Listen To The Moon

Okay, so in this story, our heroine, Sukey has a couple problems. She's working two jobs as a maid-of-all-work, she's socially marginalized ever since her dad ran out on her mom, and she's. Like, I think the correct term is thirsty.

She just really wants to bang a dude. Or maybe even a lady! (I get the impression Sukey is mainly into dudes, but might occasionally show up for a lady.) She has standards, and she seems to get hot for competence, more than anything else, but she is so frustrated by the fact that if she isn't really careful with her dude and/or lady-banging choices, she's going to end jobless, socially outcast, and possibly homeless. She wants to bang, but not be a sex-worker, yanno?

So when this attractive dude shows up and asks her if she'd like to marry him so he can get a job as a butler, she thinks about it for not very long.

Most of the book is about dealing with her new husband, and her new job, and the new household she finds herself part of. It turns out, if you marry someone you've known for a week, you may find out that you have not explored your respective problem-solving methods, or cultural norms, or feelings about receiving criticism, or whether or not you would like to move across the country and live with your in-laws.

One thing dealt with is the fact that her husband, John, is twenty years older than her, and probably a social-class above her, and this is not brushed aside, which I appreciated. There's also two different characters of colour! (Who do not get to talk to each other, but do have their own concerns entirely seperate from Sukey and John's romantic/domestic drama.)