The Truth about Jane Doe: Hometown U.S.A. (Harlequin Superromance No. 893) [Paperback]

Linda Warren (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin; Hometown, U.S.A. edition (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373708939
• ISBN-13: 978-0373708932
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #657,719 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Linda Warren loves happy endings. The Rita® nominated and award winning author has written 26 books for Harlequin, including SuperRomance, American and Everlasting Love. Drawing upon her years of growing up on a farm/ranch in Texas, she writes about sexy heroes, feisty heroines and broken families with an emotional punch all set against the backdrop of Texas. She lives in College Station with her husband and spends her days doing what she loves--creating unforgettable love stories--with happy endings.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good read.Romance verges on mainstream with much depth, January 13, 2000

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This review is from: The Truth about Jane Doe: Hometown U.S.A. (Harlequin Superromance No. 893) (Paperback)

Twenty-six years ago in Coberville, Texas, newborn Christmas Jane Doe was left on the doorstep of Pete and Maggie Watson. The mother was never found and subsequent efforts to adopt CJ were rejected for various official reasons. The Watsons raised the lass as their own daughter. Though she loved the Watsons, CJ became obsessed with knowing her roots, but no clues surfaced. Even her efforts to trace the unknown benefactor who paid for her to attend college failed.

Shockingly, Virginia Cober Townsend of the county's leading family, leaves one thousand acres and a hundred thousand dollars to CJ, a nonentity. The Townsend family wants the will voided, but their lawyer Matthew Sloan Sr. stalls for time for no apparent reason. When Matthew dies, his son, New York attorney Matthew Jr., vows to complete his dad's caseload. As Matthew and CJ begin "negotiations", they fall in love. Still, she pursues her quest, believing that the inheritance was left as a means for her to uncover the truth. However, an unknown assailant wants to insure that no secrets are revealed even if it means killing CJ and Matthew.

This exhilarating romantic suspense novel centers on a person's identity. CJ and Matthew Jr. are counterpoints to one another. Whereas Jr. always loved his biological parents, he fled his roots. CJ loved the Watsons, but thirsts to dig up her roots. Though the attempts on the lives of the lead characters are thrilling passages, they take away from the core of the tale, CJ's quest. Linda Warren turns "Hometown" Texas into a wonderful novel that readers will devour in one sitting so that they can learn THE TRUTH ABOUT JANE DOE.

Harriet Klausner

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a real page turner., January 27, 2012

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This review is from: The Truth about Jane Doe: Hometown U.S.A. (Harlequin Superromance No. 893) (Paperback)

The Truth About Jane Doe by Linda Warren
Harlequin Super Romance # 893 - January 2000

Mathew returns to his hometown for his father's funeral and to close out his father's cases. When he reviews the details of an inheritance dispute between the wealthiest family in the area and CJ Doe, he begins to wonder whose side his father was on. He represented the Townsends, but clearly he'd been stalling the case. Mathew remembers CJ as the orphan left on the Watson's doorstep and how she'd always been a bit of an outcast because no one knew who she belonged to. Now CJ's a beautiful vital woman with a strong desire to know who her parents are. So when the matriarch of the Townsend family leaves her land and a tidy sum, CJ's positive the rumours that a Townsend man is her father must be true. The Townsends are offended that any parcel of land has been given to CJ and they want Mathew to break the will. CJ's not interested in the land or money, so she offers to return her inheritance if the Townsend men agree to a paternity test.

This is a real page turner. Mathew's quite taken with CJ and helps her dig for the truth of her parentage. Someone wants the truth to stay buried, and CJ finds her life threatened. Ms Warren does a very good job of hiding the truth and allowing the characters to unravel it bit by bit. Excellent reading.