RetailThe biggest takeover in American business that you’ve n ever heard of The American supermarket seems to represent the best in America: abundance, freedom, choice. But that turns out to be an illusion. The rotisserie chicken, the pepperoni, the cordon bleu, the frozen pot pie, and the bacon virtually all come from four companies. In The Meat Racket, investigative reporter Christopher Leonard delivers the first-ever account of how a handful of companies have seized the nation’s meat supply. He shows how they built a system that puts farmers on the edge of bankruptcy, charges high prices to consumers, and returns the industry to the shape it had in the 1900s before the meat monopolists were broken up. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, the greatest capitalist country in the world has an oligarchy controlling much of the food we eat and a high-tech sharecropping system to make that possible. Forty years ago, more than thirty-six companies produced half of all the chicken Americans ate. Now there are only three that make that amount, and they control every aspect of the process, from the egg to the chicken to the chicken nugget. These companies are even able to raise meat prices for consumers while pushing down the price they pay to farmers. And tragically, big business and politics have derailed efforts to change the system. We know that it takes big companies to bring meat to the American table. What The Meat Racket shows is that this industrial system is rigged against all of us. In that sense, Leonard has exposed our heartland’s biggest scandal.** Views: 20
“Clever detective work and considerable shooting. It reads lightning fast...Suspenseful.”—*Booklist* Itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are back in the saddle with guns blazing in this gritty, intense addition to the New York Times–bestselling series. After hunting down the notorious desperado Alejandro Vasquez, Territorial Marshal Virgil Cole and Deputy Everett Hitch return him to San Cristóbal to stand trial. No sooner do they remand him into custody than a major bank robbery occurs and the lawmen find themselves tasked with another job: investigating the robbery of the Comstock Bank, recovering the loot, and bringing the criminals to justice. But when their primary suspect is found severely beaten outside a high-class brothel and turns out to be using a false identity to escape a torrid past, it is Alejandro who becomes the key to their investigation. Cole and Hitch are soon on the trail of the money, two calculating brothers, and the daughter of St. Louis’s most prominent millionaire in a Cain and Abel story that brings revenge to a whole new level.** Views: 20
Julien's Book is an exciting standalone New Adult romance with a twist Julien Breaux was completely focused on developing his career as a MMA fighter and kickboxing coach. Shea Miller was an author and new student in his class. She found Julien intriguing and wanted to use him as inspiration for a character in her new book. Seeing no harm in it, Julien happily agreed to serve as her muse. Shea eventually wrote the book and it became something of a hit in the world of romance novels. Though he had a taste of notoriety, Julien's life seemed to grind along just as it had before he met Shea. Then everything changed. Without warning, Julien was thrust into an extraordinary chain of events—a world where it was hard to separate reality from fiction. One minute he was in total control of his life and the next he felt like a puppet in an elaborate play that had sealed his fate. Had he really just found the love of his life? And if so, would he need to believe what seemed like the impossible in order to have her? Views: 20
When one of Randi Conway's psychotherapy patients is found dead of a gunshot wound, the investigation is turned over to Lieutenant Anthony Walker.Formerly a New York City cop, Walker now serves on the police force of an affluent community in Fairfield County, Connecticut. He lives among the privileged gentry, where he understands that appearances are often far removed from reality. This certainly proves to be true in the death of Elizabeth Knoebel, when Walker discovers that she had been keeping a private journal entitled "SEXUAL RITES". In her diary, Elizabeth was recording the explicit details of her sexual adventures with various men, many of whom were married to the women in her therapy group. Elizabeth was a predator bent on seducing and, in some instances, humiliating these men, obsessed with a perverse mission that Walker believes led to her murder.As Walker uncovers the secrets of Elizabeth's memoir, he becomes convinced that her killer is... Views: 20
The Billionaire’s Club: a fabulously sexy contemporary series about some of the world’s wealthiest, most powerful men and the women they claim…and keep.Donovan Morrow, the charming, loveable, sexy face of the Morrow company, can’t seem to get a break. Despite all the wining and dining he does for his partners—both in business and in bed—he feels underappreciated. Always coming in second to big brother Jax, he’s considered the playboy of the family, and not someone to be taken seriously. Even more frustrating is when Victoria de Winter, the sexy, sultry manager of the Morrow’s company biggest rival, won’t give him the time of day or night. If only Donovan could show her how his darkest desires revolve around her, she wouldn’t keep blowing him off…Victoria has always been a good girl. Working hard for the family business and engaged to a respectable man her parents approve of, Victoria thought she had her whole life figured out. That is, until Donovan Morrow entered her life. Victoria knows she shouldn’t lust after him—a direct competitor of her family and a notorious playboy, Donovan is all wrong for the stable life she has carved out for herself. But if this hot billionaire keeps pursuing her, Victoria can only resist for so long before she has to explore his darker, wilder side…Don't miss Jax's story in The Billion Dollar Bachelor, available now! And Sean's story in The Billionaire Biker coming in April 2014. Views: 20
Now that he’s part of the D.I.R.E. Agency’s elite squad of super-powered
agents, Jaydan Rose is walking the straight and narrow. He absolutely,
positively avoids three things: high-maintenance women, trouble, and
Hope Powers. Days away from his estranged brother’s
wedding, Jaydan gets a lead on the missing sister-in-law of Riordan
“Saint” St. James, a fellow agent. If he can locate her, perhaps he can
make up for not being there when Saint had needed him most.As
the only daughter of one of the richest men in the world, and with a
special power of her own, Hope Powers wants to be taken seriously. If
she can prove the D.I.R.E. Agency needs her new software application,
she’ll have the credibility and position she craves.When
she threatens to search for the missing woman with or without him,
Jaydan’s conscience compels him to take her. However, when danger and
close quarters prove too much for their passion, Jaydan knows his list
of things he absolutely, positively avoids has just disintegrated. When
their quest uncovers scandalous secrets and decades old dangers, they
realize they’ve stumbled onto something bigger than themselves. While
the lines of reality and imitation become blurred, a psychotic maniac
makes plans for Hope. Will Jaydan’s past rear its ugly head and destroy them both, or does history have plans of its own? Views: 20
