Kelly Medina is lonely. Her nineteen-year-old son, Aaron, is away at college and her husband, Rafael, is a workaholic professor staying at the college during the week. Then a phone call changes everything. Aaron’s pediatrician calls reminding Kelly of her well baby appointment. She knows it’s a mistake and tells the receptionist who apologizes telling her there’s another woman in town named Kelly Medina who has a son.
Curious about the woman who shares her name, Kelly goes to the pediatrician’s office at the time of the appointment. When the baby loses a sock as his mother takes him out of the car, Kelly grabs it, introduces herself, and befriends the young woman.
Kelly is drawn to the baby in fact she becomes obsessive about taking care of him. Her friends and husband worry. Although we’re not told what it is, the suggestion is that there’s something in the past that had to do with Kelly and another woman’s baby.
This story is told from Kelly’s point of view, but throughout she talks to the younger Kelly in her mind. It becomes more and more eerie as the novel progresses. This is not a fast paced book, but as the plot becomes stranger you can’t help reading on to find out what’s going on and what will happen.
I didn’t like Kelly’s character, but the obsessiveness worked well in the story. There is a significant twist at the end that I didn’t see coming, but looking back all the clues were there. If you enjoy creepy psychological thriller, this is a good one.
I received this book from Harlequin for this review.
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