First published 2007
A young couple who cannot have children receives the chance to adopt a baby girl. They embrace this opportunity eagerly, believing they have found perfect happiness when they hold their new daughter. The birth mother carefully selected these adoptive parents for a specific reason. She studied a photograph of the prospective father and recognized him immediately. This man represents everything she has searched for throughout her entire life. Her decision to place the baby with this family stems not from concern for the child's welfare, but from her own obsessive desires. The adoptive parents celebrate their new family, unaware that the woman who gave them this gift harbors dangerous intentions. She views the adoption not as an ending but as a beginning. The baby serves as her connection to the man she believes destiny brought into her life. What the couple interprets as generous sacrifice actually masks calculated manipulation. Their joy blinds them to the threat growing closer each day.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary, psychological-thriller, adoption
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: deception, unreliable-narrator
462 pages · Paperback · Mira Books Amsterdam