Spitting Image

<p><strong>What if you had a twin - who was a better version of you?</strong></p><p><br></p><p>When Everett Reyes loses his adoptive mother - the only person who ever believed in him - his bullying stepbrothers find a way to keep Everett's inheritance. They won't even let him keep Mom's cookware though she's the reason he became a chef.</p><p><br></p><p>All he has left is a failing cafe a rattletrap car and an ex-wife he can't stop fighting with.</p><p><br></p><p>Bereft of family he hires a private investigator to track down his biological parents. He's not surprised to learn that they're dead but he's shocked to discover that he has a twin brother alive and well in Austin Texas.</p><p><br></p><p>The similarities between Everett and his brother Evan are amazing. They're both chefs they both married aspiring musicians and they're both fathers - evidence of their deep twin bond. But the more Everett learns more about his brother the more he feels like he's looking at the life he should have had - would have had if they hadn't been separated. It's embarrassing how Evan seems to be more successful than Everett in every possible way.</p><p><br></p><p>His friends tell him to start with a phone call but Everett decides to drive to Austin and surprise Evan on their shared birthday.</p><p><br></p><p>After all what better gift could a man receive than to be reunited with his long-lost twin brother?</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Spitting Image</em> is a new novel by Harmony Reed author of <em>Confidence John</em> and <em>Drink</em>.</strong></p>