A young Jacob Marley creates an unlikely friendship, eventually leading him down a path toward an even more unlikely partnership with Ebeneezer Scrooge. This story tells the events leading up to Charles Dickens beloved classic, A Christmas Carol.

Sometimes, powers are given to those who should never have them. Like Simon Taylor. He's insane. But when the experimental drug meant to cure him, Halluceon, goes terribly wrong, he ends up on the run along with the "others"...hallucinations that have become all too real.

In Cheap at Half the Price, by#1 New York Times bestselling author and master of the short story Jeffrey Archer, the conniving Consuela Rosenheim hunts down her ideal birthday present – and next husband – in London. Will she accomplish her biggest swindle yet, or will she finally get her just desserts? The wily woman is, as Archer opens, “naturally superior to men,” and a pure joy for Archer fans new and old.

Rediscover mystery and sizzling passion in this classic romantic suspense from New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham.After her husband is brutally gunned down, Spencer Huntington suspects it wasn’t a random act. She demands answers from the one man who should have them: ex-cop David Delgado, her husband’s former partner and best friend since childhood. And her own ex lover.Bound in a reluctant partnership, Spencer and David sear...

In Little Bad Girl, bestselling author Treasure Blue left readers with a shocking cliffhanger. Now, in this second installment, Treasure unveils the riveting ending to this eBook short series.After receiving news that rocked her world, seventeen-year-old Chantel Turner’s hardships have only just begun. Now she must go to extremes to protect the only family she has left, her twelve-year-old baby sister, from the very person who began her nightmare. With the...

We are happy to introduce you to the new collection of «Favorite Fairy Tales», which consists of «The Three Little Pigs», «The Three Bears», «The Wolf and the Seven Kids». The tales are told by Joseph Jacobs, Robert Southey, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and illustrated by Viktoriya Dunayeva.

A level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by Clare West. Christmas is humbug, Scrooge says - just a time when you find yourself a year older and not a penny richer. The only thing that matters to Scrooge is business, and making money. But on Christmas Eve three spirits come to visit him. They take him travelling on the wings of the night to see the shadows of Christmas past, present...

**The acclaimed author of Finn “**digs down to the bones of a classic and creates must-read modern literature” (Charles Frazier, New York Times bestselling author) with this “clever riff” (The Washington Post) on Dickens’s classic A Christmas Carol that explores of the relationship between Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley.“Marley was dead, to begin with,” Charles Dickens tells us at the beginning of A Christmas Carol. B...

Two agents' forgotten love is rekindled in USA TODAY bestselling author Debra Webb's Colby Agency: The Specialists series.Someone was out to get Thomas Casey. His profession had taught him to trust no one. So when Johara di Rossi abducted him on his way to his beloved niece's wedding, Thomas assumed the worst-despite their intimate history.Though attachments made him vulnerable, Thomas was haunted by regret for wal...

»The Rocking-Horse Winner« is a short story by D. H. Lawrence, originally published in 1926.D. H. LAWRENCE [1885-1930] was one of the greatest English writers of the 20th century. Lawrence's depictions of erotica and sexuality led to several of his novels being banned and censored. He lived in self-imposed exile for four years due to the reception of his novels.

USA TODAY bestselling author Katherine Garbera proves that revenge is sweet, but family is sweeter…Gaming tycoon Kell Montrose should be excited about buying out the company of his family's bitterest rivals and giving its CEO, Emma Chandler, the ax. But there's something about the single mom that reveals a soft spot Kell never knew he had…and a passion he can't deny.Emma won't set a bad example for her young son and lose the family legacy. She certainly didn't get to the to...

When ice meets fire…!As the youngest of the famous Skavanga sisters, beautiful Leila has earned her reputation as the untouched Skavanga diamond-and is tired of it! It's time to start living her life, and who better to teach her how than gorgeous Spaniard Raffa Leon?Raffa has no problem mixing business with pleasure! Intrigued by her shy purity and enticed by her request, he'll ensure Leila enjoys everything life has to offer. But as her frosty facade gives way to an unleas...