Review: Entertaining and original
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 1, 2012
Work for Hire is a book about a naive young law student named Tekla. Tekla is faced with the prospect of losing her dorm when the law school she attends increases her rent.  Due to an extremely tight budget, Tekla finds herself unable to afford any added expenses.  Her friend Ann suggests she might ask Markus--a wealthy friend, for the extra money she needs.  Tekla is adamantly against this since she knows Markus wants to be more than friends.  Ann then suggests she move back home with her parents and commute to school.  Tekla doesn't want to move in with her parents either because her mother can be very involved with decisions Tekla makes--she needs the buffer of her own space to survive her mother's opinions.Tekla's roomie and friend Lauren gives her the name of her aunt, Patricia Jacobs, who owns a tutoring business.  After interviewing with Ms. Jacobs, Tekla is placed with the very odd, very wealthy, very eccentric Lamont family.  The Lamont's have two troublesome teenaged twins named Xander and Gemma.  Tekla finds her integrity being put on the line when the Lamont children and parents make it clear they expect a lot more than tutoring.  At $150 per hour Tekla finds it hard to turn down some of the demands placed upon her in the new position.  She doesn't always make the right decisions, and Tekla often puts eveything she aspires to be at risk for a family that seems to take advantage of her at every opportunity.  Read the book to see how Tekla soon finds her life and law career totally turned upside down by the wild antics of the Lamont family.I enjoyed this book a great deal.  The story held my interest, and I found myself unable to put the book away until I had finished it cover to cover.  I highly recommend this book,and I am very interested in the follow up book the author says she is working on now.  Great job on this debut!