High Maintenance

by Jamie Hill

Deidre North is enjoying a ski vacation with her family after Christmas, when an accident sidelines her from the slopes with a cast on her leg. She's depressed about spending another New Year's Eve alone, until she meets the lodge's handsome maintenance man. Rick Beaufort is good with his hands, but is he smooth enough to convince this high maintenance woman to take a chance on him?

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Novella

Nook

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Jamie Hill was born and raised in a beautiful, mid-sized town in Midwest, USA. At various times she wanted to be a veterinarian, teacher, cheerleader, TV star or a famous singer. The one thing she always wanted to be was a writer. Starting at about age ten, she penned romance as she envisioned it in one spiral notebook after another.

When she's not working at the day job she loves, Jamie enjoys spending time with her family, reading, and watching movies (the scarier the better!) In her ‘spare time’ she can often be found writing, editing, or doing something more mundane like housework. After that, she's probably taking a nap. She loves to hear from readers, so feel free to drop her a line.

Reviews

[Jude Mason · Rating 5 out of 5]

I adored this book. I'm a sucker for well written ghost stories and characters who aren't weak, spineless blobs. Joss and Jake are just the kind I look for. They come to life in this story. I was on the edge of my seat, unable to put this one down until the very end.

Beautifully done and thank you for an awesome read

[Jo Notary]

90p Detective Jake Gilford is skeptical when he hears Joss Wheeler say she believes her newly inherited house is haunted. He's a man of facts and hard evidence, and ghosts aren't on his radar screen. He's also a man, and Joss is a beautiful, if somewhat nutty, woman. Won over by her charms, he's aware that she's a black woman and he's a white man, but he's not concerned about their racial differences. He promises to stay and help her unravel the mystery of the house, or whatever else she has that might need unraveling.

[Beate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh how I wish this was a longer book. There really was no time to get to know anyone, but the chapters would have been perfect for the first couple chapters of a longer book. I really liked these characters, they held a lot of promise. And enough other characters were involved to have made this a very interesting story.

I really hope the author considers this story a "prequel" and writes a longer one with these characters.

[Jo Notary]

27p Deidre North is enjoying a ski vacation with her family after Christmas, when an accident sidelines her from the slopes with a cast on her leg. She's depressed about spending another New Year's Eve alone, until she meets the lodge's handsome maintenance man.
Rick Beaufort is good with his hands, but is he smooth enough to convince this high maintenance woman to take a chance on him?

[Nicky]

Ridiculously short.. Im so glad it was free.

[Arlene · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good book, wished it was much longer. Loved the characters.

[Hasien · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this story. It had a great plot. I enjoyed the characters.

[Mitzi]

Free Kindle book June 13, 2012.