The critical path to the executive suite in an organization needs a real-world lamp- lighting guide to reveal the political stumbling stones that cause career demise, and strategies to overcome them. This hands-on book explores the practical techniques actually used by those who have made it to the elusive suite, and by those with high leader potential. The authors' primary goal is to focus this interesting, tough-minded book on the leader's real world behaviors-for-results. Neither textbook theories nor 20th Century managerial history lessons are in this 21st Century book. We present a how-to text to stimulate your leadership, human relations, and personal growth competencies. Readers of this no-nonsense book find many of the tightly held secrets of fast-track managers who actually produce effective results for themselves and for their organizations. Some critical questions you might consider as you read are: What seems to separate the surviving-ho-hum administrator from the vital career-ascending effective leader? What seems to differentiate actions that 'just work' from the 'best that do work' in the highly competitive organizational world? results. It is about meeting your performance and career challenges. It is about YOU.

Sarah Noble is a strong-willed young F. B. I. Agent who begins to doubt herself about going undercover in a con swindling case --- her parents were ripped off of most of their life savings. When her boss, Area Director Jackson Law, tells her to come to grips with the experiences of her parents, and to set aside any of her own difficulties, she stubbornly denies any problem and remains determined to pursue the hardened con artist. Then, in a short time her undercover work is in jeopardy of being exposed. Law's struggle with his own issues of personal relationships threatens his ability to stay focused on catching the swindler. In the end, it all comes down to figuring out how to put away for good the master-closer, Jim Ranger, in spite of Noble's and Law's own troubles.

When Carl joins the Whitaker family as an adopted boy, he is shunned by his older stepbrother Paul and younger stepsister Kay. However, over a short time, Kay's affection toward Carl grows while Paul's animosity with his stepbrother quickly deepens with jealousy. Kay and Carl become locked in a relationship so unrelenting that they become the center of each other's worlds, and are prepared to cross a boundary they never thought they would. As their teen years turn to young adulthood, unexpected changes occur that put more than just the two of them in life threatening conditions. Who will live on and who will perish is not necessarily a matter of choice, but rather a matter of chance. Their almost unconscious acts seem to turn into their lives' fulfillment.

What if two former college lovers, Cass Westfield and Mike Aviara, rekindle their relationship at a college class reunion? While she thinks it is understood to be a simple one-time fling, he refuses to allow it to end, resulting in emotional blackmail, stalking, and continued obsession on his part. Cass must distance herself from Mike to remain loyal to her family. However, when Mike finds out that her daughter, Scarlet Rose, was conceived by he and Cass during their senior year of college, he threatens to expose Cass' long held secret unless she leave her husband and take Scarlet Rose to live with him.

The HIDING There are places, deep below the earth's surface where vampires exist, unknown to mortals. It is their Hiding place. No one knows for certain their origins, although myths and legends abound. Yet, one thing is for certain. They battle each other to maintain some sort of balance of power among them. This all changes, however, as a beautiful young woman begins a mysterious transformation to become a hybrid, part human and part vampire. A bitter feud erupts as two vampire clans fight to claim her as their own. This story is a sequel to "Stranger On A Train." Antonio F. Vianna's books are available almost everywhere including his web site at http://www.viannabooks4u.com

As this novel opens, Anne is awakened from a horrifying nightmare. She wonders if the dream is a predictor of events to come. All the while, her enemies, some old and some new, are intent to have their own way ... vampires who set in motion seemingly irreversible measures to do away with her. Paul has become the X-factor ... his predictability is uncertain. She calls upon Vincent Blackfoot, now her closest friend and ally, to help figure out a plan. As the story rushes to a surprising climax, a sudden twist appears. Will she survive? This is Book 3 of the vampire series. Go to: http: //www.viannabooks4u.com

Susanne Attrice likes being in control. However, when she unexpectedly becomes pregnant, not sure the identity of the biological father, her life turns upside down. Then, suddenly, her infant child is abducted. She suspects who the child snatcher might be, so she now is bound and determined to be reunited with her baby. It proves tougher than she ever imagined. As she begins putting pieces of the puzzle together, she shoves aside those who are willing and able to help her the most. Does she have enough inner strength to go it alone or will she reach out for help? This story will take you places you never thought existed.

Unintentional Consequences By Antonio F. Vianna Rand Bauge never thought he was simply working for wages when he was employed by the U. S. Government, although there were enough situations that would contradict that notion. He got things done any way he could; usually it was his way. No one seemed to care about the means that he used. Questions were rarely asked. Only the results mattered. He and his boss saw eye to eye on their relationship because it worked well for a good long time. Things are now different. He's on his own, retirement urged upon him against his wishes. The panic call he got from his second wife threw him for a loop ... something bad had gone wrong at home. He's got to get there fast before it is too late. However, along the way, unintended surprises block his advancement. Who's really out to get him? This might be his biggest test ever ... will he make it through the ordeal?

Follow a journey into hidden dangers of espionage, revenge, greed, love, and hope. It all starts one night with a strange telephone call to Connie Marz, a Specialty Leasing Manager with a local shopping mall. As she finishes up paperwork, Connie rubs the tight muscles on her neck and moves her hands to work on her temples to relieve the pressures of life. The sound she hears through the telephone receiver is familiar. She pauses for a short moment to figure it out, and then gasps when she realizes it is her own voice Drop into the mixture a mysterious mall walker's disappearance, cozy American and Russian government agents spying on one another, an unlikely love relationship, and one person with the courage to put it all to an end. This mystery is full of curves that come at you one after another, giving you little time to prepare for the next twist. Characters agonize over their self-doubts and pleasure at their misplaced sense of superiorities. It all sounds crazy, and to someone it is. You won't want to wait to read the final page to know how it all comes together, but you will. After all, this is a mystery novel

He was born the second son and then violated vows he believed he would forever keep sacred. This is an extraordinary story of psychological deception, sex, passion, and relationships. The book is about family members who jockey for attention, using each other as pawns to satisfy their own desires. At the heart of it all is how easily the second boy in a family can suffer later on in his life from his birth order. While set in present time, the account could easily be from another period.

Are there bounds of human behavior that you will not cross, or aren't there? What someone may believe in and subsequently do as acceptable, another may find despicable. Paul Autore, an aspiring novelist, meets Marcus Varro on a train. Later Paul receives two unusual letters from Marcus inviting him to Sanibel Island, Florida, to tutor Anne, Marcus's beautiful daughter. Even before he arrives at the spacious white mansion, Paul suspects something else is up; and when he and Marcus almost die from an automobile accident on their way to the Varro residence, tensions rise even further. Simmering family hatreds heat up and put Paul in the middle. Caught up in things shockingly different than what he has ever written about or experienced, he might have to cross a boundary he never thought he would. Is Paul prepared to go to extreme lengths to protect himself? How far would you go?

Thirteen-year-old Dave Stagetto goes missing, even though his best boyhood friend, Billy, knows something, but keeps it a secret. While the small town of Hadley grieves for a short time, Dave's mother falls deeper into depression to the very core of her soul. She suspects something just does not make sense, but is not sure what. Worse of all, the haunted memories, thought to be discarded with time, emerge twenty years later to everyone's surprise. Childhood relationships change as people grow older, often times in strange and surprising ways. The search for the truth shifts between San Diego, California and Lisbon, Portugal until the terrible secret is unveiled. This is a riveting suspense thriller.

One year after the conviction of Jimmy Lupo, a man accused of robbing a bank, Bella Lupo, the daughter of the convicted man reaches out to Ned Francis, a private investigator to dig up evidence that her father had taken a fall and been wrongly imprisoned for the crime. Although the hard-nosed detective is initially skeptical, he eventually believes that her father was in fact a patsy. And although he slams into one dead end after another, the detective never gives up the search for justice. However, he begins to fall in love with the prisoner's daughter, and it seems he is captivated by the daughter's good looks and seductive ways. Is he really convinced of her father's innocence, or is he too much in love to see the real truth? With strange obsessions and lust for power, a climatic standoff will shock you.

After the bodies of Sue Murphy and Steve McElroy are exhumed, a tiny needle puncture wound is found on the left arm of Steve McElroy, while signs of strangulation are evident on the neck of Sue Murphy. What previously had been reported as two independent deaths from natural causes is now being considered second-degree murders, punishable by life imprisonment. This change of opinion directly conflicts with what previously seemed to have been an unshakable premise. Were the original police investigation and medical report composed of half-truths and shadowy suppositions resulting from incompetence? Were lies purposely told to conceal the truth? Were there other suspects not investigated? What really happened? This is fiction, but is so powerful it could be real. You will admire some of the characters while despising others. When you think you've figured out what is going on, you realize there are other clues that dangle, screaming to be told. Then, when you add to the mix the card of love, you realize that what you thought was true no longer is. The final riddle's answer is up to you.

Meet Tommy Hogan. He is an outstanding University educator who loves what he does and is good at it, until one day a female student falsely accuses him of sexual harassment. He unsuccessfully argues with the University's Administration of his innocence, claiming she solicited him for sex in exchange for a passing grade. He did not accept the quid pro quo exchange, but the University was more interested in limiting its liabilities. The few social friends he had and the colleagues he associated with on campus prior to the alleged incident soon distance themselves from him. Needing work and with no supplemental savings available, he resigns himself to teaching online through the Internet, something he finds too solitary. He misses the face-to-face exchange with students. Feeling isolated, alone, and confused, he questions his life and wonders if he will find comfort, happiness, and love. His vulnerabilities surface, as he easily becomes a target by those seeking revenge, greed, and status at the expense of others. Tommy Hogan, once an easy going and self-assured single man, becomes embroiled in life and death situations, until he finally removes the veil that shrouds his ignorance.

The critical path to the executive suite in an organization needs a real-world lamp- lighting guide to reveal the political stumbling stones that cause career demise, and strategies to overcome them. This hands-on book explores the practical techniques actually used by those who have made it to the elusive suite, and by those with high leader potential. The authors' primary goal is to focus this interesting, tough-minded book on the leader's real world behaviors-for-results. Neither textbook theories nor 20th Century managerial history lessons are in this 21st Century book. We present a how-to text to stimulate your leadership, human relations, and personal growth competencies. Readers of this no-nonsense book find many of the tightly held secrets of fast-track managers who actually produce effective results for themselves and for their organizations. Some critical questions you might consider as you read are: What seems to separate the surviving-ho-hum administrator from the vital career-ascending effective leader? What seems to differentiate actions that 'just work' from the 'best that do work' in the highly competitive organizational world? This dynamic text is about your choices for leader champion actions for results. It is about meeting your performance and career challenges. It is about YOU.

What if your darkest secret, something you intentionally kept hidden from others, was about to be uncovered? What would you do to keep it private? A young boy confronts his stepfather outside Evergreen Preferred Theaters after he sees him with a woman other than his mother in an intimate situation. The other woman is shocked to learn the man is married with a son. The man, Thomas Bowie, also known as Thomas Swite, is later found dead inside the Theater. Were these three people somehow involved in his death? With no suspects found by the police, Lloyd Hyde, the Theater's film projectionist, decides to investigate the crime. His boss, Mr. Calvert, someone who shows signs of being in a profession too long, tries to discourage him against the idea, even threatening to terminate his employment if he persists. Is he protecting a secret? Betsy, the Theater's sexy and manipulative employee, plans another tactic to stop Lloyd. She has her own reasons. Mix in a ghost, a capable yet callous police officer at the end of his uneventful career, an emotionally nave needy young woman, and a brash young female executive hopeful. As Lloyd persists in his bravery, he gets closer to uncovering the murderer than he realizes as several secrets are revealed. Finally, on North County Airport Road, the final secrets are uncovered.