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Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

Dear Santa, I've been naughty with the doctor next door. Did I mention he's my bestie's dad? My Christmas list was simple this year—make money dog-sitting and save up for my surfing school. Then my bestie suggested asking her filthy rich dad for a loan. (Note to Santa: Bad life choices ahead.) Dr. Ethan Taylor opened his door looking like sin in a suit: all commanding presence and silver fox swagger. He mistakes me for an escort he ordered. After that humiliating encounter, I should've been good and stayed away. But my dogs kept finding their way to his place. And it turns out this bad ...

After a decade as a political speechwriter - serving as head speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama, a senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama, and chief speechwriter for Hillary Clinton on her 2008 presidential campaign - Sarah Hurwitz decided to apply her skills as a communicator to writing a book...about Judaism. And no one is more surprised than she is. Sarah Hurwitz is on a mission to close this gap by sharing the profound insights she discovered on everything from Jewish holidays, ethics, and prayer to Jewish conceptions of God, death, and social justice.