R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed on 2/14/2022 + 1452 more book reviews

This book features a brilliant scientist who is gaining fame in cloning experiments. Evelyn Caldwell is a workaholic who prefers to live in her lab working the week long. She knows that to succeed she must follow her dreams relentlessly. There is just one catch. Nathan, the man she loves and who seems to share her passion, is not so dedicated. He wants children. She feels children would slow or halt the progress of her scientific work. And, she recently received an award for what she has accomplished thus far but funding is still a struggle. It all changes when she discovers he is cheating on her. As they are head for divorce, she sees the other woman who looks like her twin. Than she realizes that he has secretly made a clone of her so he could have a more malleable wife!

Unbelievably, the cloned replica is pregnant. It shouldn't be possible but she is. Upon meeting Martime she explains callously how she came to be and explains why she believes Martine was created. Then comes an urgent phone call from Martin. She insists that Evelyn must come to the house immediately. When Evelyn arrives she finds Nathan on the kitchen floor dead. It seems that he came at Martine with a knife and in struggling over the knife he is accidentally killed. What can they do? Realizing that her career can be destroyed because no one knows of Martine's illegal existence, she looks to Martine for help. Martine, who has digested her own status as a clone suggests a copy of Nathan to solve the problem!

As the women work together and get to know each other, Evelyn comes to see her work through the eyes of others which helps her understand how others feel. There are more twists to this story ahead. And, as I read the author's unusual comments at the book's end, I found I want to read more of her work. It's a fascinatingly interesting story!

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