The Maintenance Man by Michael Baisden / 305 Pages. Read in 25 days

Malcolm is known to many rich women as the man who put the fires out for the hot ladies aka the #1 Maintenance Man. He has told many haters that they are the reason why he is in business. He feels that men who cannot do their job at keeping their women happy keep him employed. Although Malcolm is appreciate of the ladies and their husbands that keep him employed, he is still haunted by the fact that his dad died in a similar position, having sex with another married man’s wife. With that guilt hanging over his head, Malcolm tries to keep his escort work at a minimum and only with high profile clients that are paying the big bucks. Never the less he is still in the game! Malcolm’s friend Simon plays a huge part in this story as well. He is chasing love from a woman that has always cheated on him. Nothing will stop Simon from hanging on to his now fiancée until he finds out from a Private Investigator that his wife has been cheating on him with a preacher. Simon takes matters into his own hands by setting up a teletron at the preacher’s church of a video showing the preacher and his fiancée Cynthia (the news reporter) making out in front of everyone at the church. Ariel, the new introduction to the bunch becomes Simon’s club manager who also has a few rendezvous of her own, including a married man whose wife comes to beat her down while they are at dinner. This book has a lot of other surprises like the number one stripper, Teddy who also owns the dance group Hot Chocolate gets arrested at the club for not paying child support. In the end, Malcolm inherits his mentor Melvin’s Jazz Club and unexpectedly finds a love interest with a professional dancer name Toni, while escorting another rich woman on a date in Atlanta. This is the first time ever Malcolm actually considers giving up escorting for a woman that he thinks may be the one! This book has been read twice and still much worth the read.