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Payback (Sisterhood #2)
Some Women Get Angry The Sisterhood Gets Even. Meet the Sisterhood seven very different women who found one another in their darkest days and formed an indelible friendship, strong enough to heal their pasts and bring laughter and joy back into their lives. In Myra Rutledge s beautiful, Virginia home, amid hugs and fresh iced tea, shrimp fritters and shell-pink tulips, the...more
ebook, 320 pages
Published
September 1st 2005
by Zebra Books
(first published January 1st 2005)
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Second in the Sisterhood suspense series that revolves around finding justice for each of the "sisters" and others they find worthy.
The Story
It's Julia Webster's turn for justice. Diagnosed with HIV caught from her philandering senator husband, Julia had to give up her career as a plastic surgeon. She wants Mitchell to pay with humiliation, disgrace, and never have the opportunity for a comeback. She also wants justice for the subscribers to the Monarch HMO. Hundreds, if not thousands, of subscr...more
The Story
It's Julia Webster's turn for justice. Diagnosed with HIV caught from her philandering senator husband, Julia had to give up her career as a plastic surgeon. She wants Mitchell to pay with humiliation, disgrace, and never have the opportunity for a comeback. She also wants justice for the subscribers to the Monarch HMO. Hundreds, if not thousands, of subscr...more
เรื่องที่สองในชุด SisterHoods คราวนี้เป็นการเอาคืนของ Julie ศัลยแพทย์สาวที่แต่งงานไปกับนักการเมืองที่ภายหลังได้เป็นสมาชิกวุฒิสภา แต่ชีวิตแต่งงานของเธอไม่ได้พบกับความสุขเมื่อเธอรู้ว่าความเป็นมาของสามีเป็นเรื่องโกหกสร้างภาพทั้งหมด และยิ่งเธอมาตรวจเจอเชื้อ HIV ก็ได้รู้ว่าสามีของเธอสำส่อนขนาดไหน
การเอาคืนอีกเรื่องที่เพื่อนของ Julie ฝากมาก็คือบริษัทรับประกันสุขภาพที่ไม่ยอมจ่ายค่ารักษาทำให้คนไข้ต้องตายไปหลายคน แต่อาศัยการติดสินบนผู้พิพากษาและนักการเมืองทำให้หลุดรอดจากคดีฟ้องร้องมาโดยตลอด
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การเอาคืนอีกเรื่องที่เพื่อนของ Julie ฝากมาก็คือบริษัทรับประกันสุขภาพที่ไม่ยอมจ่ายค่ารักษาทำให้คนไข้ต้องตายไปหลายคน แต่อาศัยการติดสินบนผู้พิพากษาและนักการเมืองทำให้หลุดรอดจากคดีฟ้องร้องมาโดยตลอด
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Ok I admit I didn't even read this book. But I feel I have the right to rate it; I read the first book in the Sisterhood Series, and while it was painful for me to get through, decided to read the next one to see if the books grew on me at all. The dialouge is so choppy in these books...but the main issue I had with the first book was all the typos and mistakes. Being an English teacher I do tend to have a critical eye for grammar detail, but I would still expect more from a well-known author! I...more
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This is the second in the Sisterhood series. The Sisterhood being 7 female vigilantes that have been wronged by the American justice system. I enjoyed the first one, but this one was ridiculous. First of all, I had a hard time believing that a local lawyer is going to actually sell most everything he owns and take a month leave of absence from his prestigious job just to spy on these women. Jack is a very annoying character and if he is in the other books, I may not bother to read them. Anyway,...more
In this second book of the Sisterhood series, the women take on the mission of righting injustices done to Julia Webster, a doctor infected with the HIV virus by her philandering husband Mitch, a senator.
Julia's mission is two-pronged in "Payback (Zebra Romance)." In addition to making Mitch pay, she also wants to punish a greedy HMO that sentences patients "to death" by denying claims for treatment.
Again, technologically savvy Charles Martin's expertise is critical to the success of the plan th...more
Julia's mission is two-pronged in "Payback (Zebra Romance)." In addition to making Mitch pay, she also wants to punish a greedy HMO that sentences patients "to death" by denying claims for treatment.
Again, technologically savvy Charles Martin's expertise is critical to the success of the plan th...more
This book lacked the intensity and excitment I have come to enjoy in previous Michaels' books. It was a decent read overall, I think it just had a slower pace.
I read this book right after I finished the first one, "Weekend Warriors". As I was reading I noticed some inconsistencies with the two. In "Weekend Warriors Nikki is is working on a case with a client named Marie Lewellen. In "Payback" when they refer to the Lewellen case, the last named is spelled Llewellyn. Charles who is a key characte...more
I read this book right after I finished the first one, "Weekend Warriors". As I was reading I noticed some inconsistencies with the two. In "Weekend Warriors Nikki is is working on a case with a client named Marie Lewellen. In "Payback" when they refer to the Lewellen case, the last named is spelled Llewellyn. Charles who is a key characte...more
I'm not sure why the whole beginning subplot exists about another Sisterhood member who decides not to pursue her retaliation when she is selected to go next.
The story is good and engaging, but the ending is a bit unbelievable. Four bad folks are whisked off to a life of poverty in Africa, and hypnosis keeps them unaware of their previous life? I guess that's better than getting them killed off, but .......
The Sisterhood is at it again, seeking redemption for their members who have been wronged....more
The story is good and engaging, but the ending is a bit unbelievable. Four bad folks are whisked off to a life of poverty in Africa, and hypnosis keeps them unaware of their previous life? I guess that's better than getting them killed off, but .......
The Sisterhood is at it again, seeking redemption for their members who have been wronged....more
The vigilante justice was still entertaining though there are spots where it's a little over the top or silly. Like when Jack is pondering what exactly they are trying to hide since they are so against him watching them from a tree with binoculars every night.....uh, yeah I don't have to be hiding anything to find that creepy.
Actually most of my issues probably center around his character. He is supposedly still SO in love with Nikki and yet he doesn't even seem to pause and consider how throwi...more
Actually most of my issues probably center around his character. He is supposedly still SO in love with Nikki and yet he doesn't even seem to pause and consider how throwi...more
The second book in the Sisterhood series! Julia is a doctor, her husband is a US Senator. But he cheats on her and infects her with AIDS! He doesnt even know he has the virus and he's so overpowering and controlling, he would never believe he's the one that infected her in the first place. She can no longer practice medicine because of him. She has a friend that has patients with terrible HMO's that wont pay the bills they are suppose to be paying (boy can I relate w/that)! Find out how the Sist...more
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#2 in series of about a group of women that the legal system failed and how they take revenge. This time a surgeon is given aids by her wandering U.S. Senator husband and a family run HMO is raveging its clients to gain unimaginable wealth. The ladies expose the Senator (who also has aids but didn't know it, gets all the HMO's assets and redistributes it to subscribers, and sends the family to a work farm. Always a few twists and while vigalanties are not really good for a society, this group is...more
Payback is the second book in the sisterhood series. And I must say quite entertaining even if there is zero to no real value. However, if you want to be entertained; read something fast; value a no brainier; and not really care that, "that couldn't happen" ---you'll probably really enjoy it! I think I'm going to keep reading about Myra and " her girls" ------and frankly I want to know what happens to Jack and Nikki. So...on to number three, summer reading has begun--long may it reign!11
Summary: From the outside, it looks like Julia Webster lives a normal, happy existence. A highly successful plastic surgeon, she is married to a senator very much on his way up Capitol Hill, and lives in a lovely house in Georgetown. But appearances can be deceptive, as Julia knows only too well.
Characters: Heiress Myra Rutledge; her adopted daughter, Nikki; Kathryn, the truck driver; Alexis, the African-American broker turned personal shopper; Julia, the plastic surgeon; Isabelle, the psychic;...more
Characters: Heiress Myra Rutledge; her adopted daughter, Nikki; Kathryn, the truck driver; Alexis, the African-American broker turned personal shopper; Julia, the plastic surgeon; Isabelle, the psychic;...more
My first Sisterhood read. I wasn’t sure what to expect. I knew the book was about revenge, but did not expect the scale of the revenge. Total fantasy, but a fun fantasy. This time the Sisterhood seeks revenge on one member’s cheating husband who is a U.S. Senator who has passed HIV to his wife through his cheating. The other target is a rich family who owns an HMO that has caused the death and disabilities of hundreds of people by denying medical claims, then forcing the claims into arbitration...more
Some women get angry, others get even. The Sisterhood is at it again and they do not disappoint. In this, Book #2 of the series, a US Senator's wife gets help from the Sisterhood to right the wrong her husband has done to her. He has used her to advance his career and abused her to the point of a death sentence. Poetic justice has never been so well served. I'm reading these out of order, but it's not difficult to follow the characters or the storyline.
The "Sisterhood" is some serious group of women bent on setting things right that the Law couldn't or wouldn't set right. These women are compassionate, caring and strong. I was a bit squeemish when I read the details of the Justice that was meted out though. The Lawyer Nikki and the ADA Jack are battling it out as a side story, but I'm rooting for them to work it out. The billionaire Myra and her MI-6 boyfriend Charles are too fun as the chaperones of the group.
The Sisterhood series by Fern Michaels are very entertaining, quick reads. The characters are likeable, unique women who you envision to be your neighbors. The stories move at a nice pace and although you know that justice will prevail at the end, Michaels always throws in a couple of twists and turns in to keep you engaged.
One is not left with deep philosophical ponderings after reading these books. Instead, they make you feel like you have had a nice "catch up" visit with a friend and they ma...more
One is not left with deep philosophical ponderings after reading these books. Instead, they make you feel like you have had a nice "catch up" visit with a friend and they ma...more
Oh is this one fun. Talk about sweet revenge. Oops that gave me an idea for another book. This is actually about woman that have been wronged in the worst ways and how they take turns making it right. The woman who they avenge in this book developed AIDS from her husbands affairs. She also was a doctor and delt with unlawful HMO. Her revenge is sweet and they don't even kill the people. It is funny and yet.... You make up your mind.
The second in a series about The Sisterhood; a group of women who come together to make things "right" outside the law. In each case, working within the justice system didn't work. The women have unique skills, a rich benefactor, and an ex-spy - all this comes together for some rather intriguing plans. The writing is well done, and keeps the reader turning pages. The Sisterhood certainly epitomizes "there is no I in teamwork".
These books are just weak. I don’t know if they’re intended for younger readers, or if Michaels has lost her touch. I can understand sending the Monarchs off to work for 17 cents a day in Africa, but what does that have to do with Mitchell’s crime? Are we really supposed to believe that four prominent citizens can vanish off the face of the earth with such ease and no questions raised?
Suspending disbelief if you can, this is a light story, apparently part of a series, of a group called the Sisterhood. The Sisterhood's goal is to right wrongs done against group members and to make bad guys disappear. In this volume, they tackle Dr. Julia Webster's husband, a United States senator whose philandering gave her HIV and also the crooked owners of an HMO.
This series seems to be pretty good, I'm not ready to put it down. The sisterhood that has been created in wonderful. It makes me wish I had girlfriends like this. Who you could trust with your life. It also keeps me wondering what if anything is going to happen between Nikki and Jack. The things these ladies come up with has so much thought behind it.
The Sisterhood goes after Julia's Husband, a Senator who has infected her with AIDS. They are able to get him, and send him to Africa where he is hypnotized and works for .25 cents a week. They also take on a HMO owned by three people who denied claims and took the money. They joined the Senator in Africa, and the HMO customers got money back.
I usually like Fern Michaels. this book was a big disappointment. The plot was fine but the execution of the plot left a lot of questions unanswered. I like the idea of a group of women getting even with men who have wronged them. Just the way they go about it seems not especially doable.
Sisterhood series... This is Dr. Julia Webster's story. Her husband, a US Senator, has used his wife's graciousness and elegance to advance his career even a he abused her trust at every turn, leaving her future in tatters. The senator crossed the wrong woman!
I really like this series. This women vigilante group enacts justice their own way when the law does not do it for them. I do enjoy when the perpetrator gets what is coming to them. I love all the resources that Charles is able to bring to the table.
Still deciding if I really really liked it or if it was just a quick read that kept my attention and made me want to know what happens next...with that said, I went out and got 3 more of the sisterhood series, so that probably means I liked it!
These are AWFUL. AWFUL I tell you. And yet... The fun/fantasy of revenge is something that even horrible writing can't ruin.
I will say that the author should be ashamed of herself for her handling of HIV/AIDS. Watching and waiting for revenge while others might be infected is not a good plot device.
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Yeah, yeah, shutit.
I will say that the author should be ashamed of herself for her handling of HIV/AIDS. Watching and waiting for revenge while others might be infected is not a good plot device.
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Yeah, yeah, shutit.
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Fern Michaels (born Mary Ruth Kuczkir) is an American author of romance and thriller novels, including nearly 50 best selling books with more than 70 million copies in print. Her USA Today and New York Times best selling books include Family Blessings, Pretty Woman, and Crown Jewel, as well as the Texas quartet and the Captive series. She started writing in 1973 when her youngest son went off to s...more
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