Synopses & Reviews
New York Times bestselling author Omar Tyree continues to write captivating novels with
Pecking Order, the tale of an ambitious young accountant, Ivan Davis, who jumps into the high-stakes racket of industry promotions and celebrity parties in Southern California.
Starting with a simple plan to promote business network events among the rich, famous, and frivolous clients he works with, Ivan begins to make a name for himself. He soon comes face-to-face with Lucina Gallo, the reigning diva of San Diego's nightlife culture. She needs a new partner she can trust, and one who knows everything about money.
For this dollar-hungry entrepreneur, the timing couldn't be better. Who wouldn't want to be partners with the most glamorous girl in the city? Ivan quickly teams up with her for business -- and for possible pleasure. However, for Lucina, business is business and nothing extra. Or is it?
After throwing a sizzling-hot birthday party for a popular San Diego Charger, Ivan finds himself babysitting Lucina's so-called girlfriends, some of the most spoiled and exotic women he has ever encountered. That's when the business deals begin to fall outside the bounds of simple promotion and parties. Ivan finds himself thrust into the limelight and lands at the doorstep of easy access to women, cash, cars, private jets, and multimillion-dollar real estate. But as the ridiculous amounts of money and power start to pile up, leaving a trail of broken hearts, fractured egos, and challenged loyalties, Ivan is forced to ask himself: How much money is enough?
Pecking Order, with its perfect blend of money, plot, sex, and vulnerability, is another urban classic novel as only Omar Tyree can write them!
Synopsis
• Bestselling Author - One of the most popular and acclaimed African-American novelists of his generation, Omar Tyree has had five New York Times bestsellers, in addition to numerous other national lists over the years. Pecking Order, with its perfect blend of money, sex, and vulnerability, gives his fans another book to rave about.
• Final novel: Smart, sexy, and sharply observed, Pecking Order confirms that Omar Tyree, as he moves on to film projects, retires from fiction at his best.
• A sexed-up MBA case study: Pecking Order charts the dizzying rise of Ivan Davis, an accountant who decides to promote networking events among his rich, famous, and frivolous clients. After partnering with Lucina Gallo, the reigning diva of San Diegos nightlife culture, Ivan hits the big time, and finds himself thrust into the limelight and lands at the doorstep of easy access to women, cash, private jets, and multimillion-dollar real estate. Tyree spins this breathless tale with his usual skill while presenting all the details of his protagonists rise to the top, from building website traffic to making property investments. It all makes for a “Horatio Alger update with bling” (Kirkus Reviews) thats as instructional as it is impossible to put down.
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• Bestselling
About the Author
New York Times bestselling author Omar Tyree is the winner of the 2001 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work—Fiction, and the 2006 Phillis Wheatley Literary Award for Body of Work in Urban Fiction. He has published more than twenty books on African-American people and culture, including five New York Times bestselling novels. He is a popular national speaker, and a strong advocate of urban literacy. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. Learn more at OmarTyree.com.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION What Is the Pecking Order?
PART ITHE START-UP
ONE Downtown San Diego
TWO Back to the Office
THREE Black Network Parties
PART II THE PROS and CONS OF PARTNERS
FOUR The Intimidator
FIVE Family Ties
SIX Football Party
PART III LEARNING TO DEAL
SEVEN Like a Pimp
EIGHT Deeper and Deeper
NINE Money Lessons
PART IV LIFE and MONEY MANAGEMENT
TEN Narcissism
ELEVEN Moving Forward
TWELVE Everybody Wants Something
PART V BIGGER FISH
THIRTEEN Setting Up Shop
FOURTEEN Celebrity Status
FIFTEEN It All Comes Together
PART VI MILLION-DOLLAR DEALS
SIXTEEN Bingo!
SEVENTEEN The Bosses
EIGHTEEN Only the Strong and the Smart
PART VII THE BOTTOM LINE
NINETEEN It's Lonely at the Top
TWENTY Business Never Stops
TWENTY-ONE Let's Do It Again
CLOSING INTERVIEW The Voice and Viewpoint