The Stone Prince (Hqn Books)

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Summary: An original fantasy!
Review: A new take on the Pygmalion myth with a sexy hero and a sassy heroine. I love the premise of a statue coming to life. Who hasn't seen a naked statue in a museum and wished the fig leaf wasn't so concealing? Ms. Showalter deserves mega kudos for writing a novel, spunky story.

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Summary: GREAT READ...HOT AND SEXY!!!
Review: If you are looking for a great book to read that is funny, fabulous, and hot this is it! I read it in one sitting, because I couldn't put it down. Instead of He-Man Jorlan is Uber-Man! Definately read this book!

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Summary: A sexy new author!
Review: If you like Sherrilyn Kenyon, Christine Feehan, and Karen M. Moning, you're going to love this new author! Ms. Showalter takes a sexy idea (a hunky statue coming to life!) and sprinkles magic on it, then sets it on fire. Her writing is fresh and her heroine is real. I checked out her website and was so glad to see that this is just the first of many books she has scheduled for release!

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Summary: Just when you think its safe to read a new author....
Review: Its difficult to pinpoint at exactly what point I looked at the price of this book and said to myself "I spent 8.99 for this?" Maybe it was when Katie groped the statue or maybe it was the 'I want to kill the main male character if he doesn't quit the he-man act soon' feeling I was getting when reading the book, Im not sure. I can't say I hated this book but I sure didn't love it. I bought it on the theory that it would be like some authors I do love: Sherrilyn Kenyon, Christine Feehan to name a few. I guess I struggled with Jorlan the great's behaviour in the book and kept waiting for him to be sweet but that seemed to never happen until almost the end of the book and where was the suspense, the conflict etc. --- this book lacked both. For the most part it was Jorlan coming onto Katie and her repelling him until midway in the book where out of the blue WHAM BAM she attacks him. But don't take my word for it, but maybe if you do want to read this book - get it from a used book store :)

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Summary: You Will Never Look at a Statue the Same Way Again!
Review: Katie James acquires a run-down mansion sorely in need of some serious renovations.
In what the previous owners referred to as "The Pleasure Garden" are some pretty magnificent statues, ones that could almost be called x-rated. It is here that Katie finds herself drawn to the ethereal beauty and sheer masculinity of one statue in particular.
Has she lost her mind? Okay - so she has been unlucky at love, but come on.....a statue? Thoughts of him invade her mind constantly. What would it be like to be in his arms, to feel his skin.....to kiss his beckoning lips?
A magical kiss from Katie brings the statue to warm and lusty life. Jorlan en Sarr, a prince from the distant planet of Imperia has been ensconced for centuries in his stone tomb. Under a curse by his half-brother and powerful sorcerer, Percen de Locke, Jorlan, still able to see, hear and feel all around him but unable to respond, has waited for the kiss of a fair maiden to free him. In her aid to help Jorlan, his mother opened a vortex that placed him on earth, away for Percen.
Now all Jorlan must do is win Katie's love in two weeks time or return to his stony lair forever.
Arrogant and determined Jorlan's full-fledged pursuit of Katie is fueled by the unquenchable lust he feels for her. Although he promises unimaginable physical pleasures, Katie is reluctant to give in, fighting the sexual urges that surge through her virginal body.
Will Jorlan win over his "Katya" in time, or will he be doomed to spend eternity encased in stone? How long will Katie be able to hold back her hunger for her stone warrior come-to-life?
THE STONE PRINCE proved to be a most rewarding read, sexy, funny and downright magical from start to finish. You cannot help but be drawn into the torrid love that develops between Jorlan and Katie. Well supported by secondary characters who help bring THE STONE PRINCE to its climactic end.
THE STONE PRINCE is definitely a keeper - well worth a second read!

Katherine Turcotte


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Summary: Great Debut
Review: Poor Katie James. She's fallen in lust with the hunky statue in her garden. If only he were a real man...

Poor Jorlen en Sarr. He's been cursed to spend the rest of his life imprisoned in a stone jail in unless he gets a kiss...

Lucky for us, Katie is so worked up by her lackluster love life and the granite god in her backyard that she gives in to desire and impulsively kisses the statue, releasing Jorlen from his curse for a time. He's got two weeks to make Katie fall in love with him or he'll end up a monument forever.

Further complicating things is Jorlen's views on women. He may be from a different planet but his attitude about women is strictly earth caveman. Katie isn't having any of it, and he soon sees that a strong woman is a good woman.

Katie soon realizes it's only a matter of time before she gives in to Jorlen's seductive charms, even though she knows when he returns to his home planet, she'll never see him again.

The Stone Prince is super sexy, tons of fun, and over too soon. Vivid descriptions, great characters, and quick pacing make this book a keeper. I will NOT be lending this one out. Buy your own!

Even with the profusion of hyphenated phrases, The Stone Prince is a four star read. The premise is fresh, and hot doesn't do this story justice. The chemistry between Katie and Jorlen is nuclear, and really keeps the pages turning.

Showalter's voice is welcome change from so many of the cookie cutter books being published today. This is a great first book from an author with a long future ahead of her.


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Summary: Funny, Hot and Different
Review: The cover really drew me to the Stone Price, and the idea of a stone statue come to life - it just became a MUST read!

I like all the people in the book - they were complex with lots of issues - even the bad guy had a reason for being bad.

The idea was just so different, and the author really had be believing all this could really happen (I may be hanging out near some naked statues in the future<g>). Ms. Showalter also handled everything with a great deal of humor - I laughed out loud several, several times. The scene with the brothers and the package was hilarious and that scene alone made the price of the book worth the purchase.

I loved how the book ended - how there were no easy answer. The situation just kept getting worse and worse, and I didn't know how the author was going to pull it off...but she did and I loved it.

I can't recommend this book enough!

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Summary: A Hunk of a Statue Comes to Life
Review: THE STONE PRINCE is a super fun read! It is also the first romance novel that made me laugh so hard I was crying, especially during one spectacularly funny, completely humiliating scene involving condoms and four overprotective brothers. I liked the author's breezy, open writing style. She really made the character of Katie, a modern-day house renovator, seem totally real (in other words, Katie had a lot of the same thoughts I think I'd have if a gorgeous statue came to life and was revealed to be a magic-wielding he-man warrior from another planet).

That said, there were some issues I had with the story, the most important being that it reminded me too much of WARRIOR'S WOMAN by Johanna Lindsey (published in the 1990s). Both involve modern-type girls with the ability to kick ass who fall in love with super-macho aliens (of the "women must submit and be protected" variety), and how each tempers the other. Jorlan even refers to Katie at one point as a "warrior woman." Still, THE STONE PRINCE has its own unique plotline, so while it has some similarities to WARRIOR'S WOMAN, it reads quite differently.

Anyway, issues aside, I rather enjoyed this wacky, fantastical love story between a girl and her alien prince charming. I mean, how can you resist a man who carries around a cooking spatula as a weapon? My recommendation: read it!

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Summary: Something totally different but wonderful!!
Review: Whew! This was one heck of a story. Suspend your disbelief, and just enjoy. I know that I will look at statues in a whole different way from now on! Read this book for a totally different experience. Believe me, you won't regret it!

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Summary: A must read from a sizzling new author!
Review: Wow...that's a weak lead in for such an awesome book! Gena Showalter has hit it big with her first book, and it's a doozy! Katie James earns her living restoring old houses and then putting them on the market. Her latest acquisition is a charming, run-down old Victorian with erotic statues in the courtyard. She's drawn to one in particular, and I mean *really* drawn...so much so that she kisses it, and breaks alien warrior Jorlan's curse. But to go back home, he must bed Katie AND make her admit her love for him ... before he bails on her. Of course this just won't fly with a strong woman like Katie, even if she does get a hot flash every time she looks at the guy. This book was funny, hot and so well done that I'm floored. This is a must read!