"An enjoyable contemporary romance novel"

After her father's death, Abby St. James goes to New York City to check up on her father's magazine, Bastion. Her twin sister Michaela has worked at the magazine in the past and is currently in Europe while Abby goes to the magazine. Once there, no one seems to realize that Abby isn't Michaela, and it seems that no one was fond of her.

Stefan Massari has never liked Michaela. She's spoiled rotten and treats everyone like dirt. She's even gone so far as to sleep with the help and then fire them when they displeased her. Ever since her father died, she's been making bad decisions about the magazine without conferring with him. Walking into her office, he plans to tell her off but something seems different about her. He notices she has a new hairstyle but is too angry to think too much about it. Before Michaela left for Europe, she made a pass at him but he turned her down flat. Now that she's back there's different something about her and he finds himself attracted to her against his will.

Abby has always felt invisible next to her twin sister. She's not as flamboyant and isn't as experienced with men. For years now she has had a crush on Stefan but was always too shy to do anything about it. Now is her chance to act upon her attraction. The only problem is that Stefan is furious with Michaela and doesn't even realize Abby's not her. As time goes on, Abby tries several times to tell him who she really is but she's afraid to loose him.

While staying at her sister's apartment it seems that Stefan and the staff at Bastion aren't the only ones that think she's Michaela. Her sister has picked up a stalker and now he thinks Abby is Michaela.

This was an enjoyable and quick read even at 350 pages. I liked both of the main characters, and the attraction between them was strong throughout. I stayed up all night to finish this book and I didn't even realize that much time had passed.

Sexual Content: Hard R.

Reviewed by Emily Anne
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted January 29, 2003

Summary

Danger . . . Abby St. James knows all about trouble, thanks to her twin sister Michaela, whose unofficial nickname in New York society is the Black Widow. Michaela's tastes have always run to older, wealthy types -- all of whom have conveniently died, leaving Michaela a very satisfied widow.

Abby is not quite so sophisticated, or so confident about men, but stepping in to oversee her sister's interests in men's magazine Bastion seems to be harmless enough. Until Stefan Massari, Bastion's publisher, mistakes Abby for Michaela herself -- and Abby wonders if getting the job done might be easier with her sister's clout . . . and passion . . . It's a dangerous game, because Stefan and Michaela have an uneasy history, and Abby is falling for dark, sexy Stefan -- hard. What's more, although he's always resented Michaela's interference at the magazine, Stefan is falling for Abby, too. But maybe her imitation of Michaela has gone too far. Because someone who wants to hurt Michaela has begun to call 0 and with each chilling threat, Abby wonders if she'll be the one to take her sister's punishment . . . when the caller takes her life. . . .can be a deadly mix