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Business scandals are always with us from the South Sea Bubble to Enron and Parmalat. As accounting forms a central element of any business success or failure, the role of accounting is crucial in understanding business scandals. This book aims to explore the role of accounting, particularly creative accounting and fraud, in business scandals. The book is divided into three parts. In Part A the background and context of creative accounting and fraud is explored. Part B looks at a series of international accounting scandals and Part C draws some themes and implications from the country studies.

“Blackmail is such an ugly word, Miss Lister. It is essential that I marry you. So let us call it a bargain. ”When an ancient law requires all unmarried ladies to wed or surrender half their wealth, the village of Fortune’s Folly becomes a heaven for fortune hunters – and Miss Alice Lister is a prize to be won! Maid-turned-heiress Alice has fought hard for a modicum of respectability.Now the insufferably attractive Lord Miles Vickery is certain he can gain her fortune by blackmailing her into marriage. Miles finds his newfound frankness invaluable in entangling Alice in situations deliciously unbecoming of a lady. Of course, he doesn’t yet know that he’s falling hopelessly in love with this formidable innocent…

Prepare to be SCANDALISED with international multi-million-copy selling Penny Jordan.For over five decades, Amber Fulshawe has been at the helm of Denham Silk, the Macclesfield mill that she inherited from her Grandmother. With many tumultuous years behind them, Amber and her beloved husband Jay, are looking to the legacy that their own grandchildren will inherit.But long-buried secrets and hidden desires have always lain at the heart of the family as this generation are finding out.Ambitious Robert is ready to assume his title and is about to marry his adoring cousin Olivia. But a dark passion threatens to destroy everything he holds dear.Naive beauty Kate is about to learn that love can be twisted and cruel.Damaged Nick blames his failing marriage on his domineering Father-in-law, but is something else at the heart of his woes?Domineering Cassandra's influence is waning, but she has one last nasty surprise…On the eve of her 80th birthday, will Amber be able to guide her family and Denham Silk towards a safe future?

High Seas to High SocietyAsher Wellingham, Duke of Carisbrook, was captivated by her! He had happened upon Lady Emma Seaton swimming naked and, beyond her beauty, had seen the deep curling scar on her thigh–a wound that could only be the mark of a sword. Who was this creature of contradictions? Something about her brought back tantalizing memories from the past. Her ill-fitting, threadbare clothes concealed the body of an angel, but what kind of woman truly lay behind her refined mask? Highborn lady or artful courtesan, she intrigued him and Asher wanted to possess both!Masquerading Mistress SURPRISINGThe war-scarred Thornton Lindsay, Duke of Penborne, can scarcely believe the news when a beautiful stranger comes to London proclaiming to be his lover.SECRETIVECaroline Anstretton is on the run and desperate. Her gamble that the reclusive duke won't leave the sanctuary of his home is lost when he coolly confronts her.SENSUALCourtesan or charlatan, this mysterious, sensual woman intrigues Thorn. There's a vulnerability beneath her smile and easy laughter. Could she be the one to mend a life he'd thought damaged beyond repair?

An outrageous seduction!Magnate Luca Castelli thinks he knows everything about his late father’s widow Kathryn. He won’t be fooled by the tabloids’ adoration. He knows this achingly beautiful woman is no saint! Yet when terms of the will force Luca to become Kathryn’s boss, he may need to reconsider… * Royal scoundrel Felipe Cairo is the least likely king in Europe and avoids the crown with a passion! To uphold his reckless image and avoid the shackles of duty, Cairo must choose a most inappropriate wife…Enter media sensation Brittany Hollis! * When domineering Spaniard Izar Augustin was made guardian to innocent Liliana Girard Brooks, he couldn’t have known that the passing years would turn her into an alluring woman. Or that the consequences of one night together could bind them for ever!