A romance inspired by TS “Fortnight”
I was hers, but she was never mine.
Alice Yates is the hired “homemaker” for the Morrisons, an affluent couple in Minneapolis. For Alice, it’s a dream job to dress up like a 1950s housewife and read romance novels to Mr. Morrison before his afternoon nap.
But when the Morrisons’ only daughter returns home for the summer with her fiancé, Alice comes face- to-face with her shattered past—the only threat to her perfect life.
Eight years earlier, vacation rental owner Murphy Paddon had an impeccable vinyl record collection and did the most irresistible thing before kissing Alice, earning him a five-star rating. Their fortnight love affair was life-altering and ended tragically.
Murphy doesn’t know if Alice remembers him or whether he should tell his fiancée that the hired-help living in the guesthouse is the woman who irreparably broke his heart. He needs closure, but will the lingering glances and silent yearning lead to the end or just the beginning?
Grab your copy of The Homemaker, from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Jewel E. Ann, and lose yourself in this forbidden, high-stakes romance.
This is the one book I've been anticipating, every book this author writes has me excited to jump in, always unique, always unputdownable..
Vera Morrison needs a 'Homemaker' aka housekeeper for her husband, which is Alice's newly appointed position wearing a uniform similar to what the housewives wore back in the 1950's. This pays well over her last position where she was a personal assistant and comes with a rent free guest house which is the fanciest place shes ever lived. Win win..
Now enter Murphy, he's marrying the Morrison's daughter and will also be living on the premises in the big house as they plan the wedding.
The last place Alice expected to see was Murphy, the guy she spent a memorable two weeks with eight years ago.
Every single character this author introduces you to gives you such a profound feeling of loss when you close out of that last page. These two were no different, especially Alice, god I loved her wicked sense of humor, her sassiness and winks, that was surface level delve deeper and you connect on an emotional level also, all her loses, her grief, her suffering.
Murphy had two sides of himself, with Alice he showed his love for old time music, wood turning, with his Fiance that side of himself was hidden..Like a dirty little secret around Alice he seemed to come alive again.
Now down to the grit, I don't mind cheating in my books, usually I come away feeling some kind of way towards the person getting cheated on, but in this case, I didn't hate or dislike Murphy's fiance, she didn't deserve it, she was likable, but she wasn't really the focus in this book, so I didn't bond or really connect with her character, she's more of a side character within Murphy and Alice's story. If that makes sense?
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