Title: A Snowbound Scandal
Author: Jessica Lemmon
Genre: romance; harlequin;
Synopsis: (from Goodreads) As the snow falls, her touch sets him aflame… “I don’t want you to leave.” Texas billionaire Chase Ferguson has one regret: leaving Miriam Andrix to protect her from his public life. When a snowstorm strands her in his mountain mansion, their passion reignites, and it’s too hot to resist! But reality–and scandal–arrives with the thaw. Chase turned his back on happiness once. Will he fight for what he truly wants this time?
Review: When you pick up a Harlequin Romance you have a few guarantees — something sweet and something that builds. A Snowbound Scandal is one of those books that delivers both. Miriam “Mimi” Andrix and Chase Ferguson are perfect paramours in this love story. They’re perfectly matched in wit and banter. The build for their romance is slow and sweet, like the heat of a fire in the middle of an icy winter. Lemmon plays with one of my favorite romance tropes – trapped proximity. Because the two are trapped together to “weather the storm” they have to interact and when they do, the love they thought as lost begins to rekindle right along with the fire Chase’s city slicker self almost smothers.
Because both of them are stubborn and can’t say what they really mean, it takes the better half of the book to get more than a steamy kiss out of them, but once they do that, the book’s slow build picks up a rapid pace. They only have until the snow melts, after all. I really liked how the author used the setting to both introduce the characters’ pasts and reignite the spark between them.
Overall, this book was a quick and engaging summer read.
*Special thanks to Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
chelsea usher 