Melanie A.'s Reviews > The Art of Scandal

***A 2023 TOP PICK***

Love didn't work that way. You didn't fall for pieces of someone and gamble on the rest.

If you're looking for your next fluffy romance read, you'll want to walk away . . . because The Art of Scandal packed an incredible emotional punch.

I loved every word.

Plot in a nutshell: Rachel is a politician's wife who gets a very rude awakening at the start of the story and then shortly thereafter meets the ten-years-younger Nathan. Their connection rocks them both to their cores.

Wow, these two😱 Rachel and Nate were 100% flawed and I ate it up. Is there anything better than characters who grow and stretch their wings over the course of a book?

On the surface, Rachel wasn't likeable. But underneath, she was a flesh and blood woman . . . and searching . . .

"My whole life has been selfish cravings. Guilty pleasures. Being desperate for things I can't admit that I want out loud."

And while Nate came across as a teddy bear in the beginning . . .

He should have taken her home and reminded himself of his no-drama policy, which included women who made you forget to hide how desperate for affection you really were.

. . . he only revealed his shortcomings in a much more subtle way. And I couldn't get enough of either of them, either separately or together.

And it was all delivered in such sharp, beautiful prose.

How could she look at him as if he were oxygen one minute and hold her breath the next?

I'm eagerly awaiting this author's next book!