Goodnight, Beautiful by Dorothy Koomson
Nova Kumalisi owes her life to her best friend Mal Wacken and would do anything for him. She agreed to be the surrogate mother for him and his wife, in spite of her fears about how it would alter their friendship. Mal’s wife changed her mind about the surrogacy agreement months into Nova’s pregnancy after finding a text from Mal to Nova saying ‘Goodnight, Beautiful’. She was suspicious of how close Nova and Mal really were and asked Mal to cut all ties with Nova and his unborn child.
Seven years later Leo is critically ill and Nova, despite her anger and hurt, wants Mal to have the chance to know his son before it’s too late.