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Another Freida that did not disappoint…even though this one didn‘t have a huge twist as her other books, it was still a great fast-paced thrilling read to me😱🩷

September 6, 2025 I would give this book 5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. The book, as usual, was put down maybe twice, or three times. However, when I picked it up the fourth time, I actually continued to read because the pages would go by fast. After halfway, the story sped up and@more was revealed.

September 6, 2025 Welp, good news is that Abby and Sam are alive. Monica shot herself because she knew that Abby had won. As a result, in the end, Abby and Sam were able to keep the baby. The baby that was delivered safely in the NICU. The baby was named David: very small, beautiful, and looked a lot like Sam.
Abby was very happy to have finally called herself a parent because she and Sam were waiting to have a kid of their own.

September 6, 2025 Almost done with the book!!!! Abby is being questioned for murder. Is Abby really a murderer? Did she KILL Denise Holt?? Or did Monica frame Abby for killing Denise Holt because she knew too much??? Now Abby and Sam are heading home from the police station when Abby spots Chelsea - Monica's roommate. Although when the talk, she finds out that Monica paid her $200 to say that she was her roommate: FALSE. Monica deceived Abby

September 6, 2025 On page 213 and have reached Chapter 30. Abby met with Gertie who was a co-worker of hers because she wanted to show her a picture of Monica, who may have been the one to push her down the stairs from behind her back. Gertie is retired now - thank goodness. Suddenly, Denise Holt calls to meet with Abby. Once Abby agrees to meet with Denise, she finds that Denise is dead inside her office - no response! Who killed Denise Holt?

September 2, 2025 Page 134 Now it seems as though Monica is acting sneaky and beginning to behave strangely. Especially around Abby. She told Abby that she would help her out by having her child but now she is making it look like it is her and Sam's child. Abby is pissed with Monica because lately she has been wearing makeup, showing cleavege, and dressing seductively around Sam. Even giving Sam a nickname of Sammy! Like WHAT and WHEN???

September 1, 2025 I have made it halfway through the book which means I am on page 107. Or close to it. Abby's husband decided to agree to Monica being the sureogate for their child, although Monica being 23 years old seems to be wanting more than the child. Now that she is pregnant with their kid, Monicas' egg but Sam's sperm, Abby is wondering whether Monica has feelings for Sam. Sam is handsome after all...

September 1, 2025 HAPPY LABOR DAY! Happy Labor Day to all those who work: doctors, nurses, teachers, etc everyday to keep our world as positive as can be! Thank you for your hard work and dedication to your job and motivation to make the world a safer and healthier place. Anyway, I am on page 46 and Abby wants to have a baby. Problem is that she cannot because she is defective. She shares the idea with her husband about getting a surrogate.

This was not my favorite book of Freida‘s. I thought most of the early part of the book was very juvenile but as I got deeper into it- I couldn‘t put it down. Definitely a good ending but the first part was tough to plow thru.

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.

But it turns out Monica isn't who she says she is. The woman now carrying Abby's child has an unspeakable secret.

August 23, 2025 Omg 😁 Who is surprised that I went to Target today and got this book ^^^!!! Words cannot express how excited I am to have it in my possession and for it to finally be out in stores. I was trying so hard to find it and I almost gave up because I didnt see it in the book section where her other books were located and when I was on my way to the checkout line, I SNAGGED A COPY hehehe

This was the first time I thought I had it figured out from the start… I was close but also wrong 😅

Freida McFadden didn‘t disappoint with this novel. There were so many twists I wasn‘t sure how it would end. Sam and Abby have been married for years and have been unsuccessful in having a baby. Monica, Abby‘s assistant volunteers to be a surrogate for them. Lots of things go wrong, of course. The characters were wrapped up some I liked and others were not good humans. 4/5

I almost always find McFadden's books to be well developed with a complete out of left field twist at the end. This time around I came away somewhat disappointed. The story stressed me out something fierce, which isn't neceoa bad thing, but I want it to all come together in the end. And with this #audiobook, I didn't even like the ending. Some of the twist I was down for; however, the actual ending itself seemed contrived and irritating. 3.5 ⭐

This was a quick listen! The narrator did a great job! It has the typical twists & turns you come to expect from McFadden. I didn‘t really know what to expect until right before the epilogue. Monica offers to be a surrogate for Abby Adler & her husband but what are her true intentions? I‘d recommend if you have liked McFadden‘s other thrillers!

This was so bad it was good. It's exactly like those Lifetime movies where everyone is crazy and there's a lot of screaming and accusations getting thrown around. Just look at the cover. Maybe it actually is a Lifetime movie.
If you need a very easy book to read at the end of those days that your brain is fried, this fits the bill. Entertaining and not very long. Not my fav of Frieda McFadden's but I'll give it 4 stars.

Another belter from Freida! Packed with twists and turns. I loved it!

This was so good. Abby and Sam wants to have a baby but they cant. So they using a surrogate mother but is she who she says she really is. Find out in this book with all the twist and turns.

Eating some nerd clusters while i read. These things are like really sweet.

Starting this one now. Hopefully i can finish it tomorrow. I love Friedas books and normally can finish them in like two days.

Loved it! Abby and Sam have infertility issues and after a failed adoption, Abby‘s assistant Monica volunteers to be their surrogate. But Monica has ulterior motives no one saw coming. This one reads like a movie and I couldn‘t put it down until I figured out how it was going to end! I actually felt my heart thumping a few times!

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Abby really wants a baby 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.

Reading another Freida McFadden book and my sweet baby girl is right beside my side. She loves to cuddle while I‘m reading ♥️ #8 of 2023

I had this one figured almost all the way out on who was behind it all, but just still off a little! Still a super good read, Freida never disappoints!