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Inequality. Influence. Fraud. Sabotage. These are the themes of great fiction and our modern economy. In this collection of short stories by some of today’s most scintillating writers, the rich get poorer and the poor get richer. Yeah, right! From the heartbreaking to the hilarious, here are eight instantly classic battles over currency, class, privilege - and social distance.

Sarah has spent her whole life fighting against her father’s wishes. She doesn’t care about his old beliefs and traditions. She wants to go to college. She wants to do something with her life that doesn’t involve baking pies, and she’s determined that with enough work she’ll manage it all. That is, of course, until she gets put on a class assignment with Robert Hasting, who seems determined to cause trouble in her life in more ways than just one.

Sarah can’t believe that her boyfriend has just proposed to her and that he’s expecting a prompt answer. When she finally gives it to him she does so on one condition: that he must meet her father. Sarah hasn’t seen her father since she left for college, but she’s hoping that the idea of marriage might mend their troubled relationship. Little does Sarah know that it isn’t her father she should be worrying about but Rob, who has a secret he’s been keeping from her.

Boxed set containing all the volumes of the What a Girl Wants series by Emma Reid and Third Cousins. From Book 1: Sarah has spent her whole life fighting against her father’s wishes. She doesn’t care about his old beliefs and traditions; she just wants to go to college. Sarah’s determined to do something with her life that doesn’t involve baking pies and being a good wife, and she’s convinced that with enough hard work, she’ll manage it all. That is, until she gets put on a class assignment with Robert Hasting who seems intent on causing trouble in her life.

Sarah has been left with nothing - not even hope. The person she trusted the most has deceived her and now she doesn’t know what to do. All she knows is what she is being forced to do. If she doesn’t get a job quickly then she’s going to lose her place at college. Robert can’t believe he’s messed things up so badly. It isn’t even his own pain that he’s bothered about. It’s the fact that he’s hurt Sarah. He knows that he has to make things right. He knows that he has to prove to her that she’s worth so much more to him than money. So he comes up with a plan....

Sarah has decided that supporting Rob is the right thing to do, even if it puts her in an awkward position. She knows that with the loss of his father, he’s going to need her when he returns home to a place that he hasn’t been in years. She’s worried, though. She’s worried about how his sisters are going to treat her after his father took such a disliking to her and told her she would never be part of the family.

Sarah went to college to learn. She went for the classes and to prove her father wrong about what women could really achieve. But all she’s managed to do so far is mess things up. Without knowing how, she’s ended up with two men after her and no idea about which one she wants to be with. The clock is ticking, and she knows that neither of them will wait forever.

Sarah and Robert got close during their class project, but she hasn’t seen him since. She’s starting to think she’s wasting her time. That is, until she gets a phone call from him saying his father wants to meet her. Robert has never had an easy relationship with his dad, and that isn’t about to change on his father’s deathbed. In his last desperate attempt to control his son, Rob’s father sends Sarah away with the message she will never be welcome in Rob’s life. Will Rob be willing to stand for it, or will he go against his father’s dying wishes so he can be with the girl he loves?