{"id":73794,"date":"2024-02-26T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=73794"},"modified":"2024-02-26T08:11:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T13:11:30","slug":"release-the-surrogate-by-penelope-ward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=73794","title":{"rendered":"Release: The Surrogate by Penelope Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Surrogate by Penelope Ward<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Age Gap \/ Widower \/ Found Family \/ <\/strong>Forbidden \/ Enemies to Friends to Lovers<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Amazon US<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Amazon UK<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Amazon CA<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Amazon AU<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

From\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a new, STANDALONE novel\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

ABBY:<\/em><\/strong>
\nI\u2019m falling for the father of the baby I\u2019m carrying.
\nThe problem is: it\u2019s not\u00a0my\u00a0<\/em>baby.
\nAnd the broody widower is not looking for a long-term partner.
\nAs a surrogate, the deal was that I\u2019d only be in England long enough to give birth.
\nAt first, the man seemed as pretentious as his name:\u00a0Sigmund Benedictus<\/em>.
\nHe and I butted heads.
\nSig challenged my intentions, accused me of just wanting to do this for the money.
\nGradually, he learned to trust me.
\nHe even became protective.
\nOver time, our heated animosity turned into fiery chemistry.
\nI was falling in love with him.
\nBut my time here had a limit.
\nI needed to protect my heart from the devastatingly gorgeous older man who\u2019d end up breaking it.<\/p>\n

SIG:<\/em><\/strong>
\nWhen my in-laws told me they wanted to use my dead wife\u2019s eggs to conceive a grandchild, I wasn\u2019t immediately on board.
\nThey swore that on her deathbed Britney told them it was what she wanted\u2014but only if I fathered the baby. Her parents insisted they would be the ones to raise it.
\nAgainst my better judgment, I agreed.
\nI vowed to keep my heart out of it, though.
\nI\u2019d continue to pretend it wasn\u2019t happening and live the empty, single life I\u2019d become accustomed to the past five years since Britney died.
\nAnd despite the fact that a certain younger American named Abby Knickerbocker had awakened things inside me that I thought were long dead\u2026
\nI most certainly\u00a0wouldn\u2019t\u00a0<\/em>fall in love with the surrogate.<\/p>\n

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Add to Goodreads<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Penelope Ward<\/strong>\u00a0is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.<\/p>\n

She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.<\/p>\n

With over two million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over thirty novels. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.<\/p>\n

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FACEBOOK<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0WEBSITE<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0TWITTER<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0INSTAGRAM<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0GOODREADS<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0FB FAN GROUP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Check out our\u00a0Penelope Ward Author Spotlight<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

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