It doesn’t matter how beautiful or charming she is. Vivian Lau, jewelry heiress and daughter of his newest enemy. Until the threat of blackmail forces him into an engagement with a woman he barely knows. The billionaire CEO never planned to marry. When he wakes up on Christmas Day he is full of excitement, and buys the biggest turkey in the shop for the Cratchit family before spending the day with his nephew, full of the joys of Christmas.She’s the wife he never wanted…and the weakness he never saw coming.ĭante Russo thrives on control, both personally and professionally. The ghosts’ journey through time teaches Scrooge the error of his ways. The ghost then takes him to see his nephew Fred’s Christmas celebrations - which he had been invited to, but rebuffed.įinally, The Ghost of Christmas Future terrifies Scrooge by showing him visions of his own death… At Bob Cratchit’s house Scrooge sees Tiny Tim, who is very ill, but full of spirit. The Ghost of Christmas Present shows Scrooge his clerk, Bob Cratchit’s family. The Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge on a journey through Christmases from his past, taking Scrooge to see himself as an unhappy child and a young man more in love with money than his fiancé. When Scrooge gets home, he is visited by the ghost of his old business partner Jacob Marley – and then by three ghosts! They are the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Future. One cold Christmas Eve, Scrooge is unkind to the people who work for him, then refuses to give to charity, and then is rude to his nephew when he invites him to spend Christmas with him. Recommended for mature readers only.Ī Christmas Carol is a play about a mean-spirited and selfish old man, Ebenezer Scrooge, who hates Christmas. It contains explicit sexual content, profanity, and mild violence.

King of Wrath is a steamy billionaire/arranged marriage romance. Neither was the worst thing she could possibly do: fall in love with her future husband.

While the rude, elusive Dante isn’t her idea of a dream partner, she agrees to their arranged marriage out of duty.Ĭraving his touch was never part of the plan. Marrying a blue-blooded Russo means opening doors that would otherwise remain closed to her new-money family. Vivian Lau is the perfect daughter and her family’s ticket into the highest echelons of high society. There’s only one problem: now that he has her…he can’t bring himself to let her go. He’ll do everything in his power to destroy the evidence and their betrothal. She’s the wife he never wanted…and the weakness he never saw coming.ĭante Russo thrives on control, both personally and professionally.

King of wrath by ana huang