Who Is Deborah?

by Elise Title

Waking up one morning to discover that she doesn't know who she is or recognize the man she is supposed to be married to, "Deborah" finds herself searching for answers in a world where nothing is what it seems and begins to fall in love with Nicholas Steele--her husband. Reprint.

Genres: Romance, Gothic

304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 1, 1993

About the author

aka Alison Tyler

Romance author Elise Title started writing romances as an escape from her job as a psychotherapist in men's and women's prisons. Though her romances are largely lighthearted and funny, she also writes dark thrillers as a way of dealing with her past job. She also published under the pseudonym Alison Tyler.

Reviews

[Lynda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoy this romantic suspense book. It reminded me a lot of gothics I used to read in the 70s. The writing was good and the characters were engaging.

[Janet · Rating 3 out of 5]

Silhouette Shadows # 2 = 3.5 stars
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After reading a few amnesia stories, and while I know that it is fiction and most assuredly not close to reality, why do they always release someone to people claiming to know who the other is. And that is with only possibly a picture and a nice, possibly made up, story. Surely at the very least the hospital (if that is the case) should vet that the purported found identity matches (at least a little) with some kind of official documentation. It makes a nice story without this, but still having a little more authenticity in there couldn't hurt.

[Victoria Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am not a fan of romance stories. I read this, as it was given to me by a friend.

[Jenn Dysart · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very Alfred Hitchcock.

[Andrea Guy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Elise Title's Who Is Deborah is a great modern day gothic novel complete with an amnesiac heroine, a dark and brooding hero, and two twisted secondary characters that keep you on your toes wondering who did or, or who is going to do it throughout the whole 241 pages of the book.

Deborah was attacked in NYC and a private detective friend of her husbands has located her in the hospital to bring her home, but when she gets there things are not what they seem. Her husband is a horror writer who lives with his cousin, who is just a little bit crazy. Oh and Deborah is finding out that the person she's supposed to be wasn't very nice, which isn't how she really is. That gets people wondering.

There are several attempts on her life while she's at Raven's Cove, but her memory is slow to return and she doesn't know who she can trust.

The best part about the book is the suspense surrounding Deborah's return. The reader is left wondering when she's going to remember, and you know she's got to remember her past life at some point.

[WhatShouldIRead]

I tried TWICE to get through the first section of this book and failed. This is one of those early stories where the man knows what is best for the woman - oh, please! - and it didn't come off well.

And it just plain moved too slow.

So, who is Deborah? Don't know and don't care!