Unzipped?

This book has very Steamy and Hot Romantic ingredients, with a dash of laughter thrown in the mix. A must read for those who are addicted to Romance novels. If you like smart, sexy-hot romantic books, you will love, love, love this book. Our heroine Shannon, an image consultant and hero, Hal who is a computer geek are modern realistic people. Hal wants to change his scruffy computer geek look to a more professional successful image that reflects the success of his computer software company. Shannon, a beautiful and fun image consultant is just the person to turn Hal and his image around. It is enjoyable to read how their relationship progresses throughout the story. And it is refreshing to see that she is not the usual simpering virginal heroine, but a real woman with a real passion for life and Hal.

Karen Kendall is amazing, and this book is a lot of fun. By the time I caught the shameless setup for sequels, I was thrilled because I was crazy about the premise and wanted more, more, more of these characters. I wish I could go work at "Finesse" and experience it all first hand, but at least I know I can read the next book in the series, "Open Invitation." Starting right now. Gotta go!

I have to say Kendall did a great job in this story. I don't remember laughing out loud so much like I did when I read this book. ***Shannon is an image consultant and Hal is a computer geek who is trying to pull his company out of the floor. Hal's family recommended that he change his image in order to promote his company. He gets in contact with Shannon just to satisfy his mother and sister. As soon as this people meet the chemistry is incredible and the sex is hot. If you want a sensual and funny story, pick this one up. You won't be disappointed. **** Barbara

Nerd centerfold Hal Underwood ignores the advice of friends, family, and workers who insist he needs to shed his geek image before his software company goes public. Instead he is more concerned with the leak of information that places his firm at risk once it goes public while his mom worries that he eats and sleeps with his computer. Pushed by his mom, sister, and especially his legal advisor as the face of the company, Hal reluctantly hires Farmington, Connecticut based Image Consultant and Media Trainer Shannon Shane to make him over. When he first sees how beautiful the statuesque Shannon is, Hal's brain melts as he prefers to make it with her, but his worst memories from high school surface. To his shock he soon realizes that Shannon has her uncertainties too as she feels no one takes her intelligence seriously, which he does from the moment she mentions Saddam. UNZIPPED? Is an interesting contemporary romance that focuses on not judging a person by what one sees as both lead characters run much deeper than the initial first impressions. Hal is a terrific individual drooling over the six foot beauty who he assumes is outside his range while Shannon thinks the brainy computer guru has done great things way above her inane makeovers. The humorous dialogues between the couple clue the reader that this pair once they unzip the masks belong together producing hairless microhumans but fearing that their offspring would have her brains and his looks to paraphrase Einstein as she believes she is a moron and he thinks he is the centerfold of nerds. Harriet Klausner