Poisoned Pen Press The Surrogate Mother.

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Abby wants a baby more than anything.But after years of failed infertility treatments and adoptions that have fallen through, it seems like motherhood is not in her future. That is, until her personal assistant Monica makes a generous offer that will make all of Abby's dreams come true.Or all of her nightmares.Because it turns out Monica isn't who she says she is. The woman now carrying Abby's child has dark, twisted secrets.And she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.

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by Freida McFadden (Author), Unknown Author (Author)

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1464228604

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The Surrogate Mother is a superb Freida McFadden thriller. I was introduced to Freida McFadden's books a year ago by my son’s wife, who loves McFadden’s books, and I've been hooked on them ever since. I did not read the books in the chronological publication order, and this did not affect my enjoyment. Each stands alone. I read all of the more than twenty books during this time and enjoyed each of them. Each was so gripping, so interesting, and suspenseful that I couldn't put them down until I finished them. As a result, I read each in a single day. I also read other books during this period, such as Tarzan books by Burroughs and thrillers by Stephen King, which I also liked. All are great. But only McFadden books were impossible to put down; each day I read them, I couldn't put them down.In the Preface of "The Surrogate Mother," we read how our protagonist tells us that someone was murdered and everyone, including her husband, the police, her best friend, and her lawyer, is convinced she killed the person. Her lawyer advises her to plead guilty, assuring her that she will only receive a fifteen-year sentence. If she goes to trial, she will, without any doubt, be found guilty and be sentenced to life in prison without parole. She refuses, saying she is innocent. This Preface grabs our interest, and we are drawn to find out what happened. We are then told what occurred a year earlier and learn that she is unable to bear a child and decides against her husband’s advice to allow her assistant at work, who looks like her but is a decade younger than her, to have her husband’s sperm placed in her, become pregnant, and give the child to her and her husband. But many things go wrong.The book is filled with interesting people. We discover that some seemingly innocent people are evil, and seemingly evil and unkind people are good. There are red herrings, twists and turns, inexplicable events, and surprise endings.It is a delight.