The Mark on Her Back

Dana had always been a practical woman. A kindergarten teacher, a mother to six-year-old Oliver, and the twin sister of Ryan, she was used to accepting life as it came. So when Ryan and his wife, Melissa, asked her to become their surrogate after years of unsuccessful attempts to have a child, Dana said yes. She knew the pregnancy would be difficult, but she also knew what Ryan had meant to her all her life. He had always shown up when she needed him. This was her chance to show up for him…CONTINUE READING

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