I wasn't as pleased with this book as I was with the others I've read by this author. The story was interesting enough I guess. It mostly dealt with the Pygmalian type make over of a rough ex con woman in the old west into a society matron. The love story part was underwhelming. I didn't really feel any emotion from the two of them. The characterization was not real deep for any of them. Oh well could have been better but it also could have been worse. ( )

This is not a book with universal appeal and I didn't think I was going to like it. The "romance" isn't really the main part of the story, but it was so well written and interesting. I gave it 4 stars. ( )

"Say you are running to become the first Governor of Colorado? And say your wife has "disappeared" after a house fire killed her child? What do you do? 'Cause I don't think even Karl Rove would have suggested searching women's prisons to find your wife's doppelganger and then blackmailing said doppelganger into masquerading as your missing wife until after the election. At which time you'll send her off to Europe and create a cover story your wife "died". Scratch that. Machiavelli would have though that was over the top."

http://romancepicayune.blogspot.com/2008/05/strangers-wife.html ( )