"Taking Category Romance A Step Further"

Haley Yates has been interested in Cole Fischer for years. Too bad he doesn't realize she even exists -- at least, not until the annual Halloween party, where she shows up dressed as a very sexy catwoman. His interest is further piqued when she followed him from the party and decides to play vigilante and save him and his partner from a dangerous criminal. Haley, on the other hand, is both intrigued by Cole's sudden attention and at the same time (naturally enough) disappointed that he's only interested in her unplanned secret identity. Then Cole starts to take an interest in her "everyday self", and soon enough both Cole and Haley are confused by the mystifying relationships that are growing between them. The whole juggling act starts to collapse when Cole finds the perfect way to trap his mysterious savior, and Haley decides that she wants Cole as herself, not as someone she is pretending to be.

Quirky characters and a dual-identity plot combine neatly in PURRFECT JUSTICE, making the book fun to read. Though the "secret identity" plot isn't new, Hopper spins the idea nicely and, more importantly, believably. The story is set around the Ft. Lauderdale Police Department, but it is mostly concerned with the extra-curricular lives of the officers and other employees, not the inevitably violent day-to-day actions of the characters. This book is part of NovelBooks Inc's new Real Woman/Real Romance line, and does fulfill the publisher's claims of "real" characters. Haley wears glasses and Cole, well, Cole has a very embarrassing secret of his own. Funny and almost scarily believable, PURRFECT JUSTICE is like a category novel taken a step further.

Sensuality Level: Contains sensual scenes, but they are not too explicit. There is food sex involved.

Reviewed by Ann Leveille
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted March 3, 2003

Also available in electronic format from the publisher (ISBN 1591051002).

Summary

Contemporary Romantic Comedy. Haley Vaughn feels invisible, especially to the gorgeous policemen she works with in the Ft. Lauderdale Police station. Whereas they trip all over themselves to get her best friend Cindy's attention, they trip over her...until the night of the Halloween ball, when she loses her glasses in favor of contact lenses, and her dowdy business suit in favor of a super sexy Catwoman costume, and then tops off the night by rescuing the man of her dreams, ultra-sexy Lt. Cole Fischer, from a gun wielding thief. Cole's enchanted by his mysterious savior and vows to find her, especially when she keeps showing up in her costume, to rescue him whenever he gets himself into a bind. Curiosity and his pounding libido are about to kill him. Meanwhile, he's been thrown together with Haley, the police department's admin assistant, and while she's not deadly sexy as his temptress, she's awfully sweet and the perfect homemaker. Soon, his heart is pulled in two and he can't explain how he can be highly attracted to two polar opposite women. Meanwhile, Haley sympathizes with Clark Kent. She starts to seriously question her sanity when she starts to feel jealous of herself! But she can't compete with her alter ego as men aren't attracted to women who wear glasses . . . or are they?