Sparks fly when a feminist and a politician inherit a rundown B&B . . . and a baby.
About the Book: California senate hopeful Bennett Browning knows nothing about babies. When his former girlfriend dies and leaves him with the daughter he knew nothing about, he’s left scrambling until he meets Emma Kuan, his daughter’s aunt, who volunteers to be the baby’s nanny.
Emma is used to
keeping secrets. She and her sister always hid their tragic past, but she’s
stunned to learn her sister hid the baby even from her. After meeting the
infant who steals her heart, she’ll do anything to be with her, even living
with a stranger.
Worried about a
potential scandal, Bennett and Emma juggle jobs and living arrangements with
parenting. Then a doctor delivers bad news about the baby—forcing them to make
drastic changes in their priorities.
Our Review: The author paints a complex, vivid picture of two people from diverse backgrounds who come together in order to save an orphaned infant from the foster care system. Over the course of raising that child, a new relationship is born. Just as it begins to thrive, the ultimate blow hits—forcing them to reexamine the direction of their lives. On the surface, this is a heart breaker. Underneath it all is the long-lasting effects of abuse, neglect, substance abuse and mental illness on those who survived—and those who did not.
On a scale of 1-5, Scandalous in Huntington Beach merits a 4.
Kat Henry Doran, Wild Women Reviews
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