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Books in The Bridge Daughter Cycle series

  • Bridge Daughter

    Jim Nelson

    (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, May 22, 2016)
    Hanna thinks her thirteenth birthday will be no different than the one before—until her mother explains the facts of life. Hanna is a “bridge daughter” born pregnant with her parents’ child. In a few months she will give birth and die, leaving her parents with their true daughter.A mature bookworm who dreams of college and career, Hanna is determined to overcome her biological fate. Then Hanna learns of an illegal procedure that will allow her to live to adulthood…at the cost of the child’s life.
  • Stranger Son: Book Three of the Bridge Daughter Cycle

    Jim Nelson

    (Independently published, April 15, 2020)
    The Bridge Daughter Cycle continues with STRANGER SON. Now a grown woman, Ruby Driscoll lives by her wits on the street while her mother languishes in prison. A tip from a familiar name sends Ruby digging through her family's deepest secrets while seeking out her long-lost younger brother. Her journey leads to the heart of Jefferson, America's newest and fifty-first state. Ruby must reunite her family while avoiding authorities, hiding her true nature—and staying alive.
  • Hagar's Mother

    Jim Nelson

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Nov. 15, 2017)
    Single mother Hanna Driscoll struggles to raise her “bridge daughters,” twins born pregnant with Hanna’s children. In six weeks the girls will give birth and die, leaving Hanna with two infants to raise.Then Hanna’s busy life is shaken when an activist threatens to rescue her daughters from their fate and kill the children they bear.A thriller of twists and turns, Hanna faces challenges from all sides to protect her infants-to-be…only to discover she too questions the mortality of her bridge daughters.