The Wrong Mirror

Karen Aylward had only two important things in her life--her twin sister and her son. Being twin sisters, Karen and Kirsty were sometimes able to read each other's thoughts or feel each other's pain.Karen feels Kirsty is in terrible pain one night. She knows who Kirsty is with but she can't get to her soon enough and feels Kirsty die.The following day, Karen answers the door to Owen Chissolm, father of Hall Chissolm, who was the man in Kirsty's life and who also was with her when she died. Owen tells Karen that before Kirsty had died she had confessed the one secret she swore to Karen she would never tell--that she, Kirsty, had given birth to Hal's son and given him to Karen to adopt without ever letting Hal know he had a son.Agreeing to travel to the Middle East where Kirsty died in a terrorist attack and Hal was seriously injured, Karen took her son to meet his father for the first time in his life. Once there, she couldn't stop from exchanging bitter words with Hal causing him to swear he would do whatever it takes to get his son back.Back in Sydney, Karen tries to go on with her life knowing Hal was going to do what he swore but the solution Hal had when he finally showed up was one she never thought he'd come up with--marry him and be the mother of his son and future children or give him up in a custody battle. Knowing she didn't have the resources Hal and his father had for a custody battle she agreed to the marriage knowing it would be a real marriage...not a marriage of convenience.Karen and Hal were both wonderful in this story, both were strong individuals made stronger for their love for each other. Emma Darcy never fails to write a heartwrenching story that will tug at any mother's heart and soul.