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Permanent Marks
She gave away nine babies. He's determined she'll keep the tenth.
For twelve years, Tessa Brooks has been Wyoming's most sought-after surrogate, growing babies for desperate couples and walking away each time with memorial tattoos marking her ribs. Nine names. Nine goodbyes. Nine times she's given everyone else their miracle.
Carson 'Scout' Freeman has spent years tattooing those memorials on her skin, watching the woman he loves fade a little more with each goodbye. When she shows up for her latest memorial, he's done watching. Done waiting. Done letting her give away pieces of herself.
So when she asks for something different—something just for her—Scout gives her more than she bargained for. One tattoo. One word. One promise inked on her skin that changes everything.
His claim made, Scout doesn't do subtle. Within days, she's in his bed. Within weeks, she's wearing his ring. His timeline is married in two months, baby on the way immediately after.
But when Tessa's body—so eager to grow everyone else's babies—won't cooperate with making their own, their whirlwind romance crashes into reality. Each negative test chips away at Scout's possessive certainty while Tessa spirals deeper into doubt. The mark he left on her skin begins to feel less like a promise and more like a curse.
Sometimes the hardest part isn't letting go—it's learning what to keep.
A raw, emotional romance about obsessive love, fertility struggles, and what happens when the woman who gives miracles to everyone else finally wants one of her own.
For twelve years, Tessa Brooks has been Wyoming's most sought-after surrogate, growing babies for desperate couples and walking away each time with memorial tattoos marking her ribs. Nine names. Nine goodbyes. Nine times she's given everyone else their miracle.
Carson 'Scout' Freeman has spent years tattooing those memorials on her skin, watching the woman he loves fade a little more with each goodbye. When she shows up for her latest memorial, he's done watching. Done waiting. Done letting her give away pieces of herself.
So when she asks for something different—something just for her—Scout gives her more than she bargained for. One tattoo. One word. One promise inked on her skin that changes everything.
His claim made, Scout doesn't do subtle. Within days, she's in his bed. Within weeks, she's wearing his ring. His timeline is married in two months, baby on the way immediately after.
But when Tessa's body—so eager to grow everyone else's babies—won't cooperate with making their own, their whirlwind romance crashes into reality. Each negative test chips away at Scout's possessive certainty while Tessa spirals deeper into doubt. The mark he left on her skin begins to feel less like a promise and more like a curse.
Sometimes the hardest part isn't letting go—it's learning what to keep.
A raw, emotional romance about obsessive love, fertility struggles, and what happens when the woman who gives miracles to everyone else finally wants one of her own.
233 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 30, 2025
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