Wife for Hire

by Janet Evanovich

Book Overview

Hank Mallone knows he's in trouble when Maggie Toone agrees to pretend to be his wife in order to improve his rogue's reputation. Will his harebrained scheme to get a bank loan for his business... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553440535
• ISBN13: 9780553440539
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: Loveswept
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Humorous

Janet has done a great job in writing this book. She has taken a writer, job, love, breaking and entering (illegal) and kept you on the edge of your seat or rolling in the floor laughing. All her books are so humorous.

Great light-hearted audio book

I love most of Janet Evanovich's books and this is no exception. It was quirky, had lots of LOL humor and a nice romance story as well. It was so good, I would hurry out to my car to listen during my lunch breaks from work! With most of Evanovich's books, you need to read or listen for entertainment value -- it is fiction that will relieve stress and keep you coming back for another book.

Wife for Hire by Janet Evanovich

Although I prefer audio books, I very much enjoyed this imaginative free spirited story of love and adventure. The author writes some great and intriging stories.

evanovich

i loved the book she is a great writer and delivery was very prompt

New Jersey Meets Vermont

Hank Malone was the town bad boy. He's returned to take up his inheritance - an apple orchard in Vermont. He has plans to turn it into a serious organic business, but in the town's eyes, he's still the same troublemaking stud he used to be, and the bank won't take him seriously for a loan. To change his image, he decides to hire a wife for six months, to give the illusion of stability and hopefull get the business loan. He hires Maggie Toone in New Jersey and brings her to his farm. She's eager to escape her small town life and job as a teacher, and relishes the chance to fulfill her dream of writing a book based upon her aunt's diaries. One small problem - her aunt was the local madam.This is a very funny and witty book. Hank and Maggie's relationship is romantic and sexy. The dialogue is classic Evanovich - she easily writes in the rhythm of natural speech so the reader feels as though he/she could step right into the conversation. Hank falls in love with Maggie right off the bat and plots to make their marriage a real one; she is not so sure that she wants to be stuck in another small town. Elsie Hawkins, a reoccuring character in Ms. Evanovich's romances, is present here as a temporary housekeeper. She is the prototype of the Grandma Mazur character of the Stephanie Plum series - a feisty, blunt-speaking senior who drives a '57 Cadillac, packs a gun, and is in serious pursuit of the male species (in her age group, they tend to drop dead unexpectedly so she tries to act quickly).Hopefully, someday these early Evanovich books will be reissued, but until then, this definitely one used-book worth finding.