Just Peachy [Paperback]

Jill Winters (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 3, 2005

Peach Kelley brings a little light into the lives of everyone she works with-or so she likes to think. And she's a whiz at helping her coworkers at Millennium Gift Baskets with their romantic problems. Even though her own love life is the pits, finding a boyfriend is the last thing on her mind-until she meets the new network administrator, Adam Quinlan.

Preoccupied with his own chaotic life, Quin thinks Peach is spunky, pretty...and a big nuisance. But when one of their coworkers mysteriously disappears, the two join forces to dig around for answers. For the first time ever, Peach may have gotten herself into a situation she can't get out of-falling in love.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Jill Winters discovered her love for writing fiction while she was procrastinating on her master's thesis in Boston's many bookstores and coffee shops. A member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, she graduated summa cum laude from Boston College. She has taught women's studies and been published in Stylus, Boston College's literary magazine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: NAL Trade (May 3, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451215060
• ISBN-13: 978-0451215062
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,743,979 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jill Winters is a summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Boston College. She has published five novels with Penguin Group, which have been featured on Barnes & Noble's Bestseller Lists and Booksense's Top Ten. Her debut novel, Plum Girl, was a finalist for the Dorothy Parker Award of Excellence.

Jill also contributed essays to several anthologies, including Flirting with Pride & Prejudice, Coffee At Luke's, and House Unauthorized. Her essay "The Secret Life of Mary" was selected for The Best of Smart Pop (2005). Her sixth novel, THE UNPRINTABLE BIG CLOCK CHRONICLE, which is the first in a new mystery series, has just been released! Currently at work on the second book in the series, Jill can be reached through her website: www.jillwinters.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars hilarious!, May 4, 2005

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megan_m - See all my reviews

This review is from: Just Peachy (Paperback)

what a fun book! peach was a cutie, you could feel how much she cared about the people in her life and how much she wanted things to work out for them. i liked that she wasn't a whiny complaining heroine down on herself. instead she was confident and a breath of fresh air to be around. adam was sexy!!! i go for the shy intellectual type maybe that is why i liked him so much. the two of them working together to solve the mystery was really fun, i loved watching them go from friends to lovers. a great book!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fine amateur sleuth chick lit tale, May 4, 2005

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just Peachy (Paperback)

In Boston, bubbly optimist creative consultant Peach Kelley enjoys being little miss sunshine; her friends and co-workers think she lives a charmed golden life as she always sees the cup filled. Her upbeat outlook on life makes her popular with her peers at Millennium Gift Baskets. She is especially good at assisting others with blind dates although her own social life is nonexistent at least when it comes to men.

Peach arranges a blind date for sad sack office accountant Dennis Emberson, a single father with a teenage daughter. She anticipates "Pig Pen's dad" to have the time of his lihe and perhaps even fall in love and looks forward to the post game report, but Dennis apparently vanished. Peach accompanied by the new network administrator, hunk Adam Quinlan begins investigating the disappearance. However, someone wants her to back off and threatens to harm her if she persists. Worse she finds more danger with Adam at her side as she is half in love with him although he has his own woes to deal with even if he is very attracted to the animated pain in the butt and heart Peach.

Jill Winters latest fruity tale (see RASPBERRY CRUSH and PLUM GIRL) is an amusing romantic suspense with the emphasis on the humor and the romance. The lead protagonist is much more than JUST PEACHY as she keeps the fine tale together. Her counterpart Adam raises her hormone level while also making her concerned for breaking office fraternization rules and more so potentially her heart. Though Peach's Pollyanna outlook is too difficult to handle before caffeine, fans will enjoy this amateur sleuth chick lit combine that proves this is an author for all seasons.

Harriet Klausner

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, October 18, 2005

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Becky (Midwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Just Peachy (Paperback)

I read Raspberry Crush and loved reading it so much I decided to read more by this author. I was not dissappointed. The author did a great job creating sexual tension between the characters so that, even though it was 2/3 through the book when they kissed, it was worth the wait. The light mystery is fun and although not realistic (as a murder mystery novel) provides interesting motivation for the characters in the book. I loved it! I can't wait to read more by this author. I highly recommend this book to people who enjoy contemporary romance novels by this and similar authors.