"A delightful charmer"

Firefighter Alex Shields saves Lauren Conway's life when the Courage Bay Courier building is on fire, but insists she is his EMT Dana Ivie, who is supposed to be in San Diego for training not in a newspaper building. Lauren corrects Alex and others insisting that she just moved into town recently to draw her comic strip Dee and Me. Alex believes her, but says her twin works for him.

When Dana and Lauren meet, both realize that there is more to this than just coincidence as they are identical twins. As the sisters investigate their connection, Alex finds himself attracted to the Lauren and she reciprocates. As they fall in love, however, Lauren believes that he thinks he loves her, but she feels that she is jut a substitute for his true love, her newly found sibling.

Though twins seem to be a major percentage of the novel population, this refreshing contemporary romance is a fine tale that sub-genre readers will enjoy. The invigorating element is that Alex had a thing for Dana; now he knows what love is all about, but to persuade Lauren she is the one is impossible due to his history. Though the mystery of the twins adds background that weakens next to the delightful "triangle" that is all in the mind of the newcomer.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 18, 2004

Summary

Lauren Conway almost didn't make it out alive

She owes her life to Alex Shields, the handsome firefighter who carried her from the burning office building. But when Lauren wakes up in a hospital bed, everyone—including her rescuer—assumes she's suffering from amnesia. They're convinced her real name is Dana.

But Lauren knows she's not ill. What she doesn't know is who this mysterious woman is. And when she finds out, it will turn her life upside down.