The Executive Negotiation (The Power Play #5)
Avery Barris
Caldwell Holdings didn’t lose control.
But in the world of billion-dollar power plays… control is never permanent.
Sloane Vale built her reputation on precision—of judgment, timing, and the ability to move through the most powerful rooms without ever losing her edge.
What she understands better than anyone…
…is that once a structure shifts, it never shifts back.
Now the war surrounding Caldwell Holdings has changed.
Not louder.
Not more obvious.
More dangerous.
Because this time, the pressure isn’t coming from outside.
It’s coming from within the system itself—through governance, influence, and the quiet mechanisms that decide who gets to remain… and who gets removed.
Elias Quinn has always understood how power works.
Control of structure.
Control of risk.
Control of outcomes no one else sees until it’s too late.
But control becomes impossible…
…when the one person he refuses to lose is the one person the system is trying to force out.
Sloane and Elias are no longer operating on opposite sides.
They’re inside the same negotiation.
The same structure.
The same escalating pressure.
And this time, walking away isn’t an option.
Because in high-stakes corporate warfare, power isn’t taken.
It’s negotiated.
And the closer you get to the center…
…the more everything costs.
As pressure builds across Caldwell Holdings, Vale, and the market itself, the line between strategy and loyalty begins to collapse.
Because the most dangerous move in any negotiation…
…is refusing to choose.
The Executive Negotiation is Book Five in The Power Play Series, a billionaire workplace romance series featuring:
• commanding alpha executives
• brilliant heroines who refuse to be controlled
• rivals forced into high-stakes alliances
• slow-burn tension that finally ignites
• high-stakes corporate power struggles
• emotionally guarded professionals facing impossible choices
• a guaranteed happily-ever-after
Start the series with The Deal Between Us and enter a world where ambition is currency, control is everything, and the most powerful negotiations are the ones that change everything.
