Amidst the cutthroat world of corporate power, love becomes the ultimate risk. Landon Marks, CEO of "Mark It," navigates wealth and success, yet finds himself empty in matters of the heart. Joelle Parker, a woman who values intellect and independence over material wealth, enters his world unexpectedly. For Landon, love is a distant memory until Joelle challenges his perceptions. As their professional relationship deepens, they both confront their past wounds and buried desires. Can they bridge the gap between their worlds and find common ground amidst the chaos of corporate life? Experience the emotional rollercoaster of "The Fortune of Fools: A CEO's Gamble on Love", where ambition clashes with vulnerability. Listen now and discover if Landon and Joelle can gamble it all for love.

"The Fortune Hunter" by David Graham Phillips is a captivating novel set amidst the opulent backdrop of New York City during the Gilded Age. This American literature masterpiece intricately weaves together themes of ambition, wealth, and social climbing, portraying the desires and aspirations of characters seeking fortune and status. At the center of the narrative is the titular fortune hunter, a charismatic figure navigating the complexities of high society in pursuit of material success. Against a backdrop of lavish parties and extravagant lifestyles, the novel delves into the intertwined lives of characters entangled in a web of ambition and betrayal. Phillips skillfully explores the consequences of unchecked materialism and greed, revealing the darker underbelly of the era's pursuit of wealth and status. Through a compelling love triangle and tragic twists of fate, the novel offers a poignant commentary on the ephemeral nature of success and the price of ambition. As romance unfolds amidst the glittering facades of New York's elite, "The Fortune Hunter" delves deeper, offering astute social commentary on the moral decay lurking beneath the surface of high society. With its vivid portrayal of characters and settings, the novel stands as a timeless exploration of human desires and the complexities of the Gilded Age.

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Rejecting both the notion that Horace fails as a love poet because he undermines the romantic ideal that love conquers time and the notion that he succeeds because he eschews illusions about love's ability to endure, this book challenges the assumption that temporality must inevitably pose a threat to the erotic. The author argues that temporality, understood as the contingency the male poet/lover wants to but cannot control, explains why love "fails" in Horace's Odes.

The following story is a fact-based account of my life. The title of this writing was intentional owing the stigma often placed upon children conceived and born out of wedlock and marked by the label of “Illegitimate”. The term Love-Child is a substitute for the original word (Bastard), which could be thought of as profane. The first word in the title of this essay, Ignominious: refers to the shame, dishonor or disgrace often felt by people born under these conditions. Bastard: references the illegitimacy of the child’s birth and the absence of matrimonially linked parents. Both words, which offer a rather uncomfortable air, only offer a descriptive reference to the first phase of an individual’s life. They, in no way, represent an actual person’s attitude, temperament or social presence. It is my hope that you enjoy what I have written and that when you have had time to review what you have read a tiny light will appear giving you a better understanding of yourself your family and humanity. As for me, putting my thoughts, memories and feelings down on paper was rewarding, relaxing and educational, because with each word, sentence, paragraph and page, I gained just a little more insight into myself.

The Fortunate Foundlings was one of Eliza Haywood’s more successful novels, though it remains one of her lesser known works. Ittells the story of a brother and sister left as babies in the care of a gentleman. Like many another eighteenth-century foundling, the siblings leave their guardian behind and make their own way in the world: Horatio as a soldier and Louisa as a lady’s companion, finding love and adventure in the battlefields and courts of Europe. Haywood uses the Continental setting to explore different customs—especially those that might benefit women—and different political choices. Also published here for the first time is her anonymous pamphlet of 1750, A Letter from H--- G---g, Esq., ostensibly a letter from Charles Edward Stuart’s aide-de-camp, travelling with him after the prince’s expulsion from France. Seemingly a straightforward expression of Jacobite sympathies, it also encodes support for the Patriot cause of the 1740s and ’50s. Both works were translated and adapted, having an extended afterlife in the writings of Crébillon fils, Edward Kimber and Robert Louis Stevenson. They add to our expanding sense of the author’s range, influence and political agenda.