E-galley Review: Nine Month Contract by Amy Daws

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Nine Month Contract by Amy Daws
on April 11, 2024
Genres: Adult Romantic Comedy
Pages: 358
Source: the author
Format: E-galley
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We live by different rules on the mountain…

Blurb:

From Amazon #1 bestselling author Amy Daws, comes an all-new small town, spicy romance sure to hit you in the gut with laughs, feels, and mountain man grunts.

Help Wanted: Grumpy Mountain Man seeks baby momma. Job is an incubator position only. Surrogate must be impervious to grunting in the form of communication and nosey brotherly neighbors. Rustic mountain range housing available upon request.

I wanted to pummel my irritating brothers when they posted their own version of a wanted ad to help me with my life.

But I can’t fault the results once the right woman lands on my lap.

Becoming a single father is not a decision I made lightly. In fact, it’s the biggest decision of my entire life.

Which is why when I interview Trista, I know she’s perfect.

She’s wild, she’s opinionated, she wears cowboy boots. Even my pet goat loves her…

She’s the exact type of person I was holding out for.

And to my great horror, I realize on our first night of attempting this baby making dance…when the lights are low, the cheap wine is flowing, and the home insemination supplies are laid out on the kitchen counter…

I want to do a lot more than just make her my surrogate.

I want to make her mine.

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Excerpt

“Who is the pen for?” I ask, staring up at the giant mountain man.

“Your pig.”

My eyes widen. “You expect my Reginald to sleep in the barn?”

“Where else would he sleep?”

“In his sleeping quarters upstairs next to me, obviously.”

“Come again?” Wyatt is loud in the quietness of the peaceful barn.

“Reggie is a rescue, Wyatt! He came from a horrible situation where the owners neglected him. He had hoof rot and couldn’t freaking walk. I had to give him daily doses of antibiotics and hand-feed him, or they were going to put him down!”

“Jesus Christ,” Wyatt murmurs under his breath, looking away in obvious agitation.

“Sir Reginald sleeps on a nice little crib mattress I bought second-hand. He even has a special blanket and likes to sleep in most mornings.”

Wyatt’s head snaps to the open wooden stairs leading to the apartment. “How are you going to get him up the stairs every day? Those legs don’t look long enough to climb stairs.”

“I’ll carry him.” I shrug.

The mountain man’s eyebrows shoot to the moon as he points an accusing finger at Reggie. “He’s got to weigh at least fifty pounds.”

“Sixty-five, actually, but my vet friend just put us on a low-calorie feed even though I think Reggie is beautiful just the way he is.”

“For fuck’s sake,” Wyatt growls and jams a hand through the top of his hair. “You aren’t going to be able to carry him up those stairs when you’re pregnant, Trista.”

“Well, I’m not pregnant yet.” I scoff, my chin cocking up to meet his as he looms over me with his giant mountain-man stature.

He pauses for a second as his eyes rove over my face. His voice is deep and husky when he replies, “Yet.”

Goose bumps erupt over my flesh as one of the tiniest words in the English language just had a massive impact on my not-so-tiny body. I realize I’m a surrogate so we’re not doing this pregnancy thing the old-fashioned way, but it’s been a while since I’ve been laid, and with that one little word, my traitorous mind wandered to a reality where we did it the old-fashioned way. And I liked that thought.

I swallow slowly, desperate to get control of myself. I glance down at our chests, which are nearly brushing each other. When did we get so close? His scent of pine trees, woodchips, and hay is intoxicating.

Wyatt’s eyes flick down to my lips as I wonder what the hell are we actually arguing about? I want to be pregnant. And I suppose he’s right…I shouldn’t be lifting sixty-plus pounds once I have a baby growing inside me. I guess Reginald’s sleeping quarters never came up in all our lawyer negotiating.

And why is he looking at me like that? And why does my body feel the way it feels right now? I’m hot and agitated having him so close to me and telling me what to do. I like it, and I loathe it.

The voices of men outside force us to pull away from each other just as they walk into the barn with armloads of my stuff.

“Trista, these are my brothers Calder and Luke.” Wyatt’s voice is strained as he avoids eye contact with me. Oh, he’s mad mad.

The two giant men in flannel stop talking and gape at me for a moment. The heavily tattooed one with devilish eyes tips his chin up and says, “What’s up, MB?”

Wyatt glowers at his brother. “Calder…”

The slightly smaller one (although none of them are small, honestly…I’m in a barn full of flannelled giants) with floppy blond hair laughs boyishly, clearly enjoying the tension between his two brothers.

“What’s MB mean?” I ask curiously.

“Don’t ask,” another voice echoes from behind them.

Calder and Luke spread apart to reveal what I can only assume to be another brother.

“This is my eldest brother, Max,” Wyatt explains with a wave of his hand. “He doesn’t live up here on the mountain with us though.”

My brows lift knowingly. “Didn’t want to join in on the Seven Brides for Seven Brothers remake up here?”

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My Review

Boy was I sooooooo ready for a new book from Amy Daws and she did NOT disappoint! I’d definitely been intrigued by the mountain men uncles to little Everly that we met in her last book, and when I heard her next book/series would be about them I was psyched! We started with Wyatt. A true grumpy mountain man. Known for only his grunts and the fact that he wants to be a father. While we don’t get the reasons why he doesn’t just want to get married and have kids at the beginning, throughout the story it is filled in quite a bit, and it totally makes sense. And then there is Trista, the woman who wants to be a surrogate, but doesn’t want to be a mom, based on her own family life, which we learn about very quickly and even more details throughout the story as well.

The story starts off with a chapter from Everly, Wyatt’s niece, as well as finishing up with a chapter by her as well. So we get to see her matchmaking machinations as she starts with trying to find the perfect surrogate for her uncle, one she thinks that he might actually fall in love with because the two just seem so perfect for each other, at least to Everly. Wyatt, along with his brothers Calder and Luke can’t ever seem to say no to their niece, and so he gives his 13th interview for a surrogate to this woman Everly met outside the clinic that told him they couldn’t find anyone for him. In a way, the meet-cute in this story was between Everly and Trista, lol.

Each chapter begins with a little checklist of how many animals are on the mountain, as well as how close they are to the pregnancy, or after she is pregnant, how many weeks it has been. Now Wyatt is not really a fan of animals, and doesn’t want any on his land, even though he has a barn that is perfect for it. He does have a goat named Millie, that Everly had convinced him to get. And Trista brings her pot-bellied pig, and soon other animals from the rescue where she works begin making their way up as well.

As usual the author keeps you laughing and adoring all the characters, both the main couple as well as all their friends and family. She gives you some emotional times, as well as the steamy times, both in the bedroom and many times outside the bedroom. I feel like even though Trista kept pushing back, the way that Wyatt finally figured out what he wanted and how to try to get Trista to see what she really wanted as well was perfect and real. They talked when they needed to, even if sometimes it took a little stubborn refusal from one, but in my opinion, nothing unrealistic or just for drama.

I’m left so excited for the next brother to get his HEA, I won’t say which one, although the author has said who in the epilogue/end of the book section. Although, knowing the author, we might be waiting another year! Boo hoo! For now I’ll just wait for Passionflix to get her next book finished being turned into a movie, One Moment Please, even if they did skip my favorite in the series, Next in Line.

About the Author

Number 1 Amazon Bestselling author Amy Daws writes spicy love stories that take place in America, as well as across the pond. She’s most known for her footy-playing Harris Brothers and writing in a tire shop waiting room. When Amy is not writing, she’s likely making charcuterie boards from her home in South Dakota where she lives with her daughter and husband.

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