A review by romancingthereader
Nine Month Contract by Amy Daws

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

You guys know I am an Amy Daws fan. And I jumped into this one with both feet - because I've never read a surrogacy romance. And I know a lot of people raised an eyebrow when the synopsis for this one was released, but man... it was just as good as I hoped.

📕 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: The Nine Month Contract by Amy Daws

📙 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: Mountain Men character series. Book 1.

📗 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀: E-book ARC on Kindle. Free on KU.

📘 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲: Contemporary Romance  

📔 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀: Surrogacy, small town, age gap, found family, plus size rep, cute animals galore.

📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Trista's always done things on her own, and finding the money for her animal sanctuary is no different. She decides on becoming a surrogate - and when she meets Wyatt, a mountain loner who wants a to be a father more than anything. She moves to live on the mountain with Wyatt and his brothers during her pregnancy, and the two deal with immediate tension from the start.

🌟 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: I always know with Amy Daws I am going to get a solid read with emotions that I entirely relate to and spice that's off the chart.

The Nine Month Contract was all of that and more. Trista was a gorgeous character who embodied plus-size pregnancy who had incredible character death. Watching her learn to rely on others and discover her found-family was so wonderful.

And Wyatt! If you love men who internally pine for a woman, you'll love Wyatt to the moon and back. All of the best book boyfriend qualities and more - and trust me, you can't help but fall for a man who is begging for a child.

The surrogacy portion of this was interesting. It felt well researched, but there were portions that had to be embellished for the book in general. So if this is something you're fiercely protective of when you're reading, you might want to go into this with an open mind or skip this one entirely. 

I will say, the insemination portion was a LOT. It might be that I am 36... that I just went through a pregnancy... whatever, but I thought even though parts made my eyes bug out of my head, it was still pretty hot. And a breeding kink? Yea, I'm down for whatever. Just make sure you know what you're getting into, and read the forward note!

𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 4.5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐  

𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹: 2.5/5 🌶🌶