Infertility

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Sean O'Reilly had become so close to his colleague and friend Maggie Sullivan that he was beginning to imagine their friendship could lead to more. Only now, bizarrely, she's backed off—and, even more strangely, she's started looking for love on the Internet! Well, if he can't beat them, he'll have to join them….

Maggie can't let herself get close to Sean. Not now. Not when she's discovered something that will break all his dreams of happy-ever-after. But she has no idea how much she has hurt Sean—nor how much she has just fueled his determination to make her his…by any means necessary!        

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Favourite Scene: (sexual tension builds here, he teases her with questions about what she'd "mind" happening if it were THEM kissing goodnight)  

"Would you mind if I kissed you Maggie?"
Her eyes shot up to meet his.
"Would you mind if I undressed you a little, Maggie?"
She swallowed hard.
"Would you mind if I took you to bed, Maggie?"  He blinked down at her, his dark eyes getting darker.  "Or maybe you wouldn't mind if we just made love right here, Maggie?" 
"Stop it."  The words just tumbled out on a shaky breath.     

Marriage, Manhattan Style by Barbara Dunlop, Desire, #1897, October 2008 (book 4- Park Avenue Scandals)

Excellence Rating- Very Good

Steaminess Rating- Yummy (*)

On the outside it seemed that Elizabeth Wellington had it all. A sexy billionaire husband, a Park Avenue penthouse, loads and load of money, but her husband Reed Wellington III put the corporation first, the business community second, the extended Wellington family third. Their marriage was somewhere down the list. And to add some more stress to their marriage, they have been trying to have a child for 5 years. And now to add even more stress to his life he's being accused of insider trading, a murder in the building may have occurred and he's being blackmail. But he doesn't want to cause Elizabeth any undo stress, so he doesn't tell her. But she becomes suspicious when she catches him in lies or secret meetings with a PI who happens to be female. Could their marriage be falling apart?

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Having the boss’s baby?

Lianne O'Mallory is longing to have a baby, but time is running out! She's even created a secret wish list of her perfect man, but after a string of dating disasters, that list ends up in the bin….

Only to be discovered by her sexy boss! Tray Elliott can't work out why his beautiful, intelligent colleague would need to put together such a list, but it intrigues him. A man like him would never admit his own secret desire for a family—but this boss has a pregnancy proposal that Lianne might not be able to resist….   

Spoiler Warning: All my reviews contain spoilers 

Favourite Scene: (I like the hero's attitude to having a child because they mutually want one (in this case they aren't in love), it's smart and very nice of him to want this binding tie)

"For what it's worth, I think you'll make a terrific mother.  And I want to be a part of any child we have from beginning to end.  A legal, binding, no-getting-out-of-it connection that everyone in the world will recognize and acknowledge." 

His Expectant Ex by Catherine Mann, Desire, #1895, September 2008 (book 2- The Landis Brothers)

After years of trying to have a baby after she lost their first one, Sebastian and Marianna Landis adopted. But after 4 months the birth mother changed her mind. After the little girl was taken from them their marriage fell apart. Now minutes after their divorce is final, Sebastian finds out Marianna is pregnant. Even though she had taken a home pregnancy test she still went through with the divorce because the problems they had still existed. Can they overcome those problems?

Alex seeks to marry Olivia to get his family to let up on the pressure for him to marry and provide and heir to continue the family bloodlines.

A good story that shows happiness can come in many different forms.

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He must marry or lose control of his empire. But no ordinary wife would do for Australian tycoon Alex Valente. Emotional entanglements were to be avoided; physical attraction was essential.

Struggling designer Olivia Cannington certainly fit both of his requirements… most especially the latter. And she was in such desperate need of his funds, perhaps the beauty would even agree to the second part of his marriage ultimatum: give Valente an heir…within a year.
 

Spoiler Warning: All my reviews contain spoilers 

Favourite Scene:  (I always love a scene where, even when angry, the hero makes sure the heroine sleeps beside him)

And then her heart sank just as quickly when she remembered how fast he’d turned away. Angry, she got out of bed and made for the spare bedroom, where she tossed and turned some more. She must have fallen asleep eventually, for she awoke as the bedside lamp was turned on.

She groaned and pulled the blanket up over her head. “Turn the light off, Alex.”

He didn’t answer.

Suddenly the blankets were thrown back and she was being scooped up in his arms. Her eyes flew open. “Alex?”

A pulse leaped along the hard line of his jaw. “You’re my wife. You sleep beside me.”

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Manhattan millionaire Max Rolland didn't do relationships…until his one-night stand turned up pregnant. Blue-blooded Julia Prentice may have been a lamb by day, but she'd been a lion in the bedroom. And when the expectant socialite showed up on his doorstep, Max knew the baby couldn't be his. But he offered marriage anyway.

For one year. He'd get his heir and a sexy bedmate. But before the prenup ink was dry, Max was wondering if he'd want more from Julia than just a business deal.… 

Spoiler Warning: All my reviews contain spoilers 

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Staring up at the ceiling, she said, disbelief coloring her tone, “I went right back to bed with him. It’s like he can hypnotize me or something.”

“Lucky you,” Amanda said.

“Lucky?” Julia shook her head. “It’s like an out-of-body experience or something, except I’m right there in my body. I just don’t have control over it anymore.” She slapped one hand over her eyes. “For pity’s sake, we didn’t even use a condom. Again.”

“A little late to be worrying about protection, don’t you think?”

“I’m not thinking. That’s the solid truth. It’s like my brain shuts down when he touches me. I don’t understand this at all.”

“Why try to understand it?” Amanda said on an envious sigh. “Just enjoy it.”

“You’re not helping.” Julia turned her head to glare at her best friend, seated cross-legged on the love seat opposite her.

“What do you want me to say?” Amanda laughed and dipped her spoon into the pint of chocolate-chip ice cream. “Oooh. Bad Julia. Having sex. Shame.”

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Lana Whittaker had been clueless about her husband's affair. Until his tragic death— leaving his mistress clinging to life, their unborn child's future hanging in the balance. And the most shocking: Lana was left penniless, homeless and the guardian of the baby. So when a stranger, a darkly handsome millionaire businessman, offered help, she had to accept. Raffaele Rossellini blamed Lana, that ice-cold blonde, for the loss of his beloved sister. But he'd see to it that she lost, too—everything she held dear. Including the man she'd come to love—himself. 

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Dervla is a dedicated, warm-hearted nurse who considers herself something of a plain Jane. She met gorgeous Italian Gianfranco while nursing his badly injured son after a terrorist bombing. From the start their passion was intense and Gianfranco wanted her enough to propose marriage with one proviso: no babies. Dervla accepted knowing she could never conceive, but after a year of marriage she craves a baby and wants to try a new IVF treatment. That is where the story begins.

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For Sicilian billionaire Cesare Gambrelli, the death of his sister was the fault of reckless Simon Ingram. The feud between the two families could only be settled by vengeance!

It was Ingram's sister Robin who would pay the price. Cesare's plan of revenge demanded marriage and motherhood. It was the last part Cesare savored—with passionate pleasure….  

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Cesare glared at her frustratedly for several long seconds before leaning forward across the table to easily hold her startled gaze with his. ‘Perhaps I should warn you that at this moment this tabletop is looking very tempting as a place to make love to you!’ he hissed between gritted teeth.