I have talked about Johanna Lindsey in another book. This one has got to be one of my favorite books by her. I don’t know the exact reason behind the my love for this book. It could be because of how one sister goes out of her way to not be who she truly is and the hero sees through it. It could be because the male role is depicted by a man who is also struggling to be who he wants to be. Whatever the reason, A Man to Call My Own is just spectacularly good!
from Booklist: Amanda and Marian Laton are identical twins who couldn’t be more different. Amanda, the apple of her father’s eye, is a spoiled, jealous young woman; sweet-hearted Marian, in an effort to be as unlike her sister as possible, strives to make herself plain and undesirable. Set in the 1870s, this historical romance by the prolific Lindsey begins when Amanda and Marian’s father dies in their hometown of Haverhill, Mass., and the twins are shipped off to Texas. Under the provisions of their father’s will, they cannot claim their inheritances until they are married, and in the meantime they must live with their aunt, Kathleen Dunn, a widowed rancher nicknamed Red. Life on the ranch is much too rustic for Amanda, but Marian enjoys the country living-and her brushes with Chad Kinkaid, heir to a ranching fortune, who is lending Red a helping hand. Hiding behind thick-lensed spectacles she doesn’t need, Marian tries to deflect Chad, afraid that if she shows an interest in him her mean-spirited twin will lure him away.
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