Love in Disguise by Carol Cox

After Ellie's job as a theatrical wardrobe assistant is unexpectedly terminated she is left with few options.  Having been black listed by those in the theatre world, Ellie's options are few.  All she has left is money for a few more days lodging and a trunk full of costumes.  Acting on overhear conversation between a couple Pinkerton detectives, Ellie applies for a job as a detective.  When her female partner gets married, Ellie decides to carry on alone because she needs the job so badly.  This is where the fun begins!

Ellie becomes two people, Lavinia (an older widow) and Jessie (a vivacious redhead) as she investigates some mining thefts.  It was entertaining to watch Ellie develop and switch between her characters.  Her theatre life certainly came in handy even though she'd only ever been a behind the scenes employee.  She definitely threw herself into the roles providing believability to the story.

This is the perfect book for a summer vacation read.  Whether at the pool or camping, this book will keep you entertained.  The only caveat that I have is that the relationship with Steven was a smidgen shallow.  It seemed that he was mostly attracted to Jessie's outside beauty and really didn't know who Ellie was.  That is the only issue I had with the book and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Great fun!

"Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.  Available at your favourite bookseller from Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group".