"An interesting twist to this one!"

Ethan Ramsey visits his brother Travis in Dallas to try to talk him into visiting their father and sister. Their sister Molly just separated from her husband when she found out he was having an affair with his much younger receptionist. She's devastated as is their 17-year-old son Cole. Travis is the only one who can generally make Molly smile. Ethan watches Travis perform at a club and then Travis talks Ethan into going to a strip club. There they see a beautiful redhead but when Ethan looks into her eyes he can tell that she's there against her will. The strange thing is it seems as if she's carefully guarded.

The next day Travis has to check out a construction job in Forth Worth so he and Ethan go to breakfast at a little café. Once they get there they see the same redhead there eating breakfast. Travis makes a fool of himself trying to flirt with her but she's very standoffish. Ethan and Travis think maybe she doesn't want people to know she's stripping. Little do they know how wrong they can be about this situation. Before they leave though Ethan gives this woman his card and tells her he will help her if he can.

Serena Farrell cannot believe that two men had the audacity to affront her about seeing her stripping at a nightclub in Dallas especially since she's a staid upright schoolteacher, for heavens sakes. Still she's very curious about this woman who looks enough like her for her to be mistaken for her. The more she thinks about this the more she feels she must investigate this and see what it's all about so she calls Ethan and asks him to investigate but only for two days as she and her grandmother who has expensive tastes cannot afford any more than that.

Ethan agrees to take the case but it's much more than he ever could begin to imagine. Once he starts investigating he realizes it will take more than two days but he is reluctant to let this case go. There's just something about the case and about Serena that he is drawn to.

This book certainly captured and held my attention throughout the entire story. I just cannot imagine how identical twins would feel if they were torn apart from birth and found out years later that they were twins. It certainly made for quite an emotional read. I'm just sorry to say that I'll have to wait until next year to read Serena's sister Sarah's story!

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted April 9, 2003

Summary

They say everyone has a double . . .

According to private investigator Ethan Ramsey, Serena Farrell's double is a stripper working in a Dallas nightclub.

Serena doesn't believe it—but she can't help wondering. After all, her mother died when she was an infant and she's been raised by wealthy grandparents who refused to discuss the past. So she knows next to nothing about her parents.

Could she possibly have a sister? A twin?

She decides to hire Ethan to find out who this other woman is. That fateful decision leads to some shocking revelations about Serena's family-and about her look- alike, Sarah Welch. It also leads Serena into Ethan's arms . . . and into his heart.