"Exciting romantic suspense"

In the newest Las Vegas hotel, the Etoile, thirteen year old Brett Corbett sees a maid on the stairwell who looks exactly like his mother. The problem is that his mom died in an explosion six months ago. Brett tells his police detective dad Grady, who agrees to visit the Etoile though he worries his son might be going over the edge. Grady feels guilty because his own mourning has prevented him from being approachable for his son.

At the hotel, Brett learns that a woman Martha Walters whose hair is shorter and darker than his Susan, but otherwise is her identical twin works there. Using his police credentials, Grady and Brett obtain Martha's address and visit the maid at her apartment only to find the woman suffers amnesia. Martha suffers from amnesia, but the two Corbett males know she is the third member of their family. As she moves in with them, Susan struggles to regain her memory while Grady worries whether someone wanted to kill her or was she just caught in a crossfire.

Rebecca Winters always provides an interesting romantic tale and her latest entry, SHE'S MY MOM, is an exhilarating suspense thriller. The story line hooks the audience from the moment Brett mumbles the word "mom?". The male Corbetts are a dynamic pair, but the plot belongs to Susan, who struggles between living with two strangers and doing the right thing for the pair who obviously grieved yet still love her. Fans of contemporary romantic suspense will enjoy this strong novel.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 21, 2002

Summary

"You're my mom!" That's what thirteen-year old Brett Corbitt blurts out when he sees the woman who calls herself Martha Walters. His mother, Susan Corbitt, is presumed dead, although her body was never found, and Brett's convinced that Martha and Susan are the same person.

His father, Detective Grady Corbitt, is skeptical-- until he meets Martha face-to-face. Then he, too, believes it.

Someone tried to murder Susan. She survived, but her memory didn't--so she can't provide clues about the identity of her would-be murderer. Grady's certain that she's in danger; he persuades her to come home with him and Brett, where she'll remain hidden until the killer is caught.

Susan soons finds herself falling in love with the handsome detective for the second time--even if she can't remember the first!