This was not what I expected when I first read an excerpt at BookishFirst.
I have been on a thriller streak lately, so I was excited to read this book based on the first few chapters. The book is about a woman named Claire, her daughter Abby and a woman named Jillian.
Claire is a reporter and author and has lost her only child, Colton, to a genetic disease. Claire and her husband Ethan's marriage is strained and Ethan convinces Claire to try for another baby. They meet up with a renowned fertility expert, Dr. Nash and his assistant Jillian. Claire has heard through an online support group that Dr. Nash has been secretly isolating the diseased genes and transplanting eggs into a healthy mitochondrial sac, thereby helping parents who are carriers for a genetic disorder have a healthy baby. The technology is not yet tested on humans, as the altering of human genes is illegal.
Claire secretly goes behind Ethan's back and convinces Dr. Nash to allow her to be a test subject. When Claire gets pregnant, and Ethan finds out the truth, that Claire and Jillian both contributed to the baby Claire is carrying, he is angry and kicks her out. Claire is on her own.
This book goes back and forward in time, through the time of the pregnancy and IVF treatments and to the present, with Claire raising her daughter Abby. This has romance, suspense, and some intrigue as well. I would recommend this book.
Thanks to #NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.
I have been on a thriller streak lately, so I was excited to read this book based on the first few chapters. The book is about a woman named Claire, her daughter Abby and a woman named Jillian.
Claire is a reporter and author and has lost her only child, Colton, to a genetic disease. Claire and her husband Ethan's marriage is strained and Ethan convinces Claire to try for another baby. They meet up with a renowned fertility expert, Dr. Nash and his assistant Jillian. Claire has heard through an online support group that Dr. Nash has been secretly isolating the diseased genes and transplanting eggs into a healthy mitochondrial sac, thereby helping parents who are carriers for a genetic disorder have a healthy baby. The technology is not yet tested on humans, as the altering of human genes is illegal.
Claire secretly goes behind Ethan's back and convinces Dr. Nash to allow her to be a test subject. When Claire gets pregnant, and Ethan finds out the truth, that Claire and Jillian both contributed to the baby Claire is carrying, he is angry and kicks her out. Claire is on her own.
This book goes back and forward in time, through the time of the pregnancy and IVF treatments and to the present, with Claire raising her daughter Abby. This has romance, suspense, and some intrigue as well. I would recommend this book.
Thanks to #NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.