Bøker av Martin Morton

The Irish leprechauns are a proud people, famed for their strength and resilience. or centuries, they have been blessed with the power of regeneration and immortality, a power which has kept them safe from the ravages of time. But now, a new enemy is emerging: a giant race of creatures who seek to take over the world. In their scheme to dominate, they have set their sights on the Irish and their power of regeneration and immortality. The giant race plans to separate this power from the Irish and use it for their own ends, but the Irish will not give up. Despite their size, the Irish have been able to outmanoeuvre and outwit the giants, relying on their quick thinking and courage to resist the giant's advances. The Irish are determined to keep their power of regeneration and immortality and they will fight to the end in order to do so. Such is the strength and pride of the Irish, and it is this spirit that will ensure they remain free and safe.

Peter Dickinson's business empire is global, expanding and all-consuming.He is trying to pull back from its pressures to make space for his life with Claudia.His business leaders have their own ambitions and drives for each of their areas, and see new opportunities emerging amid the sweeping changes he is planning; they also nurse bitter legacies of complex relationships, conflicts and dark obsessions.Claudia is pulled by her own history, by her commitments and her unresolved feelings, causing tensions to rise as Peter's principles and even his businesses' existence are threatened in the new world he is trying to create for himself and for her.

BOOK 4 OF THE CLAUDIA SERIES Claudia''s life with Peter evolves into a happy partnership but divorce threatens to tear his business empire apart. They suspect a malign and mysterious influence is at work.Tania, now running one of Peter''s groups, discovers more about how her uncle operates in the dark hinterland of businesses and how his influence, so helpful for Claudia earlier, is sometimes put to evil purpose. Tania explores his business methods and, on the rebound from Andy, lets herself experience a more exotic life.Jack is now in line for the top job in his corporation, the earlier plan to sideline him having failed. He and Lavinia, who had exposed the plot to him, become closer and more intense.But as Tania slowly sees connections between the issues in the businesses, tensions creep into all the relationships, and feelings threaten to block their resolution and destroy new partnerships.

Careless Hours is set in the high-stakes business world where lives intertwine and there is the inevitable heady mix of business and pure sexual pleasure. It is not for the faint-hearted. The people like to work hard and play even harder. Claudia Brodie and Andy Molloy are part of a global conglomerate run by Peter Dickinson. When Andy confides in Peter that he has had problems from a Japanese competitor, Peter has the bold idea of taking over that business. Andy is then thrust into the vastly different world of Japan and has to negotiate the culture and different ways of conducting business, not to mention that he''s unsure he can trust the inscrutable lawyer who is aiding him. Luckily, he has the beautiful Tania to help him. Claudia is also drawn into the negotiations in Japan but has her own concerns when her ex-lover, Jack, needs her help in clearing his name in the sexual scandal that broke them up in the first place. She cares for Peter but does she still have feelings for Jack? And can she find her careless hours once more?

As Claudia's intense affair with Jack deepens, it awakens darker desires in her than she ever suspected, and the curiosity to pursue them, even during her lengthy absences from him. Meanwhile, after remodelling a management system at her company into a highly regarded business solution, two major corporations wish to adopt her thinking, offering the opportunity to establish her own independent consultancy business. She is torn between these demands and fulfilling her role as a committed and now-single mum. But even while exploring her own new sexual boundaries, and the challenges posed to her commitment to openness, she has to deal with evidence that Jack appears to have neither inhibitions nor honesty.