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HER DAUGHTER'S MOTHER

Daniela Petrova

They weren't supposed to meet but the temptation was too great. Now one woman is missing, and the other is a key suspect in her disappearance. For fans of The Perfect Mother and The Wife Between Us comes a stunning psychological suspense debut about two strangers, one incredible connection, and the steep price of obsession.

Lana Stone has never considered herself a stalker - until the night she impulsively follows a familiar face through the streets of New York's Upper West Side. Her target is the "anonymous" egg donor she'd selected through an agency, the one who's making motherhood possible for her. Hungry to learn more about her, Lana plans only to watch her from a distance. But when the young woman trips and Lana comes to her rescue, an unexpected friendship is born. In Katya, Lana finds a welcome distraction from her painful breakup with her baby's father, and someone whose zest for life is irresistible. A week later, Katya goes missing and Lana might have been the last person to see her before she disappeared. Determined to find out what became of the woman to whom she owes so much, Lana digs into Katya's past, even as the police grow suspicious of her motives. But she's unprepared for the secrets she unearths, or their power to change everything she thought she knew about those she loves best.


Daniela Petrova is a recipient of an Artist Fellowship in Writing from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Her short stories, poems and essays have been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Salon, and Marie Claire. She holds an MA in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness from New York University. Born and raised in Sofia, Bulgaria, Petrova currently lives in New York City.

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Published 2019-06-18 by Putnam

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Taut pacing, relatable characters, and a twisty, surprising plot combine in this tense and poignant thriller. Secrets and obsession leave their mark in this unputdownable story - a remarkable debut.

HER DAUGHTER'S MOTHER is on of New York Post's "The 25 Best Beach Reads of 2019" Read more...

"The Most Anticipated Crime Books of Summer" by Crime Reads: "One of the summer's most promising debuts, Petrova's thriller looks at the complicated relationship between two women, one of them an expecting mother and the other an egg donor, who meet on the streets of New York in a chance encounter that takes a dark turn when one of them disappears. Petrova has written a consummate page-turner that also manages incredible layers of emotional depth. This is one of the year's most provocative and eye-opening novels." Read more...

Poland: Swiat Ksiazki

Her Daughter's Mother had me from the very first page. With a dazzling plot; complex, unforgettable characters; and gorgeous prose that mines the dangerous depths of obsession, Daniela Petrova's debut is undoubtedly going to be the book everyone will want to read this summer.

HER DAUGHTER'S MOTHER is listed as one of "10 Best New Books to Read in June" in HelloGiggles: "If you read one thriller this month, make it Her Daughter's Mother." Read more...

This moving, heartfelt thriller surprised me again and again. Lana's journey to becoming a mother is poignant and suspenseful, even without the added element of her egg donor's disappearance. The turns of this story ratchet up the intrigue, making Her Daughter's Mother one of the most gripping books I've read in years. Petrova has created an original, smart novel sure to top "Best Of" lists in 2019. A sure-footed, memorable debut.

Chosen by Oprah Magazine as one of "The 25 Best Beach Reads of the Year So Far": "Beyond the beautiful cover, Daniela Petrova's debut novel is absolutely dreamy and suspenseful...." Read more...

Captivating and powerful, HER DAUGHTER'S MOTHER is both a thought-provoking story about the ethical gray area one woman stumbles into on her quest for motherhood, and a twisty thriller about another woman's abrupt disappearance. Secrets, obsession, lies, betrayals big and small - they're all here in this expertly paced novel that will keep readers guessing right up until the very last page.