Anne Simon is a world-renowned biologist and expert on plant viruses. She has also been scientific advisor to the X-Files since the series began. In this fascinating book she explores the extraordinary realities that lie behind the strange discoveries made in each episode by agents Mulder and Scully, weird and threatening life forms, mutations and alien creatures. Despite the achievements of modern science and technology, she points out, it is estimated that less than 1 per cent of our fel...

Dark Academia Meets a Forbidden Crush.Seventeen-year-old Tawny Matthews is a poor student who receives a scholarship to attend Ivoree Gates, an elite private school attended only by the children of the wealthiest in the nation.While at the boarding school, Tawny meets and gradually falls for Professor McCurdy, her handsome, enigmatic English teacher.Tawny also runs afoul of Dylan, the hot, arrogant, most popular rich boy in the high school and also the most feared, ...

Arya has time for only one thing: saving lives as a surgeon. She is not interested in a relationship. Her life is already too complicated without adding new problems into the mix. Besides, there are too many other women out there to settle for just one.Patricia wants to be seen as more than a single mother. Her seven-year-old son fills her life, but after leaving behind the toxic relationship with her ex-husband, she's been longing to feel wanted again.A night out with her ...

At 27, Nicole Hunt is a rising star in health and wellness, captivating audiences with her dynamic podcast and entertaining TikTok presence. In a special series for Heart Month, she sets her sights on interviewing some of the nation's most prominent medical professionals, including the reclusive Dr. Inés Torres.Dr. Torres is a 40-year-old distinguished cardiologist with a reputation as steely as the scalpel she wields. Her life revolves entirely around her work, leaving no room for...

In Crush on Teacher, Obsessed with the Bad Boy, Tawny Matthews, a determined scholarship student, enters the elite and treacherous world of the Ivoree Gates Institute, where she is immediately targeted by a cruel social hierarchy.Her struggle for belonging takes a desperate turn when her mother's sudden illness forces her into a contract of indentured servitude to the school's most powerful and arrogant student, Dylan Westinghouse. As a 'Dylantante' at the opulent Westinghouse Mano...

A decade ago, a tragic surgery forever altered the lives of Dr. Jackie Stone and Sarah Taylor. Haunted by the loss of that patient, Dr. Stone has since immersed herself in her work, believing that if she stays busy, she can escape the pain of her past.Sarah Taylor, now a determined intern at Manhattan's prestigious Watson Memorial Hospital, finds herself under the supervision of the very doctor who was present during her brother's ill-fated surgery ten years ago.As she stri...

"Crow" Hollander left behind a past full of thorns...or so she thought.After getting out of jail, she was assured that the opportunity for a new life lay before her. But each night, in her tiny apartment, the longed-for freedom feels more like house arrest in which she only finds loneliness and closed doors. Nobody wants to hire an ex-con.And everything becomes much more confusing when her signature black rose appears next to a corpse.She immediately b...

When Marina Turner turned forty, she thought her life couldn't get any worse: freshly divorced, broke, and hopeless... until she inherits a rusty food truck from her eccentric grandmother.What she didn't expect was that the inheritance included a raccoon with a British accent—sometimes far too sarcastic—and a strange obsession with an enchanted tea he claims he bought in Jamaica.At times, Marina wonders if she's losing her mind. After all, stepping into a kit...

Madison is a reclusive writer who lives with her cat, with almost no social interaction of any kind.Now, she faces a dilemma.Her last big success was ten years ago. She has a new book, but book marketing has changed a lot, and she must embrace the world of social media or risk remaining forgotten.That's where Aurora comes in. The publishing house hires a TikTok star to relaunch her career and make the new book a big hit.But when two such different personalities ...

Illustrated by Valerie McCord. Simon understands what it’s like to be born looking different than others. When he hatched, his beak had a gap, making it difficult for him to eat, smile, and sing. With help from his special friend, Patty, Simon now thrives. One day, Simon spots a sad blue jay sitting in a tree. No one came to Buddy’s birthday party because he’s different. Simon and Patty gather their friends and make Buddy feel special. They create the Buddy Branch, a place where birds can ...

They agreed on one thing before retiring-they would travel, sniff around at other countries and other lifestyles, and discover along the way which place came closest to "having it all." There they would drop anchor and go with the flow. The going has been good, so much so that these former Washingtonians have decided to make France their permanent home. They chose the city over the countryside and took on the challenges and pleasures of Aix-en-Provence, where they have been doing as the lo...

In the Middle Ages half of those who chose the religious life were women, yet historians have overlooked entire generations of educated, feisty, capable and enterprising nuns, condemning them to the dusty silence of the archives. What, though, were their motives for entering a convent and what was their daily routine behind its walls like? How did they think, live and worship, both as individuals and as a community? How did they maintain contact with the families and communities they had l...