Showing results for "The Assistant" in Contemporary

Tina is a good person. Tina has done something bad. But she did the wrong thing for the right reasons, and that makes it a bit less bad - doesn't it? For six years Tina has served drinks and collected dry-cleaning for a boss who spends more on lunch than Tina does on rent, and her debts are piling up. Then a blip in the expenses system offers her the opportunity to change her life: a big fat cheque that shouldn't have Tina's name on it. And her moral compass temporarily malfunctions.

Lance Byers is by far the meanest man in Carolina. Both of them. All of the South. Heck, the whole country. He makes demands I don't know how to fulfill, like, "Bring me those closing docs," or "Set up that open house." I'm trying to learn as fast as I can, but the real estate market in Charleston is like a jet plane flying at three hundred miles per hour. It moves, and it moves fast. Lance is smart, handsome if I can admit that out loud, and entrenched in this realtor lingo I don't understand. He even brings in someone to train me, but I'm pretty sure I'm failing him on a daily basis.

Kathleen Hey spent the war years helping her sister and brother-in-law run a grocery shop in the Yorkshire town of Dewsbury. From July 1941 to July 1946, she kept a diary for the Mass Observation Project, recording the thoughts and concerns of the people who used the shop. Among the chorus of voices she brings us, Kathleen herself shines through as a strong and engaging woman who refuses to give in to doubts or misery and who maintains her keen sense of humour, even under the most trying conditions.

She’s my best friend’s sister, and I’m her new boss. There are three things I expect from a good assistant: Punctuality, honesty, and trustworthiness. She says she’s all that. Despite my reservations, I decide to give her a shot. To my surprise, she follows my every command.

I hired Ben under false pretenses. He may think I don’t know who he truly is, but I do. Even so, I'm tempted to trust him. His family may be full of con artists, but Ben is too innocent for his own good. Trustworthy or not, I'm going to keep him in my sights.

My name is Abigail Wilder. PR maven extraordinaire. A credit to her industry. A savior to her clients. But to him, my biggest client, I was Abby. And to me, he was Nick. Nick keeps me busy with all his stunts and playboy ways. He gets in trouble and it's my job to bail him out and make everything shine in a positive light. He's a pain in my ass! Far too wild for my taste. And now the board wants to keep him on a leash until their big merger goes through. They want me to find him a girlfriend. Get someone to tame Nick? Yeah, right.

Preston Michael Shaw. PMS, as I like to call him. I don’t need his job. I don’t need his fancy designer suits or his arrogance or his claims that I put a hex on him, because of course a strong, empowered woman needs to put a spell on a man. As if I want him. Pfft. He should be so lucky.

Welcome to Greenwich, Connecticut, home of scenic beaches, dazzling autumn foliage, and swoon-worthy affluent men. Hindered by a recent surgery that has left his arm in a sling, Eric Salko’s life is upended when the VP of his investment firm hires a temporary new personal assistant to run errands and help with Eric’s daughter, Bella. All bets are off when the stunning employee enters his palatial Connecticut estate. Broke and with her life in shambles, Kira Blumquist is desperate to make the most of her lucky break.

Certified thrift store addict Vivian Magnolia is a busty size 16 assistant to Hollywood's hottest stars, with the sass to match. After being let go by the diva from hell and moving her life to Meadowmill, Hollywood's younger sister, she finds herself working for mega stud Jax Ace, notorious playboy and voted 2019's hottest man alive.

IL MALE NON È MAI STATO COSÌ ATTRAENTE... Con una famiglia da mantenere, avere un buon impiego è per Evie Sage una priorità. E così, quando un incidente con il più famigerato cattivo di Rennedawn si traduce in un'offerta di lavoro, lei accetta. Nessun incarico è perfetto, ovviamente, e lo è ancora meno quando hai una cotta per il tuo capo, un tipo terribile, lunatico ma innegabilmente sexy. Proprio quando si sta abituando ad assistere a scene raccapriccianti, come teste mozzate che pendono dal soffitto e bulbi oculari schiacciati sotto le scarpe, Evie sospetta che una minaccia stia aleggiando sul regno di Rennedawn.

A steamy, slow-burn F/F office romance where fashion isn’t the only thing being stripped back. Zara Bennett thought assisting a fashion heiress would mean Paris flights and press passes. Instead, she’s fetching triple-shot lattes for a woman who speaks in clipped commands and doesn’t seem to like anyone—especially not her. Astrid Vale is the icy face of her mother’s global fashion empire. Untouchable. Unflappable. Unbearably attractive. But Zara? She’s stubborn, sarcastic, and refuses to shrink herself to fit into Astrid’s carefully tailored world.

One accidental application. One life-changing "You’re hired." Suddenly, Frankie is the right hand to a man the rest of the world only sees on billboards. Working for a celebrity flirt is a 24/7 test of willpower, and Jonas is determined to make her fail. He’s charming, demanding, and far more complicated than the tabloids suggest. As Frankie gets pulled deeper into his gilded world, the "assistant" label starts to feel like a lie. But in a town built on make-believe, she has to figure out if what they have is real before the credits roll.

I'm an executive assistant who wants more out of life. Then, there's Adrian – my dominant alpha boss. He's a flirt and, worst of all, my ex's best friend. Sparks fly when we pose as a power couple to secure a crucial deal.

Ross Davies, ace pitcher for the New Orleans Revelers, needs help putting his life back in order before he throws away everything he's worked so hard for. Casey Carradine has a knack for managing people's lives. When she agrees to step up to the plate and help Ross dig his way out of the debris of his failed marriage, it shouldn't be a hard task. After all, she's run her rockstar sister's life for years. But things get heated and lines get crossed. And neither of them expect the curveball that's thrown their way.

SE BUSCA ASISTENTE: Célebre villano de alta categoría busca asistente leal y sensata para llevar a cabo tareas administrativas no especificadas y ofrecer asistencia al resto del personal en las situaciones caóticas y terroríficas que puedan surgir, entre otros Asuntos Siniestros En General. Se requiere discreción. Excelentes condiciones.

Pregnant by the potential next POTUS? Washington, we have a problem here. It is called Reid Prentice. The irresistibly handsome last-minute candidate who runs for presidency. He’s looking for a new assistant to support his campaign. I’m ready to notch up my political career. Sounds like a win-win situation, right? Yet Reid isn’t your ordinary prince from a fairytale. His arrogance is off the charts, and he can be cold and demanding. At the same time, I’ve never felt more alive and excited to be around a man.

Thirty-year-old Nashvillian Julia Holmes is just weeks away from becoming Mrs. Aaron DeMinthe. For as long as she can remember, she's dreamed of getting married at Whitfield Chapel, and now her dreams are about to be realized. Julia has meticulously planned every detail of her big day, from the flowers to her gown, but the one thing she didn't plan for is Aaron's announcement: He needs to tick something off his bucket list before they tie the knot, and that something is to hike the last leg of the Appalachian Trail - a project several years in the making.

Leena has been in love with her boss, Nick DeMarco, for almost eight years. But he's never given her any indication that she was special to him. Their relationship was close, but rarely outside of a business function. So when he invites her to be his fake girlfriend at his family's Christmas week she is thrilled and ready to show Nick just what he's missing out on, her only wish for the Christmas season.

Porter le bébé de l'homme susceptible de devenir le prochain président des États-Unis d'Amérique ? Washington, nous avons un problème. Son nom, Reid Prentice. Un candidat à la présidentielle au charme irrésistible, dernier à se lancer dans la course. Il recherche un nouvel assistant pour l'aider à mener sa campagne électorale. Quant à moi, je suis prête à mettre un coup d'accélérateur dans ma carrière politique. De quoi y trouver tous les deux notre compte, non ? Mais Reid n'a rien du prince charmant.

Abigail "Abi" Monroe, is an extremely sophisticated woman with a strong backbone and crazy-smart business woman. She's on the hierarchy of the business-food chain, becoming one of the first to create a multi-million dollar company in her early twenties. She's used to getting what she wants and knows how to cater to her own needs. What the world doesn't know about her is that she is a sexual prowler, needing gratification on a daily basis. She has no time for love, but lust is the one thing she treats herself to.