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Business Not as Usual

By: Sharon C. Cooper
Narrated by: Marcella Cox
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A woman learns the hard way about mixing business with pleasure in this hilarious new romantic comedy by USA Today best-selling author Sharon C. Cooper.

I am beautiful. I am confident. I am lovable. I am a lottery winner.

This is the mantra that will get Dreamy Daniels through each day until she makes it big. So what if she lives in a seedy part of Los Angeles in a house that’s one earthquake away from crumbling, or works an unfulfilling secretarial job while struggling to finish her bachelor’s degree? All Dreamy needs to do is win the lottery, which she’s been entering in as a weekly tradition with her grandfather. When she catches the attention of her boss’ potential investor, Dreamy has to remind herself to focus on her career goals so she can be her own boss. Who cares if he has the social grace of the duke of Sussex and the suaveness of Idris Elba? No distractions allowed.

Growing up with a father who is an A-list actor and a socialite mother, venture capitalist Karter Redford lives in the world of the rich and famous. Instead of attending movie premieres, however, he prefers spending his time helping the less fortunate, backing start-up companies and investing in cutting-edge ideas. Karter is used to his life revolving around work, but when he decides he wants someone to share it with, he falls for someone his mother would never approve of: hilarious, quirky Dreamy, who has goals of her own...but also isn’t a wealthy, upper-crust socialite. Though it’s clear they’re from different worlds, their relationship might just be his greatest investment yet.

©2022 Sharon C. Cooper (P)2022 Penguin Audio
Contemporary Multicultural Romantic Comedy

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"In her first romantic comedy, Cooper strikes the perfect balance of romance and comedic moments. Dreamy's shoes, the wig incident, and the couple's first date all had me laughing to myself. But their chemistry, compatibility, and obvious love for one another made my inner romantic sigh. Well done!"Delaney Diamond, USA Today bestselling author

“Dreamy continually blossoms throughout the novel, and her unshakeable drive makes each success even more gratifying for the reader cheering her along. A sweet and sincere love story that hits the jackpot of rom-coms.”Kirkus Review

"Cooper (the Reunited series) effortlessly blends the worlds of two characters from wildly different socioeconomic backgrounds in this hilarious, bighearted rom-com...The supporting cast is a hoot—especially Dreamy’s grandfather—and every obstacle Cooper throws at the central couple only serves to showcase their compatibility and strength. This sexy, feel-good love story will leave readers breathless."Publishers Weekly, starred review

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What a beautiful, powerful, funny, engaging, real story

So much is right about this book. Thanks to the author for writing it and the narrator for bringing it to life. The character, Dreamy, and everyone that orbited her, were honest, flawed, beautiful, strong, not strong, perfect, and relatable. The story kept me engaged from beginning to end. Exploration of self and family relationships was powerful.

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Sexy, Loving, Funny!! Great Story.

Overall this is a great book. loved the story, kept me laughing, and even had me blushing a Lil bit. My only critique would be the narrator having a bit more feeling and intonation in her delivery. i.e. if it says someone is laughing or yelling while talking then the narrators voice should reflect that, but instead she kept a flat tone when reading those lines. Other than that, AMAZING!!

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Beautiful Love Story

A nice story with beautiful characters. I love the story of the couple and their journey to love.

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The black woman finally has a happy ending

I love the way this book was well thought out and lighthearted. It displayed the various backgrounds African Americans come from. This book gave a wandering heart hope for love, success, and happiness. Displaying that troubles don't last always and we must continue believing in ourselves even when people laugh at us. I absolutely loved the voice over. It made the book easier to listen to. I'm thankful the person reading the book was not monotone. She was lively and helped the book be as interesting as it was supposed to be. Great job ladies.

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Fun story

I enjoyed the colorful characters. The narrator was good. The story itself had me laughing and cheering .

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Fun Rom-Com

I really enjoyed this story of two worlds crashing together. I laughed, my eyes got teary, and I even yelled at the characters once or twice. There were a couple of times the narrator pulled me out of the story, but overall, the reading was great. The author did a great job developing some easily glossed over side characters that made them seem much more important than the couple of pages they actually graced in the story. A worthwhile read!

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Cool.

Not the worst story I’ve read! The pacing was a little slow (like, why did their first date last SOOOO long?), and the financial ending was unbelievable enough that it took me three chapters to realize it wasn’t fake. That said, it wasn’t terrible!

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Great Story

I was surprised that I enjoyed this story. it was a slow start but quickly became interesting and I couldn't stop. The relationship between Dreamy and Carter was beautiful. I like how he respected her independence. I will definitely recommend this one to others.

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Cute story

I really enjoyed listening to this story. I would love to hear the next episode…

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This was truly what you would call a slow burn…..This was the story of two people from two different worlds coming together….Dreamy is a Secretary from a working class family and Karter is a Venture Capitalist from a wealthy family and the two meet when Karter goes to Dreamy office for a pitch meeting to potentially invest and sparks fly. I must say, I enjoyed the banter from Dreamy’s family which consisted of her, her sassy cousin Jordan (who is law school and on the verge of graduating)and their hilariously weed smoking grandfather ( who always wants to give Dreamy’s wigs away to his lady friend).The way the author pens, there’s no ridiculous amount of drama….but, there’s a tidbit that must be resolve before this couple can get to their HEA. The narration was decent.

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