Publisher: Storm Publishing
Genre: Thriller
Source: Storm Publishing ( Netgalley )

Goodreads: She wanted to give the ultimate gift. It became the ultimate betrayal.

Fabiola has spent her life being good. The perfect daughter to her single father. A supportive wife to her entrepreneurial husband, who’s throwing everything they have at launching his start-up. A devoted mother to her three beautiful children. And a loyal best friend to Liz, who’s been by Fabiola’s side since Liz married her oldest childhood friend, Peter.

When Liz needs help starting her own family, Fabiola comes up with the perfect plan. She’s good at being pregnant, and she so badly wants to help her friend. It seems like the greatest gift one woman can give another. And Peter? For Peter, she would do anything.

But then one reckless moment changes everything. Now Fabiola must decide who to her best friend, the man she’s never stopped loving, or the child growing inside her. With her marriage unraveling and her teenage daughter hiding secrets of her own, she’s discovering that the hardest promises to keep are the ones we make to ourselves.

A deeply moving and unforgettable exploration of motherhood, friendship, and the complex choices women make in the name of love, perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult, Lucinda Berry and Liane Moriarty.

Ope’s Opinion: I read Caitlin Weaver’s Such A Good Family and could not put it down. So I may have had too high a hopes for this book. I did not like Fabiola ( main character ) from the start. She seemed to be wanting to do a good thing for a friend, but it ended up being very selfish.

This is in the thriller genre, but I think suspense is a better way to describe it. It does not have the intensity I think a thriller should have.

The ending is not believable at all. It was wrapped up too quickly and too neatly for the mess the rest of the story was. So if you can throw away your need for believability then you will like it.

I am still a Caitlin Weaver fan and I would read her next book.