為心愛的人孕育孩子
但孩子卻不屬於我……
八年前
諾娃答應青梅竹馬的要求，
成為馬佛和他太太史黛芬妮的代理孕母。
史黛芬妮滿心期待成為「媽媽」，
直到有一天，
她不小心發現馬佛給諾娃
一封半夜裡的簡訊：「晚安，美人」。
八年後
諾娃在醫院裡焦慮地等著陷入昏迷多天的寶貝兒子李奧醒來，
她每天除了偶爾不小心打盹，完全無法入睡，
她不斷夢到過去，不斷夢到兒子跟她道別……
Nova Kumalisi would do anything for her closest friend, Mal Wacken. She owes him her life. So, when he asked her to be the surrogate mother for him and his wife, in spite of her fears about how it would alter their friendship, Nova agreed.
Eight years later, Nova is bringing up their son alone, and she and Mal don’t speak. Months into the pregnancy, Mal’s wife changed her mind about the surrogacy agreement. Already suspicious of how close Nova and Mal were, Stephanie realised her strained marriage was in serious trouble when she found a text from her husband to Nova, saying, ’Goodnight, Beautiful’. She asked Mal to cut all ties with his closest friend and unborn child.
Now, seven-year-old Leo is critically ill and Nova, despite her anger and hurt, wants Mal to have the chance to know his son before it’s too late. Will it take a tragedy to remind them how much they mean to each other?
中譯版由三采出版。
作者簡介
桃樂絲．庫姆森 Dorothy Koomson
非裔英籍的作者於十三歲就寫了第一本小說《愛恨一線間》（There’s A Thin Line Between Love And Hate），在教會學校的同學間傳閱，引起轟動，也埋下日後持續寫作的種子。而後在里茲大學攻讀心理學與公共媒體學位，並赴倫敦大學深造，獲得新聞碩士學位。畢業後主編女性雜誌，也替報章媒體寫稿。
2003年發表處女作《丘比特效應》（The Cupid Effect），獲得極佳的評價，從此展開小說家生涯。作者善於描寫都會單身女子的內心世界，筆觸尖刻幽默，生活細膩之處總教人忍不住動容，引起深刻的共鳴。
前作《我的孤兒寶貝》讀者佳評如潮，蟬聯五大書店暢銷書榜。
Dorothy has two degrees, is a journalist and has written for numerous women's magazines and newspapers, including the Guardian, New Woman and Cosmo. Her first novel for Sphere, My Best Friend's Girl, was picked as a Richard & Judy Summer Read.
