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Title: The Surrogate
Author: Penelope Ward
Genre: Standalone Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Age Gap/Widower/Found Family
Forbidden/Enemies to Friends to Lovers
Release Date: February 26, 2024
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From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a new, STANDALONE novel…
ABBY:
I’m falling for the father of the baby I’m carrying.
The problem is: it’s not my baby.
And the broody widower is not looking for a long-term partner.
As a surrogate, the deal was that I’d only be in England long enough to give birth.
At first, the man seemed as pretentious as his name: Sigmund Benedictus.
He and I butted heads.
Sig challenged my intentions, accused me of just wanting to do this for the money.
Gradually, he learned to trust me.
He even became protective.
Over time, our heated animosity turned into fiery chemistry.
I was falling in love with him.
But my time here had a limit.
I needed to protect my heart from the devastatingly gorgeous older man
who’d end up breaking it.
SIG:
When my in-laws told me they wanted to use my dead wife’s eggs to conceive a grandchild,
I wasn’t immediately on board.
They swore that on her deathbed Britney told them it was what she wanted—but only
if I fathered the baby. Her parents insisted they would be the ones to raise it.
Against my better judgment, I agreed.
I vowed to keep my heart out of it, though.
I’d continue to pretend it wasn’t happening and live the empty, single life
I’d become accustomed to the past five years since Britney died.
And despite the fact that a certain younger American named
Abby Knickerbocker had awakened things inside me that I thought were long dead…
I most certainly wouldn’t fall in love with the surrogate.
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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT:
AGE GAP
WIDOWER
BRITISH HERO
FOUND FAMILY
SLOW BURN
FORBIDDEN
ENEMIES-TO-FRIENDS-TO-LOVERS
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Lisa Kane's 4 Star Review!
Sigmund first appeared as a secondary character in The Aristocrat. You don't need to read that book first, but it does enrich the back story if you do. He was a player at that time, until he met the love of his life. Sig was married for a short period but lost his wife to cancer early in their marriage.He has been unable to move on, other then his cousin Leo and his wife Felicity, his world revolves around work. There is an elderly woman whom he is close to, named Lavinia, and she reminds him that he needs to join the world of the living.
His in-laws, Kate and Phil, have proposed to him that it's time to use one of Britney's eggs. They would like to honor her request to have the child she wished for and to raise it. If Sig was willing to be the father, that would be even better, but that is up to him. They have a surrogate in mind, Abby Knickerbocker, the daughter of a friend of theirs. She is aware of the situation and wants to help. Her own life has been in a state of flux the last few years, having lost her mother, her fiance and the family's business. She can either brood about it for the next year, or make the next year really count for something.
Sig is not keen on this idea, in fact he is pretty emphatic that he is no where near to being ready for this kind of change. His first few meetings with Abby are not ideal and the two are a bottle full of oil and vinegar. But Abby does make Sig think about a lot of things in his life and he decides maybe this idea could work out.
From the time Abby moves to London to prepare for the insemination and eventual pregnancy there is plenty of Abby/Sig moments. This is such an intimate step both are taking and emotions run high. Of course, there are a few dramatic moments that plummet your stomach but there are an equal amount of sweet, makes one teary moments to balance out the angst.
The Surrogate is a solid read, with fully developed characters. Getting updates on Leo and Felicity is no hardship either.
