Used book – The Fruit of Our Oaths, Terese Ramin, Isabel Wolff-Perry

Out of friendship and affection, Hallie would have done anything for Mary - even conceive a baby. And she did. But when Mary died, long before the little one was born, Hallie had only herself to rely on: Joe, the father, her friend's husband, grief-stricken - and cowardly? - disappeared without even bothering to ask if Hallie was pregnant. She found herself alone, with the little being growing inside her. So today, facing Joe who returns to confront the past, she feels like a tigress. He will never have Moira, never! For nothing in the world would she let her baby be stolen! But on the other hand, what mother worthy of the name would deliberately deprive a child of their father? Faced with doubt and indignation, Hallie doesn't know how to greet Joe...