# Husband for Rent aka Husband for Hire (2013)

> A wealthy widow hires a handyman to pose as her husband in a sprawling Spanish-language telenovela of romance, class tension and family rivalry.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/40836

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 141
- Episode runtime: 52 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, romance, comedy
- Created by: Perla Farías, David Posada
- Network: Telemundo
- Cast: Gabriel Coronel, Sonya Smith, Juan Soler, Sarah Mintz, Miguel Varoni, Roberto Manrique, Kimberly Dos Ramos, Ricardo Chávez
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2877678/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: melodramatic, romantic, comedic, heightened, sentimental

## What critics say

Mixed audience reception, with viewers giving the telenovela a generally favorable but modest rating.

## Synopsis

Husband for Rent aka Husband for Hire (2013-2014) is a Spanish-language telenovela created by Perla Farías and David Posada for Telemundo. Adapted from the Brazilian hit Fina Estampa, this single-season soap runs to 141 episodes of roughly 52 minutes each. Sonya Smith plays Griselda Carrasco, a wealthy widow who hires a handyman to pose as her husband, and Juan Soler plays Reinaldo Ibarra, the handyman whose humble life collides with her household's wealth and pride. Their arrangement becomes a slow-building romance tangled with the scheming of rival families, most notably the Salinas clan, where Gabriel Coronel and Miguel Varoni anchor the antagonistic intrigue. Each episode is built from family quarrels, secret loyalties, misunderstandings and reconciliations, the classic engine of the telenovela form, stretched across a long, serialized arc. The tone mixes melodrama with light comedy, warm romance and sharp class friction, with heightened emotions and dramatic reversals. Set in a contemporary Latin American style milieu of affluent households and working neighborhoods, it suits fans of Fina Estampa, Betty la fea and Rosalinda who enjoy sweeping, emotionally charged romance.

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