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eBooks-hub .comTreasure Island (originally titled The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys) is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, tells a story of "buccaneers and buried gold." It is considered a coming-of-age story and is noted for its atmosphere, characters, and action.The novel was originally serialized from 1881 to 1882 in the children's magazine Young Folks under the title Treasure Island or the Mutiny of the Hispaniola, credited to the pseudonym "Captain George North". It was first...

Maggie thought the hardest part of the job would be the wine stains. She didn't count on the bloodstains.Maggie Phillips is a stay-at-home mom with a mounting pile of bills and a talent for scrubbing out the toughest spots. When her wealthy new neighbors offer her a side-hustle to clean their mansion, she sucks up her pride and grabs the bleach.The house is stunning, the paycheck is better, and the husband? Well, he’s a special kind of creepy. Mr. Kline...

Deadlines burn bright.The Arbiter heralds judgment.Countdowns signal death.Pierce the Veil.Everyone lives beneath a burning deadline. A clock of fire hangs over every head, counting toward the years, the days, and, for some, the final hours before they turn to ash.Juno Laval has spent his life at Helion Orphanage trying not to look too closely at the number above his own head. He tries not to look at the Veil either, a wall of living fog wrapped around the feet of...

Annuities: The Good, Bad & Ugly is the no-nonsense guide every retiree, near-retiree, and financial decision-maker needs before ever signing an annuity contract. Written by Cliff Ambrose, FRCSM, CAS®, CTS™, a veteran who has spent nearly two decades on both sides of the financial services industry, this book strips away the sales pressure, jargon, and confusion that have clouded annuities for far too long.Unlike most industry material, this book isn’t trying to sell you anything. Instead, Ambrose delivers the kind...

Rani is already having a bad time at work with missed budgets and a boss that wants to fire her. When Rani plans to fly over for a work trip, she doesn't expect to miss her flight. Nor does she expect to have to beg the grouchy tech guy at work to fly her over, when she finds out he's the only one with a pilot license. She's already over budget in expenses. It doesn't help matters that Mike, the...

She has taken over my life.Everything was perfect until tragedy brought my mother-in-law, Delores Sterling, to my front door with extra baggage at her side. After the sudden death of her husband, she asked if she could live with us temporarily.I knew that living with my mother-in-law wouldn’t be easy. She’s made it obvious ever since I married her only son, that I’m not worthy of him. After all, I was his housemaid until he fell in love with the...

Disgraced. Angry. Demoralised. Former rising star, Georgia West now grinds along in her new job at the bottom of the police ladder.When the body of a young woman is found in Georgia's precinct, her boss, Senior Sergeant Graham Causton freaks out. He's never been in charge of investigating a murder. But his new Constable Georgia West has.The crime scene screams serial killer and Georgia is well aware that solving a case like this could be her ticket out of the...

The Emperor is dead. His widow takes the throne and the Empire learns to fear a woman who knows exactly what she wants.For Wang Longwei, the Empire's troubles are nothing but backdrop. Sold by his father at nine years old, he's spent every day since making himself into someone who doesn't need anyone.Until he meets Zhou Shufang. She despises him on sight, and he knows she's right to. But then her safety is threatened, and the life he's built begins...

Once a demon hunter, always a demon hunter Witches, vampires and shifters used to fear me in their sleep, afraid that I would kill them for their dealings with demons. Now I, the ancient Norse warrior, grandson of Thor, hunter of demons, am little more than a myth. That is about to change. After being alive for a thousand years, my hunt for demons is coming to an end… and so is my life. With only five ancient evil ones...

A WITTY BRITISH COSY MYSTERY WITH A DARK EDGE – PERFECT FOR FANS OF RICHARD OSMAN AND ROBERT THOROGOOD!A body in the rhubarb patch was not part of the plan.James and Inky Clatterbridge have come to Abbey Marina in search of a quieter life. Their houseboat at No. 7, Pontoon Pike offers exactly what they’d hoped for: eccentric neighbours, evenings at The Heron, and the slow satisfactions of tending an allotment beside the river.Then Inky discovers a dead man half...