02400cam a2200361 i 4500 688290173 TxAuBib 20230311120000.0 220818s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022039202 9781984821805 1984821806 (OCoLC)1330406282 TxAuBib rda Steel, Danielle, author. Worthy opponents : a novel / Danielle Steel. First edition. New York : Delacorte Press, [2023] 242 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Spencer Brooke always knew she was destined to be CEO of her grandfather's business--the most respected and luxurious department store in New York City. Brooke's has been at the center of every happy memory she has, but it hasn't been an easy journey. Seven years after her father's death, her life is very different from the days when she walked through the store with her grandfather as a young girl. She may be the owner of Brooke's, but she's also now a divorced single mother of twin boys. And with the ever-evolving landscape of the fashion industry comes new challenges for Spencer and the legacy she's inherited. Mike Weston is known for making enormous profits by transforming small businesses into bigger, more successful ones. With his marriage at a breaking point and his children grown up, investing is where he thrives--where he can build something greater. And Brooke's feels like the perfect opportunity. Yet the firm's beautiful and savvy CEO turns down the offer before they even meet. Spencer has no interest in outside investors meddling in her family business; her grandfather never saw the need for them, and neither does she. She refuses to be tempted by Mike's offer, despite her big dreams of expanding the store. But when bad luck strikes, suddenly she is backed into a corner."-- Book jacket. 20230311. Department stores Fiction. Inheritance and succession Fiction. Divorced women Fiction. Single mothers Fiction. Families Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. New York (N.Y.) Fiction. Domestic fiction.