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A Prince of a Guy
Successful radio psychologist and single mother Kate Stonewall finds her life turned upside down when her colleague, macho sportscaster Jeff Hardin, moves in next door. Original.
352 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 1, 2001
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November 30, 2010
This author has done it so much better.
From the back cover:
Muscling in...
Psychologist Kate Stonewall's cup of happiness is just about full: she has two great kids, a successful career, and her own radio show. The only fly in her soup is her colleague Jeff Hardin--a sports show host who Kate wishes would just buzz off.
Elbow room...
Not only does she have to put up with his sports metaphors at work, Kate must also play nice in her own back yard--Jeff has just moved in next door. If it weren't for his gorgeous physique and his gentle manner with her adoring kids, Jeff would rank high on Kate's hit list.
Breathing space...
But the difference between "doc" and "jock" prove smaller than they seem. And in the wall standing between them, there soon appears a tiny crack--one that could bring the whole thing crumbling delightfully down...
And my review:
I first discovered Sheila Rabe when I read All I Want for Christmas, a book I highly recommend. I then read the equally enjoyable Be My Valentine (also highly recommended). So I put this author on my auto-buy list and expected a good read from A PRINCE OF A GUY.
The heroine was awful and totally not worthy of the hero. It does not make sense that a woman so blinded by stereotypes could be a successful psychologist. Okay, I can understand a strong dislike of the male obsession with sports. I don't like it either (I turned cartwheels when I found out my hubby wasn't a sports fan), but I'm not neurotic about it. Kate hated it so much that she turned into a caricature.
It was ridiculous. In her opinion, any man who likes sports is a complete and utter moron, a waste of space on the planet, and a self-centered jerk. Uhhh....no. Yes, there are some sports nuts who are all of these things, but there are also plenty of good, decent, hard-working, intelligent men who just enjoy watching a game once in a while. Enjoying sports does not make you worthless. Honestly, her obsession with how much she hated sports was every bit as unhealthy as a guy who's life revolves around them.
And another big downfall was that the second half of the book involved almost no interaction between Kate and Jeff. Instead, we get to see a budding relationship between Kate and someone she thinks is her dream man, while Jeff runs around trying to win her over. And honestly, though this new man was not Kate's Mr. Right, there was more chemistry between them than between her and Jeff. It was as if after the first half of her book (which was doing pretty well, apart from the heroine's over-the-top hatred of sports), the author had exhausted the antagonism and didn't know what else to do to fill up the pages. I was bored out of my mind. I never had that feeling from a Sheila Rabe novel before.
I wasn't even able to finish A PRINCE OF A GUY. I never knew what Jeff saw in Kate. I actually wanted him to forget about her and find a more balanced woman. In ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS and especially in BE MY VALENTINE, Sheila Rabe raised some real relationship issues and dealt with them wonderfully, with great characters and awesome chemistry. But this book never seemed to reach those same standards. Try the other two books I mentioned to see what this author is really capable of, but pass on A PRINCE OF A GUY.
From the back cover:
Muscling in...
Psychologist Kate Stonewall's cup of happiness is just about full: she has two great kids, a successful career, and her own radio show. The only fly in her soup is her colleague Jeff Hardin--a sports show host who Kate wishes would just buzz off.
Elbow room...
Not only does she have to put up with his sports metaphors at work, Kate must also play nice in her own back yard--Jeff has just moved in next door. If it weren't for his gorgeous physique and his gentle manner with her adoring kids, Jeff would rank high on Kate's hit list.
Breathing space...
But the difference between "doc" and "jock" prove smaller than they seem. And in the wall standing between them, there soon appears a tiny crack--one that could bring the whole thing crumbling delightfully down...
And my review:
I first discovered Sheila Rabe when I read All I Want for Christmas, a book I highly recommend. I then read the equally enjoyable Be My Valentine (also highly recommended). So I put this author on my auto-buy list and expected a good read from A PRINCE OF A GUY.
The heroine was awful and totally not worthy of the hero. It does not make sense that a woman so blinded by stereotypes could be a successful psychologist. Okay, I can understand a strong dislike of the male obsession with sports. I don't like it either (I turned cartwheels when I found out my hubby wasn't a sports fan), but I'm not neurotic about it. Kate hated it so much that she turned into a caricature.
It was ridiculous. In her opinion, any man who likes sports is a complete and utter moron, a waste of space on the planet, and a self-centered jerk. Uhhh....no. Yes, there are some sports nuts who are all of these things, but there are also plenty of good, decent, hard-working, intelligent men who just enjoy watching a game once in a while. Enjoying sports does not make you worthless. Honestly, her obsession with how much she hated sports was every bit as unhealthy as a guy who's life revolves around them.
And another big downfall was that the second half of the book involved almost no interaction between Kate and Jeff. Instead, we get to see a budding relationship between Kate and someone she thinks is her dream man, while Jeff runs around trying to win her over. And honestly, though this new man was not Kate's Mr. Right, there was more chemistry between them than between her and Jeff. It was as if after the first half of her book (which was doing pretty well, apart from the heroine's over-the-top hatred of sports), the author had exhausted the antagonism and didn't know what else to do to fill up the pages. I was bored out of my mind. I never had that feeling from a Sheila Rabe novel before.
I wasn't even able to finish A PRINCE OF A GUY. I never knew what Jeff saw in Kate. I actually wanted him to forget about her and find a more balanced woman. In ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS and especially in BE MY VALENTINE, Sheila Rabe raised some real relationship issues and dealt with them wonderfully, with great characters and awesome chemistry. But this book never seemed to reach those same standards. Try the other two books I mentioned to see what this author is really capable of, but pass on A PRINCE OF A GUY.
April 1, 2011
rom com
August 13, 2014
No real depth to the story.
August 16, 2016
I found it a page turner
April 27, 2011
This was a pretty decent book. I can't quite wrap my head into a review though.
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