Phi Beta Bimbo

by Trish Jensen

"Fans of Susan Elizabeth Phillip's Nobody's Baby But Mine will go for this hilarious romp, too." Booklist Big blond wig. Do-me shoes. A bra that could serve as a floatation device. She's about to take... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0505525852
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Love Spell
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.0" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

Second great book from Jensen this month!

After a dearth of writer Trish Jensen - no book since her Stuck With You, September 2001 for Dorchester Publishing - I am treated to two great Jensen efforts in one week! Without A Clue (Harlequin's Flipside) and now Phi Beta Bimbo from Dorchester. It's great to see this very talented, funny writer back in print.This time Jensen asks the question - on the minds of women every where - who fares better in the workplace: the brassy bimbo or the plain Jane? Checking out if blondes really have more fun, Leah Smith decides for her doctoral dissertation for sociology to find out the bottom line. Trading in her mousy persona, drab brown hair and less than ample cleavage, she makes herself over into a bleached blonde, with a 'gravity-defying' chest. With mile-high spiked-heels and a miracle bra she takes on the question with 'hands on' determination. She hires on at Peachy Cosmetics with both personalities so she can get a real view of which one does best in the world of business. However, she doesn't realise Peachy Cosmetics is upset about recent leaks in formulae of their new cosmetics and has hired an security expert to plug those leaks.Mark Colson is the security expert who has been hired to ferret out evil-doers of corporate espionage and the newest employee of Peachy Cosmetics is his number one suspect. He quickly spots she is posing as two completely different women. Ditsy blonde or more academic brunette. He feels it will be a matter of time before he catches her red-handed. But in order to catch Leah, he will have to trade secrets...Jensen is so witty, charming and delightful, this book shines with her marvellous talent. It's great to have her back. Linda Howard was out of writing for a long spell at one point in her career and she came back to shoot to the top of her profession. I have a feeling Jensen will do the same!

Wow! I'm Impressed!

I am a longtime Trish Jensen fan, but wow, this book is the best yet. What a unique premise for a book! What a title! What great humor! Can't wait to see what Trish does next.

The bottom line is this...

...I could say all kinds of things about how funny and talented a writer Trish is. They would all be true, as her fans would attest. Bottom line, though, what makes Trish the BTO of romantic fiction is the fact that she's a northern woman who writes just like a Southern one. And that's just pure greatness, anyway you want to slice it!

A Story Stuffed Full of Phi Beta Laughs

Leah Smith, who has just received her doctorate in Sociology wants to put her education and her theories to the test so she decides to see who would get the job at her brother Steve's cosmetic company, Just Peachy, a busty blond bimbo or a flat chested, smart as a whip, plain Jane. She applies for a job as the company receptionist as both stacked and flashy Candi Deveraus and as Leah Smith, plain and overqualified. And guess what, they both get the job on a trial basis. But Leah isn't the only one at Just Peachy who is sometimes one person and sometimes another. Her brother Steve has a financial backer who insists that a cosmetic company must be run by a woman, so Steve invented a twin sister for himself. So sometimes he is the head honcho, or rather honchette, named Stephanie and at other times he plays himself as the financial advisor. Once Steve earns enough money to buy out the backer he plans to throw away Stephanie's high heels forever. To further complicate Steve's live a competing company, Apple Blossom Cosmetics, has launched a number of new products that bear suspicious resemblances to his own products. Kate Bloom the CEO of Apple Blossom denies it, but Steve isn't buying it, even if he is attracted to her. So he hires an ex-FBI agent turned security consultant named Mark Colson to investigate. Mark notices right off the bat that Leah has two different identities, and she becomes his number one suspect, despite the fact that he is strongly attracted to her. Leah, who only wanted to further her sociological studies, finds herself attracted to Mark as well and winds up acting as bait to catch the spy. Mark is as stubborn as any man alive, maybe even a little over the top, plus there is a whole lot of other stuff going on in this outrageously funny novel that I don't have room to mention here, but if anybody can juggle two different identities, an ex-FBI man and keep everything straight it's definitely a Phi Beta Bimbo.

PHI BETA BIMBO is a cross dressing laugh out loud romp.

Sociology graduate student Leah Smith decides to conduct a comparative analysis research study for her doctorate; her subject is to compare a bimbo to a nerd in the work place. To obtain data, Leah accepts two interviews under different names for employment at Just Peachy, her brother's cosmetics firm. For one appointment she arrives dressed and acting like a "classic" bimbo; for the other she behaves as a nerd. Her sibling Steve hired security specialist Mark Colson to determine who in his successful company is selling secrets to competitors. Mark notices that the bimbo and the nerd are the same person. Leah is his prime suspect for why else would she pretend to be two other people besides herself. The anecdotal approach seems lacking in terms of statistics, but not in terms of a wacky wonderful contemporary romance. The story line is fun as Leah as the student, the bimbo, and the nerd drives Mark to distraction. Though he suspects she is the culprit, he also finds he loves her in her two distinctive poses, but mostly for her energetic self. Adding to the insanity is that Steve to succeed in a female world comes up with Stephanie as his alter ego. PHI BETA BIMBO is a cross dressing laugh out loud romp. Harriet Klausner