The Surrogate

By: Penelope Ward

Narrated by: Jacob Morgan, Desireé Ketchum

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.

©2023 Penelope Ward (P)2024 Penelope Ward

Awesome

I love the story. There was so many different emotions. You will laugh, cry and swoon. If you have read The Aristocrat you have met Sig character. He was a little hard to love but once he opened up every thing fall into place. Well worth the credit.

Great story

This storyline was different and easily relatable to Sig's hard decisions. Well written and very enjoyable. The humor was great also, people looked at me when I laughed out loud while listening !

The Surrogate was phenomenal!

As a fan of author Penelope Ward, I was one of her readers who crossed their fingers and longed for a story about a side character named Sig from her 2021 book The Aristocrat. It was definitely worth the wait- The Surrogate was just phenomenal! Diving in I had no idea how emotional and absolutely special this story would be but I was immediately drawn in. Seeing how Abby brought a broken Sig back to life and happiness was so inspiring. I purchased the audiobook and really loved the performances by narrators Jacob Morgan and Desiree Ketchum- Jacob does a fantastic British accent!

Wow!

I couldn’t stop listening to this book! Abby and Sig are amazing and their story is touching and complex. Grief is complex and encompassing that sometime it takes the right person to help you through it.

Loved, Loved, Loved!

OMG! Penelope you've done it again! So glad I re-read The Aristocrat first to remember Sig in all his glory :) This was such a heart warming story, that had me laughing and crying.