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HarperTorch, Feb 2002, 6.50, 384 pp.
ISBN: 0380813793
While dining with her younger sister in Miami Beach, librarian Serena Childs sees her former boyfriend Cecil Montford leisurely eating in the same establishment. Serena is very upset to see the lowlife who left town with her savings and a family heirloom necklace. Serena walks up to Cecil, slaps him in the face while yelling at him. She regally leaves before Cecil can say anything.
Wondering what crap Cecil caused this time, his identical twin brother Darrell is cleaning up the mess, as he wearily always does. Thinking he is Cecil, Serena gets a cop who through a series of events arrests Darrell for assaulting a police officer. The next morning with his identity cleared up, Darrell is released. Serena realizes that the Orlando bed and breakfast owner is her only hope to regain her ancestor's necklace. As he tries to flee from the dingbat and she tries to cling to her only “clue”, they fall in love, but Cecil remains an obstacle between Serena and Darrell.
Though the use of a mistaken identity twin has become somewhat trite, Kayla Perrin invigorates the concept in SAY YOU NEED ME through the interactions of her wonderful lead characters. Darrell is a compassionate role model and Serena is a bewitching ball of energy. Though his leaving the wallet in the restaurant seems unnecessary, fans of a dynamic relationship romp filled with humor yet with a serious tough love perspective will say they need to read Ms. Perrin's warm romance.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of story
- Present (2000-2010)
Struggling with whom?
- Brother
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive
Yes
Is really...
- twin or lookalike
Matchbreaker
Yes
Matchbreaker is
- Brother
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- librarian
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
What % of story is romance related?
- 60%
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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