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"Tech millionaire Miles Cookson has more money than he can ever spend, and everything he could dream of--except time. He has recently been diagnosed with a terminal illness, and there is a fifty percent chance that it can be passed on to the next generation. For Miles, this means taking a long hard look at his past ... Two decades ago, a young, struggling Miles was a sperm donor. Somewhere out there, he has kids--nine of them. And they might be about...
2) Most wanted
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"Lisa Scottoline delivers another searing, powerful blockbuster novel that explores hot-button issues within the framework of an intricately plotted thriller. When a woman and her husband, desperate for a baby, find themselves unable to conceive, they decide to take further steps. Since it is the husband who is infertile, the heroine decides to use a donor. And all seems to be well. Three months pass and she is happily pregnant. But a shocking revelation...
3) Salt River
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Doc Ford novels volume 26
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"Marine biologist and former government agent Doc Ford is sure he's beyond the point of being surprised by his longtime pal Tomlinson's madcap tales of his misspent youth. But he's stunned anew when avowed bachelor Tomlinson reveals that as a younger man strapped for cash, he'd unwittingly fathered multiple children via for-profit sperm bank donations. Thanks to genealogy websites, Tomlinson's now-grown offspring have tracked him down, seeking answers...
4) Delivery man
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The story of friendly underachiever David Wozniak, whose ordinary life gets twisted in a knot when he finds out that he has fathered 533 children via sperm donations he made twenty years earlier.
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"In this unputdownable story of nature, nurture, and coming to terms with one's true inheritance, the author, introducing her deeply dysfunctional yet fiercely loving family that is anything but "normal," reveals how a colorful cast of characters were thrown together by chance and DNA. For most of her life, Chrysta Bilton was part of a small, if dysfunctional, family of three. When Chrysta and her sister learn as young adults that their father donated...
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"Olivia Bender designs exquisite home interiors that satisfy the most demanding clients. But her own deepest desire can't be fulfilled by marble counters or the perfect rug. She desperately wants to be a mother. Fertility treatments and IVF keep failing. And just when she feels she's at her lowest point, the police deliver shocking news to Olivia and her husband, Park. DNA results show that the prime suspect in a murder investigation is Park's son....
8) Delivery man
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The story of friendly underachiever David Wozniak, whose ordinary life gets twisted in a knot when he finds out that he has fathered 533 children via sperm donations he made twenty years earlier.
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"Ava Dove--the sixth of the seven famed Dove sisters and owner of Ava Dove's Landscaping and Specialty Teas--is frantic. Just as her fabulous new tearoom is about to open, her herbal teas have gone wonky. Suddenly, her sleep-inducing tea is startling her clients awake with vivid dreams, her romance-kindling tea is causing people to blurt out their darkest secrets, and her anti-anxiety tea is making them spend hours staring into mirrors. Ava is desperate...
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"Quinn never expected that her best friend's courageous decision to be a single mother by choice would end up transforming her own life in this poignant novel from USA Today bestselling author Robin Wells. When Quinn Langston's best friend unexpectedly passes away, Quinn knows she'll do anything to protect Brooke's three-year-old daughter Lily and her grandmother Margaret. Not only is Quinn the little girl's godmother, but they are the family she...
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Avoiding relationships to protect her sensitive heart, plus-sized Molly supports her once-cynical twin, Cassie, when the latter has her own bout of lovesickness, a situation that is complicated by sibling dynamics and an unexpected romantic triangle.
12) Czekam na ciebie
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"Najbardziej na świecie pragnęła zostać matką. A teraz boi się, że ojcem jej wymarzonego dziecka jest seryjny morderca. Christine Nilsson i jej mąż Marcus nie mogą mieć dzieci. Spośród różnych możliwości decydują się na bank spermy. Gdy Christine zachodzi w wymarzoną ciążę, pewnego dnia w wiadomościach rozpoznaje dawcę, którego pamięta ze zdjęć. Niejaki Zachary Jeffcoat został oskarżony o zabójstwo trzech pielęgniarek....
13) After the peace
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Spoils of war volume 2
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How many parents does it take to make a baby? In the case of Rosalind Melrose Smithson it took four: one birth mother; one legal father; one interfering neighbour and one turkey baster filled with the defrosted essence of an anonymous donor. 0Or not so anonymous as it turned out. For donor no. 116349, '6ft 1in, blue eyes, blond hair, BA (Oxon), action man, aristocrat' is the ninth Earl of Dilberne, who gave his seed back in 1979 as a stripling of...
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Calliope Silversmith has never wanted anything more than her best friends Ginger and Noah, her moms, their house in the woods, and their family-run yoga studio-- except maybe knowing who her sperm donor is. When Max and his family move into the sad old house across the woods from Calliope, she realizes it's nice to get to know someone new. The stability of her longtime trio wavers as she and Max start to spend more and more time together. When Calliope...
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"Nothing will change how much Colt Dawson loves his baby boy. Not even the shocking news his deceased wife lied about Ryder's paternity. But confronting Ava Guthrie about his ex's sperm-donor scheme doesn't go as planned. For starters, Ava needs his help rescuing her alpaca farm. And second, she's everything his late wife wasn't. Genuine. Kind. Utterly captivating. Will Ava heal Colt's betrayed heart in time for a Wyoming family Christmas?" --
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"A baby drove them apart. Can a baby bring them together? Divorced after a heartbreaking tragedy, Mallory Harris is determined to have a family. Even as a single mother by choice with a baby conceived through artificial insemination. When her ex-husband, Braden, learns of her plan, he offers to be the donor. Mallory is touched...and reluctant. She needs to move on from Braden. But how can she say no to the only man she has ever loved?" -- page [4]...
17) Tierra madre
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Based on the true story of Aidee González, a mother determined to raise her children with her partner in the Mexican border town of Tecate. Aidee works as an exotic dancer providing for her family. One day her partner shares her desire to have a child of her own, and convinces Aidee to go on the hunt for a conceiver for a child.
18) The other F-word
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"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...
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A mom, a dad, a baby...and another dad. Laurie and Alan are expecting, again. After two miscarriages, Laurie was afraid they'd never be able to have a child. Now she's cautiously optimistic - the fertility treatment worked, and things seem to be different this time around. But she doesn't yet know how different. Jack can't seem to catch a break - his parents are on his case about graduating from college, he's somehow dating two girls at once, and...