Michael Hadley had it all. Fast cars, money and beautiful women. He was a billionaire and a champion Speedway racing driver. Life in the fast lane was good until a temptress from his past reappeared and caused him to spin out of control. Willow Roth had beauty, brains and class. She was his sister’s best friend and now in his employ. She was also off limits - the one he couldn’t have. “Next time you prod me in the chest, you better be ready to drop your panties.” Love was never factored into the equation of Michael’s sexual exploits. For Willow, love and sex represented the dualities of life. One could not exist without the other. Through the heartache and regrets of their collusive past, they would eventually reunite to understand their place together in an imperfect world.

"Makes a reader feel like a time traveler plopped down among men who were by turns vicious and visionary."—The Christian Science Monitor The modern American economy was the creation of four men: Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan. They were the giants of the Gilded Age, a moment of riotous growth that established America as the richest, most inventive, and most productive country on the planet. Acclaimed author Charles R. Morris vividly brings the men and their times to life. The ruthlessly competitive Carnegie, the imperial Rockefeller, and the provocateur Gould were obsessed with progress, experiment, and speed. They were balanced by Morgan, the gentleman businessman, who fought, instead, for a global trust in American business. Through their antagonism and their verve, they built an industrial behemoth—and a country of middle-class consumers. The Tycoons tells the incredible story of how these four determined men wrenched the economy into the modern age, inventing a nation of full economic participation that could not have been imagined only a few decades earlier.

“Our relationship is inevitable. The sooner you realize and accept it, the better.” Allison Hadley did not entertain Tiaan Sheppard when he made that statement. He was a notorious bachelor. A skirt-chaser of note and his exploits had been splashed all over the media. No, she burned her fingers once before and she had no intention of repeating that embarrassing mistake. Tiaan Sheppard was the co-owner of the most sought after auditing firm in the US and he wanted the beautiful, luscious Orthodontic surgeon from the moment he first met her. So much so, that he booked an appointment under an assumed name and ended up drinking whiskey out of a straw at dinner. Sparks ignited between the two and they soon became lovers, but fate has a way of intervening when least expected. This time fate intervened cruelly, threatening their relationship and testing the strength of their new-found love.

Brooke Willows let it slip that she wanted to have sex with Jack Sands and her lot was sealed. At long last, he could get his hands on her, something he had been craving since he kissed her on her twenty-first birthday. Brooke endured his boorish behavior because she wanted him – badly. Come what may, this time she was going to have him. On a trip to Mexico, they both got what they wanted, only to have it shatter to pieces by Jack’s hang-up about her past. It wasn’t that simple, though. Working together on a project for the LAPD, they were thrown together once again, forcing Jack to face the demons that had chased him for the past year. Love would bring them together, but they were both too hardheaded to notice. Brooke and Jack had to face reality - maybe they were not meant to be.

GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE… The bachelorette auction was perfect, just likeeverything Angelica Leone arranged. At least, it wasuntil she tumbled off the stage—and landed in thearms of a man who seemed determined to mussup her immaculate exterior.… Hard-driving corporate executive Paul Sterling wasused to snapping his fingers and getting exactlywhat he wanted. The trouble was, it looked as ifwhat he wanted now was her!Well, he had to remember that this was strictly abusiness arrangement—even if he was making her acheto cross the fine line between business and pleasure.…