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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8072 in Books
• Published on: 2004-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 304 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780821775899
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From Publishers Weekly
Readers beware: this book is not for the faint of heart or for fans of Michaels's more traditional romances (Kentucky Rich, etc.). There is no happily ever after here; indeed, the primary emotion fueling this story is not love, but anger. Anger leads wealthy Myra Rutledge, who lost her daughter to a hit-and-run driver with diplomatic immunity, to found the Sisterhood, a secret vigilante group of women who have been unable to seek justice through lawful means. Assisting Myra in this effort are former MI6 agent Charles Martin and defense attorney Nikki Quinn, who was Myra's daughter's best friend. High on estrogen and hate, the women pinpoint their first target—the Weekend Warriors, a group of motorcycle enthusiasts who brutally raped Kathryn Lucas, one of Nikki's former clients. The women decide on a Lorena Bobbitt–style punishment and carry it out with very few misgivings—so few that readers will have trouble seeing them as sympathetic. With its paper-thin premise and lack of a rational or moral grounding, this overwrought story isn't likely to satisfy or inspire.
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From Booklist
As Nikki and her best friend, Barbara, are walking, a car comes out of nowhere and kills Barbara and her unborn child. Unfortunately, the driver, a Chinese diplomat, isn't subject to prosecution. Barbara's mother, the fabulously wealthy Myra Rutledge, who also raised Nikki, goes into a two-year depression, only snapping out of it when she sees television coverage of the mother of another murdered child taking the law into her own hands. Barbara and Myra recruit five female vigilantes, all victims of a legal system that, in their experiences, favored the criminal. The group's mission: to right the wrongs perpetrated against them and other women. The first woman to be vindicated is the one who was raped by three white-collar bikers while her disabled husband was forced to watch. Mission Impossible meets Lorena Bobbitt in prolific Michaels' latest, the first of the Sisterhood series. Readers who grow weary of seeing the bad guys get away with their crimes will enjoy seeing what happens when well-funded, very angry women take the law into their own hands. Shelley Mosley
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Review
"Readers who grow weary of seeing the bad guys get away with their crimes will enjoy seeing what happens when well-funded, very angry women take the law into their own hands."
-- Booklist (Booklist )

Customer Reviews

AN ACES READING

When the seven women in Fern Michaels's "Weekend Warriors" get their dander up, dander is not just a bit of ire - they're dealing out dynamite. In addition to friendship, what binds these women together is a mutual feeling that the legal system has done them wrong. Prior to forming a sisterhood, each felt helpless, victimized. Now, they're empowered and going to set things right.

Founder of the group is rich Myra Rutledge whose daughter was run down by a man with diplomatic immunity. He could not be prosecuted and Myra is left to grieve. After some time she realizes that perhaps there is something she can do and turns to her late daughter's best friend, lawyer Nikki Quinn, who witnessed the fatal accident. Together they find the remaining members of their avenging party.

First person to be vindicated is a woman who was raped by a group of motor bikers, the Weekend Warriors. When I say these women seek revenge in spades - think Lorena Bobbitt.

Laural Merlington gives an aces reading to this tale of women who are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore.

- Gail Cooke

Not a "nice" book, just a fun and good one!
Unlike some of the others, I do find the anger real. Is it hard to sympathize? Yes, these women are doing vigilante justice, they are not sweet and shy, they are pissed and out for business. BUT it seems to me that there are stories like this where the vigilante is a man, and people can sympathize.

This is a quick read, I didn't buy it expecting perfection, I bought it to keep me interested. I am surprised at the anger express by some of the other reviewers. `I am never going to buy another Zebra book'? Since I am not a Zane Grey fan should I give up on Dorchester?

There are parts of the story where you know it just couldn't happen the way described but most novels have parts that just couldn't happen. The dialogue was weaker than I expected and the characters less developed, but I expect that is so the series has room to grow.

Don't buy this book if you are excepting sweet and nice. This is not a "nice" story but it keeps you cheering most of the time.

Book Review
This book was an awesome beginning for her series. I had read books 2, 3, and 4 before I got book 1. It sets the stages for the rest of the books. A wonderful read.