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In "Payback," Fern Michaels presents a group of seven women who, bound by past hardships, form an unbreakable bond of sisterhood. United by shared pain and the promise of justice, they assemble in Myra Rutledge’s Virginia home to plan a daring and sweet retaliation against Julia Webster’s abusive U.S. Senator husband. As the senator celebrates a career‑climbing victory, the women’s carefully plotted vengeance will force him to face a hard lesson about loyalty and betrayal.
First publish date: June 1, 2005
Genre: Suspense/General Suspense
Authors: Fern Michaels
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