One day I’m a food stylist in California and the next day I’m back in Connecticut creating a catering business to get my sister out of debt.  That’s not a bad thing.  The bad thing was to learn our first job was catering a hunt breakfast for the new girlfriend of my ex-boyfriend.  Yes, him.  Atty at Law David J. Resnick.  The same David I left Connecticut for in the first place.  What could I do?  I couldn’t help myself and the theme of this hunt club breakfast became Blood and Guts.  The hunters loved it—the tripe piccata, the stuffed hearts, the blood orange salad.  Not the super-lawyer up from the city, though.  That would be Joel Bernstein.  He’s a younger, cuter, sexier and could be smarter Alan Dershowitz type.  Then he wants me to go out to dinner with him because he couldn’t eat breakfast.  Under duress from my sister, Bel, I went.  And yes, Joel was very appealing but here’s the thing.  I swore off men after David.  You would have, too.

My life was spinning out of control between these two guys.  Next week Joel calls and announces I’m being sued for defamation of character.  He’s the lawyer and David’s the plaintiff.

I’ll have you know *I* am the wronged party!

Somehow, even now I’m not quite sure, while lecturing some single women about how to find a guy (as if my track record is so impeccable), I start talking about how your relationship is not low maintenance, that you have to make it the first priority in your life.  Suddenly I become the Mating Maven—what the heck is that, I’d like to know—I’m on TV, the radio, I have a book deal and I’m in demand.

All I really know is that I’m in love with Joel, the lawyer who’s going to take me to court and grind me into the ground for my ex-, who’s thinking “some people need dying” and I’m probably at the top of David’s list.

All together now.  Draw a circle in the air.  Make a slash through it and say “Not Low Maintenance.”—Viva Miller

"This book was great. It was a light romantic comedy that made me laugh out loud more than a few times. Viva is such a great heroine for this type of story. She's strong and loving and she's a wonderful person but she's doing herself a disservice because of her hang-ups about men. On the other hand, Joel is determined, loyal, tough, and maybe just a little bit devious, but he happens to the perfect type of man for her."--FIVE STARS from The Romance Reviews