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Danielle (still she/her) is back, and this time it's professional. Having survived the vocational trauma of Irvine, California, Danielle catapults into the C-Suite as the youngest Chief Diversity Officer in herstory. But with her lofty title comes peril. Expectations, the male gaze, accountability ... The dangers are legion, and the worst of them is Bruce (he/him), the powerful CEO used to taking what he wants. Now Danielle is in the fight of her life. Not just against America's racist meta-culture, but against her deepest, forbidden desires. Can she resist Bruce's charismatic pull?

Forced by the shackles of capitalism to move back home after graduating from an Ivy League university, Danielle's personhood is immediately assaulted by the Eurocentric monoculture of Irvine, California. And that was before Paul (he/him) reappeared. Paul. Her first love. The no-nonsense bad boy who never looked at her twice ... now engaged. With the help of a mysterious college mentor, Danielle battles to save the man of her dreams from his internalized racism and coerced monogamy.

Da Brigitte Nicolsons kæreste gennem seks år pludselig slår op med hende, og hun samtidig mister sit job på grund af besparelser, har hun ingen anelse om, hvad hun skal med sit liv. Hun beslutter sig for at rejse til New York og besøge sin mor, Marguerite. Marguerites store interesse er slægtsforskning, men hun har kun været i stand til at spore familien tilbage til 1850, og derfor beder hun Brigitte om hjælp. Snart er Brigitte og fuldstændig opslugt af at udforske familiens stamtræ, og det viser sig, at hun nedstammer fra ingen mindre end en fransk markis og en Sioux-indianer.

Libby Matthews can’t honestly remember the last time she had a quiet minute...or clean hair. And if you ask her right now, she’ll tell you that all she wants in the world is a hot bath. To be honest, she would settle for a shower. Or, maybe, a minute to wash her hair and face in peace. A quick splash in the sink would be a start.