All In
Hey folks! Welcome to my place today đ It gives me great pleasure to host All In, a contemporary romance by Simona Ahrnstedt, where the long Swedish nights unfold an affair that will bring light to shocking secrets. For links to Simona’s other tour stops, please click on the banner above.Â
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In the cutthroat world of Swedenâs financial elite, no one knows that better than corporate raider David Hammar. Ruthless. Notorious. Unstoppable. Heâs out to hijack the ultimate prize, Investum. After years of planning, all the players are in place; he needs just one member of the aristocratic owning family on his sideâNatalia De la Grip.
Elegant, brilliant, driven to succeed in a manâs world, Natalia is curious about Davidâs unexpected invitation to lunch. Everyone knows that he is rich, dangerous, unethical; she soon discovers he is also deeply scarred.
The attraction between these two is impossible, but the long Swedish nights unfold an affair that will bring to light shocking secrets, forever alter a family, and force both Natalia and David to confront their innermost fears and desires.
Excerpt:
âNo, I am busy. And I would never dream of trying to avoid you. Youâre my best friend. Although I do have other friends, you know. Maybe tomorrow? My treat.â
âBusy doing what, if I might ask?â Ă sa said, not letting the possibility of a free lunch tomorrow distract her.
Natalia didnât say anything. She looked down at her buried desk. Now would be a good time for one of her phones to ring, or maybe the fire alarm could go off, she thought.
Ă saâs eyes widened as if sheâd had a realization. âAha, who is he?â
âDonât be silly. Iâm just going to eat lunch.â
Ă saâs eyes narrowed to two turquoise slits. âBut youâre acting so weird, even for you. With who?â
Natalia pressed her lips together.
âNatalia, with who?â
Natalia gave up. âWith someone from, um, HC.â
Ă sa furrowed her light eyebrows. âWith who?â she stubbornly demanded. She might have made a good cult leader, but she also would have made a terrific interrogator, Natalia thought. All that blond bimbo fluff was misleading.
âItâs just a business lunch,â she said defensively. âWith no agenda. He knows J-O,â she added as if the fact that her lunch date knew her boss explained everything.
âWho?â
She capitulated. âDavid Hammar.â
Ă sa leaned back and beamed at Natalia. âThe big guy, huh?â she said. âMister Venture Capitalist himself. The biggest bad boy in the financial world.â She cocked her head. âPromise me youâre planning to sleep with him.â
âYouâre crazed,â Natalia said. âSex-crazed. I actually wish I could cancel it. Iâm really stressed out. But one of the things I canât find in this mess is my cell phone, which has his number on it,â she added. How could you lose a phone in an office that was smaller than forty square feet?
âBut for Godâs sake, woman, why donât you get yourself an assistant?â
âI have an assistant,â Natalia said. âWho, unlike me, has a life. Her kids were sick, so she went home.â Natalia glanced at the clock. âYesterday.â With a sigh she sank into her desk chair. She closed her eyes. She couldnât look anymore. She was really done. It felt like sheâd been working nonstop for ages. And there was so much paperwork she was behind on, a report to write, and at least five meetings to schedule. Actually she didnât . . .
âNatalia?â
Ă saâs voice made her jump, and Natalia realized sheâd been dozing off in her uncomfortable chair.
âWhat?â she asked.
Ă sa looked at her seriously. Her mocking expression was gone.
âHammar Capital isnât evil, no matter what your dad and your brother think. Theyâre tough, yes, but David Hammar isnât Satan. And heâs really hot. You donât need to be ashamed if you think itâll be fun to meet him.â
âNo,â said Natalia. âI know.â But sheâd been wondering what Hammar Capitalâs legendary CEO wanted with her. And maybe he wasnât Satan, but he had the reputation of being hard and inconsiderate even by financial industry standards. âNo, Iâm just going to have lunch and get the lay of the land,â she said firmly. âIf he has business with the bank, heâs going to want to deal with J-O, not me.â
âBut hereâs the thing. You never know with Hammar Capital,â Ă sa said, gracefully standing up. âAnd youâre underestimating yourself. Do you know anyone as smart as you? No, exactly.â She ran her hand over her completely stain- and wrinkle-free outfit. Even though she was wearing an austere suit (Natalia happened to know that this specific Prada suit had been tailor-made for Ă sa), a simple silk blouse, and light-beige pumps, she looked like a glamorous movie star.

Ă sa leaned over the desk. âYou know very well you shouldnât care so much what your father thinks,â she said, as usual putting her finger right on the sore spot and pushing. âYouâre brilliant, and youâre going to go far. You can make your career here.â Ă sa gestured to the building they were in, the Swedish headquarters of one of the worldâs biggest banks, the Bank of London. âYou donât have to work at the family company to be worth something,â Ă sa continued. âThey have the worldâs least progressive view of womenâs rights and you know it. Your dad is hopeless; your brother is an idiot, and the rest of the board wins the male chauvinist pig prize of all time. And I should know, because I work with them.â She cocked her head. âYouâre smarter than all of them put together.â
About the Author:
Simona Ahrnstedt was born in Prague and is a licensed psychologist, a cognitive behavioral therapist, and most importantly, a bestselling author. As her novels have swept bestseller lists in her native Sweden, she has become a spokesperson for books by women, for women, and about women. Her provocative womenâs fiction has been sold in multiple languages as well as audio format. She lives outside of Stockholm, Sweden, with her two teenagers.
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http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/all-in-simona-ahrnstedt/1122748679
https://www.amazon.com/All-High-Stakes-Simona-Ahrnstedt/dp/1496706196/
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