A Lady's Guide to Skirting Scandal

by Kelly Bowen

[Amanda]

After reading A Good Rogue Is Hard to Find, I wasn't completely sure about Viola and whether I'd like her. For REASONS. And although she certainly retained those REASONS in the beginning of the book, her character blossomed and grew.

I should have trusted Kelly Bowen.

Novellas and short stories don't turn me away the way they do others; done well, they can satisfy with the same amount of tension and conflict and emotion that full-length books do. Kelly Bowen makes use of the short time we spend with Nate and Viola to give us a good sense of who they are and how well they work together.

And, you know, Kelly Bowen writes some steamy love scenes. They're hot. They're explicit. And that's always a positive for me.

A Lady's Guide to Skirting Scandal is a full story in a compact format. Yes, it's a fast read. Yes, there are places we could have more. But why? Viola and Nate's story was perfect the way it was. Well-written with believable character growth (man, that Viola). I really need to get my hands on the next book in this series.