Head back to school with Kate Bennett, who is making a
fresh start at law school in the Big Easy. After living
together for several years, her boyfriend Graham recently
left their relationship for a better-paying job in another
state. Kate is determined to do well in law school. She
forms a study group with some other older first-year law
students, but school is one long stretch of exhaustion.
Kate's goal is to study hard enough and get high enough
grades to be able to join the prestigious Tulane Law Review
staff. Being successful in law school will give her the
security she has been looking for ever since her parents
died. Kate's plans are put to the test when a particularly
sadistic professor seems to target her in class, even
flagrantly marking her anonymous exam booklet. She can't
handle any more distractions, but when Graham decides he
wants her back, she tries to oblige and visit him over her
break. As spring semester progresses, a new romance
surfaces, and Kate's stress combines with the craziness of
Mardi Gras to create chaos for everyone.
Whitney Gaskell delivers a vibrant story and
memorable characters that will appeal to chick-lit and
women's fiction readers. The author's love and knowledge of
New Orleans are evident in her writing and particularly
timely given the recent media focus there. Despite the
popularity of the romantic comedy film Legally Blonde, this
storyline about the first year of law school remains fresh
yet familiar in the capable hands of Gaskell. She clearly
remembers her own time in law school and writes in the
rhythm of semesters, creating an imperfect realistic study
group and perfectly capturing the overwhelming stress and
relief of final exams. TESTING KATE is a testament to the
remarkable skill of its author to turn a stressful
situation like law school into a delightful novel.
No one is better than Kate Bennett at playing by the rules–
because no one has quite her knack for running into bad
luck. Orphaned while in college, Kate handled her loss by
graduating with honors and acquiring a secure job and a
dependable boyfriend. But now, with her thirtieth birthday
around the corner, Kate decides it’s time to shake things
up. She quits her job, breaks up with her long-term
boyfriend, and U-Hauls it across the country for her first
year at Tulane Law School. Too bad nothing in the Big Easy
is quite so easy….
Before she knows it, Kate finds her life turned upside
down by a notoriously sadistic professor, a larger-than-
life new boss–and two interested men who are sure that
she’s The One…. But can either of the men in her life
really know Kate, when she’s just getting to know herself?
In a year of self-discovery, the most important lesson
Kate may learn is that to change your luck, sometimes you
have to change your mind–including what you thought was
your dream.
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