The perfect child is a project. But love is off-spec.
Gloria Sutton is 38, an Mit-educated operations genius, and a permanent fixture on the Forbes list. She doesn't do "accidents." She doesn't do "emotions." And she certainly doesn't do partners—they're a waste of billable hours.
When Gloria decides to have a child, she approaches motherhood like a corporate merger. The criteria are set: ten pages of bullet points, a $250,000 contract, and a donor selected with the precision of a high-stakes headhunter. Her goal? A human being who is driven, resilient, and—above all—controllable.
But as the "Theodore Project" moves from spreadsheets to reality, Gloria encounters the one variable she couldn't account for: Luke Marano. He's the donor who fits every metric on paper but challenges every boundary in person.
From the high-pressure boardrooms of Manhattan to the quiet, yellow light of a delivery room, Gloria is about to learn that the most important things in life are the ones that are beautifully, perfectly off-spec.
