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THE ART OF SCANDAL

Regina Black

Rachel Abbott's life unravels when her husband sends her an explicit text meant for his mistress.

On the verge of a run for Congress, Matt offers her $1 million - and their stunning house - to keep playing the perfect Black trophy wife until his campaign is over. Rachel promised herself she'd never return to the poverty she experienced as a young single mom. And so, with no job prospects and an airtight prenup, Rachel agrees to the deal... but soon she's spiraling, questioning her life choices, and acting out in ways that make her feel more alive than she has in years. Like stealing time with a handsome, twenty-six-year-old stranger who makes her forget all about being the mayor's wife. Nathan Vasquez doesn't do drama. He definitely doesn't do restless housewives with cheating husbands. But that doesn't stop him from flirting with the mayor's reckless, sexy, and freshly jilted wife - and skipping a few details about himself, like being the son of her husband's biggest campaign donor, who's just invited Rachel to chair the annual art gala - putting her one step closer to the career she once dreamed of. But secrets are hard to keep in a town like theirs, and as their feelings grow, so do the ties pulling them back into the status-hungry world Nathan walked away from eight years ago, the one that never really had room for the real Rachel. With the risk of scandal looming, everything they hold most dear teeters in the balance if they dare to trust where their hearts are pushing them. THE ART OF SCANDAL by Regina Black is a stirring, steamy, conversation-starting debut for fans of Jasmine Guillory and Kylie Reid - The Good Wife meets Shondaland. Regina Black is a former civil litigator who now writes diverse love stories with big emotions and passionate connections. She currently resides in the southeastern United States with her husband and daughter.

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Book Published 2023-08-01 by Grand Central

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The way the author manages to center their passion for each other around art is clever and engaging. Teeming with complicated family dynamics and the negative aspects of media attention, the novel also examines the difficulty of being in the public eye. The author also explores the complexities of interracial marriage with a perspective that feels fresh and insightful. A sexy, elegantly crafted debut.

A seductive, sweltering debut. Regina Black crafts such decadent tension between her characters and their opposing worlds, each word chosen for maximum impact. Achingly raw and beautifully messy - this book is a work of art.

As a hopeless romantic, Regina Black's THE ART OF SCANDAL hit every beat for me. Rachel and Nathan are incredibly drawn, flawed-but-lovable characters, and their love story will stay with me for ages. Such dreamy escapism!

Infidelity is a rare and thorny topic in romancelandia, but Black makes it work in her high-heat, high-emotion debut. Read more...

The New York Times has featured it as one of their four recommendations for new romance, saying it's "a gorgeously soapy debut... Their chemistry is off the charts." Read more...

The combination of complex characters, gorgeous prose, and a compulsively readable plot made THE ART OF SCANDAL one of my top romances of all time. It was an ache in my throat, a crackling tension in the air, a haunting melody in my head long after I'd finished reading. I absolutely inhaled every word and am ready for everything and anything Regina Black writes in the future.

Smart, sexy, and absolutely sizzling with steamy scenes, this book makes the list as one of my all-time favorite romances. Art, scandal, and finding love where one leasts expects it - what's not to adore?

Right out the gate, Regina Black charges in to bring drama and sensuality. Black's dazzling use of language creates a compelling novel of heartbreak, passion, and rediscovery. Justice for Rachel Abbott is as delicious as it is scandalous. Readers are going to cheer for her the whole way!

Regina Black's can't miss debut will pull you into a world of power, sex, and secrets that'll hook you from the first page.

At heart, this is a gorgeous love story, and as the threat of discovery and disaster looms large, readers will be racing through the pages to find out how Black will pull off a happy ending. THE ART OF SCANDAL is a riveting debut perfect for readers of Seven Days in June. Political scandal, family strife, art, and passion combine with Regina Black's mastery of character in her soapy yet insightful debut novel.

THE ART OF SCANDAL is a one-of-a-kind story! Sexy and smart with messy yet relatable characters, this is the book you need in your life! Regina Black is a force!

As poignant as it is passionate, this marks Black as a writer to watch.

THE ART OF SCANDAL is devastatingly beautiful and captivatingly romantic. Every so often, a book strikes the perfect chord of touching, poignant, sexy, and thrilling and this is that book. Black's storytelling draws you in and holds you close and her diverse cast of characters shine with three-dimensional emotion and sizzling chemistry. Regina Black understood the assignment and became an auto-buy author for me after one chapter. This one is not to be missed.