Mirror Image

While a bit predictable of a plot (plane crash, mistaken identity, assumption of the identity and an assassination plot) this novel does have a nice twist at the very end. Sandra Brown does a great job at portraying the difficulty Avery has with herself assuming the identity of someone else while trying to protect someone. The end was predictable - no one would have thought that it would end any other way while reading this novel. However, that said, I doubt anyone guessed who was behind the assassination plot to kill Senate hopeful, Tate Rutledge. Ms. Brown did a great job at concealing that tidbit while offering some clues. A good example of a romantic thriller, it is an enjoyable fast read.

Avery Daniels, a TV reporter, lives through a plane crash in Texas. However, upon waking in the hospital, bandaged severely and being unable to speak, she is mistaken for the wife of politician Tate Rutledge, who is running for a U.S. senate seat. When she overhears someone talking about ending Tate's life, she decides to go along with the mistaken identity in order to save him.

I've not read a Sandra Brown book prior to this one. This looked like a thriller of sorts, so I picked it up. I guess I didn't realize there was such a thing as a "romance thriller" genre, but that's what this was. It wasn't terrible, but I would say a reader would have to suspend some disbelief to a certain degree. It did remind me a little of the 80s prime time show more series Dallas, which is maybe why I was sucked in more than I might have been otherwise, since I spent many a Friday night watching that show in my teen years. This wasn't a bad story, aside from the fact that it was pretty unrealistic as far as the mistaken identity factor went. I might try another Sandra Brown novel at some point, but I don't know that I'd purposefully seek one out in the near future. show less

I had to work really hard to make peace with the premise of this book. I mean, if I found myself in Avery’s position, I certainly wouldn’t try to fake it and pretend to be Carole. If I didn’t fess up, at the least I would act like I had amnesia!

Once I got past that ridiculousness, I actually enjoyed the story. I had part of it figured out by the end, but I didn’t know who was actually going to pull the trigger or who was ultimately behind it all.

A page turner that keeps you guessing right up to the end.
The enthralling plot combines the right amounts of suspense and romance. I often re-read it to remind myself of truly captivating writing.

Woman switches seat on airplane that crashes and is burned beyond recognition. When she awakes in the hospital everyone believes she's someone else. She's unable to communicate to tell them who she is and the other woman's family has her undergo reconstructive surgery. The other woman's husband sits by her bedside encouraging her and by the time she's able to communicate she starting to fall in love with him and decides to assumes that identity.

Sandra Brown is as always, my favorite author of all time & she never disappoints! She masters the genre of "Thriller romance". It's what I love the most, a ,lil bit of romance with some thriller! What can keep me away from the book? NOTHING!

Avery Daniels, a TV face got mixed up with the wife of a powerful politician running for senate Tate Rutledge! Avery didn't have anything in her hands to do, she was given the face of Mrs. Carole Rutledge after she had suffered massive injuries in her face from a plane crash!

At the hospital, in the ICU. Someone visits her & tell her to not open her mouth because their plan stands & Tate will be dead on the Election day. Through her recovery, Avery falls in love with Tate, she wants to stay Mrs. show more Rutledge to know who is trying to kill Tate so she can save him & in the sametime, a breakthrough story has presented itself to her.

All the characters in the novel were very important from my opinion, no one seemed shallow or not important. The plot was beautifully written, there wasn't a page I skipped nor felt bored reading it. It was a page turner actually. And the ending wasn't expected at all. It really shocked me! You do doubt 1 or 2 characters (one of them is the killer) but then ending is really unexpected!

I love you Sandra Brown. show less

It wasn't that I didn't like Mirror Image, it was more that it bored me at times. Yes the story was completely contrived and yes, I knew how it would end, but the story was still a lot of fun. I think I had more problems with Brown's writing than with the story.