Being kidnapped by aliens is only the start of Jade's problems... Thankfully, her rescuers, an alien race known as the Clecanians, are willing to protect her, but she has to stay on their planet for one year and respect the rules of their culture-including choosing a husband. Jade refuses at first but decides to play along until she can find a way back to Earth. Theo, a scarred mercenary who prefers a life of solitude, is stunned when Jade selects him as her husband. After years of being passed over, he never imagined he would be chosen and neither did anyone else. Only one explanation makes sense...the curvy enticing female must be a spy, and Theo's determined to break her cover using any means necessary. As Jade and Theo are forced to spend time together, their chemistry becomes undeniable. But neither can afford to bring love into the equation, especially since Jade seems determined to go home. After all, she can't possibly stay here, right?
**THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** "An unforgettable—and Hollywood-bound—new thriller... A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy." —Entertainment Weekly The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive. Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....
By a leading writer and thinker. How might Christians look on the world differently if they actually believed that God's love is indeed stronger than our fears? In fresh, confessional language, Roth shares his convictions about Christian pacifism, inviting others to consider this approach, all the while humbly admitting the difficulties. In the face of violence, are there any options open to the Christian believer other than the "default" impulse toward patriotic unity and a steely determination to exact "an eye for an eye"? A must-read for anyone concerned about the endless cycles of wars and violence, and the possibility that God's love is stronger than our society's current answers.
Make contact with the hottest alien anthology in the universe! Claimed Among the Stars will rocket you to reading bliss with more action, adventure, and pleasure than one planet can contain. Curl up with this collection of wild and wonderful heavenly bodies and venture to the unknown worlds that only your favorite sci-fi romance authors could create. Hearts in zero gravity are free to fall, and destiny awaits unsuspecting heroines far across the galaxy. Whether you love a trip that’s nice and easy or dark and steamy, this collaboration of more than fifty bestselling authors is guaranteed to please. Embrace the heat, the sweet, the dark, and the depraved, and grab your copy of Claimed Among the Stars today! A word of warning: this anthology is only available for a limited time, so grab your copies now before they blast off forever. The proceeds of Claimed Among the Stars will benefit The National Women’s Coalition Against Violence and Exploitation, which serves women and children in the United States and abroad. This anthology contains exclusive, never before published stories by: Kate Rudolph Zoey Draven Tasha Black Tana Stone Nancey Cummings Honey Phillips Octavia Kore Ella Maven Tamsin Ley Iona Strom V. K. Ludwig Hope Hart Alana Khan Victoria Aveline SJ Sanders Alison Aimes Jade Waltz Ava Ross V. T. Bonds Kyra Snow Annabelle Rex Amarra Skye Liz Paffel Elizabeth Stephens Olivia Riley Veronica Scott Elin Wyn Hattie Jacks Samantha Rose A. G. Wilde Alexis B. Osborne Ella Blake Stephanie West Jessica Grayson Ivy Knox Lynnea Lee Kate Stevens Julie K. Cohen Hannah Haze Sarah Johns C. Y. Croc Leslie Chase Tina Moss Ana B. Starr L. Starfyre Lilly Griffin V.C. Lancaster Loretta Johns R. L. Olvitt Julie L. Vance Kassie Keegan
This book describes the new generation of discrete choice methods, focusing on the many advances that are made possible by simulation. Researchers use these statistical methods to examine the choices that consumers, households, firms, and other agents make. Each of the major models is covered: logit, generalized extreme value, or GEV (including nested and cross-nested logits), probit, and mixed logit, plus a variety of specifications that build on these basics. Simulation-assisted estimation procedures are investigated and compared, including maximum stimulated likelihood, method of simulated moments, and method of simulated scores. Procedures for drawing from densities are described, including variance reduction techniques such as anithetics and Halton draws. Recent advances in Bayesian procedures are explored, including the use of the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm and its variant Gibbs sampling. The second edition adds chapters on endogeneity and expectation-maximization (EM) algorithms. No other book incorporates all these fields, which have arisen in the past 25 years. The procedures are applicable in many fields, including energy, transportation, environmental studies, health, labor, and marketing.
Journey to The Lost Planet with five full-length novels!The Forgotten CommanderOur planet, Mortuus, is lost and dying.A desolate place where a few lone survivors dwell.My men have lost hope. Our future is bleak.Longevity is a luxury we can't afford.The most we can hope for is survival.We've all but given up when an opportunity presents itself.Five females-a chance at a future.Procuring these women went against everything I'd been taught, but desperate times call for desperate measures.They're ours now.Asleep and made ready for breeding.We won't die out-lost and forgotten.It's our destiny to grow and once again inhabit our lonely planet.I am Breccan Aloisius, the forgotten commander.My people will have the future they deserve.I'll make sure of it.My mind is made up...until she wakes and nothing goes as planned.The Vanished SpecialistMy lilapetal is dying...and I can't save her.The woman who brought me back to life may not live long enough to see me truly happy.All the tests, the experiments have failed me...and I have failed her.If I don't devise a cure to save my alien, I'll spend the rest of my existence on Mortuus alone.The others believe my mate isn't strong enough to survive. That she can't breed and should be put back into cryosleep until she's healed.But I won't allow it.I will defy the only family I've ever known to save her.Even if it means vanishing into the unknown.She is all that matters and no amount of her protests will keep me from doing what I must to keep her safe.The Mad LieutenantHer voice brought me back from the darkness, but I don't want the sweet relief she promises. Unlike the rest of the morts on my planet, I don't want a mate. Especially not her.She's loud, boisterous, and doesn't take no for an answer.Unlike the rest of the alien females my brothers have woken from cryosleep, Molly doesn't find my growls intimidating. The more I try to ignore her, the more she tries to befriend me.I'd been taken captive once by the virus that nearly killed me. I bear its scars, not only on my body, but in my thoughts. No woman, not even one as beautiful as Molly, can heal me.I don't want her, but she needs me.The Uncertain ScientistI had everything I ever wanted.I was brilliant, successful, esteemed.Alone.But I didn't mind. I liked being alone.Until they stole me.And I wake up, captive, pregnant with an alien baby-and still a virgin.For a race of freaks nearing extinction, there seems to be far, far too many of them.Everywhere I turn, one of the morts or their human mates wants to comfort me, make me feel welcome and safe. But I don't want to feel welcome or safe. I want the life they stole from me.None of them pay any heed to my angry tirades, least of all the father of the child I carry. There's no doubt he wants the baby, but that isn't all he wants.In fact, I'm beginning to think if some of the morts had their way I'd never be alone again.The Lonely OrphanOur planet has hope.Still decaying and barely inhabitable, but ours.With the arrival of the females, we're no longer lonely.Well, some of us aren't.For the rest, we ache for what they have.Peace. Happiness. Love.But where the other unmatched Morts want a mate to call their own, I'm different.Life cruelly made me fall for the one person I'm not allowed to have.Bitterness and jealousy are my mates now.I've resigned myself to the fact that I will always be alone.Until my commander sends me on a mission to rescue someone very important to his mate-her sister.A woman so different. So imperfect. So maddeningly defiant. Someone I have no interest in whatsoever.This feral female will never own my heart.Or so I thought.Love always has a plan of its own.
The definitive guide to botanical Latin Unlock the secrets of botanical Latin with this beautifully illustrated encyclopedia. The Gardener's Botanical contains definitions of more than 5,000 plant names—from abbreviatus ("shortened") to zonatus ("with bands")—along with more than 350 color illustrations. Scientific plant names are an invaluable tool for those who understand them. Formed from Greek and, more commonly, from Latin root words, not only do they make it possible for gardeners and botanists to communicate, they also contain a wealth of hidden information. The Gardener's Botanical is the key to unlocking these secrets. This guide contains a breathtaking array of botanical names in alphabetical order. Each word is listed with a pronunciation guide, definition, example plant, and, where appropriate, etymology. Also included in this illuminating guide are special features on important plant genera, fact boxes, essays focusing on the history and importance of Latin names and botanical illustrations, and an index of common names with more than 2,000 popular plants, cross-referenced with their binomial name in Latin.
