"Laugh out loud funny!"

I have always been fascinated by twins and think twins who switch places must have lots of fun fooling people! So I just knew I'd have a fun time with this book. I was right!

Cary Mitchell is in deep trouble. Not only is he holding down two jobs, but he can't pay back the loan he took out to pay off his bookie and now his boss at his second job wants him to collect debts for him or break kneecaps. All Cary knows to do is go to his mirror twin brother, Grant, and beg him to bail him out of trouble yet again.

Grant, or Mitch as he likes to be called, is a cop in Atlanta and has always been the 'good' twin. So when Cary comes calling, what can Mitch do but say he'd help him out. Cary tells him they'll do the old 'Bait and Switch' deal. The problem is Cary doesn't tell Mitch the whole story.

Peyton McDowell is a blue-blooded Charlestonian who is Cary's sort-of girlfriend. After he doesn't show up for dinner to meet her parents, Peyton has decided enough is enough. When she goes to break up with Cary, it's not Cary but Mitch. Mitch doesn't know what to do but figures he'll just try to play along until he finds out what's going on. This switching places with his twin is harder than he ever thought. Will they be able to pull it off?

The pictures that flashed in my head at some of these scenes just had me laughing until I cried. I thoroughly enjoyed this one and highly recommend it! Darlene Gardner knows how to make you laugh out loud!

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted October 22, 2002

Summary

To save his brother's skin and catch a criminal, Mitch agrees to switch places with his identical twin. As a cop, he feels comfortable with the undercover assignment. But nothing could have prepared him for the gorgeous knockout on his doorstep.

It isn't just her drop-dead good looks that have him in a tailspin. The blond bombshell is spitting mad, and Mitch's course of action is clear: He would have to win back his brother's girlfriend.

Wooing the funny, smart and caring Peyton is no hardship. It's keeping his hands to himself that is pure torture. And it doesn't take a crack detective to realize Mitch has set a baited trap, but it's his heart that's been ensnared. Which leaves only one question: Has Peyton fallen for him or his mirror image?