Seize the Day

Erin McAvoy is thriving-or at least, she'd like to think so. A connoisseur of tacos, snarky T-shirts, and Pinterest projects, she spends her days caring for the incredible animals at one of the country's top zoos. Life is good... except for the life-changing secret she keeps tucked away: a DNA test has revealed she's at high risk for breast and ovarian cancer. Ignoring it might be easier, but time isn't on her side-if Erin wants a chance to have a baby, she has to act now.The only constant guy in her life is Barry-a sloth (yes, the animal, not the personality type)-but unfortunately, he's not much help when it comes to starting a family. Navigating her options is tricky, especially since she grew up in a conservative household where unconventional solutions weren't exactly encouraged. And don't even get her started on the nightmare of online dating.Enter Xander Barnes, a co-worker who's either her greatest annoyance or her greatest ally-possibly both. When Xander suggests a daring plan to help Erin get the baby she dreams of, it might just be her best shot at motherhood. Her family may not approve, and the path ahead is anything but simple, but Erin's ready to leap into the unknown.Because if a leopard can change its spots, so can she. And who knows? Along with a baby, she might just find the love-and the tacos-she's been craving all along. Telling stories of resilient women, Kathryn R. Biel hails from Upstate New York where her most important role is being mom and wife to an incredibly understanding family who don't mind fetching coffee and living in a dusty house. In addition to being Chief Home Officer and Director of Child Development of the Biel household, she works as a school-based physical therapist. She attended Boston University and received her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from The Sage Colleges. After years of writing countless letters of medical necessity for wheelchairs, finding increasingly creative ways to encourage insurance companies to fund her client's needs, and writing entertaining annual Christmas letters, she decided to take a shot at writing the kind of novel that she likes to read. Kathryn is the author of ten women's fiction, romantic comedy, contemporary romance, and chick lit works, including Live for This and Made for Me. Please follow Kathryn on her website, www.kathrynrbiel.com and sign up for her newsletter at bit.ly/KRBNews.