Showing results for "The Game" in Contemporary Fiction

From the best selling author of A Woman of Substance comes an explosive novel about one woman's journey to success. Annette Remmington is a London art consultant and private dealer at the top of her game. When a rare and long-lost Rembrandt finds its way into her hands – and sells in a frantic and high profile auction - she is at the pinnacle of her career and becomes the most talked about art dealer in the world....

Music mogul Rowena Krebs is now a legend - she’s even made it to the Hall of Fame. Her old rival, now best friend, Topaz Rossi, is the designer-clad top dog at American Magazines. Both women are happily married - and life seems sweet. But things are changing: Rowena senses a shift, both in business and maybe on the home front. Topaz knows her circulation figures are dropping but not what is wrong with her husband.

'Welcome to the escape room. Your goal is simple. Get out alive.' In the lucrative world of Wall Street finance, Vincent, Jules, Sylvie and Sam are the ultimate high-flyers. Ruthlessly ambitious, they make billion-dollar deals and live lives of outrageous luxury. Getting rich is all that matters...

Harriet Lockwood has never really bonded with her daughter the way she has with her three sons. Then one day, she discovers why. The girl she’s raised for the last fifteen years is not her biological child. As a consequence, two families are plunged into a storm of bitter rivalries and unexpected alliances.

Firmare un contratto con una squadra sportiva è l'ultima cosa che un ragazzo in fuga dalla criminalità dovrebbe fare. Neil, però, è pronto a rischiare tutto, anche la propria vita, pur di giocare a Exy, uno sport che mescola elementi del lacrosse, giocato su un campo da calcio con tutta la cattiveria dell'hockey su ghiaccio. E quando gli arriva la proposta dei Foxes, non riesce a rifiutare. Sono squinternati, da anni ultimi in classifica, ma potrebbero rivelarsi proprio quello di cui Neil non sapeva di avere bisogno.

LaMeka and Gavin fell for each other fast and furiously, but will it fizzle before it has a chance to get off the ground? Although Lucinda is heartbroken over Aldris, she’s also tasted the forbidden fruit, and she wonders if she can now live with the decisions she’s made. Charice is living the dream. She has her life with Ryan and her love with Lincoln, but can she continue to have her cake and eat it too? As Terrence’s life hangs in the balance, Trinity’s happiness is as uncertain as her safety.   

Vera Wright-Turner thinks she has it all under control until she meets and greets herself. Born on the flip side of the hustler's game, she is the child of a 15-year-old drug addict who places her in a trash dump with a note that read, "Please forgive me...my mother's only 15...." Well, that is of little consolation to Vera as she lives her gold-diggin' life full speed ahead, only to come to a crashing halt when she realizes that facing up to the flip side of the game is the only way she will survive.

Anna is a married teacher in her 40s. Her one regret in life is that she doesn't have any children. When 15-year-old Kali arrives in her form, Anna feels a connection with her at once. But it soon becomes clear that Kali doesn't feel the same way.

The Raven King è il secondo audiolibro della acclamata serie All for the game: una trilogia di bestseller internazionali che, solo in Russia, il primo paese dove sono stati pubblicati, ha venduto oltre un milione di copie. Curato da Alessia Merlo e Rossella Pinto.

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