Linden Tree

There was something extraordinarily familiar about the girl in the photograph, Alison Maxwell thought, though she couldn't for a moment give her a name. And then she realized that the features were almost the same as her own ...'You're not by any means identical,' Nicolas said, 'but superficially there's a strong resemblance. If you wore her clothes, you could easily pass for her.' Alison knew, with a sudden sick certainty, what he was asking her to do. He watched her steadily, unsmiling. 'For a short period -- say twenty-four hours -- I want you to change places with Elizabeth.' It was a preposterous suggestion. But Alison, an out-of-work actress and deeply in debt, knew that she couldn't refuse. And Nicolas made it sounds so easy ...But then, as Alison was soon to discover, he had told her only part of the truth. When she assumed the role of Elizabeth, she knew loneliness and fear -- her life was in danger and Nicolas was responsible. Too late, she asked herself a number of questions: just how well did she know Nicolas Allen? Could she trust him to rescue her? Could she trust him at all?