At 24, Janiyah's life is far from glamorous. Broke, overlooked, and crashing on her sister's house, she's desperate for something, anything to change. Her sister, a respected fertility doctor for the elite, works with women who carry babies for the rich. One late night, Janiyah overhears a business call. The payout? Life-changing. That's when she makes a bold decision: she'll become a surrogate. No strings. Just money.
Enter Jamie Carter, America's most elusive drug kingpin. Wealthy, ruthless, and emotionally untouchable, Jamie has everything except the one thing he's quietly longed for: a child. After a half-joking conversation with his mother and sister about hiring a surrogate, Jamie decides to make it happen, but on his terms. Total surveillance. Zero privacy. No lies. No drama. His rules are non-negotiable.
When Janiyah becomes Jamie's chosen surrogate, their worlds collide in explosive ways. What starts as a transactional arrangement slowly morphs into something neither of them expected. But can two broken people, one hiding behind money, the other running from her past really find something real in the middle of the most unconventional agreement?
Strict contracts. Explosive chemistry. One dangerous deal.
The Surrogate is a gripping tale of power, passion, and the kind of love money can't buy.
When 22-year-old Chloe Bennett is told she has terminal stomach cancer with two months to live, she goes nuclear. No more fake smiles, no more being the "nice girl"-she's going out with a bang. She curses out her boss, and verbally annihilates her rich fiancé, Adrian Blackwood, for being a soulless corporate scumbag.
Turns out? Adrian falls in love right then and there.
While preparing to "die," Chloe uncovers a buried secret: her adoptive parents aren't her biological ones.
Chaos hits peak level when Ella, jealous and petty, spikes Chloe's drink at a party. Chloe ends up in bed with her emotionally constipated fiancé. One missed period and a hospital trip later, she's pregnant-and very much not dying.
Turns out, the cancer diagnosis was a hospital mix-up. Chloe just had gastritis.
Now, with a baby on the way, a billionaire fiancé who's hopelessly in love, and a sister in law who needs to be exposed, Chloe has to un-mess her life while learning how to actually live it.