Title: Maid for Each Other
Author: Lynn Painter
Publisher: Berkley
Pages: 368
Genre: Romance
My Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤
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Maid for Each Other
Abi Mariano has multiple jobs just to afford her rent, but now her own apartment has an infestation, and she needs to find another place to crash. The problem? She doesn’t have anywhere to stay, for at least a week.
While she’s cleaning an apartment for a client, she gets an idea: she could sleep there. The person who lives there is out of town, after all. But the next morning, she wakes up to find two strangers in the apartment… and surprisingly, they’re not shocked to see her. In fact, they’re incredibly welcoming. They think Abi is their son’s girlfriend and they’ve been dying to meet her.
Declan, the owner of the apartment, is definitely not happy when he finds out the cleaner has been sleeping in his home. But she might just be the solution to his own problem: he lied to his family about having a girlfriend. Now, he’s willing to pay Abi a lot of money to pretend to be his girlfriend for the weekend.
Review
I love Lynn Painter’s books. At this point, her books are definitely an instant buy for me and this one was another great read. I really enjoyed it.
I liked the characters and the whole situation they were in. They were basically helping each other: Abi needed money to pay off her student debt, and Declan needed someone to pretend to be his girlfriend because he lied to his family about having one.
Of course, there’s some tension. Abi isn’t sure how she feels about Declan, especially because he’s super rich, and Declan doesn’t fully trust Abi either, after all, she did sleep in his bed without permission. But the more time they spend together, the more they actually start to like each other.
I was hooked right from the start, which is always a good sign. When that happens, I know it’s going to be a good book. I think I liked Declan the most. Yes, he’s super rich, but he’s actually a good guy who gives back to the community.
The only “issue” I had with the storyline was how Declan lied to his family about having a girlfriend named Abby, and then very conveniently, his cleaner (whose name he didn’t know at the time) is also named Abi. It just felt a little too convenient. He could’ve easily said he had a girlfriend without giving her a name. I definitely rolled my eyes at that part.
At the same time, I don’t really have much else to say about this book. Overall, it was a cute story. I’m not sure if it’s my favorite Lynn Painter book, I don’t think it is, but I still liked it a lot. I can definitely recommend her books if you’re into cute, light, and romantic stories.
Yes, they’re super predictable, but sometimes that’s exactly what you need.