The Surrogate Mother

Abby wants a child more than anything, but after years of failed fertility treatments and adoptions that fell through, motherhood feels permanently out of reach, until her personal assistant, Monica, makes an astonishing offer: she'll carry a baby for Abby and her husband. It seems like the miracle Abby has prayed for. But once the pregnancy is underway, small things start to feel wrong, and Abby slowly realizes that Monica is not the person she pretended to be. The woman now carrying Abby's child is hiding something monstrous, and she will stop at nothing to get what she wants. From Freida McFadden, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid, comes a twisty, breakneck psychological thriller that turns the dream of motherhood into a waking nightmare. Clever, claustrophobic, and packed with the reversals McFadden's fans devour in a single sitting. Available now at Spindle & Spine Bookstore.