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"From the beloved bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes, an unforgettable novel about a couple in a small town and the complexities of marriage, family, longing, and desire. Malcolm Gephardt, handsome and gregarious longtime bartender at the Half Moon, has always dreamed of owning a bar. When his boss finally retires, Malcolm stretches to buy the place. He sees unquantifiable magic and potential in the Half Moon and hopes to transform it into a bigger...
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Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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The plans of four women--including a college student egg donor, a working-class surrogate mother, a wealthy woman, and her stepdaughter--are thrown into turmoil when the wealthy woman's husband suddenly dies and names the stepdaughter the unborn baby's guardian.
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Black girls must die exhausted volume 1
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English
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At 33 years old, Tabby receives an unexpected diagnosis that brings her picture-perfect life crashing down, jeopardizing the keystone she took for granted: having children. The fight is all consuming, demanding a steep price that forces an honest reckoning for nearly everyone in her life. As Tabby soon learns, her grandmother's age-old adage just might still be true: Black girls must die exhausted.
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English
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"As the holiday season begins, Laurel McCullough could use some good news. She and her husband, Zach, have been praying for a baby that seems more and more like an impossible dream, and they've had to move in with her beloved grandmother, Helen, who's having trouble taking care of herself. But when Laurel contacts a local home-care organization for help, there are no caregivers available. Then Mrs. Miracle appears at the door. No stranger to lending...
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Series
Harlequin presents volume 3545
Publisher
Harlequin Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
8) Magpie
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Marisa and Jake are a perfect couple. Their new lodger, Kate, and her rent payments will give them the income they need to start trying for a baby. Sure, Kate doesn't seem to care about personal boundaries and is occasionally overly familiar with Jake. But as Jake and Marisa are put through months of fertility treatments and false starts, Kate's boundary-pushing turns into an all-out obsession. Why does she seem to know everything about Marisa and...
9) Jeb's wife
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English
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"Patricia Johns' sensitive storytelling brings depth and heart to this tender story of second chances, as an Amish woman embarks on marriage with the gruff farmer next door . . .Once, Leah Riehl prayed for a husband. The man she loved chose another, wanting the children that Leah can't provide. But she's found a measure of peace, keeping house for her brother, Simon, and teaching in a nearby town. Now though, Simon's debts to an Englisher gambling...
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Series
Richardson sisters volume 2
Publisher
Dafina, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When she discovers that her seemingly perfect husband, Dr. Logan Baptiste, fathered his co-worker's son, Robin Richardson-Baptiste, who is unable to have children, must make a difficult decision about their marriage.
11) Thumped
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Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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"Melody and Harmony are without a doubt two of the most powerful pregnant teens on the planet, and there's only one thing they could do that would make them more famous than they already are: tell the truth"--
12) Can't look away
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"From the author of Tell Me Lies and Too Good to Be True comes Carola Lovering's Can't Look Away, a sexy suspense novel about the kind of addictive, obsessive love that keeps you coming back--no matter how hard you try to look away. In 2013, twenty-three-year old Molly Diamond is a barista, dreaming of becoming a writer. One night at a concert in East Williamsburg, she locks eyes with the lead singer, Jake Danner, and can't look away. Molly and Jake...
13) The friend zone
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Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Kristen Peterson doesn't do drama, will fight to the death for her friends, and has no room in her life for guys who just don't get her. She's also keeping a big secret: facing a medically necessary procedure that will make it impossible for her to have children. Planning her best friend's wedding is bittersweet for Kristen--especially when she meets the best man, Josh Copeland. He's funny, sexy, never offended by her mile-wide streak of sarcasm...
14) The surrogate
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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
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...
15) Trying
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Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A searingly honest comedy about what to expect when you're not expecting. Olivia and Felix are trying for a baby. They even moved to the suburbs in anticipation of their future family. But despite approaching her cycle and their sex life with military precision, there's still no sign of what felt like the sure next step, whilst friends' broods seem to be growing by the week. Meanwhile, vying for a promotion at work under the (very attentive) watch...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Gail and Jon Durbin moved to the Chicago suburbs to set up house as soon as Gail got pregnant. But then she miscarried -- once, twice, three times. Determined to expand their family, the Durbins turn to adoption. When several adoptions fall through, Gail's desire for a child overwhelms her. Carli is a pregnant teenager from a blue-collar town nearby, with dreams of going to college and getting out of her mother's home. When she makes the gut-wrenching...
17) Outlawed
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The Crucible meets True Grit in this riveting adventure story of a fugitive girl, a mysterious gang of robbers, and their dangerous mission to transform the Wild West. In the year of our Lord 1894, I became an outlaw. The day of her wedding, 17 year old Ada's life looks good; she loves her husband, and she loves working as an apprentice to her mother, a respected midwife. But after a year of marriage and no pregnancy, in a town where barren women...
18) Blue hour
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Publisher
Soft Skull
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Our narrator is a gifted photographer, an uncertain wife, an infertile mother, a biracial woman in an unraveling America. As she grapples with a lifetime of ambivalence about motherhood, yet another act of police brutality makes headlines, and this time the victim is Noah, a boy in her photography class. Unmoored by the grief of a recent devastating miscarriage and Noah's fight for his life, she worries she can no longer chase the hope of having...
Author
Publisher
Scribe Publications
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When Conrad and Joanne are finally ready to have kids, they find themselves on a difficult, expensive IVF journey. Each 'successful' implantation is followed by a two-week wait to see if the pregnancy takes. Join them, their friends, their family, and a stream of expert medical practitioners as they experience the highs and the lows, the tears and the laughter, in this sensitive but unflinching portrayal of the hope and heartbreak offered to so many...
20) Gallinas
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Publisher
Libros del Asteroide
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Description
"En una casa cualquiera de un sencillo pueblo de Minnesota, una mujer joven se esfuerza por cuidar y mantener con vida a sus cuatro gallinas. A lo largo de un año, durante el brutal invierno y el sofocante verano, velará por su improvisado gallinero y se enfrentará a tornados y depredadores, a la mala suerte y a la incertidumbre de un futuro que no se parece en nada al que soñaba. A través de sus relaciones con su enérgica madre, su mejor amiga...
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