Psychologist Doctor Kate Stonewall, current advice queen of the radio waves, thinks she knows everything about how to pick the frogs from the princes. And while Jeff Hardin, her rival from the radio station, may think she's cute, she knows he's just a frog in tennis shoes. He may boost her heart rate whenever he gets near, but she's not wasting her time on a sports-addicted goof whose idea of success is hosting a talk show called "Jock Talk." Bad enough she has to deal with Jeff at the station, but when he moves in next door, well, it's enough to make a shrink want to call herself for advice. Jeff is all for being neighborly, but with Mr. Perfect sweeping Kate off her feet, it doesn't look like Jeff is going to be able to get to first base with her. Maybe Kate still has something to learn about life, love and . . . the stock market?
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Sheila Rabe's stories are never simple--no "girl meets boy of her dreams, falls in love, and lives happily ever after" formula for this dynamic author. Rabe's humorous style and intimate understanding of the convoluted, complicated nature of the human heart turns each of her novels into a thrilling ride of "will they or won't they?" Of course they will! In A Prince of a Guy, widowed psychologist Dr. Kate Stonewall is successfully juggling single parenthood with her two terrific kids, a highly rated radio program about to be syndicated, and a new book deal. Just when things are looking pretty good, Kate's radio nemesis, hunky "Jock Talk" host Jeff Harding, moves in next door. Kate hates sports; mostly she hates the way men act like athletics are the center of the universe. As if the loud parties and Jeff's too young, too blond, too perfect girlfriend weren't enough, Kate's baseball-crazy, but hopelessly uncoordinated, young son, Robbie, thinks Jeff is the cat's meow. But to Kate, Jeff is just a well-muscled pain in her backside. So while Jeff is teaching Robbie to keep his eyes on the ball, Kate is keeping her eyes on Jeff. So what if she starts noticing not only his amazing pecs but also his kind attention to her children? Sheila Rabe cooks up a perfect "opposites attract" tale with a spitfire for Cinderella and her unlikely prince. --Alison Trinkle
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Talk radio psychologist Dr. Kate Stonewall has a thing against jocks. After all, her former husband was so into sports that he choked to death on a peanut during a Super Bowl game. So when fellow radio host, Jeff Hardin, star of the marathon Jock Talk show, moves next door to her and begins encouraging her two children to participate in sports, the single mother declares war. A princess with less than a perfect body, a frog who's really a prince, and a prince who's really a frog are only a few of the quirky yet vulnerable characters in this well-crafted comedy. The deftly turned phrases and witty dialogue are a delight to read. Fans of Susan Elizabeth Phillips and Sue Civil-Brown will enjoy this humorous, poignant tale. Shelley Mosley
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Fabulous!,
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This review is from: A Prince of a Guy (Paperback)
Doctor Kate is a radio talk show host who has avoided jocks and sports like the plague after the death of her husband - a certified sports nut. So she is none-too-happy when a fellow talk-show host moves in next door. She is even more unhappy when he makes friends with her young son and encourages his love of baseball. Jeff is handsome, funny, intelligent, and good to her child - what more could Kate want? Unfortunately, she doesn't see these things and instead keeps looking for Mr. Perfect.Meanwhile, Kate thinks she has found the man of her dreams. Grayson White is handsome, successful, classy - and interested in things other than sports. He takes her to the opera and to expensive restaurants - literally sweeping her off her feet. She's immediately smitten.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Missing The Romantic Spark,
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This review is from: A Prince of a Guy (Paperback)
I have very mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, the story had a few interesting bits and pieces, but on the other, it never became a book that I couldn't put down. It never truly flowed well. The emotions of the characters were too superficial, and the introduction of a secondary love interest for the character Kate broke the flow of the main romance. I think the main problem was the character of Kate. There was nothing unique about her character - she was the stereotypical, self-important psychologist who had an almost pathological hatred of sports, which just never was believable. Her narrow-mindedness and gullibility became annoying after a while. While the character Jeff fell more and more in love with her, the source of the attraction eluded me. He actually seemed too good for her. The secondary characters never had much personality and really added very little to the story.Romantic tension was stated rather than created, giving the reader no emotional involvement in the story. Time seemed to just flow in the story without much of anything happening. There was a strange interlude where everyone went water skiing, which really made no sense, since it didn't seem as though the "sport experience" changed Kate's attitude at all. If you want a rather tame romance with no explicit scenes, and where the moral of the story is that true love doesn't necessarily have to conform to rigid rules, then this is the book for you.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Awful Heroine,
By laura joy "laurajoy6" (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Prince of a Guy (Paperback)
I have read the first half of this book, and although I usually force myself to complete a book once I've started it, I have no desire to read the rest of this one.I simply do not like Kate. She is so repressed it's painful. She's mean to Jeff, and she's mean to her kids. There is no way that someone so unable to get along with others or to take an introspective look at herself could be a sucessful psychologist. Jeff is a great male lead, and should have her head over heels in love. Why is there so little ROMANCE in this romance novel?
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