Victoria Pade, Her Sister's Keeper

Victoria Pade, Her Sister's Keeper - Twin sisters Nia and Trina Molner agree to come home to Elk Creek, Wyoming, to attend the annual Founder's Day Centennial. Nia hopes this will get her sibling out of the depression following a difficult divorce. However, Trina sneaks into town six weeks earlier to see if she can score with her first love, media giant Clay Heller, but he is not in town. However, she meets his brother rancher Cole instead. They make love before she leaves town to catch up to her sister. However, Trina becomes pregnant from her tryst.

Nia and Trina arrive for the gala. Nia and Clay meet and are attracted to one another, but she is used to being HER SISTER'S KEEPER and believes that Trina wants him and is carrying his baby. Trina loves Cole, but has doubts about marriage following her recent debacle, although she also worries about being a single mom.

These fine, contemporary romances between two pairs of siblings with a touch of misunderstanding is a fun read, especially because the Molner sisters lack confidence when it comes to the men they respectively love. The storyline centers on a comedy of errors as Nia, for the first time in her life, wants to put herself first instead of her twin, but has trouble ignoring a couple of decades of habit. Though the studs could have used more muscle, fans will enjoy Victoria's Pade's ranch tale and seek out TALES FROM ELK CREEK: COWBOY'S LADY COWBOY'S LOVE.

Silhouette Signature Select, Mar 2005, $5.99, 324 pp.

ISBN: 0373285183

Harriet Klausner