Free to read
Chapter one,
all twenty-eight.
The whole of chapter one, free, with no email address asked for. Not a picked paragraph — the chapter that has to earn the second one. About 55,400 words in total. Pick any of them; they are standalone, so there is no wrong door.
Billionaire workplace · Manhattan
The Hartwell Group
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Book 2 · Enemies-to-Lovers
Shared Bid
I have spent two years taking Derek Hawthorne’s bids apart in public.
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Book 3 · Forbidden
Run of Show
I am being paid to run the Hartwell Gala. I am not being paid to want Blake Hartwell in a room I have timed to the minute.
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Book 4 · Fake Engagement
Marked in Red
I win in court and still cannot pay rent. My father’s treatment is on the desk.
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Book 5 · Second Chance
School Gate
I do school pickup, legal aid, and the kind of tired that does not get a montage.
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Book 6 · Age Gap
After the Panel
I am the youngest VP Hartwell has ever made, and every room still asks who I slept with to get the chair.
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Pro hockey · Fenwick, Minnesota
The Fenwick Pike
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Book 5 · Second Chance
Recall Notice
The league sent me to Fenwick because I know the coach and because no one else wanted February.
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Book 7 · Workplace
Barn Key
A furniture-chain owner wants the Harbor Barn as a tax story and a teardown.
Contract wildland fire · Haskett, Idaho
The Dry Line
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Book 1 · Workplace
Holdover
I do not sign a line I cannot see. I already sat a boss who wanted acres more than a window.
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Book 2 · Enemies-to-Lovers
Time Book
I do not sign hours I did not see. Ghost hours are theft, and I already lost a book to a man who smiled while he padded it.
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Book 6 · Forced Proximity
Spike
I invoice the hour. Overhead Dov Marris wants ten minutes of a window that is not his.
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Book 7 · Workplace
Closed Area
I can count a column that does not work. Gid Barrow wants the cache lot for a pad.
Regional airline · Calder, New Mexico
The Blue Ticket
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Book 2 · Enemies-to-Lovers
Squawk
I do not sign a theater squawk. Ghost write-ups are theft, and I already lost a book to a smile.
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Book 6 · Forced Proximity
Belly
I invoice the hour. Loadmaster Rafi Dew wants ten minutes of a window that is not his.
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Book 7 · Workplace
Certificate
I can count a column that does not work. Oren Slade wants the routes for a tax year.