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Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Filled with wit and heart, Get Lucky by Katherine Center explores the deep bonds of sisterhood. Sarah Harper's whole world revolved around her job at a New York advertising agency before an email snafu got her fired. Now she's seeking refuge at her sister Mackie's home in Houston. But Mackie, who's unable to get pregnant, is also down-and-out these days. So Sarah decides to do something good and becomes a surrogate mother.
Author
Publisher
Freida McFadden
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Abby wants a baby more than anything. But after years of failed infertility treatments and adoptions that have fallen through, it seems like motherhood is not in her future. That is, until her personal assistant Monica makes a generous offer that will make all of Abby's dreams come true. But it turns out Monica isn't who she says she is. The woman now carrying Abby's child has an unspeakable secret. And she will stop at nothing to get what she wants....
23) The surrogate
Author
Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Kat and her husband Nick have tried everything to become parents, and are on the point of giving up. Then a chance encounter with Kat's childhood friend Lisa gives Kat and Nick one last chance to achieve their dream. But Kat and Lisa's history hides dark secrets. And there is more to Lisa than meets the eye. As dangerous cracks start to appear in Kat's perfect picture of happily-ever-after, she realizes that she must face her fear of the past to save...
24) Baby mama
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Full screen and widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Kate is a successful and single businesswoman who has long put her career ahead of a personal life. At 37, she's finally determined to have a child on her own. Unable to get pregnant, a driven Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski to become her unlikely surrogate. After learning that Angie is pregnant, Kate goes into precision nesting mode. She reads childcare books, baby-proofs the apartment and researches top pre-schools. But, Kate's...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Warner Books ed.
Physical Desc
407 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nina Chickalini has been waiting all her life to get out of Queens, but something always holds her back. If it isn't the four siblings she raised almost single-handedly, it's the neighborhood pizzeria she's running so Pop can take it easy. At last, she's counting down mere months, instead of years, until she'll be free to embark on her grand adventure. Leave it to her best friend, good old reliable Joe Materi, to wait until now to make an incredible...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ivy Campbell has always been a good kid ... Ivy is 100 percent supportive when her mom decides to be a gestational surrogate, carrying and giving birth to her friends' baby. But when Ivy finds out the surrogacy treatment worked and her mom is pregnant ... she's shocked that she's jealous and worried about what others will think ... Ivy is determined to prove to herself that she's just as unselfish as she's always believed, and she gets the chance...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Intrigue
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
250 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Rancher Kara Holland's hot on the trail of a murderer who's been killing surrogates--like she was for her ill sister. But when Kara's trap goes terribly wrong, she's thrust headlong into the killer's crosshairs...along with her sister's widower, Deputy Daniel Logan. And as she and Daniel stay one frantic step ahead of a deadly foe, the sparks igniting between them rival the danger they face." -- Page [4] cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Having a baby to save a marriage--it's the oldest of clichés. But what if the marriage at risk is a gay one, and having a baby involves a surrogate mother? Pat Faunce is a faltering romantic, a former poetry major who now writes textbooks. A decade into his relationship with Stu, an airline pilot from a fraught Jewish family, he fears he's losing Stu to other men--and losing himself in their "no rules" arrangement. Yearning for a baby and a deeper...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Special Edition
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A temporary job in the DA's office in Haven, Nevada, is what surrogate mom Sierra Hart thinks she needs. She'll pass her pregnancy in peace, then return home with her brother and his wife's baby and be the best aunt. But Sierra doesn't plan on Deacon Parrish. Opposing counsel on her first big trial. Smooth talker. Shameless flirt. Sierra knows a bad boy when she sees one. Only problem is, she doesn't know how to resist him." -- Page [4] cover.
Author
Publisher
Haven Stone Media
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Third edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Meet Oliver, a young kangaroo whose mother has decided to help another family to have a child. Go with him as he takes you, step-by-step, through the wonderful journey of surrogacy! Learn why his mother wants to help a childless family realize their dram of having a baby, what it is like for his family as she goes through the pregnancy, and how it all turns out.
Author
Series
Harlequin special edition volume 3049
Publisher
Harlequin Special Edition
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
270 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Decades earlier, Sage Dalton gave a family their greatest gift: their daughter, Loren. But when an unwanted connection sparked between the surrogate and the father-to-be, they immediately cut contact. Years later, when widowed Grayson DeLuca reappears in small-town Channing to start over, something still sizzles between them. Grayson had made a sacred promise to his wife: to stay away from Sage--and to never disclose to their daughter the secret...
Author
Series
Harlequin presents volume 4169
Publisher
Harlequin Presents
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Faced with a hostile takeover, tycoon Gio must strengthen his claim on the Casella family company with a fake engagement. He'll never commit to a real one again. Despite his forbidden attraction, his dedicated PA, Molly, is ideal to play his adoring fianče. The only problem? Molly is pregnant! Secretly carrying a surrogate baby, Molly can't reveal the truth of her pregnancy. But knowing Gio's protecting his legacy, she agrees to the ruse temporarily....
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
399 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Two women discover the best and the worst that India's rising surrogacy industry has to offer, bridging continents and cultures to bring a new life into the world--and renewed hope to each other" -- Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a young loner becomes the gestational surrogate for a single man in his 40s, the two strangers come to realize this unexpected relationship will quickly challenge their perceptions of connection, boundaries and the particulars of love.
Publisher
Midwest Tape
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. ; in 1 multi-disc DVD case
Language
English
Description
Obsessed: Derek Charles is a successful asset manager for a small company. He has a beautiful wife, a wonderful marriage, and has just received a huge promotion. When an attractive temporary worker gets hired, he finds himself physically drawn to her and everything he has worked so hard for is placed in jeopardy when she starts stalking him. Includes featurettes.
Unforgettable: Tessa Connover is barely coping with the end of her marriage when her...
39) Like a love song
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
455 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Susan Quinn, social worker turned surrogate mom to foster teens, fights to save the group home she's worked hard to build. Facing a dwindling staff, foreclosure, and old heartaches, her only hope lies with the last person she'd ever turn to--a brawny handyman with a guitar, a questionable past, and a God he keeps calling Father"--
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...