Ready or not, a queen's gotta dowhat a queen's gotta do!Princess Scylla's life at the castle is not all it should have been.She's bullied, ostracized, and even poisoned… right under the nose of her doting father! But when the king and the rest of his family are murdered, Scylla – a reclusive, cranky misfit – collides with destiny.Now Queen of Rellant, she never expected to face betrayal, the rise of ancient magic – or Keet, a nasty little tree-dwelling creature. Is he mythical or real? Scylla's not sure, but his whispers save her life.Queen Scylla would like nothing better than to hand over responsibility to her capable and ambitious advisors.But Keet warns of traitors in their midst and danger from the Kingdom of Gryor, whose corrupt rulers seek to expand their realm in any way they can – by murder, sorcery, or marriage.It's not looking good for the small and peaceful Kingdom of Rellant… nor for Scylla!All she needs is a strategy to save her kingdom and herself.And when Keet is in trouble, it's up to her to save him too.In this light fantasy tale spiced with fun, adventure and magic, author Wilma van Wyngaarden introduces a lively cast of characters and the Kingdoms of Rellant and Gryor."I laughed out loud in many places… the queen is a card!" – Sarah Withrow"Good pace, good characters, intriguing plot… believable and still fantastical. Looking forward to the ongoing saga!" – Ingrid UebbingA Princess of Sorts is Book 1 in the series The Springs of the Goddess. (92,000 words) Views: 239
Just when Lady Rample has given up on love, a former flame reappears, bringing with him all sorts of emotions she thought buried. Unfortunately, that flame comes with one very aggressive and rather angry almost-ex-wife. The ensuing catfight is almost worth the price of admission.When the ex-wife is found dead in Hyde Park, stabbed with a hatpin in the shape of a heart, the police naturally assume the killer is the husband. Our intrepid heroine is not about to allow her love to go down for a crime he didn't commit. Unfortunately, proving him innocent may put her own neck on the line.Never one to shirk from danger, Lady R—with the help of her eccentric Aunt Butty—will need all her wits about her if she's to solve the crimes of the Cupid Killer.Enjoy the glitz and glamor of the 1930s with the sixth book in the popular 1930s historical mystery series, Lady Rample Mysteries. Views: 239
Raisa Kumar has been playing softball for years, and thanks to the support and encouragement of her team, the Silver Stars, she's one of the best pitchers in the league. When a new girl, Annie, joins the team and wants to learn how to pitch, Raisa is eager to help. But Raisa is sure her way is the best way, what words for her has to work for Annie. Can Raisa lean to step back and share the mound for the good of her team? Views: 239
Two distinguished scholars offer eight steps to help organizations discover and embrace an authentic higher purpose—something that will dramatically improve every aspect of any enterprise, including the bottom line.What does a lofty notion like purpose have to do with business basics like the bottom line? Robert E. Quinn and Anjan J. Thakor say pretty much everything. Leaders and managers are taught that employees are self-interested and work resistant, so they create systems of control to combat these expectations. Workers resent these systems, and performance suffers. To address the performance issues, managers double down on the coercion, creating a vicious cycle and a self-fulfilling prophecy. But there is a better way. Quinn and Thakor show that when an authentic higher purpose permeates business strategy and decision-making, the cycle is broken. Employers and employees see themselves as working together toward an inspiring goal, not just trying to hit quarterly targets. They fully engage, become proactive contributors, and, ironically, easily exceed those quarterly targets. Based on their widely acclaimed Harvard Business Review article, Quinn and Thakor offer eight sometimes surprising steps for shifting from a transaction-oriented mind-set focused on constraints to a purpose-oriented mind-set focused on possibility. This iconoclastic book will help any organization discover its authentic purpose and weave it into the fabric of everything it does, leading to unprecedented levels of personal satisfaction, service and product innovation, and economic growth.
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