Flora 717 is a sanitation worker, a member of the lowest caste in her orchard hive where work and sacrifice are the highest virtues and worship of the beloved Queen the only religion. But Flora is not like other bees. With circumstances threatening the hive's survival, her curiosity is regarded as a dangerous flaw but her courage and strength are an asset. She is allowed to feed the newborns in the royal nursery and then to become a forager, flying...

"Claire Abrams's dreams became a nightmare when she passed on a genetic mutation that killed her little boy. Now she wants a second chance to be a mother, and finds it in Robert Nash, a maverick fertility doctor who works under the radar with Jillian Hendricks, a cunning young scientist bent on making her mark--and seducing her boss. Claire, Robert, and Jillian work together to create the world's first baby with three genetic parents--an unprecedented...

"A terrifically imaginative novel set in a near future Chicago during a fertility crisis. Carter Quinn, a young veteran, returns home to discover his older sister miraculously pregnant --and beloved youngest sister Gardner missing under worrying circumstances"--

When Diana quit her job and followed her husband to Manila--one of the noisiest, most crowded cities in the world--she believed the move would work for both of them: Jay would finally have his dream job, and she would take time off from her accounting career to start a family. Four years later, however, Diana's still not pregnant. So when her fertility doctor advises her to relax, and it becomes clear that doing so in Manila is not possible, she convinces...

"Corinne’s life might look perfect on the outside, but after three failed IVF attempts it’s her last chance to have a baby. And when she finds a tiny part of a doll house outside her flat, it feels as if it’s a sign. But as more pieces begin to turn up, Corinne realises that they are far too familiar. Someone knows about the miniature rocking horse and the little doll with its red velvet dress. Someone has been inside her house. How does the...

"Adjoa lives with her parents in a small village in West Africa.... She tells the story of how she was born. Her mother had difficulty getting pregnant so she sought help in the form of a magic doll called Akua'ba. She treated the doll like a human baby, carrying it on her back and covering it with kisses. Months went by and finally the woman's belly began to grow!" --from back of book.

An epidemic of male sterility sweeps the Boston area and a husband-and-wife team of doctors discover the cause to be a new chemical. Then the company manufacturing the chemical hires a killer.