Purrfect Justice [Paperback]

Elaine Hopper (Author)

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This is a cute, fun read. -- Edna Curry, In the Library

Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Novelbooks; N edition (May 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591051258
• ISBN-13: 978-1591051251
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,847,628 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre - Kind of a Waste of Time, April 29, 2004

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Silmarwen (Huntington Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Purrfect Justice (Paperback)

Haley Yates was devastated when a freak accident destroyed her chances of becoming a police officer like the rest of her family. Forced to resign from the police academy, Haley became an office worker at the Fort Lauderdale precinct and aims to become the next office manager. She knows that no one takes beautiful women seriously, so she dresses very professionally, in boxy, business-like suits, scrapes her hair back in a French twist and hides behind her coke-bottle glasses. But she is determined to turn over a new leaf on Halloween and wears her new contact lenses to the staff party, where she is dressed as a very sexy catwoman. Haley is hoping to catch the eye of Cole Fischer, a policeman who caught her eye when he transferred to the Fort Lauderdale force two years before. Unfortunately, Cole doesn't even know that Haley exists...

Until he sees her in her body hugging leotard and half mask at the party! Cole is instantly drawn to the playfully sensuous catwoman and spends the evening by her side. However, he never gets her name and leaves the party without knowing who she is. Confident that he can track her down, Cole is surprised when his beautiful Catwoman shows up to save him from a thief who is determined to get away - even if he has to kill a policeman to do it. More attracted to his Catwoman than ever, Cole starts checking out every female in the department, but he never gives Haley a second glance. Haley is certain that Cole would be bitterly disappointed if he ever discovered that she was the Catwoman that he fell in love with so she hides her identity and goes to great lengths to keep her identity a secret. If she could only force herself to stay away from him, he would never know...

I thought that this book was pretty mediocre and felt that I was wasting my time reading it. I was looking for a light-hearted romance to pass the time and instead I ended up with this ridiculous piece of fluff. Granted, I knew that the whole premise was complete fantasy from the moment I picked it up, but I was kind of hoping for a more female superhero angle than a policeman suddenly turning into a victim who constantly needs rescuing. Haley's self doubts were pretty lame and she never did overcome them while Cole was stupid enough not to notice all of the clues that Haley left him to tell her true identity - what kind of policeman are we talking about here, anyway? The whole story just got pushed over the top when Cole's father, a top-notch toilet salesman, showed up in town towards the end. The author got some cheap laughs from making potty jokes, but it wasn't enough to turn this book into a campy, fun story or a romantic comedy for me. Also, the romantic quality was definitely lacking for me here - the main characters kissed and flirted a bit, but there was really no attraction between them. Poor characterization, a wandering, forgettable plot and a lackluster romance had me rating this book lower than 2 stars, but at least the author can write without grammatical errors and spelling mistakes, so I gave her points for that (and I liked Linnea Sinclair's cover!).