Nine Month Contract by Amy Daws review

There is so much to say about Nine Month Contract by Amy Daws. It made me laugh, cry, and occasionally kept me in temporary suspense. It was so much better than I expected, which is probably why I finished it in the early morning hours. 

This book may not be suitable for everyone, as there are some themes around surrogacy, harsh family life, and the aftermath that can sometimes occur. 

While the Nine Month Contract focuses on the whole Fletcher family, the main characters are Wyatt Fletcher and Trista Matthews. Wyatt has wanted nothing but to become a father and is willing to use a surrogate to make it happen. He's tried using an agency to no avail. When his niece steps in to find him a surrogate and hopefully his forever, she can just feel it. Who does she run into other than Trista, who was deemed unfit as a surrogate by the exact agency Wyatt was using? The agency found her “too big” for their standards. Trista just wanted a way to start her own rescue for animals other than dogs and cats. She's just strapped for money. 

As luck would have it, Wyatt and Trista find exactly what they were looking for and get their happily ever after. They must work through things separately and together. And the number of farm animals that make it up the mountain is usually just a hilarious anecdote. Handsome might have just been my favorite. The spark between Wyatt and Trista is great, too, once they stop fighting it. The way she got pregnant was also worth a chuckle or two, too.

I can't wait to get another chance to read an Amy Daws book. I had watched the movie to one of her books a few years ago. If all of her books are this paced, funny, and witty, I look forward to the next one.