Thursday's Child (Hardcover)

by Sandra Brown (Author)

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Product Description
With forty-four New York Times bestselling novels to her credit, Sandra Brown is one of romance’s best-loved authors. She has been hailed by Rendezvous magazine as an author whose “larger than life heroes and heroines make you believe all the warm, wonderful, wild things in life.”

Sexy, funny, and wonderfully romantic, here is the unforgettably sensuous story of a woman too smart to fall in love — and the man determined to prove her wrong.

Thursday’s Child

Allison Leamon knew that pretending to be her identical twin sister was a bad idea. For although the two redheads looked exactly alike, they couldn’t be more different. How could a no-nonsense scientist like Allison possibly fool anyone into thinking that she was the bubbly, vivacious Annie?

Trading her sensible shoes for strappy sandals, her eyeglasses for contacts, and her lab smock for a chiffon dress, Allison was determined to try her best. Her first challenge was a dinner date with Annie’s fiancé, Davis. But what Allison didn’t expect was the presence of Davis’s best friend.

Allison was far too logical to believe in love at first sight, but there was nothing logical about the way she was responding to Spencer Raft. The dark-haired, blue-eyed mystery man had an assurance that Allison found positively maddening.

And by the end of the evening, she couldn’t help feeling that Spencer had been attracted to a carefully constructed illusion. She was certain that the handsome adventurer wouldn’t give her a second look if he knew her as she really was.

But Spencer Raft was a man of many talents — and seeing below the surface of things was one of them. He sensed the flesh-and-blood woman beneath the elaborate charade, and after years of wandering the world in search of excitement, he knew he had finally found what he had been looking for.

But first this incurable romantic had to convince an intractable skeptic that there was more to love than what she could study in a laboratory. And what better way than to propose a passionate experiment of his own?

On board his yacht, Spencer and Allison would fulfill their wildest fantasies and deepest desires; but when their blissful idyll was over, would it all prove to be no more than a pleasant interlude — or the real thing?

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With forty-four New York Times bestselling novels to her credit, Sandra Brown is one of romance?s best-loved authors. She has been hailed by Rendezvous magazine as an author whose ?larger than life heroes and heroines make you believe all the warm, wonderful, wild things in life.?

Sexy, funny, and wonderfully romantic, here is the unforgettably sensuous story of a woman too smart to fall in love ? and the man determined to prove her wrong.

Thursday?s Child

Allison Leamon knew that pretending to be her identical twin sister was a bad idea. For although the two redheads looked exactly alike, they couldn?t be more different. How could a no-nonsense scientist like Allison possibly fool anyone into thinking that she was the bubbly, vivacious Annie?

Trading her sensible shoes for strappy sandals, her eyeglasses for contacts, and her lab smock for a chiffon dress, Allison was determined to try her best. Her first challenge was a dinner date with Annie?s fiancé, Davis. But what Allison didn?t expect was the presence of Davis?s best friend.

Allison was far too logical to believe in love at first sight, but there was nothing logical about the way she was responding to Spencer Raft. The dark-haired, blue-eyed mystery man had an assurance that Allison found positively maddening.

And by the end of the evening, she couldn?t help feeling that Spencer had been attracted to a carefully constructed illusion. She was certain that the handsome adventurer wouldn?t give her a second look if he knew her as she really was.

But Spencer Raft was a man of many talents ? and seeing below the surface of things was one of them. He sensed the flesh-and-blood woman beneath the elaborate charade, and after years of wandering the world in search of excitement, he knew he had finally found what he had been looking for.

But first this incurable romantic had to convince an intractable skeptic that there was more to love than what she could study in a laboratory. And what better way than to propose a passionate experiment of his own?

On board his yacht, Spencer and Allison would fulfill their wildest fantasies and deepest desires; but when their blissful idyll was over, would it all prove to be no more than a pleasant interlude ? or the real thing?

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Bantam (January 2, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553802542
• ISBN-13: 978-0553802542
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #715,068 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A romantic quick read, January 31, 2002

By	Ann M. Macpherson "passionate reader" (Newcastle, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have read other books by Sandra Brown and have always enjoyed her writing--knowing that it's well done but not thick with plot and mystery. This novel was about twins trading places for a few days-----two women who were completely different in every way except in their looks. Having lived with twin girls in nursing school, I know that this is very easily done----it's especially easy when someone meets them for the first time and doesn't "know" them as well as close friends would. I found this story to be believable with a little different twist on it----Allison finding romance and love in an unlikely man who first thought that she was Annie.
I must admit, however, that I was quite irritated when Spencer was so persistent and intense when he was trying to get "Ann" to leave Davis for him-----when it was actually Allison---who was not the one engaged to Davis. I find it hard to swallow that any many would be that heavy into a pursuit of his best friend's fiance. I think most decent men would be a little bit more subtle. I also thought at the time that perhaps he had caught on to the thought that this was the "other" twin----after he was told she had an identical twin. I thought the portrayal of Spencer as such a "wolf" was not too realistic. And then to have him turn around and become such a romantic, so suave----hard to fathom.
I read this book in just a couple of hours----a very fast read. It didn't have much of a plot, no mystery, no deaths----just pure romance and love. A fun book when you want to "escape" for a few hours.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I would not recommend this book, February 9, 2002

By A Customer

I was very disappointed in Thursdays Child. I found the plot to simple and silly. I don't mind reading a simple book , but I found that this book was to unbelieveable. The charactors behaved in away that I don't think anyone would or at least I hope they would'nt. The book seems to have been written with no thought. I found that all the books that Sandra Brown has done early in her career and has had reprinted have been written that way. If you want to read a good Sandra Brown book pick up any of her new books, those are written with thought and substance.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely ludicrous!, May 3, 2002

By	amyincanton "amyincanton" (Canton, MI United States) - See all my reviews

It is amazing to me that the same person who wrote the wonderfully written "Envy" and "The Alibi" is the same author who wrote this idiotic shlock! The characters behaved so unrealistically--basically in a way to allow Ms. Brown to continue writing a story. It was absolutely ludicrous to me that the first time Spencer appeared at Ann's condo thinking Allison was Ann, Allison didn't just tell him the truth right then and there. It was also ludicrous that Ann would have thought it was perfectly acceptable for her fiance to passionately kiss and fondle her twin sister while Ann was in the hospital. I also found it totally unbelievable that Allison was SO fearful about losing her virginity. It just didn't seem realistic that she would be so passionately caught up in the moment, and then suddenly become too fearful. I also thought it was unrealistic that Spencer would hide the fact that he was a successful stamp collector even from his best friend. In real life, that deception would never have occurred--but it occurred in this sophmoric novel simply to keep a little bit of reader suspense until the end. Even the very steamy lovemaking scenes did not make this book worth reading. This is the second twin-switching Sandra Brown novel I read, and I didn't enjoy "The Switch" either.