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Mirrors and Mistakes (Harlequin American Romance, No. 57)

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Warning, the previous review contains spoilers. I won't give much of the plot away here, but I will say that the title comes from the fact that the hero and heroine mirror each other. Both start out cool, distant and perfect, afraid of making mistakes. Gradually they change. But the road to happiness is filled with complications.

Seidel creates characters with unusual depth. Her stories are quiet rather than action oriented, but the characters feel like real people and I find myself empathizing with them. In this books, the hero did a couple of things that would normally make me dislike a hero, but in this case, I still sympathized with him and understood him. I recommend this book to anyone who likes characters with complexities and flaws in their romances.

When i read the official review for this book I was very excited, the first few chapters of the book didn't disappoint, then all of a sudden the book went haywire.

What really annoyed me was that the H was the one who purposely didn't use protection, gets her pregnant, leaves the Country for two years, thinks he's in love with someone else and she meekly waits while he finally realises he's in love with her.

He doesn't even acknowledge his child with affection and pretty much dumps her with it for two years while he goes off 'dating' someone else.. I honestly wish I hadn't noticed this book..as it was a real disappointment

Official Description:

They could never forget they were mirrors...and mistakes They were very proper Bostonians who worked hard, dressed conservatively, and ate and drank in moderation. Suzanne Lawrence, secretary to the vice-president of Southard-Colt, and Patrick Britten, the firm's most brilliant consultant, hid behind polite, cool facades - and led lives of exquisite loneliness. Identical in taste, temperament and habit, they drew together in the belief that they would always remain friends. For having known nothing more, they expected nothing more. But they never anticipated the powerful instinct that would well up in Patrick. It would teach them about love - and despair - and would bind them together forever.