Swallows by Natsuo Kirino games at a grand old mansion

at a grand old mansion on Mackinac Island (Michigan’s answer to The Hamptons)

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Swallows by Natsuo Kirino games at a grand old mansionDATE OF RELEASE: 13 AUG 2026 Twenty nine year old Riki is sick of her dead end job, of struggling to get by ever since she moved to Tokyo from the country. So when someone offers her the chance to become a surrogate in return for a life changing amount of money, it's hard to turn down. Retired ballet star Motoi and his wife, Yuko, have spent years trying to conceive. As Motoi grows increasingly desperate for a child, their last resort is surrogacy; a