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To be successful you need to be Weird, Selfish, Shameless, Obsessed, Nosy, Manipulative, Brutal, Reckless, and Bossy. And that takes courage. As a former Google leader and top career coach who chased an attractive stranger off the subway and later married him, Jenny Wood knows her way around courage. In this book, Wood shatters conventional wisdom about achieving your goals. She gives you permission to ditch your fear and chase after what you want, unapologetically.

In Wild Courage, Jenny Wood presents the ultimate approach to getting what you want. Reclaiming nine traits – Weird, Selfish, Shameless, Obsessed, Nosy, Manipulative, Brutal, Reckless and Bossy – that are traditionally seen in a negative light, Wood reveals how to apply these qualities in a savvy and sane way to supercharge your chances of getting ahead, whether you‘re trying to snag a promotion, impress your new boss or land a life-changing deal.

You know where you want to go. You know you have it within you. You just need the tools to get there. In Wild Courage, Jenny Wood presents the ultimate approach to pursuing what you want.

Jordan suffers from debilitating PTSD, nightmares, and flashbacks from being held captive and tortured during his time overseas. He thinks he's beating them back, moving on from the most terrible month of his life, but one thing after another proves they might actually be getting worse. Lincoln is not a person one might consider to be gorgeous. He’s short and stocky, with a few extra pounds around the middle. Still, as a first-grade teacher and barely in his thirties, he longs for the type of love his friends have. Agreeing to let his friends set him up on what turned out to be an ...

Dean Carpenter is used to being alone, he's practically been that way his entire life. Being lied to, left, and abandoned is his version of normal. It isn't until he's run away to the harsh streets of Boston that someone finds him and gives him a future worth hoping for. A future to be who he longs to be, and a future to find the home he's always wanted. Dodger McKellen is back in his hometown after the passing of his bigoted father. He's kept himself hidden for so long, he can't imagine what anyone would say if he suddenly came out. He's never even considered it. Not until he meets ...

Dalton Davis answers his phone, expecting it to be a prank call from a number that’s eerily similar to his. When the man on the line pretends he knows him, he almost ends the call. Fortunately, the fast-thinking stranger on the other end gives him just enough clues to tell him he’s in trouble! Dalton has to act fast and he’s still a little skeptical about what he’ll find. Still, nothing could’ve prepared him for Kannon Butler, the good, the bad, and the heartbreaking. Kannon Butler is an old soul. Working at a senior center where he spends most of his time, his friends are his ...

~Previously released separately as individual books~ Welcome to the family! Book 1: He's It: For Me Matthew is running from his hometown and the mother who threw him out like yesterdays trash when she finds out through the grapevine of their very small town that her son likes other men. Ending up at Boston State, a long way from home he wonders what it’ll be like to finally be free. Declan is at home at Boston State University with his supportive friends securely in place, his place on the hockey team and a bevy of women vying for his attention. What happens when Matthew catches his eye ...

Alvin Harris Jr – They’re all dead. My mom, my dad and my twin sisters, Alexis and Alecia. They were killed in an auto accident on the way to dinner, and now I’m on my way home to say goodbye. Get home, lay them to rest, and worry about how I’m going to live my life without them. Alone, that much is evident, but how am I meant to survive it? Get home, say goodbye, and try to keep my head above water until it’s over. One thing at a time, right? Carter Jensen – Our tiny community is rocked when a drunk driver kills four very loved and respected members of Medlock. The twins were ...

After a life-changing injury sends him home and ends his career, Josh Diaz doesn't know what to make of his life anymore. When he agrees to temporarily move in with his battle-buddy, Alvin, and Alvin’s new partner, Carter, he just needs a minute to figure out his next move. Lucky to be alive, he’s learning to walk again with his brand new prosthesis, and the café down the street has him running directly into a small and broken man that he can’t seem to get out of his head. Especially after making himself look like a jerk, he owes the man an apology. Teddy’s no stranger to being on ...

Trenton Carpenter is all grown up. Having spent the last several years getting to know his brother and building a life he never dreamed he could have, he finds that there’s only one thing missing in his life. A love of his own. Kade Morgan is a single father with a career that makes publicizing his sexuality a risky career move, to say the least. Trying to cope with the loss of his best friend and learning to raise their daughter with the help of his sister, he isn’t prepared for the instant attraction to a younger man that keeps popping up when he least expects him. A few messy first ...

The boys are back with all new hope and heartbreak. Kevin Chase is a family services attorney in his tiny Massachusetts town. Content with his life as a loner, he does his bit to help families have a better life, because he, himself, didn't have a great one. Awkward at times and painfully shy, he doesn't quite know what to do with himself when he catches the eye of fire inspector and all-around great guy, Lane Bennett. Lane Bennett is his community’s only fire inspector and chief firefighter in Edgartown, Mass. Being around all his loved up friends and their partners, he can’t help but ...

Every Friday, evening, just around closing time; is the highlight of my week. Gage Conner: Police officer, 6'3, 235lbs, green eyes, black hair, and an organ donor. He comes through my line, with his charming smile and massive chest and asks to cash his check. I'm just a bank teller, Briyana Smith- formerly Brian Ashley. With too many loans, no family to speak of, and a massive crush on our local boy in blue; he'd never give me the time of day if he knew ALL there was to know about me. Cosmetically, and socially, I'm Briyana Smith, but, biologically and medically, I'm still Brian Ashley. He ...

After being kicked out of his parents house mid-party, the only place Tanner Gleeson has to go, is away. With very little money and only the clothes he could fit in a bag, he goes from a prestigious school with an influential family, to sleeping on the subway and shelters outside the city. The only thing Tanner has left in his life is his love for music and his passion for playing the piano. Nolan Hendrix is a shark in his field, determined to make every bad guy pay for the crimes they commit against women. He doesn't have time for much, besides a couple of friends and the Aunt and Uncle ...

Gavin What could be worse than being snowed in with the most gorgeous man I’ve ever seen – who happens to be my client – during the worst holiday of the year? Being snowed in with his beautiful family. The family I always dreamed about having but never had. Growing up an orphan sounds more dramatic than it is, for me anyway, though the holidays have never been my favorite because of it. That is until I spent one with the Coleman’s. What started as a favor, turns into something straight out of a movie, and would it even be a cheesy Christmas-movie moment without a gorgeous cowboy and...

Die Ewigkeit kann lang sein, wenn man nicht mehr angebetet wird. Als vergessener, ägyptischer Totengott hat Mafed kein Problem mit dem Sterben, denn der Tod findet den ehemaligen Rechtsmediziner überall. Als Mafed nach New York zurückkehrt, hat sich alles verändert – er, die Stadt und vor allem Detective Ian Barnell. Ein grausamer Serienmörder vergreift sich an jungen Frauen und raubt ihnen die Augen. Um ihn zu stoppen, muss das ungleiche Duo wieder zusammenarbeiten, doch Ian scheint dem Gott nicht mehr zu vertrauen.

Ägypten, 12. Jahrhundert. Einsam und müde von der Welt hat der Totengott Mafed beschlossen, sein Leben als Kater unter den Menschen zu fristen und sich bei dem Händler Afad und seiner Familie eingeschlichen. Keine Verantwortung, lange Schläfchen in der Wüstensonne und gelegentlich eine Schüssel Milch. Sein Leben scheint perfekt. Doch das Land wird von einem grausamen Krieg erschüttert. Fremde aus dem Westen wollen das Land erobern – mit göttlicher Hilfe. Mafed muss sich entscheiden.

"Ich würde meiner Persönlichkeit weitere Rädchen hinzufügen und sie so eines Tages perfektionieren." Konstantin Balthasar von Heerstein ist ein Lebemann - gutaussehend, charmant und pleite. Verstoßen von seiner Familie, mit einem Hang zu Alkohol, Kartenspiel und Frauen versucht er, über die Runden zu kommen. Mit dem Auftauchen eines Anwalts verändert sich jedoch plötzlich alles. Konstantin erbt die Verantwortung für ein Unternehmen, doch die Vorstandssitzungen mit biederen Geschäftsmännern langweilen ihn schnell.

Als vergessener, ägyptischer Totengott hat Mafed kein Problem mit dem Sterben. Gut, dass er seine verbliebenen Fähigkeiten als Pathologe beim NYPD einsetzen kann. Selbst sein Kollege Detective Ian Barnell ahnt nicht, mit wem er da zusammenarbeitet. Bei einer übel zugerichteten Leiche stößt Mafed auf Hinweise, dass der Täter kein Mensch war. Gemeinsam mit Barnell macht er sich auf die Jagd nach dem Ungeheuer in New Yorks Straße

Als vergessener, ägyptischer Totengott hat Mafed kein Problem mit dem Sterben. Gut, dass er seine verbliebenen Fähigkeiten als Pathologe beim NYPD einsetzen kann. Nur der junge Detective Ian Barnell kennt sein Geheimnis.

Twelve of the best loved children’s book stories to get your little ones through the longest journeys this summer. Worried about how to keep your little ones occupied this summer? Worry no more with this compilation of 12 of the best-loved children’s stories. Two hours of audio fun to keep your children entertained on even the longest journeys - keeping at bay the dreaded question: ‘are we there yet?’