Truly, Madly Manhattan

Local Hero\Dual Image

By Nora Roberts

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Local Hero Single mother Hester Wallace already had one man in her life; she didn't want or need another. But how could she stop her nine-year-old son from making a father figure out of the sexy man downstairs? Mitch Dempsey,creator of her son's favorite comic-book hero, was qucikly becoming a hero himself-one Hester wanted to call her own! Duel Image As "Amanda Jamison", Ariel Kirkwood suffered through the daily traumas of a popular soap opera. Booth DeWitt had written his greatest script from the pain of his bitter marriage. Ariel knew that she wanted to play the scheming wife-a complete change from her sweet daytime heroine. But Ariel awoke the ghosts of Booth's past with her eerily perfect portrayl of his ex-wife. Could Ariel tempt him to love again?

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