Double lives

Mary Monroe

Book - 2024

"The latest twist-filled novel in award-winning New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe's Depression-era Alabama saga tells the riveting tale of identical twin sisters with a talent for switching lives and hiding the scandalous results - until one risk too many changes the game forever . . . Since childhood, identical twins Leona and Fiona Dunbar have been getting in - and out - of trouble by pretending to be each other. Yet underneath, they couldn't be more different. Outspoken Leona lives to break rules, have a good time, and scandalize their respectable hometown of Lexington. Fiona is a seemingly-demure churchgoing girl who is the apple of her domineering, widowed mother Mavis's eye. But together, the twins have... fooled teachers, boyfriends, bosses, racist police - and most importantly, strait-laced Mavis. Even when Leona does jail time for Fiona, their unbreakable bond keeps them fiercely loyal. . . . So when Fiona feels stifled in her passionless marriage, and Leona is heartbroken over losing her one true love, it's perfect timing to change places once again . . . Leona is shocked to discover she enjoys the security of being a wife and homebody. And the unexpected spark between her and Fiona's husband is giving her all kinds of deliciously sexy ideas. Meanwhile, Fiona enjoys being free, single, and reveling in the independence she's never had. And the more she indulges her secret, long-repressed wild child, the more Leona's ex-lover becomes one temptation she's having trouble resisting . . . As the sisters' masquerade ignites desires and appetites they never expected, it also puts their most damning secrets on the line. Once the fallout rocks their small town, can Fiona and Leona's deep sisterhood shield them from total disaster and help them reconcile their mistakes? Or will the trust between them become a weapon that shatters their lives for good?"--

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Subjects
Genres
Domestic fiction
Romance fiction
Historical fiction
Novels
Published
New York : Dafina 2024.
Language
English
Main Author
Mary Monroe (author)
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition
Item Description
Includes discussion questions.
Physical Description
306 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781496743152
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Review by Booklist Review

Identical twin sisters Leona and Fiona long ago realized the power of their inseparability. They pledge that they would do anything for one another and begin dabbling in switching places in each other's lives as an occasional prank. But as the girls grow into adolescence and adulthood, they outgrow the childhood fun of their role reversal and begin to use the farce to protect and help each other out of difficult situations. As they struggle to keep their switches secret, the twins' individual troubles lead to dangerous effects on the other, blurring the lines between self and sister. There is no topic too scandalous for Monroe (Love, Honor, Betray, 2023), and her signature gritty storytelling style is on full display here. Double Lives, the fourth book in the Lexington, Alabama, series, features themes of identity, secrecy, and injustice as experienced through the sisters' expectations and disappointments of youth and middle life. Loyal fans of Monroe's mix of provocative characters, illicit romance, and life in a Black community under Jim Crow laws will enjoy this story of domestic duplicity.

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