Bad Reputations
The Breaking Through Series Book 1
Barbara DeLeo
Foreword
This title was previously published, in part, as Dishing up Desire.
Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Desperate Measures ~ Ellie’s story
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Prologue
The Breaking Through series
Bah . . . loney!
Kirin Hart yanked out the ear pods that still carried the softly irritating voice of Sapphire Green - Whole Life Coach - and skated them across her desk. Surely she wasn’t the only one in this online coaching session to have aching molars every time Sapphire asked them to “dig beneath your fragile facade” and “stop stroking your immature ego.”
Kirin blew away her bangs with a hot breath and leaned back in her chair. She scanned the names of the twenty-four other people on this call. Were they women? Men? Business people? Students?
Sapphire had insisted everyone would be completely anonymous, so people had some wildly made-up names. There was “BlueWolverine” who was trying to learn how to be assertive with their mother-in-law; “Lucy Lu” who was trying to decide if they should change careers; and Kirin’s favorite “Bottomless Brenda” who was having some complex family issues she wanted to address once and for all.
Kirin clicked on the icon next to Brenda’s name and a separate chat window popped up.
Kirin: How’s your flimsy facade looking, Brenda?
A notification popped up that indicated Bottomless Brenda was typing.
Bottomless Brenda: