Review: Scandalous

Title: Scandalous
Author: LJ Shen

(May contain Spoilers)

Synopsis:

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 beautiful chaos it will be.

Review:

Scandalous is about the fourth Hothole- and previous king of Todos Santos and now one of the founders of FHH- Trent “the Mute” Rexroth. Trent who wasn’t one of the rich, entitled, white kids of Todos Santos. Trent who lived through hardship again and again. A single dad, working long hours. His life may be imperfect- and now that Jordan Van Dee Zee owns 49% of the stocks of FHH, Trent decides to dig into his past- because something doesn’t add up.

But while Trent is digging, Jordan is sending his daughter Edie to do his dirty work, and weasel her way into Trents life. But their work relationship ends up more complicated, and messy than either one anticipated- both have plans to screw the other over the first chance they get. Has the Mute finally met his match?

I give this 4.5  out of 5. I loved this story. I loved Trent despite his complicated, messy, imperfect life. And even though he isn’t Vicious or Ruckus, or even Jaime- he is the Mute and one of the four Hotholes. He is sexy, dirty, hot, and above all an unapologetic asshole.