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"Longtime personal assistant Georgie Mulcahy has made a career out of putting others before herself. When an unexpected upheaval sends her away from her hectic job in L.A. and back to her hometown, Georgie must confront an uncomfortable truth... But then Georgie comes across a forgotten artifact--a 'friendfic' diary she wrote as a teenager... a guidebook for getting started on a new path. Georgie's plans hit a snag when she comes face to face with...
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Wedding dates volume 4
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"Vivian Forest has been out of the country a grand total of one time, so when she gets the chance to tag along on her daughter Maddie's work trip to England to style a royal family member, she can't refuse. She's excited to spend the holidays taking in the magnificent British sights, but what she doesn't expect is to become instantly attracted to a certain Private Secretary and his charming accent and unyielding formality. Malcolm Hudson has been...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
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Discouraged by her prospects after a broken engagement, twenty-one-year-old secretary Jinny Brownlow accepts an assignment working directly for her company's difficult boss and garners respect when she refuses to cower before him.
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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The movie business is booming in 1935 when twenty-one-year-old Loretta Young meets thirty-four-year-old Clark Gable on the set of The Call of the Wild. Though he's already married, Gable falls for the stunning and vivacious young actress instantly. Far from the glittering lights of Hollywood, Sister Alda Ducci has been forced to leave her convent and begin a new journey that leads her to Loretta. Becoming Miss Young's secretary, the innocent and pious...
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
From her first day as Personal Assistant to the celebrated Mina Appleton, Christine Butcher understands what is expected of her. Absolute loyalty. Absolute discretion. For twenty years, Christine has been a most devoted servant, a silent witness to everything in Mina's life. So quiet, you would hardly know she is there. Day after day, year after year, Christine has been there, invisible--watching, listening, absorbing all the secrets floating around...
Author
Series
Kitty Pangborn novels volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
When her boss, PI Dexter Theroux, is hired by the mistress of one of L.A.'s most corrupt businessmen to tail her lover, secretary Kitty Pangborn suspects that the case may be linked to more than simple jealousy, especially when she and Dex stumble upon a corpse.
Author
Series
Kitty Pangborn novels volume 3
Publisher
Five Star, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When her father killed himself after the stock market crash of 1929, Kitty Pangborn took a job as a secretary for Los Angeles P.I. Dex Theroux. As the city prepares for the 1932 Olympic games, Kitty tries to discover who is threatening a young equestrienne aiming to be the first horsewoman to compete at the Olympic level. Kitty finds herself back in the social class she was raised to, only now she's expected to come in the service entrance.
Author
Series
Kitty Pangborn novels volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2009, ©2008
Language
English
Description
In 1930s Depression-era Hollywood, Kitty Pangborn gets caught in the middle when her boss, P.I. Dexter Theroux, is asked to help exonerate screen idol Laird Wyndham, a prime suspect in the suspicious death of a young starlet, especially since Theroux already has a client who has hired him to prove Wyndham's guilt.
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Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
'Through the double clamour of Big Ben and the shrill sound of the bell rang a revolver shot.' A financier is found shot in the House of Commons. Suspecting foul play, Robert West, a parliamentary private secretary, takes on the role of amateur sleuth. Used to turning a blind eye to covert dealings, West must now uncover the shocking secret behind the man's demise, amid distractions from the press and the dead man's enigmatic daughter. Originally...
Author
Series
Palace insiders volume 2
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Petunia De Vere enjoys being the personal assistant to lovable, bumbling Johnny Marchmont. But the job has its share of challenges, including the royal's giant, intimidating bodyguard, Matthias. Pet and Matthias are polar opposites--she's spontaneous and enthusiastic, he's rigid and stoic--but she can sense there's something softer underneath that tough exterior ... For Matthias Vaughn, protecting others is the name of the game. But keeping his royal...
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Intelligent but isolated recent physics graduate Annie Fisk feels an undeniable pull toward space. Her childhood memories dimmed by loss, she has left behind her home, her family, and her first love in pursuit of intellectual fulfillment. When she finally lands a job as a NASA secretary during the Apollo 11 mission, the work is everything she dreamed, and while she feels a budding attraction to one of the engineers, she can't get distracted. Not...
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