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    Keeping House
    Keeping House
    Keeping House
    Ebook113 pages1 hour

    Keeping House

    By Lee Brazil

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    Mischa knows his brothers are up to something. He doesn't realize it will lead him to Donovan Holloway and change his carefree lifestyle forever.

    Having grown up in a free-love hippie commune taking care of the parents who should have been taking care of him, Donovan Holloway, advertising executive, newly made vice president of the company where he’s worked for twenty years, has come a long way. He’s worked hard to put himself through school and achieve the American dream. All he’s ever wanted is a normal family life—house in the suburbs, two cars, two kids, a shaggy dog. A family to come home to, to care for, to care for him has been his dream since he was a small boy.

    Green-eyed, liberally pierced, black-haired, Mohawk-wearing spoiled youngest son of a Hollywood producer and his actress wife, Mischa Blake has made a terrible mistake. In a fit of childish pique, he’s accepted a dare from his older brothers. The dare? Live on his own, supporting himself completely, for a year without accessing his trust fund. No problem. Except Mischa has never worked a day in his life, hasn’t finished college, and has absolutely no skills to bring to the table.

    When he sees Donovan’s ad for a housekeeper/gardener, he has nothing to lose by applying, because really...how hard can it be?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLee Brazil
    Release dateAug 31, 2015
    ISBN9781310559075
    Keeping House
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    Lee Brazil

    Somewhere in a small town in up-state New York are a librarian and a second grade teacher to whom I owe my life. That might be a touch dramatic, but it’s nevertheless one hundred percent true.Because they taught me the joy of reading, of escaping into worlds crafted of words.Have you ever been nine years old and sure of nothing so much as that you don’t belong? Looked at the world from behind glasses, and wondered why you don’t fit?Then turn the page and see... there you are, running from Injun Joe in a dark graveyard; there you are fencing with Athos; there you are...beneath the deep blue sea- marveling at exotic creatures with Captain Nemo.I found myself between the pages of books, and that is why I write now, it’s why I taught English and literature for so many years, and it’s why my house contains more pounds of books than furniture.If I’d had my way, I’d have been a fencer...or a starship captain, or a lawyer, or a detective solving crimes. But instead, I am a writer, and that’s the best thing in the world to be if you ask me, because as a writer, I can be all those things and more.If I hadn’t learned to value the stories between the pages, who knows what would have happened? Certainly not college...teaching...or writing.

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    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed this short story. (I read it in one sitting) Mischa and Donovan are just adorable. I'm looking forward to reading more from this author. (hopefully a big longer in length!)
    • 5/5
      Mischa isn't like his brothers and when the issue a challenge guaranteed to bring baby brother into line it backfires so completely. Mischa takes the challenge and in the process meets Donovan. Feelings explode and big brothers have to learn how to deal. i really loved with Donovan and the big brothers got all Alpha on each other and seemed ready for a fight. Great story with just the right dash of humor.
    • 1/5
      I'm sure this is a perfectly good story but the surprise!incest between two secondary characters made it a DNF for me.

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