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A Mistake in Identity
Caroline was falling in love with him. Sean Reilly kidnapped a girl he despised to make her pay for the awful thing she had done to his brother. The only problem was that he had kidnapped the wrong girl. But how was he to know. Caroline had foolishly agreed to help a girl who looked so much like her that the switch would have tricked anyone. Gabrielle had duped them all and was getting away with the perfect con. Sean had to be convinced of his mistake, and Caroline had to face her own bittersweet truth - Sean had stolen her heart.
186 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1983
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Sandra Field
215 books35 followersJill MacLean was born on 1941 in England, UK. In 1950, her family moved to Nova Scotia, Canada.
After receiving her Bachelor of Science with honours from Dalhousie University, she married. She worked at the Fisheries Research Board until her daughter was born. Following the birth of her son, she was employed by the pathology laboratory of Sydney City Hospital and the biology department of Mount Allison University. More recently, she completed a Masters in Theological Studies at the Atlantic School of Theology; her thesis juxtaposed Hebrew concepts of chaos in the book of Job with modern chaos theory.
When her husband joined the Armed Forces as a chaplain, she had to stop working. They moved three times in the first 18 months, the last move was to Prince Edward Island. By then her children were in school; she couldn't get a job; and at the local bridge club, she kept forgetting not to trump her partner's ace.
However, she had always loved to read, fascinated by the lure of being drawn into the other world of the story. So one day she bought a dozen Harlequin novels, read and analyzed them, then sat down and wrote one. Her first book, To Trust My Love, typed with four fingers, was published in 1974 as Sandra Field (she believes she's curiously the first Canadian to write for Harlequin). During the four years she lived in Prince Edward Island, she researched an 18th century French settlement located near present-day Brudenell, resulting in a historical book, Jean Pierre Roma, published in 1977 under her real name. She also started to write in collaboration with other Martimer writer under the pseudonym Jan MacLean. She also used to singed her novels the pseudonym of Jocelyn Haley. Her pseudonyms was an attempt to prevent the congregation from finding out what the chaplain's wife was up to in her spare time.
Before she turned 40, her life was changed, she had lost three of the most important women in her life: her mother and sister to illness, and her seventeen-year-old daughter to a car accident, and she separated from her husband in 1976. One of the lasting legacies of the grief caused by these losses has been the idea that it is impossible and undesirable to live every waking moment in the knowledge that loss can strike at any time.
She's been very fortunate for years to be able to combine a love of travel (particularly to the north - she doesn't do heat well) with her writing, by describing settings that most people will probably never visit. And there's always the challenge of making the heroine's long underwear sound romantic. Her novels has been translated into Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Greek, Dutch, Swedish, Yugoslavian, Japanese... and sold in more than 90 countries. Her first collection of poetry, The Brevity of Red, was published in 2003. When her nine-years-old grandson, Stuart, asked him a book for him, she wrote her first Children's book and decided continued writing this type of books.
Jill now lives in Bedford, Nova Scotia, and she's lived most of her life in the Maritimes of Canada, within reach of the sea. Kayaking and canoeing, hiking and gardening, listening to music and reading are all sources of great pleasure. But best of all are good friends, some going back to high-school days, and her family. In Newfoundland, she has a beautiful daughter-in-law and the two most delightful, handsome, and intelligent grandchildren in the world (of course!).
After receiving her Bachelor of Science with honours from Dalhousie University, she married. She worked at the Fisheries Research Board until her daughter was born. Following the birth of her son, she was employed by the pathology laboratory of Sydney City Hospital and the biology department of Mount Allison University. More recently, she completed a Masters in Theological Studies at the Atlantic School of Theology; her thesis juxtaposed Hebrew concepts of chaos in the book of Job with modern chaos theory.
When her husband joined the Armed Forces as a chaplain, she had to stop working. They moved three times in the first 18 months, the last move was to Prince Edward Island. By then her children were in school; she couldn't get a job; and at the local bridge club, she kept forgetting not to trump her partner's ace.
However, she had always loved to read, fascinated by the lure of being drawn into the other world of the story. So one day she bought a dozen Harlequin novels, read and analyzed them, then sat down and wrote one. Her first book, To Trust My Love, typed with four fingers, was published in 1974 as Sandra Field (she believes she's curiously the first Canadian to write for Harlequin). During the four years she lived in Prince Edward Island, she researched an 18th century French settlement located near present-day Brudenell, resulting in a historical book, Jean Pierre Roma, published in 1977 under her real name. She also started to write in collaboration with other Martimer writer under the pseudonym Jan MacLean. She also used to singed her novels the pseudonym of Jocelyn Haley. Her pseudonyms was an attempt to prevent the congregation from finding out what the chaplain's wife was up to in her spare time.
Before she turned 40, her life was changed, she had lost three of the most important women in her life: her mother and sister to illness, and her seventeen-year-old daughter to a car accident, and she separated from her husband in 1976. One of the lasting legacies of the grief caused by these losses has been the idea that it is impossible and undesirable to live every waking moment in the knowledge that loss can strike at any time.
She's been very fortunate for years to be able to combine a love of travel (particularly to the north - she doesn't do heat well) with her writing, by describing settings that most people will probably never visit. And there's always the challenge of making the heroine's long underwear sound romantic. Her novels has been translated into Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Greek, Dutch, Swedish, Yugoslavian, Japanese... and sold in more than 90 countries. Her first collection of poetry, The Brevity of Red, was published in 2003. When her nine-years-old grandson, Stuart, asked him a book for him, she wrote her first Children's book and decided continued writing this type of books.
Jill now lives in Bedford, Nova Scotia, and she's lived most of her life in the Maritimes of Canada, within reach of the sea. Kayaking and canoeing, hiking and gardening, listening to music and reading are all sources of great pleasure. But best of all are good friends, some going back to high-school days, and her family. In Newfoundland, she has a beautiful daughter-in-law and the two most delightful, handsome, and intelligent grandchildren in the world (of course!).
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January 3, 2017
This book is a riot, but you have to like the crazy for this one. The h is convinced by a fellow traveler to switch identities because they look like and the woman who wants a switch supposedly has this mad brother of her true love after her for something totally not her fault and she needs help.
The h goes along with the plan, as she has a latent daredevil streak that doesn't get out much now that she stopped skiing for Canada and opened a bookstore. Unfortunately when the crazy brother catches up to the h, he isn't crazy and she is srsly kidnapped as the intrepid traveler switch actually occurred with a woman who is a major drug dealer and got the H's brother put in prison for transporting. The H takes her to a remote location with the hope of forcing her to confess she set his brother up. Then the sexual attraction starts and it all goes pear shaped from there. They do sleep together and the H totally freaks out like a little kid. The h manages to escape, track down the real culprit (with her cool mum's help) and then meets the H for a pretty nice little HEA. A good story when you have the time, but not one to hunt down and prize.
The h goes along with the plan, as she has a latent daredevil streak that doesn't get out much now that she stopped skiing for Canada and opened a bookstore. Unfortunately when the crazy brother catches up to the h, he isn't crazy and she is srsly kidnapped as the intrepid traveler switch actually occurred with a woman who is a major drug dealer and got the H's brother put in prison for transporting. The H takes her to a remote location with the hope of forcing her to confess she set his brother up. Then the sexual attraction starts and it all goes pear shaped from there. They do sleep together and the H totally freaks out like a little kid. The h manages to escape, track down the real culprit (with her cool mum's help) and then meets the H for a pretty nice little HEA. A good story when you have the time, but not one to hunt down and prize.
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February 16, 2016
Decent story of a girl who switches places with a look a like for an adventure and then finds out that the other girl was a criminal. She gets kidnapped by a man who wants her to confess to planting drugs on his brother. She's pretty feisty and pretty soon they are in love but he's still not quite sure he believes she isn't the other girl. Decent story even if pretty lightly dealt with. If you like gutsy self assured heroines you should enjoy this one.
March 27, 2019
Sean Reilly kidnapped a girl he despised to make her pay for the awful thing she had done to his brother. The only problem was that he had kidnapped the wrong girl.
But how was he to know? Caroline had foolishly agreed to help a girl who looked so much like her that the switch would have tricked anyone. Gabrielle had duped them all and was getting away with the perfect con.
Sean had to be convinced of his mistake, and Caroline had to face her own bittersweet truth--Sean had stolen her heart
But how was he to know? Caroline had foolishly agreed to help a girl who looked so much like her that the switch would have tricked anyone. Gabrielle had duped them all and was getting away with the perfect con.
Sean had to be convinced of his mistake, and Caroline had to face her own bittersweet truth--Sean had stolen her heart
July 25, 2012
Heroine was mistaken for someone else, after they changed identities. After all that was the plan or so the heroine thought but the other womans story ran false. Then the heroine was kidnapped by the hero and taken away. Eventually the hero finds out who the heroine truly is but is it too late?
Pretty decent read. I really love the old school HP's.
Pretty decent read. I really love the old school HP's.
November 13, 2012
This was the first ever romance book I ever read. Back then, I thought the world of it - and decided to walk down memory lane today. 8 years after and close to a thousand romance novels later, this book reads as mediocre and a run-of-the-mill romance. You'll find nothing in here that you can't find elsewhere, most likely done better too.
February 28, 2021
The h meets a woman in the hotel where she is on holiday. She has never seen that woman before.
The two women look very much alike. The woman tells her a story that she is afraid of the H who is looking for her.
The h then agrees to switch identity with that woman she has never seen before to mislead the H whom she has never seen before either. So the other woman can get away. They swap clothes.
Bla bla bla.
Surely, not even a HP heroine can be that stupid? But according to the writer Sandra Field: yes, she can.
It turns out the other woman smuggled heroine and the H’s innocent brother is doing jail time for that. That’s why the H wanted to find that woman. But thanks to the stupid h misleading the H, she got away.
The two women look very much alike. The woman tells her a story that she is afraid of the H who is looking for her.
The h then agrees to switch identity with that woman she has never seen before to mislead the H whom she has never seen before either. So the other woman can get away. They swap clothes.
Bla bla bla.
Surely, not even a HP heroine can be that stupid? But according to the writer Sandra Field: yes, she can.
It turns out the other woman smuggled heroine and the H’s innocent brother is doing jail time for that. That’s why the H wanted to find that woman. But thanks to the stupid h misleading the H, she got away.
July 20, 2019
The book fell flat for me given that the H held the h against her will and thought she was a heartless drug dealer, I would have expected the h to expect more groveling from the H.
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June 25, 2018Caroline was falling in love with him!
Sean Reilly kidnapped a girl he despised to make her pay for the awful thing she had done to his brother. The only problem was that he had kidnapped the wrong girl.
But how was he to know? Caroline had foolishly agreed to help a girl who looked so much like her that the switch would have tricked anyone. Gabrielle had duped them all and was getting away with the perfect con.
Sean had to be convinced of his mistake, and Caroline had to face her own bittersweet truth--Sean had stolen her heart.
Sean Reilly kidnapped a girl he despised to make her pay for the awful thing she had done to his brother. The only problem was that he had kidnapped the wrong girl.
But how was he to know? Caroline had foolishly agreed to help a girl who looked so much like her that the switch would have tricked anyone. Gabrielle had duped them all and was getting away with the perfect con.
Sean had to be convinced of his mistake, and Caroline had to face her own bittersweet truth--Sean had stolen her heart.
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