Review: Very Good Read.  Could have been 5 stars, but all those COMMAS!!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 8, 2013
First let me say that this was a very good book.  However, the book is in serious need of a good editor...the author has the bad habit of using commas where periods should be inserted, and does this consistently throughout the book.  As I read I mentally insert periods for myself, so as not to get confused or be put off by the story.  That being said, it is to the author's great credit, that despite the prevalent issue of poor sentence construction, she still managed to garner four stars from this reader.The story line was fresh, the writing interesting, and the character development well done.  I thoroughly enjoyed this book.Anabel is 18 and getting ready for her first season.  She is the daughter of a retired Army Colonel, but at the beginning of the story discovers that she is actually adopted.  Anabel meets Jack (the hero) at an Art Gallery event where he strikes up a conversation with her.  His attitude towards her is one of familiarity and she comes to realize that he must mistake her for someone else.  Jack and Anabel meet again a few days later at a ball where she also, for the first time, meets her natural mother and her twin sister Justine.Jack is a close friend of Anabel's natural family and mistook Anabel for Justine at their first meeting.  Anabel is welcomed into the bosom of her natural family and begins a relationship with her sister Justine.  As for Jack, Anabel likes him very much and is very attracted to him.  However, Justine claims that she and Jack have an "unspoken" understanding, so even though Jack seems to enjoy Anabel's company as much as she does his, she is convinced that it is only because she reminds him of her twin.  It doesn't help that Justine, who is aware of the connection between Anabel and Jack, is constantly telling Anabel that Jack only sees her, Anabel, as a little sister.  Anabel and Jack are much in each others company throughout the book and the author gives them plenty of opportunity to fall in love.To add a bit of intrigue to the story, there is a series of art thefts which Jack, due to his position with the government, is investigating.  He becomes suspicious that Anabel may be the art thief due to a string of unfortunate coincidences.  Even though the evidence keeps pointing to Anabel as the thief, Jack battles against his suspicions and is determined to protect her.  Anabel concludes that she must solve the art thefts herself in order to prove her innocence to Jack.  To add even more to the excitement there is a kidnapping and a rescue.I can't give more details otherwise it would truly spoil the book for you.  I can only say that it was very entertaining.  The ending was very sweet, but an epilogue would have been a very welcome addition.  The author certainly has a gift for weaving a story.  Now if she would get the book properly edited!  I recommend this book as a very good read.  FYI, this is a clean romance.  Happy reading!