Being Jamie Baker
An accident that should end in tragedy instead gives seventeen-year-old Jamie Baker a slew of uncontrollable superhuman abilities. To keep her secret safe Jamie socially exiles herself, earning the title of Rocklin High's resident ice queen. But during a supercharged encounter with star...
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An accident that should end in tragedy instead gives seventeen-year-old Jamie Baker a slew of uncontrollable superhuman abilities. To keep her secret safe Jamie socially exiles herself, earning the title of Rocklin High's resident ice queen. But during a supercharged encounter with star quarterback Ryan Miller she literally kisses anonymity goodbye. Now the annoyingly irresistible Ryan will stop at nothing to melt the heart of the ice queen and find out what makes her so special. Unfortunately, Ryan is not the only person on to her secret. Will Jamie learn to contain her unstable powers before being discovered by the media or turned into a government lab rat? More importantly, can she throw Ryan Miller off her trail before falling in love with him?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780615377544 (0615377548)
Publish date: June 14th 2010
Publisher: Bluefields
Pages no: 353
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Paranormal,
Urban Fantasy,
Romance,
Paranormal Romance,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
High School,
Supernatural,
Young Adult Paranormal
Series: Jamie Baker (#1)
Now this is a YA book that I got sucked in to, which is good after my last two failures. This is my third book by the author and all of them have had either a 4.5/5 rating. I just love the authors writing and will now be making it a mission to read all of her work. She has now become a "favourite"...
**To read the full review, click the title!** I just finished reading Being Jamie Baker for the second time, and it left me grinning as wildly as I had the first time. This is seriously a book more people need to know and read - because it's fantabulous! If you're debating whether to read it or n...
Odd, but somehow it sucked me in.
Being Jamie Baker was a fun, easy read but also dealt with real issues and was quite emotional too and I would say that if you took out the paranormal element it could have easily converted to a YA contemp read. Jamie was a great character to get to know and it was very easy to connect with her. I t...
Being Jamie Baker is a fun urban sci-fi about a high school girl that survives a terrible car accident, only to emerge with frightening superpowers. In some ways it's a coming of age novel as Jamie learns not only how to live with her powers, but also how to trust again. It's a wonderful story, fast...