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Damage Control: A New York Workplace Drama
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 2 2026
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.27
Height: 0.24 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
She Learned to Spin the Truth. Now She Has to Decide Whether to Tell It.
DAMAGE CONTROL: A New York Workplace Drama is a gripping, fast-paced novel about ambition, office politics, and the high price of success in the cutthroat world of crisis PR.
Lena Carter wanted to be an investigative reporter. Then the newsroom layoffs hit, and the only door still open leads to the 38th floor of a Manhattan power firm run by Vivian Cross, the most feared crisis communications strategist in New York.
Whatever you're planning to use this job for, do it quietly.
Lena is a quick study. She learns to think in fingerprints instead of sentences. She learns that nothing is ever a lie, only a framing. She learns how to make a scandal disappear before the first headline is written. And she is very, very good at it.
But the better she gets, the less she recognizes herself. Dinners with her brother get canceled. Her closest friend stops calling. And when a small town's water supply starts making children sick, Lena discovers that her own firm is helping a powerful client bury the evidence.
Now Lena must choose between the career she has worked so hard to build and the truth she once swore to protect.
Inside this novel, you will find:
- A razor-sharp portrait of a brilliant, impossible boss you will love to hate, and maybe understand
- An insider's look at the high-pressure world of public relations, crisis management, and corporate spin
- A young woman's rise, and the moral compromises that come with every promotion
- A corporate cover-up with real human consequences
- Complicated loyalties between family, friends, mentors, and rivals
- A powerful story about integrity, ambition, and finding your way back to yourself
Perfect for readers who love:
- Workplace dramas and office politics fiction
- Strong female protagonists and women's fiction
- Toxic boss stories with real emotional depth
- Corporate thrillers and whistleblower stories
- Coming-of-age career novels set in New York City
- Stories about ethics, ambition, and the cost of power
If you have ever wondered what happens behind the scenes when a company is caught in a scandal, who writes the statements, who makes the calls, and who decides what the public never hears, this book takes you inside the room.
Smart, tense, and deeply human, DAMAGE CONTROL asks a question every ambitious person eventually faces: how much of yourself are you willing to trade for success?
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