Louisa May Alcott’s charming tales of ‘Little Women’ have delighted readers across the world since their 1868 publication, but she was also an author of sensational thrillers, humorous plays and perceptive poetry. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of Louis May Alcott, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 3)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Alcott's life and works* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts* ALL 12 novels published under Alcott’s name, with individual contents tables* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts* Excellent formatting of the texts* Famous works such as LITTLE WOMEN are fully illustrated with their original artwork* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry and the short stories* Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read* Includes Alcott's letters - spend hours exploring the author’s personal correspondence* Includes many rare sensation thrillers that Alcott wrote under the pen name A. M. Barnard, appearing here for the first time in digital print* Also includes Alcott’s complete poems for the first time in digital publishing* Rare non-fiction works, including Alcott’s memoir HOW I WENT OUT TO SERVICE* Features the bonus biography by Alcott enthusiast Ednah D. Cheney - discover Alcott's literary life* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres* UPDATED with completely revised texts, rare poems and stories and many improvements.Please note: the two obscure novels A LONG FATAL LOVE CHASE and THE INHERITANCE are still held under copyright and cannot appear in this collection. When they enter the public domain they will be added to the collection as a free update.Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titlesCONTENTS:The Little Women SeriesThe NovelsMOODSLITTLE WOMENGOOD WIVESAN OLD-FASHIONED GIRLLITTLE MENWORK: A STORY OF EXPERIENCEEIGHT COUSINSROSE IN BLOOMA MODERN MEPHISTOPHELESUNDER THE LILACSJACK AND JILLJO’S BOYSThe Short Story CollectionsFLOWER FABLESTHE RIVAL PAINTERSHOSPITAL SKETCHESON PICKET DUTY AND OTHER TALESMORNING-GLORIES, AND OTHER STORIESWILL’S WONDER BOOKAUNT JO’S SCRAP-BAG SERIES 1-6PROVERB STORIES; OR, KITTY’S CLASS DAY AND OTHER STORIESSPINNING-WHEEL STORIESLULU’S LIBRARY SERIES 1-3SILVER PITCHERS: AND INDEPENDENCEA GARLAND FOR GIRLSTHE CANDY COUNTRYTHE ‘A. M. BARNARD’ THRILLERSThe Short StoriesLIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERLIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERThe PlaysCOMIC TRAGEDIESThe PoetryLIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERLIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERThe Non-FictionHOW I WENT OUT TO SERVICELITTLE WOMEN LETTERS FROM THE HOUSE OF ALCOTTThe BiographyLOUISA MAY ALCOTT: HER LIFE, LETTERS AND JOURNALS by Ednah D. CheneyPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles

The ultimate moneymaking plan...buy the ancient, run-down Scottish castle and turn it into a tourist destination. Toni Fraser and her friends will put on reenactments combining fact and fiction, local history, murder and an imaginary laird named Bruce MacNiall. Just as someone arrives, claiming to actually be Laird MacNiall--a tall, dark, formidable Scot somehow familiar to Toni--the bodies of young women are found, dumped and forgotten in the nearby town. But even stranger, how is it possible this laird exists? Toni invented Bruce MacNiall for the performance...yet sinister, lifelike dreams suggest he's connected to the recent deaths. Bruce claims he wants to help catch the murderer. But even if she wants to, can Toni trust him...when her visions seem to be coming from within the very eyes of the killer himself?

The first in a brand new series of Devon-set crime thrillers featuring DS Eden Driscoll 'Crime fiction at its very best, a knotty mystery' ELLY GRIFFITHS 'Terrific ... Perhaps his best yet' ANN CLEEVES 'The undisputed king of seaside noir' VASEEM KHAN 'A gripping and wonderful thriller' NICCI FRENCH 'Twistier than a cramping snake' M. W. CRAVEN Met detective Eden Driscoll never wanted a child, but when his estranged sister vanishes from her sailboat, he is asked to look after her son Finn – the nephew he hadn't even known existed. Resettled in the seaside town of Teignmouth, Eden adjusts to his newfound parenthood. Then Finn disappears from school, and Eden knows something is dreadfully wrong. When Eden's sister's body is finally found, floating in the sea, local police rule her death an accident, but Eden isn't convinced. She was an experienced sailor and would never sail without a life jacket. Eden starts searching his sister's life for answers, and what he discovers changes...

Gavin's music career ended with his kidnapping. Public opinion ravaged him over his participation in the BDSM lifestyle, and he's gone unsatisfied since. But wealthy businessman Rene could change that... if he can win Gavin's trust.

How could Sabrina tell the press they're engaged? Oh, he gets it--the failed Miss U.S.A. believes his "love" gives her the clout to nail her dream job, while her endorsement will make him governor. Because Sabrina Merritt, Jake Warrington's ex, is the one who blew the whistle on his crooked dad. So with her on his arm, all of Atlanta will see he's not the man his father was and vote for him.Unfortunately, Sabrina's also the person Jake vowed to hate forever. This engagement's got a long way to go before he exchanges vows of love with her.... Wait a minute, who said anything about love? It's not as if they're going to give in to temptation. He wouldn't make that mistake again. Would he?

This collection of stand-alone short stories is a treat for new readers and dedicated fans alike. In each of these 17 stories, an ordinary person takes on an extraordinary journey to a new life, discovering facets and strengths they never knew they possessed. Across a variety of time periods and settings, these stories capture Anna Jacobs' unique style and showcase her mastery of emotional tales.The collection includes:The Cotton Lass: Widow Sarah is struggling to make ends meet as England suffers from the cotton famine brought on by war in the United States. Will the opportunity to move to Australia provide a new life for her?Sunshine and Parrots: Penny has moved to Perth, Australia to be closer to her brother. She finds herself attracted to her handsome new neighbour, Matt, but will a series of misunderstandings keep them apart?Going Out in Style: Mrs Kelly is widely acknowledged as uncooperative and a trouble maker in her...

Demure young beauty Lady Imilda Harsbourne's stepmother, the Countess of Harsbourne, is determined to have Imilda married off to an eligible – and 'important' – bachelor as soon as possible. But after enduring several Society balls as a debutante, Imilda is thoroughly disillusioned and vows never to marry unless it is for love alone.So she is horrified when her stepmother arranges for her to be wed to the Marquis of Melverley, who, although dashingly handsome, is a notorious 'ladies' man'. Despite her pleas, her father will not help her and she has no choice but to run away. But to where?Then Imilda has a cunning idea. Since his return from the War, the Marquis has never returned to his family seat, Melverley Park, which stands empty apart from a skeleton staff. And so, clutching a forged a letter of introduction from the Marquis, Imilda arrives to take charge of the estate's Herb Garden. While exploring The Park's library, though, she finds to her horror that a gang of...

A rare visitor to a hospice near Rome draws out macabre reminiscences from inmate Franco Tira, whose life changed when the day-to-day business of disposing of dissidents got personal. A gripping, illusion-free look at people we license to kill.The year is 2040. A rare visitor to a hospice in Frascati, nestling in the hills above Rome, elicits macabre reminiscences from inmate Franco Tira, whose life changed when the day-to-day business of disposing of dissidents got personal. Who is the mysterious visitor, and what is his purpose? A gripping, illusion-free look at people we license to kill. The e-book includes, as a taster, chapter two of the author’s novella “Goodbye, Padania”, which examines the career, style and motives of another fictional cold-hearted killer, Daria Rigoletti.

Grizz is about to break all the rules for something he never imagined he would be risking . . . his heart.

World Fantasy award-winning, bestselling author Robert McCammon makes a triumphant return to the epic horror and apocalyptic tone reminiscent of his books Swan Song and Stinger in this gripping new novel, The Border, a saga of an Earth devastated by a war between two marauding alien civilizations. But it is not just the living ships of the monstrous Gorgons or the motion-blurred shock troops of the armored Cyphers that endanger the holdouts in the human bastion of Panther Ridge. The world itself has turned against the handful of survivors, as one by one they succumb to despair and suicide or, even worse, are transformed by otherworldly pollution into hideous Gray Men, cannibalistic mutants driven by insatiable hunger. Into these desperate circumstances comes an amnesiac teenaged boy who names himself Ethan—a boy who must overcome mistrust and suspicion to master unknowable powers that may prove to be the last hope for humanity's salvation. Those same powers make Ethan a threat to the warring aliens, long used to fearing only each other, and thrust him and his comrades into ever more perilous circumstances. A major new novel from the unparalleled imagination of Robert McCammon, this dark epic of survival will both thrill readers and make them fall in love with his work all over again.

After her husband's alcohol induced rage lands her in the hospital, Leah embraces the 51% ownership of her grandfather's nursery in a small town in Oklahoma. The only issue is the cocky cowboy who owns the other 49%. Austin has grown into quite a man since the last summer she spent in Colvin at her grandparents' house as a child. But she has vowed to never need another man in her life after what she left behind in New York City, so can Austin be the one to change her mind?Austin is shocked to find out the nursery he loves so much has been willed to himself and the one girl he has had a crush on since he was a boy. The only problem is they can't stand to be around each other. But she is gorgeous and he can't keep his thoughts off the red head he has to spend all day with. She's a tough one to crack and when he finds out what happened to her will he run away or want her more?

"An exquisite novel." Martha Conway, author of Thieving ForestA Renaissance-era woman artist and an American scholar. Linked by a 500-year-old mystery...The secrets of the past are irresistible--and dangerous.1500: Born during a time wracked by war and plague, Renaissance-era artist Mira grows up in a Pyrenees convent believing she is an orphan. When tragedy strikes, Mira learns the devastating truth about her own origins. But does she have the strength to face those who would destroy her?2015: Centuries later, art scholar Zari unearths traces of a mysterious young woman named Mira in two 16th-century portraits. Obsessed, Zari tracks Mira through the great cities of Europe to the pilgrim's route of Camino de Santiago--and is stunned by what she finds. Will her discovery be enough to bring Mira's story to life?A powerful story and an intriguing mystery, The Girl from Oto is an unforgettable novel of obsession, passion, and human resilience.Perfect for fans of Kristin Hannah and Anthony Doerr.

Ash Dorning has loved Della Haddonfield from afar for years. He has played the part of the cordial family connection and battled every demon from lack of funds, to meddling relatives, to a recurring case of the blue devils—while other men have won Della's smiles. When Della lands in the midst of scandal, those fellows who fawned over her hand disappear behind the nearest potted palms, leaving Ash to waltz to the rescue. Della is compromised by a thoroughgoing bounder, and only Ash's loyalty stands between her and hopeless ruin. But Ash has played least in sight with her for too long, and too many secrets lie between them for Della to believe that Ash is motivated by anything other than gentlemanly duty. When troubles comes calling once again, Ash and Della either learn to trust their love, or they will lose everything they hold dear—including each other.

Nineteen sparkling stories that weave between the lands of the living and the lands of the dead. Spirits Abroad is an expanded edition of Zen Cho's Crawford Award winning debut collection with nine added stories including Hugo Award winner "If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again." A Datin recalls her romance with an orang bunian. A teenage pontianak struggles to balance homework, bossy aunties, first love, and eating people. An earth spirit gets entangled in protracted negotiations with an annoying landlord, and Chang E spins off into outer space, the ultimate metaphor for the Chinese diaspora.