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Scandalous by LJ Shen

Publishing Date: September 29th, 2017

Genre: Contemporary Romance

They call him The Mute for a reason.

Hard, cold and calculated, he rarely speaks.

When he does, it’s with disdain.

When he does, his words aren’t meant for me.

When he does, my stomach flips and my world tilts on its axis.

He is thirty-three.

I am eighteen.

He’s a single dad and my father’s business partner.

I’m just a kid to him and his enemy’s daughter.

He’s emotionally unavailable.

And I am…feeling. Feeling things I shouldn’t feel for him.

Trent Rexroth is going to break my heart. The writing isn’t just on the wall, it’s inked on my soul.

And yet, I can’t stay away.

A scandal is the last thing my family needs. But a scandal is what we’re going to give them.

And oh, what a beautiful chaos it will be.

Excerpt:

Trent’s gaze cut to mine and stopped when his grays met my blues. The fading noise of Vicious barking at people to move along, and my father finally letting go of my arm to move toward Jaime and Dean—probably trying to gain both allies and sympathy—died down. “I don’t like you,” Rexroth whispered under his breath, his voice harsh. “I never asked you to.” I shrugged. “You won’t be working here.” His arm brushed my shoulder, but I didn’t think it was by accident. I let loose a sugary smile, scanning his face and torso for no other reason other than to taunt him. “Good, you’ll be doing me a favor. My father is the one forcing me to work here. He’s pissed I turned down five Ivy League colleges. Remind me, Mr. Rexroth—which top tier university did you attend for your degree?” The low blow was supposed to retrieve some of my lost dignity, but bile burned my throat, shotgunned from my stomach. Trent Rexroth was known in Todos Santos as an exhilarating success story, rising from the gutters of San Diego. He went to a shitty state college that accepted even the illiterate, working as a janitor on campus after hours. Those were given facts he’d recited himself in an interview for Forbes. Had I really just tried to make him feel less worthy because he wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth? It made me sicker than wearing my mother’s designer garbs. Trent smiled, leaning into my body, into my soul. His smirk was more frightening than any scowl, frown, or grimace I’d ever seen. It threatened to tear me apart and sew me back together however he pleased. “Edie.” His lips were dangerously close to my ear. A delicious shiver moved down my spine. Something warm rolled inside of me, begging to unknot and flower into an orgasm. What was happening, and why the hell was it happening? “If you know what’s best for you, you will turn around and leave right now.” I elevated my head to meet his gaze and showed him my version of a grin. I was born and raised in a world of intimidating rich men, and I’d be damned if I go down like my mother—addicted to xanax, Gucci, and a man who paraded her on his arm for a short, glorious decade before keeping her solely for public appearances. “I think I’m going to go find my desk now. I’d wish you a good day, Mr. Rexroth, but I think that ship has sailed. You’re a miserable man. Oh, and one for the road.” I fished for a Nature Valley bar in my mother’s purse and plastered it to his hard, muscled chest. My heart slammed into my neck, fluttering like a caged bird. I hurried after my father as he glided down the vast, golden-hued hallway, not daring to look back. Knowing I’d started a war and arrived unequipped. But I also knew something else that gave me a surfer’s rush—if I could slam the final nail in my employment coffin and make Rexroth vote against me, I’d be off the hook. I had just the plan for it. All I had to do was act like a brat. Game on.

My Review:

I loved this book! I loved Trent more than Vicious. Yes, yes! That's the truth. SorryNotSorry 😉

Trent is my favorite Hothole! 💓

Why I loved him? Maybe because he was a single dad? Because he was smart, and powerful? Because his feelings felt real? I don't know. But I loved him. I loved to read about his thoughts, his feelings for Edie.

My girl, my obsession, my Tide.

I loved how he fought with himself, because he was a grown man, and Edie was only a teenager. He was a badass, asshole too. And I liked this, that he wasn't perfect.

I should warn you, Edie. I'm not the prince in this fairy tale. I'm the villain. The poisonous apple, the flame-breathing monster.

You're mine, and you hate it. You're mine, and I'm not a wave you can ride. I'm the fucking ocean.

I didn't imagine Edie as a teenager. She was a grown woman too, she had to grow up, because of her family, because of her problems. First I thought she will be a spoiled princess, but she wasn't. She was strong, but she had an awful father, she had to fight with him.

If he'd felt like a secret before, now he was covert sin.

My ocean. My Secret. My weakness.

This book was so interesting, I couldn't put it down! Not just because of the secret relationship between Edie and Trent, but because of Edie's father, his secrets, his plans. His and Trent's war...

I think this was the best book in the series (but I loved the others too).

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Véleményem:

Nagyon szerettem ezt a könyvet! Jobban szerettem Trent karakterét,mint Vicious-t! Igen, igen, ez az igazság! 😉

Trent a kedvenc Hothole-om!💓

Miért is szerettem őt? Talán azért mert egyedülálló apa volt? Talán mert értelmes és hatalommal bíró volt? Vagy azért mert az érzelmei valósnak érződtek? Nem tudom pontosan. De az tuti, hogy megszerettem. Nagyon jó volt olvasni a gondolatait Edie-ről, az iránta érzett érzelmeit.

Jó volt olvasni a saját küzdelmét érzelmei, vágyai ellen, mert ő már egy érett férfi volt, Edie pedig csak egy tinédzser. Ami tetszett még a karakterében, hogy nem volt tökéletes. Sokszor egy seggfej volt.

A kora ellenére, nem tinédzserként képzeltem el, láttam magam előtt Ediet. Ő is egy felnőtt nő volt, fel kellett nőnie a múltja, a családja, a problémái miatt.

Először azt hittem, hogy egy elkényeztetett hercegnőről van szó, de távol ált ettől. Szörnyű az apja, akivel folyamatosan harcolnia kell.

Izgalmas volt a könyv, alig tudtam letenni. Nem csak a titkos kapcsolat miatt Edie és Trent között, hanem Edie apja, a tervei, a titkai miatt. Az apja és Trent között háború miatt...

Úgy gondolom, hogy ez a legjobb könyv a sorozatban (de a többit is szerettem).

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About LJ Shen:

L.J. Shen is an International #1 best-selling author of Contemporary Romance and New Adult novels. She lives in Northern California with her husband, young son and chubby cat. Before she’d settled down, L.J. (who thinks referring to herself in the third person is really silly, by the way) traveled the world, and collected friends from all across the globe. Friends who’d be happy to report that she is a rubbish companion, always forgets peoples’ birthdays and never sends Christmas cards. She enjoys the simple things in life, like spending time with her family and friends, reading, HBO, Netflix and internet-stalking Stephen James. She reads between three to five books a week and firmly believes Crocs shoes and mullets should be outlawed.