Embark on a journey through the bustling streets of New York, where ambition meets passion, and hearts are bound by the strokes of creativity. Meet Damian Blackwood, a powerful CEO whose heart is encased in walls of success. His world collides with the enigmatic Amber Wilson, a free-spirited artist whose every brushstroke weaves tales of untamed imagination.Their destinies intersect at Amber's captivating art exhibition in an upscale gallery, where Damian is instan...

Gender equality is at a crossroads. Let your diverse talent shine.In Our Separate Ways, Ella Bell Smith and Stella Nkomo take an unflinching look at the differences between Black and white women's experiences at work. Based on groundbreaking research, the book compares and contrasts the experiences of 120 first-generation Black and white female managers in the American business area. In-depth histories bring to life the women's powerful and often difficult...

The classic on race at work that is even more relevant today than when it was first published. Ella Bell Smith and Stella M. Nkomo describe how white and Black women experience work differently—and how Black women in particular are held back in their careers. Now updated with a new preface and epilogue by the authors, this groundbreaking book shows how these experiences are still present today and provide action items for how organizations can spur change.Provides a critical ...

Introducing The Valentines – Happy Girl Lucky, the first book in the hilarious new romantic-comedy series by Holly Smale, author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed Geek Girl books.Fame – it runs in the family!The Valentine sisters – Hope, Faith and Mercy – have everything: fame, success, money and beauty. But what Hope wants most of all is love, and it doesn’t matter how far she has to go to find it.Except real life isn't like the movies. Unles...

**“Claire Daverley’s love stories are heartfelt, full of warmth, and show the everyday intimacies that make a life.”*—*Florence Knapp, New York Times bestselling author of The NamesA long-lost friend reappears and ignites an old spark, leading to an emotionally fraught love triangle**One bright blue day, on a bench by the river, Nora’s boyfriend Robin proposes.It is unexpected; they’d always agreed that they didn’t need a wedding. But after ...

Book five in the sensational Magnolia Parks Universe series!How many loves do you actually get in a lifetime? Everyone knows by now that Magnolia and BJ are in the stars, but is that enough?Magnolia and BJ are reeling from a devastating loss as they try to plan what’s been dubbed “the wedding of the century”. As family tensions mount and their respective pasts begin catching up to them, they finally have to look the truth in the eye: Can they learn...

“How many loves do you get in a lifetime?”She is a beautiful, affluent, self-involved, and mildly neurotic London socialite. He is Britain’s most photographed bad boy who broke her heart.Magnolia Parks and BJ Ballentine are meant to be, and everyone knows it.She dates other people to keep him at bay; he sleeps with other girls to get back at her for it. But at the end of every sad endeavor ...

In Our Separate Ways, authors Ella Bell and Stella Nkomo take an unflinching look at the surprising differences between black and white women's trials and triumphs on their way up the corporate ladder. Based on groundbreaking research that spanned eight years, Our Separate Ways compares and contrasts the experiences of 120 black and white female managers in the American business arena. In-depth histories bring to life the women's powerful and often difficult journeys from...

**How many loves do you get in a lifetime? And are Magnolia and BJ each other's one and only?It’s been nearly a year since everything happened between Magnolia Parks and BJ Ballentine on the steps of the Mandarin Oriental, and since then it seems like everything has changed.**Magnolia has a life in New York now and BJ appears to have finally let go and moved on.But when they both wind up back in London and are thrust together once again, they find themselve...

She wasn’t supposed to meet someone like him. He wasn’t supposed to be her undoing.It’s 1995, Joah Harrigan is the brash, enigmatic frontman of the biggest band in the world, and Ysolde is the iconic face of a generation. She’s who people write their songs about—the kind of girl who could ruin a man.He doesn’t fall, and she doesn’t chase. But from the moment they meet, it’s headfirst, reckless, and inevitable.Too much, too fast, too consuming.Lo...

Sel struggles to adjust to his new normal as an insidious new illness threatens Tremorglade in this edge-of-your-seat third book in the Bite Risk trilogy that’s The Last Kids on Earth meets Stranger Things.Sometimes the cure is worse than the sickness, and the only thing that spreads faster than a fever is suspicion…Sel Archer and his friends just saved Tremorglade. Again. But Sel didn’t walk away completely unscathed this time. N...

Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Northeast Georgia, Hall County and the city of Gainesville have been significantly enriched by the contributions of their African-American residents. Hall County, Georgia is a retrospective photographic album; it is a glimpse of the past, featuring an array of churches, schools, businesses, and outstanding leaders in the African-American community.