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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The Latecomer is the story of three siblings, desperate to escape one another, and the upending of their family by the late arrival of a fourth. The Oppenheimer triplets have been reared with every advantage: wealth, education, and the determined attention of at least one of their parents. But neither Harrison (the smart one), Lewyn (the weird one) nor Sally (the girl) suspects the devastating event that first set their family in motion, or understands...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"... Every child prodigy grows up eventually. For the Promise sisters, escaping their mother's narcissism and the notoriety that came with her bestselling book hasn't been easy. Minerva Promise claimed that her three "test tube" daughtersgifted pianist Joanie, artistic Meg, and storyteller Averywere engineered and molded to be geniuses. In adulthood, their modest lives fall far short of her grand ambitions. But now, twenty years after the book's release,...
Author
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Meghan Collins is a young reporter covering a story about a female stabbing victim. The vistims bears a striking resemblance to Meghan. What's really strange is that it seems this killing might be connected to an explosion in which Meghan's father died four months earlier. The investigation of these deaths takes Meghan down a treacherous path.
4) Magpie
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Marisa and Jake are a perfect couple. And Kate, their new lodger, is the perfect roommate--and not just because her rent payments will give them the income they need to start trying for the baby of their dreams. Except--no one is truly perfect. Sure, Kate doesn't seem to care much about personal boundaries and can occasionally seem overly-familiar with Jake. But Marisa doesn't let it concern her, knowing that soon Kate will be gone, and it will just...
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Pacific Northwest detective Bernie Baumgartner battles wits with prominent obstetrician Colin Sanford, who leads a team working on the first successful in vitro fertilization procedure in 1977, after the patient's husband kills himself and Sanford's team member, embryologist Giselle Hearn.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
216 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Special Forces operative Blake Jantzen's mission is clear: protect Eve from the psychopath targeting her. His soldier instincts are put to the ultimate test when guarding her leads them both into a dangerous web of secrecy and deceit. Everyone has something to hide--including the beautiful pregnant woman whose life rests in his hands ... and whose presence stirs a passion that even he cannot control. Eve Weathers is a brilliant scientist ... and...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xii, 417 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Anna Alcott is desperate to have a family. But as she tries to balance her increasingly public life as an indie actress with a grueling IVF journey, she starts to suspect that someone is going to great lengths to make sure that never happens. Crucial medicines are lost. Appointments get swapped without her knowledge. Cryptic warnings have her jumping at shadows. And despite everything she's gone through to make this pregnancy a reality, not even...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
423 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"After a health scare, Brighton-based Lou is forced to confront the fact that her time to have a baby is running out. She can't imagine a future without children, but her partner doesn't seem to feel the same way, and she's not sure whether she could go it alone. Meanwhile, in Yorkshire, Cath is longing to start a family with her husband, Rich. No one would be happier to have children than Rich, but Cath is infertile. Could these strangers help one...
Author
Publisher
Forever, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Milly always dreamed of being a mother. Adopted herself, she has always imagined a powerful intimate connection with a child of her own. So when she and her husband Matt are told they can't have children, her dreams are shattered. But then their loved ones offer the ultimate gift - Milly's best friend Anna and Matt's brother Jack will be donors so that Milly can carry a child and finally have a chance to be a mother. And with everyone accepting and...
10) The other F-word
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 580L
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Milo has two great moms, but he's never known what it's like to have a dad. When Milo's doctor suggests asking his biological father to undergo genetic testing to shed some light on Milo's extreme allergies, he realizes this is a golden opportunity to find the man he's always wondered about. Hollis's mom Leigh hasn't been the same since her other mom, Pam, passed away seven years ago. But suddenly, Leigh seems happy--giddy, even--by the thought of...
Publisher
Synergetic Distribution
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
In the third month of pregnancy, Federica finds out that the baby she's expecting doesn't share her DNA. She goes to the clinic where she underwent an In Vitro Fertilization treatment and they acknowledge they made a mistake by exchanging her embryo with another couple's. The clinic identifies the woman into whom they implanted her embryo, but she suffered a miscarriage. Federica decides to go on with her pregnancy, have and keep the baby, but the...