
The Surrogate Mother
The UK No. 1 Bestseller! A Suspenseful Psychological Thriller from the Author of The Housemaid Books
Freida McFadden(Author)
Poisoned Pen Press
Published on 19. September 2025
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-4642-4748-4 (ISBN)
Description
She was promised a miracle. She got more than she bargained for.
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 to serve as a surrogate. It's an offer that will make all of Abby's dreams come true.
But soon, strange things start happening. And it turns out Monica isn't who she says she is. The woman now carrying Abby's child has an unspeakable secret.
And she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden delivers a page turner that will redefine what it means to be in the family way...
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 to serve as a surrogate. It's an offer that will make all of Abby's dreams come true.
But soon, strange things start happening. And it turns out Monica isn't who she says she is. The woman now carrying Abby's child has an unspeakable secret.
And she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden delivers a page turner that will redefine what it means to be in the family way...
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Sourcebooks, Inc
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4642-4748-4 (9781464247484)
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Freida McFadden
The Surrogate Mother
The UK No. 1 Bestseller! A Suspenseful Psychological Thriller from the Author of The Housemaid Books
Book
08/2025
Poisoned Pen Press
€13.50
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#1 New York Times, #1 Sunday Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and internationally bestselling author Freida McFadden is a physician who lives in Boston with her family. Freida is the winner of the International Thriller Writer Award for Best Paperback Original, the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Thriller, and was honored as one of TIME 100's most influential people in the world for 2026. Her novels have been translated into more than forty-five languages.