The Sister Switch

by Pamela Ford

What single mother Nora Clark knows about style would fit on the head of a pin. Yet with her identical twin begging her to cover her job as a personal shopper, she wriggles into her sister's clothes and does what she has to do. But backtracking on her borrowed stilettos seems like the smarter move when her sister's new 'client' turns out to be a surgeon at the hospital where Nora works in real life. The attraction between Nora and Erick is undeniable,...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373714041
• ISBN13: 9780373714049
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Harlequin Special Releases
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Great Romantic Comedy

Stuck on a cruise ship, personal shopper Suzanne Carlisle begs her identical twin sister, Nora Clark, to pretend she is Suzanne so that she won't lose an important client. Nora reluctantly agrees - she is a physical therapist and knows little about personal shopping. She manages to get through the appointment without losing Suzanne's job, but she does lose her heart to client Erik Lamont. But the romance seems doomed to fail for several reasons: Nora has been reluctant to fall in love again since her husband's death; Erik thinks that the woman he is falling in love with is Suzanne, not realizing she is really Nora; Nora works at the same hospital with Erik, who thinks she is boring; and Nora is up for a promotion at the hospital and Erik is in charge of deciding who will get the job. Nora wants to stop pretending she is Suzanne before things go too far, but things quickly get out of hand and she is afraid to tell Erik who she really is. Will the attraction between Nora and Erik survive her deception? "The Sister Switch" is a very amusing romance novel. Author Pamela Ford manages to take the worn plot line of twins switching places and make it seem fresh. I was afraid that Ford would use the cliché of Suzanne being the bad twin who uses her sister selfishly, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that Suzanne was very likable. Nora is a great heroine, a single mother who loved her late husband so much that she's afraid she'll never be able to love someone that much again. Her young son, Danny, is adorable - he wants a father badly and can't understand why his mother won't marry Ronald McDonald or Mr. Rogers. Erik is a well-written hero who has always run away from commitment and may do so yet again. The longer Nora continues to deceive Erik, the funnier the book gets, as she's always one step away from getting caught. Ford's decision to have Nora and Erik work together is a great way of adding more comedy to the story, but it also adds some tension to the storyline as the book goes along. The romance between Erik and Nora is nicely done, with Nora not only afraid to love again, but wondering how Erik will react when he discovers the truth. And Erik's struggle to decide between a job he's always wanted or the woman he loves is also well done. "The Sister Switch" is a great romantic comedy.

The Sister Switch

Nora Clark is impersonating her twin sister, Suzanne, so that Suzanne doesn't lose an important client in her personal shopping business. The only thing Nora and Suzanne have in common is their looks. Nora is a physical therapist raising her young son Danny on her own and she knows nothing about fashion, but she reluctantly agrees to help Suzanne anyway. Erik Morgan is an orthopedic surgeon facing some changes in his life. Meeting "Suzanne" changes things even more. He's attracted to her and as things get personal for them Nora realizes that she's getting in too deep. She's acting as herself and Suzanne at the same time. Nora needs to tell Erik the truth, but will she lose him when she does? The Sister Switch is a great story. The characters are wonderful. Nora and Erik are terrific, Danny is a sweetheart and Suzanne is a blast. I thoroughly enjoyed reading The Sister Switch. It's heartwarming, romantic and fun. Nannette Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

fun!

THE SISTER SWITCH by Pamela Ford March 16, 2007 Rating **** (4 Stars) Another book in the Superromance series "SINGLES... WITH KIDS", the reader returns to San Francisco, where last we enjoyed daily cups of soup at Margo's popular bistro. Now, we're back with the same cast of characters, but it's Nora's story. Nora is a single mom whose husband had died tragically five years ago. They were together long enough to have created a son, Danny, now five. Danny's current preoccupation is his search for the perfect daddy, and so far he's come up with Mr. Rogers (Danny doesn't know Mr. Rogers is dead) and Ronald McDonald (Nora tells Danny that Mr. McDonald is married). But Danny is not her only problem. Nora makes the mistake in agreeing to help out her identical twin, Suzanne. Suzanne is a personal shopper, and her most important client, Camille Lamont, needs Suzanne to help out son Erik. Unfortunately Suzanne is on a cruise ship, (originally meant to be her honeymoon) so Suzanne asks Nora to take her place. Suzanne lives with Nora, and Nora desperately wants Suzanne's personal shopper career to take off so Suzanne can move out. Nora agrees to help her sister, thinking this will only be a one-time deal, maybe two. But impersonating her sister is a lot more difficult than it sounds. Nora is not a good dresser and couldn't tell the difference between "business casual" and "casual chic". Things go from bad to worse. Nora has an exhausting time pretending she's her twin, basically because the two are very different people. But with Suzanne coaching from overseas via cell phone, Nora thinks she's pulled it off. She's managed to get Erik dressed for a fancy shindig thrown by his mother, but then Erik invites Nora (who he thinks is Suzanne) on what she thinks may be a date. And it doesn't end there. She finds out that Erik Lamont is really Erik Morgan, a famous Olympic skier, and he also happens to be a sports doctor, working at the same place as she does. This was a very fun and lighthearted look at love and deception, and one cannot help laughing out loud to what Nora has to say and do to protect her sister's career. As one lie leads to another, Nora knows she's over her head but can't seem to fix things before it's too late. She tries to tell Erik the truth, but the opportunity never seems to be there for her. The reader will sympathize with Nora, who has been a single mother for all of Danny's life, and she has yet to really let go of her husband's death. It is Erik who is able to get her interested in dating again. Danny thinks he's found a new daddy, which isn't a good thing since Nora knows that once Suzanne returns from her trip, Erik is going to want to stick with Suzanne, not boring dependable Nora. Danny's obsession with finding a father worries Nora, as she tries to explain to her son time and time again that she can't just marry the next man she meets. The humor in this novel is everywhere, and the reader will enjoy Danny's visio

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