Under the Radar (The Sisterhood) [Hardcover]

Fern Michaels (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2009 | Series: The Sisterhood

In the middle of the night, the sisterhood is your only hope. A sister's work is never done - not when there are wrongs to right and underdogs to defend. Just returned to their mountaintop hideaway after their latest successful mission, the seven fearless friends enjoy a celebratory dinner and retire to bed. But within an hour, an alarm sounds, and the ladies rush into the compound in time to see Myra and their mentor, Charles, climbing aboard a helicopter. All that's left is a mysterious note, signed by Charles. Still reeling, the Sisters receive an urgent call from retired justice Pearl Barnes. Pearl runs an underground railroad to help abused and displaced women, and she's just rescued fourteen pregnant teenagers who belong to a highly secretive and controversial polygamy sect. But keeping the girls safe will require the kind of help only the Sisterhood can provide - if they can band together and go it alone...

--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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About the Author

FERN MICHAELS is the USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of the Sisterhood series, Mr. and Miss Anonymous, Up Close and Personal, and dozens of other novels and novellas. There are over seventy million copies of her books in print. Fern Michaels has built and funded several large day-care centers in her hometown, and is apassionate animal lover who has outfitted police dogs across the country with special bulletproof vests. She shares her home in South Carolina with her four dogs and a resident ghost named Mary Margaret. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 232 pages
• Publisher: Kensington Books (February 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758235232
• ISBN-13: 978-0758235237
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #766,085 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #13 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Women's Fiction > Friendship

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Fern Michaels is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Fool Me Once, Sweet Revenge, The Nosy Neighbor, Pretty Woman, and dozens of other novels and novellas. There are over seventy million copies of her books in print. Fern Michaels has built and funded several large day-care centers in her hometown, and is a passionate animal lover who has outfitted police dogs across the country with special bulletproof vests. She shares her home in South Carolina with her four dogs and a resident ghost named Mary Margaret.

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nobody is Perfect, January 21, 2009

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Shelly Itkin "Book Lover and Mom" (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Under the Radar (The Sisterhood) (Hardcover)

In Under the Radar we actually learn more about Charles then we have in all the sisterhood series. Don't know about Ms. Michaels other fans but I always wondered if Charles was just too perfect well in this book we actually learn some secrets about Charles that will surprise all of us.

When Charles and Myra have an unexpected emergency the rest of the sisterhood is left on there own.

Retired justice Pearl Barnes has rescued 14 pregnant teenagers who are part of a polygamysect needs help and she needs it fast. Without Charles to instruct them on how to accomplish the mission the girls are on there own and believe me with no real plan in sight they have a huge mission to accomplish.

Once you are one of the chosen or the cream of the crop you are given to Prophet Harold Evanrod and your job is to reproduce.

You will not believe the things these young girls have endured and it is a must read to see how the girls hope to help these girls without the guidance of Charles.

They have everyone involved Lizzy is fantastic as are Espinosa,Maggie and all the other members it is a must read and one you will be thrilled you purchased another A+++ for Ms. Michaels

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Under the Radar, February 11, 2009

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grandmaT (Albany, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Under the Radar (The Sisterhood) (Hardcover)

As in all the Sisterhood Series books, this a very good book. I love these books and I have never gotten so involved in reading books as much as I have this series.

Finally, stories of where Justice does over come the injustice of the world.

I highly recommend these books, I have never enjoyed books as much as I have these and I read a lot. I have read many good books, but this series I feel that I know the characters peronally.

I want to belong to the Sisterhood.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad bad bad, April 11, 2010

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Ane Berentsen "readerbergen" (norway) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Under the Radar (Sisterhood Series, No. 13) (Mass Market Paperback)

I only bought this book because I was on holiday in Spain and this was one of very few books in English sold in the local bookstore. I thought it might be interesting because of the topic: Polygamist sects in modern day America. Being a fan of the TV-show "Big Love" I thought this might be a good read. But I was disappointed.

For one thing, there are a whole bunch of characters who are supposedly our "heroes" in this story, with so many different names and so little information about who they are, that the whole thing becomes quite confusing. Secondly the whole story about the polygamist compound is very one-sided and the way the heroes threat the heads of the compound is just laughable. They're shaving the heads of the women (remember Holocaust, anyone?)and threaten their prophet to cut his penis off. Wow... did a 14 year old boy write this? They're doing this to rescue the young girls at the compound. Unfortunately the book doesn't go into how what happens afterward with these young girls, they're simply taken somewhere to be taken care of. Just when you thought something interesting might happen.

After having read the book I'm still not sure what the "Sisterhood" is, or what brought them together, or who the different members are. Or why they live together on a mountain. And quite frankly, I don't care.