Review of original version that was available on author's website and Wattpad during writing. So this review is going to be obsolete - major rewrites are under way (I'm DYING with the need to read the revised story!!!). I can't wait to get my beta-read copy!!! 
 So, my original review (which I was a slacker in getting up) is going in a spoiler tag :P I'm going to pull my disclaimer out, because it applies no matter what. 
 Disclaimer: Navessa is one of my very, very close friends. I love and treasure her. That being said, she's never once shied away from criticism. I beta read this book for her and was very frank with things that worked, didn't work, things I loved and (There wasn't one moment of me hating anything but if I had I know she would have taken that in stride, too!) 
 (view spoiler)[Okay, okay, I'm totally slacking on reviewing this book - I know. I finished it a long time ago, but I hadn't had the ability to get online to update here....my details will probably be lacking, but I guarantee that this story is one I still think about so many months after finishing it. 
 Disclaimer: Navessa is one of my very, very close friends. I love and treasure her. That being said, she's never once shied away from criticism. I beta read this book for her and was very frank with things that worked, didn't work, things I loved and (There wasn't one moment of me hating anything but if I had I know she would have taken that in stride, too!) 
 This is an amazing book. I love GOOD (and yes, that's a requirement) erotica. I love historicals. I love romance. I've never, not once, been a fan of permanent threesomes. But this is a book that goes to show that excellent writing, story-telling, and characters can make me root for something I thought I hated. 
 I started Scandal with the full expectation of wanting Kit to end up with James. I was eager and looking forward to it for many chapters. Then something happened...I became completely and totally invested in Kit, John, and Henry. Each one is such a fascinating character in their own right that I can't begin to do justice here. Kit with her combination of innocence, acceptance, inexperience, and intelligence made her, quickly, join the ranks of my favorite heroines. She stands out in a sea of mediocre, bitchy, whiny, or just plain dull characters that I encounter frequently in my reading. 
 She, alone, is reason enough to read this book. Not so perfect that I can't believe she can exist, and not at all stupid - I never had a moment where I wanted to shake her (or worse - as I have with some characters - strangle her). She's so refreshingly logical and full of common sense that it makes me wonder why this type of character is so hard to find in my books. Kit rides a fine line of perfection (for me) in a heroine. Adding in John, Henry, and the oh-so-enigmatic James just sweetens a wonderful cast of characters - not to mention the secondary characters that I fell in love with. 
 I can count on one hand the number of books (or movies for that matter) that have kept me guessing to the very end. Stories where the mystery was so beautifully written, with clues that can be seen looking back, but not so obvious that I'm wanting to shake someone for not figuring it out, that I spent the entire book enthralled and on the edge of my seat waiting to see who was behind it all - and why! 
 I had ideas. I had thoughts, and theories, and guesses, and outlandish inklings....not one of them came close. Not because the groundwork wasn't there, but because it was so subtly integrated that I didn't parse out the clues before the characters themselves did. 
 It's a lot of praise, I know, but I honestly don't have anything bad to say. I think that if anyone that has the slightest interest in some aspect of this book tries it, they'll end up loving it. Go on, give it a shot. You won't regret it. 
 And if you do love it, Navessa is already well into writing the sequel (not to mention the other books she keeps starting and torturing me with!!) (hide spoiler)]