The Unknown Twin: Code Red (Harlequin Superromance No. 1206) [Mass Market Paperback]

Kathryn Shay (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin Super Romance | Publication Date: June 1, 2004

Lauren Conway almost didn't make it out alive

She owes her life to Alex Shields, the handsome firefighter who carried her from the burning office building. But when Lauren wakes up in a hospital bed, everyone—including her rescuer—assumes she's suffering from amnesia. They're convinced her real name is Dana.

But Lauren knows she's not ill. What she doesn't know is who this mysterious woman is. And when she finds out, it will turn her life upside down.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (June 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373712065
• ISBN-13: 978-0373712069
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,469,017 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kathryn Shay is a lifelong writer. At fifteen, she penned her first 'romance,' a short story about a female newspaper reporter in New York City and her fight to make a name for herself in a world of male journalists - and with one hardheaded editor in particular. Looking back, Kathryn says she should have known then that writing was in her future. But as so often happens, fate sent her detouring down another path.

Fully intending to pursue her dream of big city lights and success in the literary world, Kathryn took every creative writing class available at the small private women's college she attended in upstate New York. Instead, other dreams took precedence. She met and subsequently married a wonderful guy who'd attended a neighboring school, then completed her practice teaching, a requirement for the education degree she never intended to use. But says Kathryn, "I fell in love with teaching the first day I was up in front of a class, and knew I was meant to do that."

Kathryn went on to build a successful career in the New York state school system, thoroughly enjoying her work with adolescents. But by the early 1990s, she'd again made room in her life for writing. It was then that she submitted her first manuscript to publishers and agents. Despite enduring two years of rejections, she persevered. And on a snowy December afternoon in 1994, Kathryn Shay sold her first book to Harlequin Superromance.

Since that first sale, Kathryn has written twenty-two books for Harlequin, ten mainstream contemporary romances for the Berkley Publishing Group, and two online novellas, which Berkley then published in traditional print format.

Kathryn has become known for her powerful characterizations - readers say they feel they know the people in her books - and her heart-wrenching, emotional writing (her favorite comments are that fans cried while reading her books or stayed up late to finish them). In testament to her skill, the author has had a one of her books serialized in the December 2003 COSMOPOLITAN magazine and has been quoted in PEOPLE and THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. She has won five RT BookClub Magazine Reviewers Choice Awards, three Holt Medallions, two Desert Quill Awards, the Golden Leaf Award, and several online accolades.

Even in light of her writing success, that initial love of teaching never wavered for Kathryn. She finished out her teaching career in 2004, retiring from the same school where her career began. These days, she lives in upstate New York with her husband and two children. "My life is very full," she reports, "but very happy. I consider myself fortunate to have been able to pursue and achieve my dreams."

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, October 20, 2009

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Miz B (Phx, AZ) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Unknown Twin: Code Red (Harlequin Superromance No. 1206) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a good book for all older teenagers it has a great story line as well keeps you on your toes. I have read this book a couple years ago and I wanted to re-read it again. Since I have bought this book a month ago I have re-read it several times.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars refreshing contemporary romance, June 27, 2004

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Unknown Twin: Code Red (Harlequin Superromance No. 1206) (Mass Market Paperback)

Firefighter Alex Shields saves Lauren Conway's life when the Courage Bay Courier building is on fire, but insists she is his EMT Dana Ivie, who is supposed to be in San Diego for training not in a newspaper building. Lauren corrects Alex and others insisting that she just moved into town recently to draw her comic strip Dee and Me. Alex believes her, but says her twin works for him.

When Ivie and Lauren meet, both realize that there is more to this than just coincidence as they are identical twins. As the sisters investigate their connection, Alex finds himself attracted to the Lauren and she reciprocates. As they fall in love, however, Lauren believes that he thinks he loves her, but she feels that she is jut a substitute for his true love, her newly found sibling.

Though twins seem to be a major percentage of the novel population, this refreshing contemporary romance is a fine tale that sub-genre readers will enjoy. The invigorating element is that Alex had a thing for Ivie; now he knows what love is all about, but to persuade Lauren she is the one is impossible due to his history. Though the mystery of the twins adds background that weakens next to the delightful "triangle" that is all in the mind of the newcomer.

Harriet Klausner

2.0 out of 5 stars Boring Read, January 1, 2005

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A. Johnson (Dallas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Unknown Twin: Code Red (Harlequin Superromance No. 1206) (Mass Market Paperback)

I had a hard time reading this book, it was somewhat slow and boring. Also the fact that the main character still talked to her imaginary friend was corney at best. Yet, the book does have some good moments its just so few and far between.