Louie The Lynx And Ryan The Lion

From award-winning author Sarah Lahey comes a story about a first kiss gone terribly wrong. This standalone romantic comedy will have you laughing, sighing, and falling head over heels for its unforgettable characters. Louie Leon is nine years into her PhD on light—a topic she can answer in one sentence—light is everything. With only six months left to complete her research, Louie's laser focus is unwavering until a fateful encounter in the university tutorial room changes everything. Agreeing to a spontaneous kiss with the charming, yet infuriatingly attractive Ryan is her first mistake. Join Louie and Ryan as they navigate the delightful chaos of mistaken letters, undeniable chemistry, and the pursuit of finding love when you least expect it. Caught in Sydney's perpetual rainstorm, Louie the Lynx and Ryan the Lion will leave you longing for the perfect happy ending every romance lover craves.

What will the world look like in thirty years’ time? How will humanity survive the oncoming effects of climate change? Set in the near future and inspired by the world around us, Gravity Is Heartless is a romantic adventure that imagines a world on the cusp of climate catastrophe. The year is 2050: automated cities, vehicles, and homes are now standard, artificial Intelligence, CRISPR gene editing, and quantum computing have become a reality, and climate change is in full swing—sea levels are rising, clouds have disappeared, and the planet is heating up. Quinn Buyers is a climate scientist who'd rather be studying the clouds than getting ready for her wedding day. But when an unexpected tragedy causes her to lose everything, including her famous scientist mother, she embarks upon a quest for answers that takes her across the globe—and she uncovers friends, loss and love in the most unexpected of places along the way. Gravity Is Heartless is bold, speculative fiction that sheds a hard light on the treatment of our planet even as it offers a breathtaking sense of hope for the future.

Earth, 2050. Pregnant, unemployed, and living back home with her father, climate scientist Quinn Buyers wonders how she got to this point in her life. Her famous scientist mother is mysteriously missing, the planet is at risk from a massive solar storm, the Transhumans want to take a colony to Titan, and her assisted living companion, a robotic meerkat, is showing clear signs of anxiety and depression. But her biggest challenge is her partner. How can she reconcile her long-distance relationship with this reserved, enigmatic cyborg? The sequel to Sarah Lahey’s debut novel and the second book in the Heartless Series, Nostalgia is Heartless delves into the world of near future, exploring a society on the brink of climate catastrophe. This time, Quinn’s adventures take her across the globe to Antarctica . . . where it rains all day, every day. Readers will delight in following Quinn’s journey as she races to save her family, her planet, and—hopefully—her love life.

This standalone book from the multi-award-winning Heartless Series will delight lovers of romance and sci-fi adventures. A thrilling work of speculative fiction, set in the not-too-distant future, it will keep you on your toes until the final pages. Earth, 2053. Climate scientist Quinn Buyers discovers motherhood is not the joy-filled experience she thought it would be. The lack of sleep, the boundless love, and the ceaseless worry, combined with the fact that her cyborg husband is never home, and her AI meerkat has run away, life onboard her boat is anything but smooth sailing. When she is offered the chance to visit the world's most advanced technology show, Quinn doesn’t hesitate. This might be the place to jump-start her flagging career. But she didn’t expect to bump into an old enemy, come face to face with the HOTROD killing machines, or run into her wayward husband. Join Quinn as she embarks on another riveting adventure in a high-tech world where she discovers how consciousness in a cognitive machine can quickly go wrong. Where she wonders, did they put the off button? Unfortunately, time is not on her side. This is science fiction at its best, grounded in actual science and soaring in imagination, it envisages the best and the worst of human actions and creations.

Ryan the Lion is a beautifully illustrated children's story that explores themes of social tolerance, self-esteem and personal identity. Ryan is a lion cub who acts like the other animals in the jungle because he thinks they are cooler than lions. In doing so, however, he attracts their ridicule. As Ryan grows up, his mane gets longer and his roar develops. Soon he attracts admiration, and he feels pride in being himself.

The Louie and Loucie series is a fun collection for children to enjoy and follow along with. From the moment these two lion cubs were born, they were very curious. Their happy, crazy, sometimes scary adventures, will prove to be heartwarming, insightful, and entertaining for all to enjoy!