She's My Mom: Count on a Cop (Harlequin Superromance No. 1065) [Paperback]

Rebecca Winters (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin Super Romance | Publication Date: June 1, 2002

She can't remember her husband—or her son

"You're my mom!" That's what thirteen-year-old Brett Corbitt blurts out when he sees the woman who calls herself Martha Walters. His mother, Susan Corbitt, is presumed dead, although her body was never found, and Brett's convinced that Martha and Susan are the same person. His father, Detective Grady Corbitt of the Las Vegas Police, is skeptical—until he meets Martha face-to-face. Then he, too, believes it.

Grady knows that someone tried to murder Susan. She survived, but her memory didn't—so she can't provide any clues about the identity of her would-be murderer. Grady's certain that she's in danger; he persuades her to come home with him and Brett, where she'll remain hidden until the killer is caught.

Susan soon finds herself falling in love with the handsome detective for the second time—even if she can't remember the first!

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (June 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373710658
• ISBN-13: 978-0373710652
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,496,810 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Remarkable! Very highly recommended, June 16, 2002

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C. Penn "WordWeaving" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: She's My Mom: Count on a Cop (Harlequin Superromance No. 1065) (Paperback)

Dinner with friends at a hotel-casino in Los Vegas results in a stunning revelation for thirteen-year-old Brett Corbitt. In a chance encounter on the stairs as he descends to the lobby, Brett sights the mother he believes to be deceased. It is her face, and her body and her voice, but there is no flicker of recognition. When Brett arrives home, he persuades his father, Detective Grady Corbitt, to return to the hotel with him. Even though the woman calls herself Martha Walters, Brett and Grady know the woman's true identity as Susan Corbitt. What they do not know is why she did not recognize her son or why she disappeared.

Six months ago Susan was found wandering a nearby Indian reservation. She suffers from amnesia, recovering first in the home of residents and later at a women's shelter. When the hotel-casino opened, she got a job as a maid. Fearing why she was lost in the desert and possible consequences if someone recognized her before she regained her memory, Susan changed her hair color and never went to the police. But when the sexy detective arrives at her apartment, it was chemistry. She cannot help feeling pleased to be married to him, even if she does not recognize Grady. She is likewise delighted with her son. But Susan will never be out of danger until they learn why a bomb was planted to kill, yet her body was dumped in the desert.

Author Rebecca Winters creates a convincing amnesia story with SHE'S MY MOM. The complications of memory loss provide strong conflict, yet are touchingly handled. As Susan falls in love all over again, she is painfully aware of the differences between now, and the woman Grady has been married to for seventeen years. And those differences are both profound and unforgettable, no matter how much that she and Grady want to deny their importance. Her son Brett likewise lends a poignant note in his eagerness to regain his mother. Grady's struggle in some ways is the most difficult as he struggles with self-honesty and reconciling a past that his wife cannot remember with the present. A remarkable and memorable tale, SHE'S MY MOM comes very highly recommended.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars exhilarating romantic suspense thriller, June 8, 2002

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: She's My Mom: Count on a Cop (Harlequin Superromance No. 1065) (Paperback)

In the newest Las Vegas hotel, the Etoile, thirteen year old Brett Corbett sees a maid on the stairwell who looks exactly like his mother. The problem is that his mom died in an explosion six months ago. Brett tells his police detective dad Grady, who agrees to visit the Etoile though he worries his son might be going over the edge. Grady feels guilty because his own mourning has prevented him from being approachable for his son.

At the hotel, Brett learns that a woman Martha Walters whose hair is shorter and darker than his Susan, but otherwise is her identical twin works there. Using his police credentials, Grady and Brett obtain Martha's address and visit the maid at her apartment only to find the woman suffers amnesia. Martha suffers from amnesia, but the two Corbett males know she is the third member of their family. As she moves in with them, Susan struggles to regain her memory while Grady worries whether someone wanted to kill her or was she just caught in a crossfire.

Rebecca Winters always provides an interesting romantic tale and her latest entry, SHE'S MY MOM, is an exhilarating suspense thriller. The story line hooks the audience from the moment Brett mumbles the word "mom?". The male Corbetts are a dynamic pair, but the plot belongs to Susan, who struggles between living with two strangers and doing the right thing for the pair who obviously grieved yet still love her. Fans of contemporary romantic suspense will enjoy this strong novel.

Harriet Klausner

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best, May 30, 2011

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Blue Lily "bluelily" (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: She's My Mom (Count On A Cop) (Kindle Edition)

this is one of the best book. i loved the hero and the heroine. both of them are strong. the hero really loved the heroine.