03436cam a2200469 4500 608805544 TxAuBib 20221108120000.0 210726s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780593584415 paperback $31.00 0593584414 paperback $31.00 (OCoLC)1285935410 TxAuBib Steel, Danielle, author. High Stakes (LP) / Danielle Steel. First large print edition. New York : Random House Large Print, [2022] ©2022. 307 pages (large print) ; 24 cm. Five successful women play for high stakes in their careers at a boutique literary and talent agency where newcomer Jane Addison quickly discovers there are damaging secrets hidden behind its doors. Jane Addison is an ambitious young woman with big dreams of owning her own company someday. At twenty-eight, she arrives in New York to start a job at Fletcher and Benson, a prestigious talent agency. Eager to impress her new colleagues, Jane jumps right in as an assistant to Hailey West, one of the agents in the literary department. Hailey is dedicated to the authors she represents, but her home life is chaotic and challenging. After her husband's tragic and untimely death, she was left widowed with three children to raise on her own. Then there's Francine Rivers, the stern and accomplished head of the literary department. Also a single mom after her husband's affair with the nanny, she has overcome the resulting financial hardships, but only with unbearable sacrifice. Compared to Hailey and Francine, drama agent Allie Moore's life seems much more carefree and uncomplicated. She relishes her success and loves working with the talented actors they represent, until a passionate relationship with one of her rising star clients threatens to derail her career. Merriwether Jones is the CFO for the agency. She appears to have it all, beauty, success, and a perfect marriage until her husband's jealousy over her career threatens to blow everything up. Even though she's a newcomer, Jane quickly realizes that there are damaging secrets hidden behind the doors of Fletcher and Benson. As one of the youngest employees, she has the least power, but is also the least willing to accept things as they have been for years. When she puts everything on the line to right these wrongs, the consequences will leave no one unscathed.-- Publisher's description. 20221108. Women white collar workers New York (State) New York Fiction. Literary agents New York (State) New York Fiction. Theatrical agents New York (State) New York Fiction. Work-life balance Fiction. Single mothers Fiction. . Secrecy Fiction. Talent scouts Fiction. Publishers and publishing Fiction. Women Fiction. Large type books. Literary agents. Publishers and publishing. Theatrical agents. Women white collar workers. Work-life balance. New York (N.Y.) Fiction. New York (State) New York. Domestic fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Thrillers (Fiction.)