The Payback Club

by Rexanne Becnel

The Payback Club by Rexanne Becnel released on Dec 27, 2005 is available now for purchase.

Genres: Chick Lit, Romance

304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Rexanne Becnel is the author of more than twenty historical romance and contemporary mainstream novels, many of which appeared on the USA Today bestseller list. With the publication of her first novel, My Gallant Enemy, Becnel won the Waldenbooks Award for Best First-Time Romance Author and the Romantic Times Award for Best Medieval Romance by a New Author. While growing up, Becnel lived for a time in Germany and England, where she became fascinated by medieval history. After studying architecture at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, she worked as a building inspector for the Vieux Carré Commission, the agency of the City of New Orleans charged with protecting and preserving the distinct architectural and historic character of the French Quarter. Becnel lives in New Orleans with her husband and two children.

Reviews

[June Campbell · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'd give it 3.5 stars if I could. Its a good beach read. There is love, hate, revenge, forgiveness, a missing person, winning, losing -- all you could want in a bit of entertaining fluff. Good literature, no, but an enjoyable read -- yes.

[Anja · Rating 2 out of 5]

Audiobook.

This is a perfect example of why I don’t DNF a book. I started out hating it but liked the second half.

I have no idea why I own this book because the premise does not appeal to me. During the first half of the book I disliked Joan, 46, and Liz, 39. I had a hard time understanding why they would agree to seduce each other’s ex-husbands away from their current wife/girlfriend. This was supposed to punish the men but they didn’t seem to care that it would also hurt the other women. I had a hard time with this setup and was wishing I was the type of person who could stop reading and pick another book.

I don’t recall if it was halfway or farther into the book that things started to change. The story became more about friendship, dealt with raising children that are young adults, and even got the police involved. I found myself more interested in these aspects and my sour taste for the premise started to dissipate.

I thought this was going to be a romance novel but it is Women’s Fiction with a small romantic subplot late in the second half.

I would give the first half 1 star and the second half 3 stars. I still dislike the actions these adults took but they managed to make me like them and cheer for them in the end.

[Maria · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

I enjoyed this from beginning to end. The writing was well done and the story line engaging. You think you know how it's going to play out, but you're probably wrong.

[Diana_1 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Average from start to finish. Could have been way better but also way worse.

[Marisa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not what I was hoping for, it was not a well written book. Terrible actually.

[Swan Bender · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Payback Club is expertly crafted by an apparent master storyteller. It kept me turning the pages long after I decided there were other things I needed to be doing. The main characters are true to life and I found myself caring about them. Even the secondary characters were realistic and the exes were so expertly portrayed that I hated them and wanted to see them get their comeuppance. The story is tightly structured and the plot is interesting, exciting, suspenseful, and full of surprises right up to the end of the book. Even the last two pages were surprising and provided a satisfying resolution that made me feel good all over.

[Claudia · Rating 3 out of 5]

It started off very slow at the beginning. But in the middle it started getting better. The best part in the book that I liked the most was when the ladies got Dennis back and the way they did it was just gravy. The ladies had married some dogs and they was paying for it but at the end both of the husband got exactly what they deserved. This book remind you of the wives club. In all it wasn't an original thought.

[Rosalind M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rexanne makes the switch from historical to contemporary romance seamlessly and with deceptive ease. I hesitated before buying it ('cause I have enough reality, thank you!), but there's a pleasant surprise lurking behind the stylish and eye-catching cover!

[Pam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice read. Not very believable, but entertaining. Two women who got dumped by the husbands seek revenge on the men by seducing them away from the present women and dumping them. At least that's the way it starts out.

[Janis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Gym book. Fluffy, plot driven book.

[Andrea · Rating 4 out of 5]

great fast fun read

[Belinda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple, enjoyable read. A (very) small mystery included.

[Karen Magno · Rating 5 out of 5]

I downloaded this from Audible - so far a very light entertaining read!

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[Victoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun light and a story on new friendships.

[Deb · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was okay. I read the whole book, but it was boring to me when I first started it. Picks up later.

[Karin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good story. Great read

[Pam H · Rating 2 out of 5]

Started off pretty good then just fizzled out. Ho hum

[Dawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy and enjoyable read.