title: When You Least Expect It: A Novel
author:  Whitney Gaskell 
description: When You Least Expect ItWhitney Gaskell. Bantam, $15 paper (336p) ISBN 978-0-553-38627-1A 30-something science fiction writer and his photographer wife endure the rigors of adoption in Gaskell's latest easy-gaited look at contemporary women's lives (after <i>Mommy Tracked</i>). Following more fertility treatments than they can afford, India and Jeremy Halloway plunge into the treacherous process of adoption. Through an attorney, the couple meet Lainey Walker, a manicurist who hopes to find fame on reality TV once she deals with her inconvenient pregnancy. After she moves into the Halloways' guest house, an uneasy friendship ensues, while India and Jeremy juggle finances, their relationship, helpful friends, and sometimes less-than-helpful relatives. Gaskell walks her likably vanilla characters through the required emotional paces, and while the story won't win an award for originality, it's competently done and appropriately affirmative. <i>(July)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  “Gaskell’s novel depicts the fear and heartbreak that accompanies infertility
  with an emotional adeptness that few other authors could produce.”
  
  —Night Owl Reviews
  
  “ _When You Least Expect It_ is a book once you start, you will not put down
  until the last page is read.”
  
  —Me, My Book, and the Couch
  
  “Competently done and appropriately affirmative.”
  
  — _Publishers Weekly_
  
  “ _When You Least Expect It_ is clever, poignant, and refreshing. The crisp
  writing, smart voice, and strong dialogue make it a fast-paced, engrossing
  read. Gaskell’s latest is hard to put down!”
  
  —Jane Porter, author of _Easy on the Eyes_
  
  “With her signature wit, charm, and irresistible voice, Whitney Gaskell knocks
  it out of the park with this emotional powerhouse of a novel about—above all
  things—hope.”
  
  —Melissa Senate, author of _The Secret of Joy_
  
  “Whitney Gaskell has so much talent it makes me want to throw myself thro