maid for each other by lynn painter

I am a huge fan of Lynn Painter’s YA Romance, each one is better than the last. Thus far I have a bit disappointed in her Adult RomComs, I just don’t love the pacing. I felt like I never understood or knew the characters very well, but I am happy to say that this Adult Romance definitely has some of the humor, witty banter and the spark that I love in her YA titles.

Maid For Each Other is a fake dating/ working class girl meets rich guy storyline. The MMC Dex comes from CrashPad, which is a furniture store subsitute for Nebraska Furniture Mart. Similarly a family business purchased by Hathaway Holdings (see “Berkshire Hathaway”) which is run by billionaire Warren Hathaway (see “Warren Buffett”). So Declan “Dex” Powell has the good heart and hard working nature from the family owned business while having access to and rubbing elbows with the elite private equity people. He is also a workaholic and lies about having a girlfriend named “Abby” — coincidentally, our FMC, Abi Mariano, is his housecleaner and has been sleeping at his empty apartment since her apartment was being fumigated. All of the cute coincidence that helps Declan and Abi fall into their fake dating/forced proximity trope happens really quickly in the first few chapters.

This is very cute and lower spice level- does have swearing but not a lot of spice- I would call it a “fade to black” romance rather than a “clean” romance- just allowing the reader to use their own imagination, easy to do since there were great sparks and sizzle between Declan and Abi.

If you are looking for a fast paced beach read that will tap into our deepest fantasies, pick up “Maid For Each Other” this summer.

Thanks to @netgalley and @berkleyromance for the ARC. Book to be published July 15, 2025.