Haunted Hook-Up

by Simone Beaudelaire

Julie (Jules) Masterson, budding mechanical engineer and skeptic, sets a goal of debunking the alleged haunting in her university's auditorium. While searching for electromagnetic fields, she meets Theo Kent, future geneticist and true believer in the supernatural. He hopes to meet the ghost and encourage it to move on. Jules and Theo quickly discover they have a new goal... spending as much time together as possible. But when the ghost strikes, pushing another helpless girl off the balcony, they must act quickly to find and banish it before anyone else gets hurt.

30,000 words. A novella.

Warning: contains graphic sex and some strong language.

125 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 26, 2013

About the author

Hello, I am Simone Beaudelaire, romance enthusiast, freelance proofreader, and novice author.
In real life, I'm a wife, mother, and full time high school French teacher, which doesn't leave me a lot of time for my hobby. Of course, that hasn't stopped me yet.
I hope I can connect with other readers of romance (and other genres. I love to read, and through my beta reading group, I have recommendations in all different categories.)

Reviews

[Shaheen Darr · Rating 4 out of 5]

A man in a brown suit is rumored to haunt the Auditorium at Haysville State University. Julie Masterson, an engineering student sets out to dispel the rumors. She is a skeptic, according to her theory certain circumstances can cause electromagnetic fields to “trigger auditory or visual hallucinations” in sensitive people. She meets science student, Theodore Kent who does believe in ghosts and together they decide to find out what is really happening at the University. Will they succeed in debunking the myth about the ghost or is there some truth in the rumors after all?
Haunted Hookup is a fast-paced story that provides fascinating information about ghosts and haunting. The book includes scenes of a sexual nature but they don’t detract from the main theme. It is a great read for days when you want to just stay indoors and enjoy a good book, It won’t disappoint, it will definitely keep you hooked until the very end.

[Jolie Mason · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay,
The characters are quirky and real. It's nerd love, so endearing right from the very start. Even the love scenes are very genuine depictions of very real people, not overblown flowery imaginings.

In that sense, this book is edgy for a romance novel. It defies expectation. That's very attractive to me. I think the romance genre has stayed very static in it's definitions of what is and is not love for far too long. Love looks different on everybody, and, on these two, it's impetuous, as it so often is at that age, and sweet.

It is thoroughly worth a read.