Sounds good. . .and her excuse was she thought she was in the correct house, a house she says she was contracted to clean and live-in during the holidays while the residents were on vacation somewhere. She makes a mistake, goes to the mans house, cleans it and that sets the story going.
Give it a go. . .can’t hurt.
Not sure about the man of the house (probably way older than the 17-yr old). How about man who owns the house has a son, about 20-something, and the man is trying to mend his relationship with his son and the girl turns out to be “the one” to soften the heart of the 20-yr old son and the man.
Just a thought.
I had the man fairly young to begin with, maybe about 30 years old. So not a "dirty old man takes advantage of a young girl" story. But I probably ought to get her to 18 before any serious sparks fly.
Wife was spoiled and used to higher standard of living so went back to her wealthy parents and filed for divorce taking the baby with her. Husband a decent guy but not very ambitious and the wife wanted more. Once she leaves, the man gets depressed, spiraling downward, on verge of losing his job and drinking too much. He's a mess and so is his house. Then this "runaway" teen enters the scene and eventually gets this guy's life back on track after he takes her in and allows her to get her life in order. This is a very intelligent and strong woman with good Christian values who was simply fleeing a bad situation at home. So the guy saving himself by saving her becomes the main theme here. Maybe I'll build in a subplot where the guy goes into business for himself and his venture really takes off making him wealthy. All of this of course, making the ex-wife who dumped him for being a loser sorry she left him in the first place. Maybe I'll find a way to get the kid back to him as well.
Anyway, I think it's the basis of a pretty good story. I'm sure this type of story has been done before but if I am able to finish it, I'll make sure it has some unique twists.