The incomparable Karen Kendall is back with yet another rollicking
comical romance, which will have the readers laughing their hearts out. “I'VE GOT
YOU, BABE” is a wildly sexy and sensual read, which is bound to make you laugh and
sigh in happiness.
‘Prim
and proper’ may as well be tattooed on Seymour College’s Professor of Art
History, Dr. Vanessa Tower’s forehead, as it has been her lifelong mantra. But she’s
never known temptation like Christopher ‘Crash’ Dunmoor before and pretty soon
this stud muffin has her hormones in an uproar. But how did this “human Cadbury bar,
with nuts in all the right places” ever get into this staid college-marm’s
orbit, you ask? Well, it so happened that in order to gain tenure (for which it’s a
must to have at least two books published), Vanessa started writing a book about the
famous and deceased American painter, Thomas Dunmoor. During the course of her research,
she met and became good friends with the painter’s widow, Miss Eugenie, who then
requested her to persuade her grandson, a.k.a Crash, to end their long lasting
estrangement. Good girl that she is, Vanessa agreed and so it came about that this female
Professor Higgins met this highly masculine Eliza Doolittle.
When
Crash arrives to make up, Miss Eugenie (who still has a few tricks left up her wrinkled
sleeve) decrees that Crash will only inherit his grandfather’s priceless paintings if
he attends, passes and gets an ‘A’ in Vanessa’s art history course on
Thomas Dunmoor. If he fails, the entire painting collection will be bequeathed to Seymour
College. This not only makes Crash resent Vanessa, but also gives Vanessa palpitations at
the very thought of having “Crash and his invisible friend, machismo” sitting in
her class day after day, unnerving and arousing her, Also her Department head, Creepy
Creighton, is breathing down her neck, pressuring her to fail Crash and thus gain the
paintings for the college. And so begins the highly comical series of classes, with Crash
doing his best to annoy and arouse Vanessa, but this handsome and muscular Adonis finds
the tables neatly turned on him when he’s besieged by a gaggle of man-hungry and
bottom-pinching gals at the girls-only Seymour College.
Laughter
abounds in Karen Kendall’s latest, highly sexy and romantic book, “I'VE GOT YOU,
BABE". The lead couple has nothing in common – he spends his days jumping out of
planes and canoeing down raging rivers; she spends her days lecturing and burying her nose
in some musty tome in the library. But how lust and love bring this most unlikely couple
together makes for a very funny and yet poignant read.
He
helps her to accept the sensuality inherent in her and she makes him bridge emotional
bridges and estrangements. Together they complete each other – which is what love is
all about. Karen Kendall is indeed a masterly writer as she wraps this serious and
important message in a highly comical scenario, but still manages to get her point across.
The plot, as I’ve repeatedly stated, is full of comedy; the characterizations are
divine; the dialogue, more specifically every character’s internal assessments and
thoughts, is supremely candid, realistic and altogether delightful – all in all, this
is a gem of a book, which is a must-read for all kinds of readers! There is also a side
love story, which is sensitive and comical as well. An absolute hit!
Reviewed
By Rashmi Srinivas for The Road to Romance
January
13, 2003
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