I don’t think I have read a story like this before, where the family betrayals are so high, the cost so much, the story so rich and the ending so satisfying. I truly believe that this is a story that needs to be read without any previous details so I am not telling a thing!

The story line is rich and full of emotions. The characters are detailed and deep. The action is there as is the passion, as is the heart but also the twists. I loved turning the pages and being absorbed into this story. I loved the interactions, the thoughts and desires.

This author never disappoints in her story telling and this is no different. I loved the way she chose to lay out the story and I was never sure who I disliked more or what the ending would hold. While I think that there a few instances that didn’t quite work for me, I do think this was a great story and would recommend it to those looking for an original read. I received an ARC via NetGalley and I am leaving my honest review.
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Wow!! I was hooked from the very beginning. I just could not put this book down. It is filled with some twist and turns, betrayal, heartbreak and forgiveness. I loved this book and can't wait for the next one.

What a fantastic book! I’ve always been a fan of Van Dyken’s books and this one didn’t disappoint.
Bridge and Julian are identical twins who were separated in their teens when their parents got divorced. Julian, the people pleaser, stayed with his father, an evil and controlling man. Bridge, the rebellious one, went with his mother. The father, a vengeful person, cut Bridge and his mother off from their wealthy lifestyle after the divorce. Fast forward a few years later...Bridge and his mother are struggling financially and his mother is also stricken with health issues. Julian is engaged to Isobel, a girl he met in high school. He is set to take over his father’s company when he is involved in a horrific car accident which results in him falling into a coma. Bridge is brIbed by his father to pretend to be Julian so the company doesn’t falter. Stepping into Julian’s life, Bridge meets Isobel and is tormented by his love for his brother and his guilt for loving his brother’s fiancée. Isobel knows that Julian is different after the accident but she thinks he’s reverted back to the man she fell in love with, not the work-obsessed man she was ready to leave.
I was so enthralled by the story I finished it in record time. I loved all of the characters (except the father) and I hope Van Dyken gives us Julian’s story soon.

Julian and Bridge are twins raised by a father who is driven by greed and power. At a young age, their parents get divorced with each parent taking a twin. While Bridge lives with his mother in humble surroundings, he becomes a man of great character and devoted to the health and well-being of his mother. Julian grows up wealthy being molded into the cold, businessman in the image of his father.

Fast forward years and Julian is in a devastating accident. In an effort to hold onto his wealth and power, Bridge's father approaches him asking him to do the unthinkable - take on the role of his brother including being engaged to Isobel If Bridge can do this, his mother will get much needed health care and his brother's position in the company will be safe until he wakes up. While Bridge makes his deal with the devil little does he know that he is also about to lose his heart.

The angst in this one is very, very high! I spent a large part of the book eager to get to the next page. I was eager to find out if Izzy realizes that Bridge isn't Julian, if Bridge would fall more in love with Izzy and if Julian would wake up. I had to stop myself from speed reading to the end. With every page, Bridge became a better man torn between trying to do what was right for his family but also losing his heart to the woman of his brother's dreams. I also love Izzy. For a woman that was in such a precarious position, she gained inner strength with each page. And each page was definitely worth the turn!

I loved this book and the character development. I felt how torn in two Bridge was in trying to chose whether to stay true to his brother or allow himself to take the woman that was made for him that was pledged to his brother. At the beginning of the book, I had all of these feelings for Julian and all that he had to endure. I felt lots of pity for Julian and felt bad when Bridge stepped into his shoes. By the end, I was surprised at how things had turned but definitely in a good way. Looking forward to the next book in this series!

I really enjoyed this book by RVD. A bit of a love triangle so stay away if you don't like those
Thanks Netgalley for the Arc

Another great book by Rachel Van Dyken. I loved how fast it moved and I couldn't put it down. I loved the whole secret twin aspect. Overall the book was a great read.

I voluntarily received a copy of this publication for an honest review!
So let’s start at the beginning! Twins damn a great way to go. I love every second of this. The girl second guessing that she’s losing her mind because her fiancé isn’t actually her fiancé, I mean how great of a storyline is that.

The evil dad trying to blackmail, corrupt, and cheat his way to fame and fortune. A sick and dying mother beginning again but only to struggle and become actually sick. You can on,y deal with so much cheating and lying.

This story pulled me in straight away and left me on the edge of my seat from the get go! I want to read more Julian needs a book.

This was a great read. The story reminded me of a mix between While You Were Sleeping and Dave - with a little more drama. I could not put this book down - I was fascinated to see how/if the author could resolve all the tensions and problems the setting created.

Bridge is in an incredibly difficult situation. His motivations throughout the book are complex and seriously complicated by his feelings for Isobel. Isobel has been through the wringer at the hands of many people who should be putting her first. In particular men, who are putting their business and need for revenge/vengeance ahead of anything and everything in their lives. Bridge is truly a good guy - but his motivations here are mixed. He is driven by the need to protect his family - but in the midst of it find opportunity for himself in many ways. He feels a lot of guilt - but he (and Isobel eventually) keep moving forward.

I am certain that a second book is coming for this - and I am anxious to see where that leads. The ending to this book isn't a cliffhanger - but it does leave a lot of loose ends!

Overall - I loved this book!

I received an ARC for free from Netgalley, but the opinions here are my own!

RVD has another hit on her hands. This is by far my favorite of hers. It was angsty, romantic, suspenseful and more. I couldn't stop reading once I started. This book will keep you up all night and you won't regret it. I love RVD and all her books but this series is going to be my favorite!

Thank you Netgalley, the author and publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

When I first read the synopsis, I was highly interested in seeing where RVD was going to take this. It was completely different from her other books and she did not disappoint. I was invested from the beginning to the end.I was so dang curious to see how this was going to play out. How far was Bridge going to go? Was he was going to let his father play him, Julian, and Isobel by dangling this carrot in front of him? What irked me the most is that Bridge truly was a stand up honest guy. So many opportunities presented themselves to tell Isobel what was going on. I think that would have helped both of them in terms of the manipulation orchestrated by Edward. He could have had her on his side from the get go. Instead it took them down this rabbit hole that seemed too damning and impossible to fix one Julian came to. In the end it semi worked itself out. The epilogue was kind of vague though making me believe maybe a second book is in the works. Will we see Julian get his HEA??

Arc provided by publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I’ve read most of Rachel Van Dyken’s novels and I want to shout it from the rooftops that Stealing Her is absolutely my favorite from her to date!!! This fantastic read is the first installment in the Covet series and I highly encourage everyone to jump aboard now at book #1 because I’m already declaring this a must read series! I found the storyline addictive and the characters intriguing which is the reason this novel is unputdownable! It’s been awhile since upon finishing a novel, I jump online to see if I can find out when the second book is coming out because I am dying to read it! Dying I tell you!!!! Stealing Her is a 5 star novel that has officially left me with one heck of a book hangover!

Rachel Van Dyken is one of my favorite romance authors. This was an emotional, angsty romance that I read in one sitting because I wanted to see this well-deserved HEA.

A new series that had me hooked from the first chapter. A story following twin brothers separated as teenagers, and both living completely different lives. Bridge goes with his mum and has little money, but lots of love, Julian stays with his dad, has money at his fingertips, but is ridiculed by a selfish father. When tragedy strikes, Bridge is forced to to do the one thing he always promised to do. Protect his brother at all costs, even though it means he’ll be losing part of himself. Such a great story with characters I could really get to grips with. Bridge was just perfect, always putting others first, until he didn’t. Until he did something there was no coming back from. Izzy (his brother’s fiancé), sweet and adorable, and torn between the Julian she used to love and the Julian that she is currently engaged to. Then there’s the dad, power hungry and selfish. I loved it, I loved the writing, the story, and I loved the feelings I had whilst reading. I wanted to get to the end of the story in the hope of my happy ending, all whilst cringing and panicking at possible outcomes. I’d be happy if the rest of the series was only a fraction as good. More more more please. I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. This is my honest review.

A love triangle with twins, this is great. Isobel (Izzy) fell in love with an arrogant boy child with a beautiful heart. But when works take her place she crash with the other twin and fell in love again, this time hard.
The Tennyson twins was close until their parents divorce and each one gone to a parent. For Bridge life was hard without money, for Julian without love.
I enjoy reading this book and recommend it.
I received a ARC from Netgalley for a honest review.

Swoon worthy content. I loved this book. I still can't decide who I love more, Bridge or Izzy.
I really felt for Izzy because you could feel all the hurt and pain she was suffering from. Like I could feel her heart breaking. And Bridge just treated her so right. The way he was so respectful and loving towards his mother just shows that he'll do anything for family.
My only issue was the epilogue. I understand it's supposed to set up Julian's story but it left so many questions about Bridge and Izzy.

This book moved way too fast for me it seemed like everything happened in 3 days! First of all I don't think this book should be classed as YA and secondly SPOILER how do you wake up form a coma and then just walk out of hospital?

I loved this book. I couldn't put it down.

A book with everything. Broken marriage, sibling separation, lies, deceit, love and revenge.

Bridge and Julian are twins separated at age 13 when Daddy cheats on mummy one time too many.

Julian stays with his father, Edward CEO of Tennyson Financial and leads the privileged life. But will he ever get the pat on the back and "good work son, I'm proud of you" that he so desperately craves?

Bridge on the other hand gets to live the not so privileged but fully loved lifestyle with his mother, who gets seriously ill in the coming years and he has to work 2 sometimes 3 jobs to live and pay the bills, not to mention the medical bills.

Isobel is Julian's college sweetheart. When her parents die, Julian takes her under his wing and makes her part of his family. All is well until they graduate and "have to grow up." Her lifestyle with her now fiancee has changed dramatically. Julian has his dream job at his father's company, but Izzy and her dreams of becoming a nurse are left by the wayside. She's only to be the model arm candy not work, told what not to eat, look pretty, told what to wear, and get left at home when her fiancee does his cheating and schmoozing. Does Izzy have the balls to leave him, with nothing to her name, as his mother did his father? Or will fate step in and help her out?

Loved the story flow and writing style. Told in duel aspect. Time frame after prologue, approx 6 weeks

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Let's start this review by saying what I am saying in every of my Rachel van Dyken reviews - I love this woman! You'd think her writing will lack any time soon considerung the huge amount of books she's publishing year after year. I know there are multiple authors out there, trying to aim for that goal and unfortunately, their quality suffers along with the pressure of getting as many books out as you can. But with Rachel, I feel like she's seeing this as her gift - never running out of story ideas, just writing them down and boom! There's a new book to publish, just as amazing as the ones before. I admire her for that, honestly.

So yes, there's a fair share of books out there, a CEO as the main characters and a girl, loving to wear heels and is hungry for sex out there already. I've read enough of them, grown tired and just seeing the word Manhattan written in a book gets me really angry and all red-eyed with rage. Same old story. All the time. And here comes Rachel, turning that original thought into something else entirely. It kind of reminded me of that Sandra Bullok movie where she pretends to be the girlfriend of a man in coma. I like that movie, but I loved this book even more. Because it's something else. And there's just that typical Rachel van Dyken humor in it that I'm always craving to read more about after finishing one of her books. Like, I want Rachel to constantly talk to me, see if she's just as funny as she writes. I'm sure she is, because I get to see glimpse of it whenever I check the posts in her Rachel's Rockin' Readers group on Facebook.

Back to the book... If you're expecting a big plot twist for this one, you're not getting it. The outcome it quite predictable at the beginning of the book, but I didn't mind that. I wanted to read about the development more so than a change of heart, something surprising jumping out of a cake or anything like that. I could feel Isobel and Bridge had so much to say, they both had such powerful voices during the story, I fell in love with both of them. And their strength, their chemistry and their minds. I mean, it wouldn't be a Rachel van Dyken book if she didn't made the heorine be a badass. And wow, Isobel was one of the best kind. Sure enough, she annoyed me sometimes and I'd get sick of her trying to sew up holes with Julian that just couldn't be repaired. And then, as the story went further, I felt sorry for Julian as well. So I was literally a mess. I felt sorry for each and everyone in the story, most of all Bridge's mom, to be honest. I'm sad we didn't get to read about her as much I as hoped we would.

The only person I didn't shed a tear for was Bridge and Julian's father. He's as evil as they come, only caring about money and impressions. Gosh, I hated him with all my heart. Not sure if Bridge hated him as much as me. And that's good, because this book brings up so many emotions, love and hate and rage and angst and so much more - I love when that happens. When one single author manages to squeeze it all into one story without it demanding to be too much, to strangle the reader. It felt so natural, the story felt so real to me, it wasn't just fiction at the time I read it.

There's one thing I'm going to complain about, still. And that's the rush toward the end of the story. I can see that many things were figured out, worked out, too. But it seemed to sudden to me. Like: "Okay, hey. Forgive and forget" and though I longed for a happy-end, I liked the epiloge for what it was - raw, not just that shiny, everything is great kind of thing. And I think in that moment, the other brother, Julian, stole my heart a little more than Bridge did. But I can only tell after reading the second book in the Covet series and I am so super excited when it's going to be published!

Oh, and something else - I'm a bit sad for Isobel wearing a white dress on the cover of Stealing Her. Red would have been more fitting and I think Bridge would agree with me on that one. You'll understand this once you start reading the amazing book, so just do it!

4.5*

I really enjoyed this, I couldn't put it down and read until I couldn't read anymore.

Bridge and Julian are twins - they are split up in their teenage years when their parents divorce. Once living the rich life under the control of his father and the other one living not a money rich life but a life rich in other things with his mother. An accident occurs and for the sake of the company the father wants the other twin to step in to the other's shoes.. Then begins the deception and the brother falls in love with his brother's fiancee. I was on tender hooks waiting till Izzy found out and then when the whole cover up would be exposed. How would the brother in a coma react? I loved Bridge and Izzy together and Bridge has a whole - he a a conscience and cared. As a reader we do not get too much detail about Julian - just the bad bits! Docked half a star as wanted to see on the page the conversation Julian and Izzy had. I am looking forward to Julian's book.

Thanks to NetGalley for the copy for an honest review.

Wow - this book had me on the edge of my seat. Family drama at its best with a storyline filled with lies, deception, loyalties, hurt, hostile takeovers, guilt and if that was not enough you also get a love story you just want to survive and family dynamics that are dysfunctional at best. The characters of Bridge and Isobel are beautifully written and the ending will leave you with the feel of loss and heart break. Rachel Van Dyken has created a complex family and I loved every minute of this story.