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The bond between sisters Alexa and Catherine is threatened when the former, a soap opera star, enters a relationship with an unfeeling man, and the latter, a talented pianist, discovers that she and Alexa are not true sisters. Reissue.
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An intricately plotted contemporary romance that marks the hardcover debut of bestselling paperback author Stone. Talented and lovely Jane Taylor has it all: a successful career as a potter, a wonderful husband, and a darling little girl. She now joyfully awaits the birth of a second child. But something goes wrong, and her baby girl dies. While she is still trying to find a way to tell her older daughter, Alexa, about the death, Jane is approached by a beautiful stranger carrying a pink cashmere- wrapped bundle in her arms. The bundle turns out to be a baby girl that the stranger offers to Jane. Though it's too dangerous to explain why she must give her child away, the stranger asks Jane to tell the child about her when she's grown and gives Jane an exquisite sapphire necklace to accompany the explanation. Fast- forward 21 years, and the child--now a beautiful and brilliantly talented pianist called Cat--is finally told about her mysterious beginnings. Cat is stunned, and wonders whether this is the reason why her older sister Alexa--a stunning, award-winning actress--has never fully accepted her. What follows is a highly complicated story that features a tender reconciliation between the sisters and another between Cat and her real mother; a deadly explosion; a near-fatal car crash; an idyllic Mediterranean island; another baby girl who's given away for adoption and then reclaimed by her rightful parents, and a deranged princess so obsessed with love for her brother that she is willing to murder for it. By novel's end, all secrets are out, and both Alexa and Cat find true love. Fairy-tale elements mix with those of a present-day romance- -for wholly improbable yet thoroughly enjoyable results. -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
From Library Journal
Stone's ( Roommates, Twins) hardcover debut--the story of two beautiful sisters who both rise to the top of their professions and find the men of their dreams--has many of the elements of a fairy tale, i.e., a wicked prince, a beautiful princess, a valuable necklace, and two babies given away at birth. Alexa Taylor is a wildly successful but sweetly humble actress, star of the hit series Pennsylvania Avenue . Her sister Catherine is an insecure but extraordinarily beautiful concert pianist. The plot concentrates on their relationships with the men in their lives (all of whom are rich, powerful, and handsome) and how they earn the right to their soulmates. The pacing is fast and the prose leans toward the purple (her emerald eyes speak to his sapphire ones with recurring monotony). In spite of some stilted dialog and a sense of unreality about the goodness of these characters, this is fun to read and sure to circulate well in the popular fiction collection.
- Marilyn Jordan, Keiser Coll. Lib., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
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- PublisherMacmillan
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0333577213
- ISBN 13 9780333577219
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages384
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