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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...

"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...

"I want your company in ruins. I want every person who ever invested in you to know exactly who you are."On the night before her wedding, Isla Montclair discovered her fiancé Ronan had betrayed her with her own sister, Vivienne. She had given up her career, supported his business, and sacrificed everything for him, only to be betrayed, abused, and left to die.Then she woke up two months earlier.This time, Isla won't let Ronan and Vivienne take anything from her. Wit...

"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...

"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...

'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...

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...

"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...

Everyone tells her it gets better. He's the only one who doesn't.Fourteen months ago, Nora Ashby's husband went out to move the car and didn't come back in. She ran into the road in her socks. She can still feel the cold of it.Now she's forty-three, she empties the houses of the dead for a living, and she is very, very good at it - right up until she gets to her own hallway, where her husband's coat is still on the hook and has been for four hundred and thirty-five days.

'An excellent, brisk guide to what is likely to happen as opposed to the fantastically remote.' - Los Angeles Review of BooksIn 2018 the world woke up to gene editing with a storm of controversy over twin girls born in China with genetic changes deliberately introduced by scientists - changes they will pass on to their own offspring.Genetic modification (GM) has been with us for 45 years now, but the new system known as CRISPR or gene editing can m...