There was a time when Ali Gutierrez would have been forced to give up her dreams of motherhood. But thanks to modern reproductive technology—and the gift of her best friend’s eggs—Ali is now the mother of fourteen-year-old Letty. 

 Now, yearning for a second child, Ali asks her best friend’s permission to use another of the frozen embryos that have been stored away, awaiting this decision. But Cora has a secret that could not only change Ali’s plans for the future, but tear apart her life right now….

In this thoughtful, complex novel, Kristy Kiernan shows us two women struggling with life-changing decisions—and explores both timely moral issues and timeless truths about the definition of family. 

Kristy Kiernan is the author of Catching Genius, a novel about two sisters whose lives are altered when one is discovered to be profoundly gifted. Catching Genius was an Ingram's Book Club selection and has received praise from authors such as Sarah Gruen and Lorna Landvik. Kiernan attended several gifted programs as a child, from which she drew her ideas for Catching Genius. She lives in Florida with her husband and dog. Kiernan also blogs with the Debutante Ball, a team blog of new novelists. Her book, Matters of Faith, was published in 2008 and received the Florida Book Awards Bronze Medal. "Between Friends" is her third novel.