From Publishers Weekly
In Michaels's fable-like latest, wicked South Carolina heiress Sarabess Windsor must face the fallout of a decision she made 30 years ago: when her beloved daughter was diagnosed with a potentially fatal illness, doting Sarabess hatched a plan to bear another child solely as a source of bone marrow for little Emily. Donor daughter Trinity, unaware of her parentage, spent her childhood in closely monitored foster care, but forced, like the other children in town, to fawn endlessly over Emily, whose life is extended 13 years by her sister's cells. When Trinity runs away at 15, Sarabess makes sure no one tries to find her, but hapless father Harold, on his deathbed, sets up a trust for Trinity to claim on her 30th birthday. Several months before that day, Sarabess begins to try to finagle the funds for her own use. While Sarabess is without any redeeming qualities, her Trinity is anything but. Readers will root for the plucky heroine and her childhood friend Jake (a lawyer, natch). The finale's shocking revelations are just that, as Michaels, who was written more than 80 novels, somehow does it again.
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From AudioFile
Thirty years ago wealthy Sarabess Windsor conceived a second daughter, Trinity, to provide bone marrow to her firstborn, Emily--then gave Trinity to foster parents. Now, years after Emily's death, Sarabess wants to find the child she gave up--and enlists attorney Jake Forrest to help her. Trinity is not interested in looking back, but childhood friend Jake is persuasive--and healing the hurts of the past just could lead to a different future for them both. Even the reliable Laural Merlington can't save this story, which is a melodrama on a grand scale. Her interpretations of Trinity and Jake aren't especially memorable, but her portrayals of the older characters are quite wonderful. úber-villainess Sarabess, in particular, stands out. C.E.W. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine--
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