Bobby's Girl

What a charming book. I was wandering through the library, looking for something to read when I picked up Bobby's Girl. The blurb on the back, which by the way is wrong, looked interesting. According to it, Kathy the alien, was here on Earth hiding from her enemies, and no one on Earth knew that she was an alien. The reality is much more interesting. Her friends know that she is from another world, but they love her so much, they just don't care. They help her settle in to a life in LA and are prepared to defend her. The book is engaging and humorous. I read it in a single sitting, and boy is my behind tired! :-))).I would recomend this to anyone looking for something a little different.

----------------------------------------------------------- General Ket Mhulhar, on the run after the fall of Thradon, goes to ground as a script girl in Hollywood. Fortunately, she had time for radical cosmetic surgery, and now appears to be a gorgeous blonde -- quelle surprise! She advances quickly in the industry, and is soon directing a sci-fi thriller about... the fall of Thradon. This silly, light-hearted book is just right for a cozy evening's entertainment. This isn't faint praise -- this is a nice, lightweight, warmhearted, cinematic, romantic adventure novel, reminiscent of the "B" books that I used to devour by the yard. I liked it a lot. Recommended for military/romance/movie SF fans. Note that, like most such books, the premises really won't stand up to close inspection... And note also that you'll enjoy Bobby's Girl more if you skip over the Prologue, and come back to it later. (This is almost always good advice, which I wish I'd followed here.) Happy reading-- Peter D. Tillman

On a distant planet, after a short brutal war, a woman general finds herself the ranking leader in the country. She has received orders to go into hiding and remain safe until it is the right time to strike back. Hiding goes against her nature, but the rest of the staff comply and have her surgically altered to be human and then ship her off to Earth.Ket Mulhar lands in California where she is promptly picked up by an aging golf-loving couple and her new life as Kathy begins. The couple have a son who is in the movie business and Kathy is soon working for him and making him more successful.Meanwhile, the resistance begins to form on her home planet and a war of rebellion begins. The aggressors want to know where Ket is and why she has not shown herself.The rest of the book is a true delight. Action passes back and forth between planets. Kathy develops a new life, first as a script girl and then as a producer. But Kathy is very honest. She has told the couple who befriended her who she is. Bobby, their son, is also told. Bobby, his parents, and his friends are all veterans (WWII and Desert Storm).Needless to say, everyone takes a real shine to Kathy and we get a story of Family and friends sticking together and doing everything they need to in order to protect their own.With General Ket in charge, you expect a big smash explosive battle ending, but this book is more intelligent than that.I will leave revelations of endings to the readers as friend and foe all come together in the Californian desert.A wonderful read that is pretty much unlike anything else out there. A fine book.

I just finished reading Bobby's Girl and it was great. Fast paced and an easy read, it was difficult to put the book down once I picked it up. The main character, General Ket Mhulhar, is a strong and honor bound woman - who is incredibly loyal and loving to her friends, both old and new. Ket, or Kathy as she is known on Earth, leaves her war torn planet and ends up in on the set of a movie in Los Angeles. The author has an eye for detail and makes you feel as if you are with the characters in any setting, whether its in a bar on Earth or war torn Thradon. As with Ket, all of the main characters in the book are, someway or another, loyal and honorable - whether they are Ket's boyfriend Bobby or the "bad guy" Celin Kwa.This is a book that deals with action, love and war, but it is free of any violence and bloodshed that may be considered graphic and therefore I think this book is suitable for younger readers as well, not just adults.