Baby Wanted: No Strings Attached Pretty widow Lily Gerard decided it was time. Time to become a mother. Problem was, Lily swore she'd never marry again; after all, the Gerard women were all jinxed—as far as husbands were concerned. Now she was looking for a donor—and sexy Eric Mitchell would suit just fine! A donor? A baby? The nerve! Divorce attorney Eric Mitchell couldn't believe it! How could Lily convince him to do such a thing? Besides, when it came down to baby makin', test tubes weren't Eric's idea of a good times. He liked it the old-fashioned way. Worse, one look at sweet, stunning Lily and he knew this arrangement would definitely get him into trouble….

After safely guideing the husband and wife to the meadowlands, pathfinder McKay McDaniel enters the forest to return to his home when he hears a cry for help. He knows it is dangerous to leave the path, but there is something familiar about the faint cry he hears coming from deep within the forest. He then does something a pathfinder never does. McKay McDaniel leaves the path and follows the cry for help, deep into the very nest of the Natrass!

The book, which takes place in late 19th century New York City, tells the story of Basil March, who finds himself in the middle of a dispute between his employer, a self-made millionaire named Dryfoos, and his old German teacher, an advocate for workers' rights named Lindau. The main character of the novel, Basil March, provides the main perspective throughout the novel. He resides in Boston with his wife and children until he is persuaded by his idealistic friend Fulkerson to move to New York to help him start a new magazine, where the writers benefit in a primitive form of profit sharing. Considered by to be author's best work, the book is also considered to be the first novel to portray New York City. In this novel, Howells primarily deals with issues of post-war "Gilded Age" America, like labor disputes, the rise of the self-made millionaire, the growth of urban America, the influx of immigrants, and other industrial-era problems. Also, Howells here portrays a variety of people from different backgrounds. The book was well-received for its portrayal of social injustice. _x000D_ William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author, literary critic, and playwright. He was the first American author to bring a realist aesthetic to the literature of the United States. His stories of Boston upper crust life set in the 1850s are highly regarded among scholars of American fiction.

"Containing cases decided by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania." (varies)

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