The Barnes & Noble Review
Bestselling author Katherine Stone has crafted a dramatic story in which secrets thwart the healing power of love, and families are separated by both choice and chance. From childhood, Claire has always felt like "the other twin," the daughter who happened to be born along with the much-longed-for son. At 21, she finally found the family of her dreams, only to lose them within a year to a tragic accident on a rainswept highway that almost cost the life of her unborn daughter, Paige, as well. Since then Claire has clung ever more closely to her home and memories, distancing herself from the dangerous possibility of love and unable to keep Paige from doing the same. At 31, Paige must face her own demons. Though a brilliant physician, she has kept secret the medical condition that now threatens her life...until an old flame and a new friend remind her of the beauty of love. That friend, Gwen, has her own secrets. A gifted makeup artist, Gwen knows that beauty may not always be even skin deep. She's learned to conceal her disfiguring birthmark and to protect the secret wounds it has left on her vulnerable spirit. But she's always longed to meet the mother who abandoned her at birth and to find a man who can treasure her for her loving heart. Fate brings these three women together at a pivotal time in all their lives, forging new ties that could lead to heartbreak and tragedy...or fulfillment and love. Sue Stone