So toss those old-school financial guides out the window, and get ready to start living your richest life.




Alexa Is Stealing Your Job


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This guided tour of how AI will impact the future of work explores the ways both companies and employees can adapt to the new normal. Artificial intelligence is taking over. Ask Alexa to call a client or confirm your schedule for the day and she does so immediately. Ask her a question, give her a command, or just share a joke together, and she becomes your new best employee—one who never makes a mistake or calls out sick. In other words, Alexa can nix the need for millions of front-line workers. As companies race to keep up with advances in AI, employees must race just to keep their job. Author and public speaker Rhonda Scharf shows readers how a willingness to adapt to the new normal keeps both businesses and their employees relevant in these changing times. Alexa Is Stealing Your Job reveals what the future entails by diving into the world of AI and exploring how it impacts lives, careers, and the future.




Breaking Digital Gridlock


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Strategic technology strategy for smaller financial institutions Breaking Digital Gridlock empowers credit unions and community banks to make the shift to digital—even without a seven-figure consulting budget. From leadership, to technology, to security, and more, this book provides effective, real-world strategies for taking the leap without tearing your organization apart. With an emphasis on maintaining the culture, services, and features you have carefully crafted for your customers over the years, these strategies allow you to make your organization more resistant to digital disruption by adopting key technologies at key points in their evolution. Expert advice grounded in practicality shows how FinTech partnerships and strategic technology acquisition can foster new growth with minimal disruption, and how project management can be restructured to most effectively implement any digital solution and how to implement and leverage analytics. Specific implementation advice coupled with expert approaches offer the ability to modernize in an efficient, organized, financially-sound manner. The companion website features a digital readiness assessment that helps clarify the breadth and scope of the change, and serves as a progress check every step of the way. Access to digital assets helps smooth the path to implementation, and a reader forum facilitates the exchange of ideas, experiences, and advice. Identify revolutionary versus evolutionary technology opportunities Empower employee innovation, and stop managing all risk out of good ideas Understand blockchain, machine learning, cloud computing, and other technologies Forge strategic partnerships that will drive growth and success amidst technological upheaval It is widely accepted that digital is the future of banking, but knowing is not the same as doing. If your organization has been riding the fence for too long amidst uncertainty and budget constraints, Breaking Digital Gridlock provides the solutions, strategies, and knowledge you need to begin moving forward.




The Blythe College Collection: Drake & Alexa


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The Blythe College Collection: Drake and Alexa brings together Push the Envelope,Push it Forward (from Summer Nights), and Winter Wedding, three sensational new adult stories by Amazon bestselling author Rochelle Paige. This anniversary collection also features never seen before bonus scenes and will only be available for a limited time. "I love alpha males.... Yes I know Alpha males are the in thing but they need to be done right and in this book Drake is perfect." -Aurora Rose Reynolds, NYT bestselling author of the Until Series "Absolutely loved! I'm a sucker for the over the top, crazy in love alphas. You give me one of those and I'm sold." -Harper Sloan, USA Today bestselling author of theCorps Security Series Push the Envelope Alexa is just your average college junior, attending classes and piloting Mile High Club charter flights. Boys haven't been on her radar for a couple years after a disastrous breakup with her high school sweetheart. Her plans to focus on school hit a bit of a snag when she meets bad-boy Drake Bennett and he sets his sights on making her his own. Drake transferred to Blythe College for the rugby team, not for a new assortment of college girls. He's sexy and cocky, and he attracts women like moths to a flame. When he meets Alexa, Drake knows he's met his match. She tries to resist him, but Drake isn't used to taking no for an answer. Push it Forward (from Summer Nights) Drake and Alexa had a whirlwind romance in Push the Envelope, falling for each other hard and fast. But their newfound love is tested during summer break when their plans mean time spent apart. When danger comes knocking on Alexa’s door with the return of her ex-boyfriend to town, Drake drops everything to be by her side. Can Drake convince Alexa that it’s time to push their relationship forward? Or will she allow her fears to hold her back? Winter Wedding All Alexa wants is to walk down the aisle to Drake with their family and friends surrounding them. Feeling the loss of her mother more acutely than ever, she agrees to a lavish event in an effort to please her new mother-in-law. The stress of a high-profile wedding starts to wear on her – and that’s before things even start to go wrong. All Drake wants is to make Alexa his wife. He knows something is bothering his fiancée and means to get to the bottom of it. After a series of mishaps threaten to ruin their big day, he’s determined to set things right for Alexa. Drake takes matters into his own hands to ensure that their wedding day is everything she’s ever wanted – giving Alexa the winter wedding of a lifetime.




Take Me Home for Christmas


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Christmas is a time for remembering… Too bad not all memories are pleasant. Everyone in Whiskey Creek remembers Sophia DeBussi as the mean girl. Especially Ted Dixon, whose attentions she once scorned. But Sophia has paid the price for her behavior back then. The man she did marry was rich and powerful, but abusive. When her husband goes missing, she learns that he died running from an FBI probe of his investment firm. Not only has he left Sophia penniless, he's left her to face all the townspeople he cheated…. Sophia is reduced to looking for any kind of work to pay the bills and support her daughter. With no other options, she accepts a job as housekeeper for Ted, now a successful suspense writer. He can't turn his back on her, but he refuses to get emotionally involved. Will Christmas, the season of love and forgiveness, bring them another chance at happiness? Originally published in 2013




From Secretary To Wife


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Alexa has worked for Leandro, the womanizer, for 6 years, the only way she found to keep her job and not fall into the CEO's clutches was to pretend to be an ugly duckling. Leandro needs to get married so as not to lose the company that was inherited to him, he has less than a month to get a fake wife, so he proposes a deal to his secretary. Will Alexa accept the proposal? Will his secret be revealed?