The only person to respond to his request was Maggie Toone, she was tired of living under her mother and Aunt’s judgments. Coming up with a scheme to convince the whole town that he had become a responsible and stable member of the community led him to New Jersey to find a wife. Needing a loan from the bank to expand his business, Hank found that those past mistakes really can impact his future. Living in the small town of Skogen Vermont, Hank Mallone’s youthful antics were part of town legends - as entertainment. Instant attraction between hero and heroine, a bit of sexy action and a real marriage proposal make this a fun tale which, unfortunately, drags on just a bit too long. This is a cute romance with plenty of zany characters. With Maggie Toone as his wife he will look stable and settled. But the President of the bank (Hank’s dad) won’t approve his loan. Hank Mallone needs to seem respectable: everyone in Skogen, Vermont knows about his rogue reputation, but he’s serious about his apple orchard and the cider press, bottling plant and apple pie bakery he wants to build. Hank Mallone’s job offer sounds just the ticket: pretend to be his wife for six months while she writes her book. Her Aunt Kitty was once a madam in a brothel, and she left Maggie her diaries. Maggie Toone needs to get away from Riverside, away from her mom and Aunt Marvina: she needs somewhere quiet to write her novel. Fans of the Plum series will be interested to know that in this book, Grandma Mazur’s famous big gun in the handbag has its prototype. It is the third book in the Elsie Hawkins series, on whom, Evanovich says, Grandma Mazur was modelled. Wife For Hire is a pre-Plum novel by popular American author, Janet Evanovich.

Wife for Hire by Janet Evanovich