{"title":"Rich \u0026 Ruthless Alphas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/0936\/0625\/files\/RichRuthlessAlphas.png?v=1784417377\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStep into a world of fierce CEOs, commanding bosses, revenge, obsession, and powerful men who look damn fine in a suit…but never expected to lose their hearts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"forbidden-confessions-filthy-rich-bosses-omnibus","title":"FORBIDDEN CONFESSIONS: FILTHY RICH BOSSES OMNIBUS","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThree scorching stories of mixing business with forbidden pleasure...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTEMPTED BY THE BILLIONAIRE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eThe ruthless billionaire offers me everything I want—if I surrender myself to him.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTEMPTED BY THE EXECUTIVES\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy sexy bosses are off-limits…or are they?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTEMPTED BY THE BOSSHOLE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy best friend’s daughter is off-limits—until I seduce her for revenge.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️\u003cem\u003e \"...stellar characters, interesting plots, deep emotions, a bit of angst, and lots of spicy sizzle.\" \u003c\/em\u003e- Amazon Reviewer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/0936\/0625\/files\/FRB_Tagline_2025_e838ecc0-4c2a-4903-9c47-16a6cfb6e65c.jpg?v=1777938466\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e Forbidden Confessions: Filthy Rich Bosses\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContains\u003c\/strong\u003e: Tempted by the Billionaire, Tempted by the Executives, Tempted by the Bosshole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormats:\u003c\/strong\u003e eBook, trade paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWord Count:\u003c\/strong\u003e 109k\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePage Count:\u003c\/strong\u003e  340 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrior Reading Necessary?\u003c\/strong\u003e No\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTropes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Age-gap, Alpha Hero, Anti-hero, Billionaire, Breeding, Dominant Hero, Enemies to Lovers, Forbidden Love, Forced Marriage, Forced Proximity, Insta-love, Ménage\/Reverse Harem, Obsessed Hero, Revenge, Temporary Fling, Workplace Romance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e✔️\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e Instant download • Secure transactions • Read on any device\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e🔥 Inside TEMPTED BY THE BOSSHOLE 🔥\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“Please…”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“Begging to come already?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“No,” I pant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“I don’t believe you. 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Everything about him and this situation stirs and agitates me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eI turn to him. “Give those back.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“I told you, when you’re with me, you don’t wear these. I know you read my text. I want you available for my cock at all times. I’m going to fuck you often and well. I’ll remind you this pussy is mine every chance I get.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“You’re a bastard.” One whose sole goal is revenge; I need to remember that, not how incredible his touch feels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“At least I’m not a cheating douchebag like your ex.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe has a point, but… “No, you’re a bossy, possessive caveman.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“I don’t deny that.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“Give me back my underwear.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe tsks. “We need to work on your listening skills. Not only do you no longer wear them, you don’t own them.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTo prove his point, he tosses my scrap of white cotton in his wastebasket and pours the remnants from last week’s coffee on top. They’re ruined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSeeing red, I turn to face him. “Nath—”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe covers my mouth with his palm. “Shh. You don’t want the rest of the office to come running. I’m not sharing these perfect tits with anyone.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThen he swoops down and laves my nipples, his quiet groan vibrating through my body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOne touch and I surrender. Why? Where’s my self-respect and my will? Apparently, they’re between my legs, begging like the rest of me. It’s barely after eleven a.m., and Nathan is melting me into a puddle. Unless I go shopping on my lunch hour, I’ll be commando for the rest of the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAfter one final nip of his teeth on each tender tip, he turns me back to the desk and urges me flat. The hiss of his zipper fills the room otherwise occupied by distant office noises and the sounds of my shallow breaths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“Spread your legs.” He nudges them apart with his foot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe tearing of a wrapper fills my ears next. My heart thrashes hard when the thick head of his cock nudges my entrance while his massive hand pins my wrists to his desk. “By the way, five minutes ago, I announced our engagement. 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Impossible. The man—and the power that rolled off him—always rattled her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe restaurant she’d chosen for their meeting was loud and public, even on a Tuesday night. Chatter filled the air, along with the faint notes of mariachi music floating from the overhead speakers. A young Hispanic man set salsa and a bowl of chips on the table between them. She barely noticed. She couldn’t do anything except stare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eGod, Jason looked even better than the last time she’d seen him. His dark hair had been precisely razor trimmed. His intense blue eyes were even more striking against the stubble clinging to his sharp jaw and his stark white collar. A charcoal suit coat hugged his broad shoulders perfectly. Then again, the man was a billionaire, so he’d likely had it made to fit him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSeeing him again gripped her heart with a bittersweet pang. She’d missed him so much. But his expression was unreadable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eShe shouldn’t have come. But Gia knew she owed him. Jason deserved to know why she’d skipped out nearly a year ago, just days after their marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eShe cleared her throat and tried to calm her nerves. “I was surprised when Thorpe called and said you wanted to see me.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“I want talk to you, and you didn’t leave me any choice.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eGia tried not to wince. “You’re right, and I take full responsibility for that.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“Then explain why you left and ceased speaking to me.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“I was going through a lot and—”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“I would have been there for you,” he growled. “But I couldn’t help you since you told me nothing.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“My life changed completely, and you didn’t sign up for all that. I didn’t think it was fair to drag you through my muck. We’d been married for, like, five minutes, so—”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“Five minutes or five decades, we were married.” He gripped the table like he was resisting the urge to slam his fist against it. “We still are. My number one job was to give you what you needed. You never gave me the chance.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eShe felt his rage thick and sizzling between them. Gia fought not to plead with him, to point out that he’d made mistakes, too. “You’re right.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHis expression went from remote to downright chilly. “What had I ever done to make you believe that I’d leave you to deal with everything alone?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eNothing. Maybe it was unfair, but his playboy image hadn’t given her the idea that he was prepared to cope with her unexpected problems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“I didn’t expect you to take on my family crisis. It wasn’t your responsibility.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“Wrong.” His mouth tightened. “You are my responsibility. As your husband, your problems are my problems. Instead of giving them to me, you shut me out and shouldered everything yourself. Stubborn, independent…” He clenched his jaw. “You’re making my palm itch.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eShe hadn’t allowed herself to think about how much she’d missed his discipline, his touch. The memories made her womb clench, everything between her legs throb, and her heart ache.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“Who’s been taking care of you?” he demanded. “The bags under your eyes suggest you’re not sleeping enough. Your loose clothing tells me you’ve dropped fifteen pounds you didn’t have to lose. Your hair looks as if it hasn’t been cut in…what, six months?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSeven, but who was counting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“You have a broken fingernail and a shoe that needs resoling,” he went on. “I’m going to guess your pedicure is months old, as is the wax job between your legs.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eGia gasped. Jason had always been observant, but his attention to her every detail left her speechless.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHe leaned closer, intent. “Stop acting as if I don’t know you. I see you. Just like I see that no one has given a damn about you in the last year as I would have.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eShe couldn’t refute him. God knew she’d missed him so much. “Why should I have what my heart desired when everyone around me was suffering?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“If you thought you were sparing me, you thought wrong. As a husband, I’m worried. And as your Dom, I’m determined to give you hard boundaries the fastest way I can.” He grabbed his drink and took a long swallow before setting the glass carefully on the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“What do you see happening next? Between us, I mean.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eNow came the conversation she’d been dreading. “I’m assuming you want a divorce.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFury tightened his face. “You’re assuming?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“We can’t go on this way.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“Finally. 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High-stakes tension. And chemistry that refuses to stay professional.\u003c\/em\u003e” – Goodreads Reviewer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e🔥 \u003cstrong\u003eInside TEMPTED BY THE BILLIONAIRE \u003c\/strong\u003e🔥\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“What makes you think I’m watching you that closely?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe bastard is patronizing me. “Because I don’t think anything escapes your notice.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“Smart, resourceful, and efficient. You passed…for now. Pull up a chair, and we’ll begin the interview.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eI glance around. The one chair in the room is too big for me to lug. If I sat there, I’d have my back to him. His smug expression tells me that he not only knows this, but he wants to see how I’ll react.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eNone of this would bother me if I wasn’t attracted to him. If my rebellious gaze wasn’t stupidly stuck on his mesmerizing gray eyes. If I didn’t admire his strong, square jaw. If I didn’t want to know what a kiss from his fleshy slash of a mouth is like. If I didn’t feel drawn to touch his steely shoulders and sink against his wide chest…\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eBut I’m here for an interview, not a hookup. I need a chair, and I suspect Chad Force is waiting on me to think outside the box.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“I’ll be right back.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eHis smile as I exit and turn the corner tells me I made the right choice in not whining about the lack of a seat or wasting his time by asking where to find one. I’m following directions while solving the problem. But there’s something predatory in his smile, like he’s enjoying watching me jump through hoops. I should be annoyed. Unfortunately, my body has other ideas…\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eI tiptoe down a floor and venture up the hall. I find a stylish, entirely masculine home office. Floor-to-ceiling bookshelves in black dominate an entire wall of the space, built around a matching modular desk, accented by sleek pulls. A giant iMac sits in the alcove. Behind it sits a tufted chair in a shade of blue that reminds me of a rainy day. It’s big and it will be hell to lug, but it’s on wheels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eNot indulging the fear that I’m somehow desecrating Mr. Force’s personal space, I roll the office chair down the hall, grunt as I lift it up the stairs, then drag it behind me back into the man’s bedroom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“You found it, I see.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eI position it a few feet from the bed, sit, then cross my legs. “Of course.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“It’s heavy.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“But not unmanageable.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“You carried it up alone.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eI eye him. Why is he stating the obvious? Probably to shove me down some conversational rabbit hole he wants me to fall into. “I’m not easily deterred.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eHis smile creeps a little higher. “You didn’t ask permission.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“That’s one way of looking at it. But I also solved a simple problem on my own. I see no reason to disturb people, especially busy ones, when I can handle something myself.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eHis raised brow tells me he’s impressed, but he won’t give me the satisfaction of admitting that out loud. This is some kind of game to him, and it frustrates me. He collects information while revealing nothing, and every answer I give is ammunition he stores for later use. Apparently, he’s amused, while I need to eat and find a place to sleep.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“Tell me about you,” he begins, glancing at the sheet of paper in his hands. “And don’t recite your résumé. I’ve already read it. It doesn’t tell me what I really need to know.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eI wonder what he’s after, but nothing in his face gives away his thoughts. “I love the financial world because I’m addicted to puzzles and I strive every day to understand what really makes the world turn.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eHis smile tells me he likes my answer. “Go on.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“School was a way of gathering fundamental information so I could get my foot in the door, but bottom line? I believe that working at Force Financial could genuinely teach me what I need to know to excel.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“I have no doubt of that, but what’s in it for me?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe primary rule of any sales pitch: Tell the customer why you can be the answer to their problems. I can’t really answer that without more information.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“Why are you looking for a new assistant?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“Because my last one quit.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“Any particular reason?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“Apparently, I’m a workaholic bastard. Who knew?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“Well, I have no interest in bars, parties, mobile games, or whatever the rest of my peers are into since I’m a workaholic, too. I’m assuming you’d prefer someone like that at your side.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“Yes, but that’s not all I need in an assistant.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eI try not to squirm in my seat. If he’s looking for sex, I know it’s not smart, but I’m leaning toward sign me up. On the other hand, I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t risk his billion-dollar-plus empire for a piece of ass and a sexual harassment suit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“You require other qualities.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“Yes.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eAnd he’s not going to tell me what they are. “You want me to figure them out.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“Astute of you.” He looks pleased.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eI need to keep pushing forward until I find out what he wants in an assistant. So far, he likes the fact that I’m persistent and dedicated, I problem solve, and I have gumption. If he didn’t, I’d already be gone. But there’s something more. I need to figure it out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“Tell me about the duties this job entails. I’ll be better able to explain how I can help.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eHis crafty stare hints that he’s plotting something. “Let’s do this. Rather than waste time on trite questions and answers, I’ll give you an opportunity to actually prove your worth. A test drive, if you will. 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