Book Details
Format
eBook
Language
English
Published
Jan 1, 2007
Description
Saving Susie is a free read on my candy / alexandra Yahoo forum http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Cand...
It should have been simple, a wonderful investment opportunity. Big house, three apartments. Live in one, rent out the other two. But when are things ever? The batty tenant on the ground floor, who thought he was her husband, had come with the house. And the charity case with the kid and the psychotic ex husband on the next floor? Susie had arrived with glowing references and a young daughter with eyes that wouldn’t have disgraced an ASPCA advertisement.
It had happened slowly, without him noticing. He couldn't pinpoint the moment when they'd become family rather than tenants. He wasn't just the landlord anymore. He was the one who looked after them all - the buffer between them and the outside world. Somewhere along the line they'd all crept under his wing and he'd become St. George fighting off their dragons. But with Susie, he wanted to be so much more…
It should have been simple, a wonderful investment opportunity. Big house, three apartments. Live in one, rent out the other two. But when are things ever? The batty tenant on the ground floor, who thought he was her husband, had come with the house. And the charity case with the kid and the psychotic ex husband on the next floor? Susie had arrived with glowing references and a young daughter with eyes that wouldn’t have disgraced an ASPCA advertisement.
It had happened slowly, without him noticing. He couldn't pinpoint the moment when they'd become family rather than tenants. He wasn't just the landlord anymore. He was the one who looked after them all - the buffer between them and the outside world. Somewhere along the line they'd all crept under his wing and he'd become St. George fighting off their dragons. But with Susie, he wanted to be so much more…
Genres
Children’s
Business & Economics