The story is told from her point of view in the first-person. She has in appearance very few things left to be admired, but maybe she is not all dark, she has some lights in her, well hidden but still there and needing the right insensitive to let it shine. Firing her secretary a few days before the holidays, cancelling the office party and rejecting her sister’s invitation. She is one of the very few contemporary romance authors I follow and after The Grinch, this year is Scrooge, I am a sucker for any reinterpretation of A Christmas Carol, and even more when it is a romance.Īfter a very messy day, this was the perfect read to cheer my mood.Įbbie is truly on the right track to become the most hated vixen in her enterprise. It has been two years since I have discovered Mrs Annabelle Costa’s work, and it was already a Christmastide themed story, since I purchase every new book she releases, even her paranormal romance.

When an only business minded woman filling perfectly the role of Ebenezer Scrooge collides with her past, present and future which way will she follow. Unfortunately, my former boss and mentor, Marley Jacobs, is determined to show me the error of my ways before midnight.Įxcept I’m not about to let anyone get in my way-even Marley. And in the last 48 hours I have:ģ) Completely blown it with the first man I’ve really liked in the last ten years.īut it’s worth it, because I’m about to earn the promotion of a lifetime.

Original scrooge story