Author: Stacy-Deanne Publisher: Stacy-Deanne ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 158
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From the first time Leon Falcon sets his eyes on Penny, he wants her. Usually, a gentleman of his stature would woo a woman, court her and get her father's blessing. But Falcon doesn't have to do any of that with Penny because it's 1864 South Carolina, she's a slave, and she can't say no to him or any white man. Falcon's plan is simple: first, he's going to buy her. He's going to teach her. And then he's going to take her. But it isn't long before he realizes he's the student once Penny opens his heart to a love so powerful, it transcends every force that dares to tear them apart.
Author: G L Urbach Publisher: ISBN: 9780990729495 Category : Languages : en Pages : 352
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When her billionaire boyfriend dies on top of her during bondage sex, Rachel Montgomery finds herself in the eye of a media storm. Becoming the butt of national jokes, she is besieged by vicious bloggers and cynical opportunists. Desperately ill, struggling to pay her mother's medical bills, Rachel just wants to disappear. But that isn't meant to be, for Rachel is soon confronted by a relentless adversary-the late tycoon's embittered ex-wife. This book may sound like a variation of 50 Shades of Grey, but that would be misleading. This is the story of a brilliant, mysterious, and deeply introverted young woman caught up in events beyond her experience. It's also about the family of Daniel Benson in the aftermath of his sudden death; the former wife lashing out at her enemies. Benson's student-nurse daughter seeking to make amends for her jet-setting past. Benson's estranged older son, a lawyer holding a grudge against his late father, and Benson's younger son, a wastrel angry at the world. How will this family fare under the glare of a heartless media? And more significantly, who is Rachel Montgomery? What is the great project that absorbs her to the point of obsession? And how will the mystery of this strange young woman change all of their lives?
Author: Kate Ray Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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In "Billionaire Slave," Caitlin Snow's life takes a dramatic turn when she accepts a job offer from Ronnie Raymond, only to discover the position comes with a catch: she must also be his personal slave. With her previous job mysteriously terminated and no prospects on the horizon, Caitlin finds herself in a desperate situation, blackmailed by the loss of her most treasured possession, a watch given by her late parents. The novel explores themes of power, desperation, and survival as Caitlin navigates her new reality, balancing her dignity with the necessity of reclaiming her cherished watch and securing her future.
Author: Emma Darcy Publisher: Harlequin ISBN: 1426865775 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 187
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An afternoon at the races—laced with champagne and women—is just another event for Ethan Cartwright, until the very ordinary Daisy Donahue catches his eye. Daisy knows to keep her head down and to stay invisible amongst the throngs of designer-clad Australian socialites. But ruthless Ethan is intrigued by her and can't resist one passionate embrace! Daisy is devastated to be fired for a kiss—she needs her job! That's where Ethan comes in. He has a new role in mind: housekeeper by day, bedmate by night….
Author: David de Jong Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 1328497941 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 546
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“Meticulously researched …compels us to confront the current-day legacy of these Nazi ties.” —Wall Street Journal A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors of the Third Reich and World War II—and how America allowed them to get away with it. In 1946, Günther Quandt—patriarch of Germany’s most iconic industrial empire, a dynasty that today controls BMW—was arrested for suspected Nazi collaboration. Quandt claimed that he had been forced to join the party by his archrival, propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, and the courts acquitted him. But Quandt lied. And his heirs, and those of other Nazi billionaires, have only grown wealthier in the generations since, while their reckoning with this dark past remains incomplete at best. Many of them continue to control swaths of the world economy, owning iconic brands whose products blanket the globe. The brutal legacy of the dynasties that dominated Daimler-Benz, cofounded Allianz, and still control Porsche, Volkswagen, and BMW has remained hidden in plain sight—until now. In this landmark work of investigative journalism, David de Jong reveals the true story of how Germany’s wealthiest business dynasties amassed untold money and power by abetting the atrocities of the Third Reich. Using a wealth of previously untapped sources, de Jong shows how these tycoons seized Jewish businesses, procured slave laborers, and ramped up weapons production to equip Hitler’s army as Europe burned around them. Most shocking of all, de Jong exposes how America’s political expediency enabled these billionaires to get away with their crimes, covering up a bloodstain that defiles the German and global economy to this day.
Author: Delilah Fawkes Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781481893718 Category : Man-woman relationships Languages : en Pages : 0
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Isabeau Willcox is just the temp at the front desk so when the mysterious, sexy and notoriously ill-tempered CEO, Chase Drake asks her to be his executive assistant, she's sure there's been some sort of mistake. However, Mr. Drake wants her, and Mr. Drake always gets what he wants.
Author: Sherri Hayes Publisher: Sherri Hayes ISBN: 0990959686 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 293
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An emotional journey that will take hold of your heart and leave you breathless. Brianna has endured unspeakable trauma for a grueling 10 months. She’s lost all hope, accepting that all she will ever be is a slave, trapped with a cruel man who sees her as nothing more than a thing for him to use however he sees fit. But what happens when a young wealthy Dominant, Stephan Coleman, buys her from her Master? Stephan Coleman knows what his future holds as the president of a not-for-profit foundation and he knows what he wants out of life. All that changes when a simple lunch with his college friend, mentor, and fellow Dominant, Daren, leads him to buying a slave. Thrust into a situation he never thought he’d be in, Stephan can’t walk away. He is compelled to help this girl in the only way he knows how. Brianna knows only one thing: she is a slave. She has nothing. She is nothing. Can Stephan help Brianna realize that she is much more than just a slave? Slave is the first book in Sherri Hayes’s captivating Finding Anna series. If you like stories of healing and finding love in the most unexpected places, you’ll love this unconventional love story. Don't miss this first installment Stephan and Brianna’s journey. Get your copy of Slave today!
Author: Shomari Wills Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0062437542 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 197
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“By telling the little-known stories of six pioneering African American entrepreneurs, Black Fortunes makes a worthy contribution to black history, to business history, and to American history.”—Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times Bestselling author of Hidden Figures Between the years of 1830 and 1927, as the last generation of blacks born into slavery was reaching maturity, a small group of industrious, tenacious, and daring men and women broke new ground to attain the highest levels of financial success. Mary Ellen Pleasant, used her Gold Rush wealth to further the cause of abolitionist John Brown. Robert Reed Church, became the largest landowner in Tennessee. Hannah Elias, the mistress of a New York City millionaire, used the land her lover gave her to build an empire in Harlem. Orphan and self-taught chemist Annie Turnbo-Malone, developed the first national brand of hair care products. Mississippi school teacher O. W. Gurley, developed a piece of Tulsa, Oklahoma, into a “town” for wealthy black professionals and craftsmen that would become known as “the Black Wall Street.” Although Madam C. J Walker was given the title of America’s first female black millionaire, she was not. She was the first, however, to flaunt and openly claim her wealth—a dangerous and revolutionary act. Nearly all the unforgettable personalities in this amazing collection were often attacked, demonized, or swindled out of their wealth. Black Fortunes illuminates as never before the birth of the black business titan.
Author: Caitlin Rosenthal Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 0674241657 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 313
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Caitlin Rosenthal explores quantitative management practices on West Indian and Southern plantations, showing how planter-capitalists built sophisticated organizations and used complex accounting tools. By demonstrating that business innovation can be a byproduct of bondage Rosenthal further erodes the false boundary between capitalism and slavery.
Author: Omar Ibn Said Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press ISBN: 0299249530 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 240
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Born to a wealthy family in West Africa around 1770, Omar Ibn Said was abducted and sold into slavery in the United States, where he came to the attention of a prominent North Carolina family after filling “the walls of his room with piteous petitions to be released, all written in the Arabic language,” as one local newspaper reported. Ibn Said soon became a local celebrity, and in 1831 he was asked to write his life story, producing the only known surviving American slave narrative written in Arabic. In A Muslim American Slave, scholar and translator Ala Alryyes offers both a definitive translation and an authoritative edition of this singularly important work, lending new insights into the early history of Islam in America and exploring the multiple, shifting interpretations of Ibn Said’s narrative by the nineteenth-century missionaries, ethnographers, and intellectuals who championed it. This edition presents the English translation on pages facing facsimile pages of Ibn Said’s Arabic narrative, augmented by Alryyes’s comprehensive introduction, contextual essays and historical commentary by leading literary critics and scholars of Islam and the African diaspora, photographs, maps, and other writings by Omar Ibn Said. The result is an invaluable addition to our understanding of writings by enslaved Americans and a timely reminder that “Islam” and “America” are not mutually exclusive terms. This edition presents the English translation on pages facing facsimile pages of Ibn Said’s Arabic narrative, augmented by Alryyes’s comprehensive introduction and by photographs, maps, and other writings by Omar Ibn Said. The volume also includes contextual essays and historical commentary by literary critics and scholars of Islam and the African diaspora: Michael A. Gomez, Allan D. Austin, Robert J. Allison, Sylviane A. Diouf, Ghada Osman, and Camille F. Forbes. The result is an invaluable addition to our understanding of writings by enslaved Americans and a timely reminder that “Islam” and “America” are not mutually exclusive terms. Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the American Association of School Librarians
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