"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...

Epigenetics can potentially revolutionize our understanding of the structure and behavior of biological life on Earth. It explains why mapping an organism's genetic code is not enough to determine how it develops or acts and shows how nurture combines with nature to engineer biological diversity. Surveying the twenty-year history of the field while also highlighting its latest findings and innovations, this volume provides a readily understandable introduction to the foundations of epigene...

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...

"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...

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...

The Mythology of Mayas, Aztecs and Incas offers a sweeping account of the sacred narratives, divine genealogies, cosmologies, ritual practices, and heroic traditions of the great civilizations of Mesoamerica and the Andes. Written in a lucid, interpretive prose characteristic of early twentieth-century comparative mythology, the book situates Quetzalcoatl, Huitzilopochtli, Viracocha, and other figures within broader patterns of mythic imagination. Though shaped by the scholarship of its pe...

In Brightam's Ford, a storm is coming. Ranch owner Jasper Borland and the rest of the townspeople have been rushing to prepare for the months of destructive weather the wet season brings, but with their limited technology, survival can be a struggle in itself. When Jasper finds a lost, injured young man on his property, he has no choice but to take him in. At least he's quiet.Unable to speak, the young man communicates by projecting his thoughts—a process that hurts anyone he isn't...

An exploration of the once-ignored portion of our DNA and the role it plays in our bodies, from the author of The Epigenetics Revolution.For decades after the identification of the structure of DNA, scientists focused only on genes, the regions of the genome that contain codes to produce proteins. Other regions that make up 98 percent of the human genome were dismissed as "junk," sequences that serve no purpose. But researchers have recently discovered var...

Epigenetics can potentially revolutionize our understanding of the structure and behavior of biological life on Earth. It explains why mapping an organism's genetic code is not enough to determine how it develops or acts and shows how nurture combines with nature to engineer biological diversity. Surveying the twenty-year history of the field while also highlighting its latest findings and innovations, this volume provides a readily understandable introduction to the foundations of epigene...

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....