Twice Kissed (Zebra Romantic Suspense) [Paperback]

Lisa Jackson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Zebra Romantic Suspense | Publication Date: July 25, 2006

Marquise Walker has vanished without a trace. There are few clues and much speculation on her sudden disappearance. But the truth is more terrifying than anyone can even imagine...Maggie McCrae would do anything to find her identical twin sister - even if it means stepping into her unfamiliar shoes. Walking through Marquise's wild, uninhibited life is a revelation for Maggie, proof that she knew very little about her twin's darker side and her connection to the only man Maggie ever loved, Thane Walker. Now he's the man she shouldn't trust, a man who could be her best hope...or a cold-blooded killer...The deeper Maggie digs, the more she is drawn into the web of her own past...to a twisted family legacy of desperate deceit, betrayal, and revenge...each secret bringing her closer to a final, shocking truth - and to the identity of a killer who's closer than she thinks...

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Zebra (July 25, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821779443
• ISBN-13: 978-0821779446
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 6.7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #610,638 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #35 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Romance > Authors, A-Z > ( J ) > Jackson, Lisa

More About the Author

#1 NYT and USA TODAY bestselling author Lisa Jackson started writing after her sister read an article in TIME Magazine in 1981 about how young mothers were making money writing romance novels. Both Lisa and her sister, Nancy Bush, began their writing careers right then, and lo, these many years later Lisa has published seventy-five plus novels and has no plans to slow down anytime soon.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A compelling read..., July 4, 2003

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iheartjackbauer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Twice Kissed (Paperback)

Maggie McCrae retreated to Idaho with her thirteen year old daughter after the death of her husband. With the guilt she felt over his death, Maggie was barely coping, and she also had her daughter, Becca's hostility to deal with. When she gets one of the rare 'messages' from her twin Mary Theresa nee Marquise, she knows something is wrong. For only at times when Mary Theresa is in the most distress is she able to talk to Maggie through her mind. The only thing that sticks is that she blames her ex-husband, and Maggie's one time love.

Thane Walker has his own agenda, and he doesn't care what he has to do to accomplish it. When his vindictive ex-wife dissapears after dropping a bombshell on him, he knows that it's probably nothing more than a stunt for publicity. When the police suspect him of being responsible for her dissaperance, he decides to go to Maggie, the only woman he's ever loved.

Twice Kissed is a very emotional tale which started almost twenty years earlier. With jealousy and betrayal the key, Thane and Maggie race to find out what happened to Marquise while both dealing with trust issues. I really enjoy all of Jackson's books as she puts so much emotion into them, you can't help but be sucked right in.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Kept me reading, then made me mad., September 23, 2006

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Carrie (Cortland, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Twice Kissed (Paperback)

This is the kind of book that goes in the garbage after the first reading. I LOVE this author, but this book was awful. The back of the book was misleading. It makes you think Maggie might become Marquise to find out what happened, but she just interviews people.

Not much suspense in this novel. When I got to the end, there was no "OH WOW that is so neat!" Instead you could hear me saying "WHAT THE *&^$#% THAT SUCKED!"

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Decent way to spend the Weekend, March 24, 2002

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Kristi Ahlers (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Twice Kissed (Paperback)

Although this has not been a favorite of mine by this author, it was still a good way to spend the weekend. The characters for the most part were nicely developed but situations within the story could have had better clarification or resolution sooner. The relationship between Thane and Maggie had more promise I think. Although there was a good narrative of their relationship from the past, the "Present" relationship could have been better formed. They went from "I love you" to "I can't trust you" to "I love you" again with a lot of mistrust in between. Maggie had been hurt so many times in the past that I found her reluctance to "forgive and forget" understandable. What I did not understand was why the ends were tied up so fast without a whole lot communication between the two main characters. This could have been done and added something extra to the book without letting the reader feel that the end was just cut off with no real "closure".

Still overall a good suspense packed novel with real emotions, and an added bounus of the author touching on a very touchy subject. A good book and worth the read.