Doctor Scandalous is sweet, heartfelt and sexy! It’s the sort of romance that stays with you.
Oliver and Amelia first met in middle school at their
prestigious private school where he was the popular kid from a wealthy family
and she was the janitor’s daughter there on scholarship. Since then, Oliver has
relatively coasted through life still as popular as ever even as an adult
finishing up his medical residency, and Amelia is now a nurse and her sister’s guardian
ever since their parents died years ago in a car accident. The two reconnect at
their 10-year high school reunion, and Oliver concocts a plan for them to pretend
to be engaged for the night in order to make it through. One thing leads to
another, and they both give in to their long-time crushes on one another, and
Amelia goes home with Oliver that night. Unfortunately for them, the paparazzi out
their “engagement” after taking pictures of them kissing the night before. In
order to keep his ailing mother happy (she thinks her baby boy really is
engaged), he convinces Amelia to go along with their ruse from the night
before. In exchange, Oliver is supposed to secure a full-ride scholarship for Amelia’s
sister to the same expensive private school they went to. Throughout the rest
of the book, Oliver and Amelia’s relationship evolves from a fake engagement to
a more real relationship with plenty of bumps in the road.
This is the first of J. Saman’s books that I’ve read, and I
am definitely going to read more of her works! I love how well written and detailed
this story is. I fully understand the characters’, main and secondary, motivations
and feel they were all totally thought out. I feel like a lot of the time
secondary characters especially aren’t explained, but Saman definitely put some
effort in giving each of them their proper place in the larger story. Also,
normally I’m sort of indifferent to other characters as long as they do their
job of supporting whatever the plotline is, but I really liked them from Amelia’s
little sister, who’s completely cute and funny, to Oliver’s loveable family.
Speaking of characters, Oliver and Amelia made for such an
awesome pairing! They were instantly likeable and fit together so well. Their
characters played off one another in such a way that they just made sense
together even though they come from vastly different backgrounds and
lifestyles. And Oliver? He is sweet and sexy and oh so swoon worthy! I couldn’t
get enough of him.
This delightfully well-written story is absolutely worth
reading. You’ll fall in love with Oliver and Amelia right away!
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