"Marry me… or your family dies."To save her father, Rachel Owens agrees to the one contract no woman survives—becoming the wife of Damien Montrel, the city's most feared mafia king.His rules are absolute:Obey.Stay inside.Never ask questions.But behind the mansion's iron gates, Rachel discovers a hidden truth…Leo. A small boy who calls her "Mama," and the only weakness Damien has ever shown.Ruthless to his enemies, merciless to...

Humans hoard cats. Kytol hoards raccoons. I'm just the animal control officer trying to get a leash on the situation.Earth's Wildlife and You: A Primer should be required reading for aliens. Unfortunately it isn't, and now I'm stuck in the unenviable position of explaining to green-skinned Kytol that no, raccoons aren't pets. Calls involving animal hoarding is one of the fastest ways to get me angry, but Kytol's menagerie of rescued raccoons is happy, heal...

"Marry me… or your family dies."To save her father, Rachel Owens agrees to the one contract no woman survives—becoming the wife of Damien Montrel, the city's most feared mafia king.His rules are absolute:Obey.Stay inside.Never ask questions.But behind the mansion's iron gates, Rachel discovers a hidden truth…Leo. A small boy who calls her "Mama," and the only weakness Damien has ever shown.Ruthless to his enemies, merciless to...

"Marry me… or your family dies."To save her father, Rachel Owens agrees to the one contract no woman survives—becoming the wife of Damien Montrel, the city's most feared mafia king.His rules are absolute:Obey.Stay inside.Never ask questions.But behind the mansion's iron gates, Rachel discovers a hidden truth…Leo. A small boy who calls her "Mama," and the only weakness Damien has ever shown.Ruthless to his enemies, merciless to...

Approving women to get off a dying world is easy, right? Not when the woman giving the green light has to stay behind.I've stayed on Earth with my husband, even though I was a perfect candidate for the bridal program that sends human women to safety on the alien planet Lukrim. I have a good job, a husband who loves me, and a hobby watching old movies where the sky was still blue. I've worked my way up to be the director at the very program I denied myself from, but...

'A book that would have had Darwin swooning - anyone seriously interested in who we are and how we function should read this.' GuardianAt the beginning of this century enormous progress had been made in genetics. The Human Genome Project finished sequencing human DNA. It seemed it was only a matter of time until we had all the answers to the secrets of life on this planet.The cutting-edge of biology, however, is telling us that we still don't even kn...

What's the best way to get over your ex? Get under his frat brother!When Krystal discovers that her ex has posted naked photos of her online, she sets out to confront him. Instead, she comes face to face with his hot-as-sin frat brother, Jace.And fate keeps throwing them together.Krystal decides to take the bull by the horns, shed her good-girl, wallflower persona and go after what she wants: Jace. There's just one problem. He's sworn off relationships.U...

Aesop's Fables (Illustrated Edition) gathers the brief, pointed animal tales that have shaped moral storytelling for more than two millennia. In lucid prose, each fable dramatizes a human weakness or virtue through foxes, lions, mice, wolves, and birds, ending—sometimes explicitly, sometimes by implication—in a memorable ethical lesson. The illustrated format restores the visual immediacy that has long accompanied these narratives, making their allegorical clarity and satirical wit especia...

"The Power of Habit Change: A Simple Guide to Change Your Life" is a transformative guide that empowers readers to break free from negative patterns and create positive habits that lead to a fulfilling and successful life.In this book, readers will learn about the science behind habit formation and how to rewire their brains to adopt new, healthy habits. The author emphasizes the importance of understanding the cues, routines, and rewards that drive our habits and provides practica...

From the author of the acclaimed The Epigenetics Revolution ('A book that would have had Darwin swooning' – Guardian) comes another thrilling exploration of the cutting edge of human science.For decades after the structure of DNA was identified, scientists focused purely on genes, the regions of the genome that contain codes for the production of proteins. Other regions – 98% of the human genome – were dismissed as 'junk'. But in recent years researchers have discovered that variati...

Gustav Freytag's Pictures of German Life in the 18th and 19th Centuries (Vol. 1&2) offers a richly textured panorama of German society, tracing domestic habits, civic institutions, intellectual currents, and political feeling through a period of profound transformation. Written in a vivid documentary style that blends historical narration with anecdotal reconstruction, the work belongs to the nineteenth-century tradition of cultural history, seeking not merely to chronicle events but to re...

Monsters need love, too. At least that was what Tricia told herself when she created a profile on Labyrinth, the hottest new dating website for creatures that were more than human and couldn't easily appear so. She'd thought she might end up with a giant or a centaur, but when Greg sent her an email, she couldn't say no. Huge, hairy, and more bull than man, she might end up with more than she bargained for.Finding a woman willing to date someone with the face of a monster was hard....