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A PRINCE OF A GUY by Sheila Rabe Berkley Romance, August 2001 ISBN No. 0-425-18098, $6.99, 344 Pgs. Reviewed by Lynne Remick A FAIRY-TALE FROG Kate hates sports. She likes KZOO Sportscaster/Radio Personality Jeff Hardin even less. It's bad enough when Kate runs into this arrogant, self-indulgent jock at the station, but now, this frog stares back at her from across her very own fence---HE'S her new next-door neighbor! She let her gaze drift and caught the sight of two men in t-shirts and shorts moving a couch into the living room. One of them she recognized as Jeff. Almost against her will, she found herself studying him--something she never did at the station. She watched his biceps bunch with the effort of holding the massive, well-worn thing. He had nice muscles, she would give him that. He wasn't very graceful...Kate noted that in spite of the sweating and straining, he smiled constantly. Only the dim-witted smile constantly. Kate shook her head in disgust. What had she done to deserve inheriting someone with the I.Q. of a mule for a neighbor? The tension across the fence builds as the widowed Kate's hatred grows and her children form an alliance with the enemy. But Kate will not give-up peaceably. She inscribes a copy of her first book and presents it to Hardin's lovestruck girlfriend, Bambi. After devouring "The Frog with the Glass Slipper," doubts begin to form in Bambi's mind as to the perfection of her relationship with Jeff. Is he her prince, or her frog? The answer becomes clear when Jeff fails to share "emotional" intimacy with Bambi, and she sets off in search of her true prince. Left without a girlfriend to occupy his time, Jeff Hardin begins to see that there's more to Dr. Kate Stonewall beneath her cool exterior. Jeff begins a crusade to show Dr. Kate that he's her prince. But first, he must battle her lack of humor, her hatred, a slick rival and more! In order to find her own prince, Kate must practice what she preaches and learn that looks can be deceiving! Like its theme, "A Prince of a Guy" at times appears to be a prince, and other times, a frog. The character of Dr. Kate Stonewall is so dry at times that you will want to push her off the dock. Often, it is difficult to see just what Jeff Hardin sees in her. Jeff, on the other hand, is flawed, but endearing for all his faults. However, bumps in the road, like an uncomfortable love scene between the two, almost cinched the frog theory.
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