Breath of Scandal Audio CD – CD, March 31, 2015

I am a new fan of Sandra Brown's books. I was looking for something good to read during school break and stumbled upon Outfox. I was hooked on Sandra's story telling from the first page. I have read at least 10 or more of Ms. Brown's books and each book becomes my favorite. The Breath of Scandal story was gut-wrenching and exhilarating at the same time! I am looking forward to more reads. I am currently reading Fat Tuesday...I am sure this will be my new favorite....EXCEPTIONAL writing!

Such an amazing book of young love, lost, pain and revenge. This one tore at my heart. But at the end, it was amazing.

It’s all here… unexpected traumatic events, suspense, greed, romance, nail-biting scenes and absolutely amazing characters!I loved reading Breath of Scandal and I highly recommend this unique book!Mmmmm

This book will put you through the feels. Emotional turmoil is on the horizon here. You oscillate between different years so you can get the background of what is going on and why.For Dillon poor guy. I mean to have such a tragic ending to your first love story is so devastating. I did cheer him on against Scanlon though. Dillon is a character you fall in love with. Like Gary was except Gary in the end has you crying. Balls out crying how sad and tragic. He was great. So kind and loving. Patient and such a future ahead of him. If the story of what Lamar, Hutch and Neal and even to a extent Donna Dee did to Jade doesn’t take your breath away than it’s aftermath and what Neal did to Gary afterwards will. You have empathy for Gary and JAde. The feels is there for them. Gary though ends in tragedy. Jade ends wanting revenge and with a tough road ahead. Lamar is the first of the three to crack and his demise is sad. He wants forgiveness and Jade can begin to see his point of view but is unrelentant to him. When he finally is free, Lamar meets a sad end. Hutch is bogged by guilt and in the end he does redeem himself to Jade before coming to a sad end. He marries Donna Dee out of guilt. She protected him. She loved him and lost Jade as a friend due to her jealousy. A distorted twisted jealousy.Jade to get to be able to get her just desserts- she goes through a tough journey. She loses her mom to her mom’s anger to her. Almost loses out on college and gets to where she is fearful of the touch of a man. She claws her way up to the top and comes back to exact a pound of flesh for what they did.Neal and his dad are in a crude way pretentious pricks. They think the world is their playground and they don’t need to take responsibility for their wrongdoings. The train incident was nothing but a bump to them. It made them more out to be cruel and not care. I was glad with what Jade did to them. They got a eyeopening moment.Graham was a sweet kid and what Neal tried to do was wrong. Never turn a son against mom. Dillon helped there. He helped Graham in growing from the first time they met.So did Hank and Cathy and even Mitch who is sad to see go.A book on small towns and perceptions that can be made when the rich people in town control the outcomes. What happens to the innocent when the perception is against them and what happens to those they love in the wake of the perceptions and actions of others. What happens when you apply yourself and go for what you want. And the story of Dillon and how he helped Jade and they found love. It teaches us that karma will come back to haunt you when you feel no remorse for bad things you do. A artfully crafted book that gives you the feels in so many ways.

This was the first book I have read by Sandra Brown. I chanced upon it purely by accident. The synopsis was intriguing and so were the first couple of pages that Amazon lets you sample. Basically you follow the story of a young girl - Jade - whose innocence is wrenched away by three of her classmates, her life gets turned upside-down cos the father of one of her attackers has the money and clout to sweep all of his son's mistakes under the carpet including Jade's rape. So she doesn't see her rapists punished by the law, her best friend turns on her, her boyfriend tops himself, she finds she is pregnant, she is eventually abandoned by her mother and she has her own mental demons to battle with along the way. But she picks herself up and comes back and delivers her own justice to everyone who did her down that night.But there is another tangent you also follow in the meantime - the story of Dillon who as a kid didn't have much luck but fortunately chose the "good" path when he came to that crossroad in life and re-invented himself into a hard-working respected guy but who still didn't have much luck until his path crosses with Jade's. Of course there are certain parts of the story you can predict what will happen, like Jade is gonna fall in love with Dillon whom she hires to oversee the construction of her building, he's gonna be the one to help defeat her demons by blah blah blah, there is enough gentle twists to keep the story flowing to its conclusion which was a little "Meh".Overall, I felt BREATH OF SCANDAL was an good entertaining read, very easy to follow, no risk of being lost as the author pulls together the different characters and their `stories from the past' to the point where everyone is in the same place at the same time. It has the potential for sensitive readers to be a touchy-feely book, as you mentally connect with the characters especially Jade so that when something good happens for her you'd pleased for her, when something bad happens you're saddened too and you have to continue reading to find out how Jade pulls herself back; and then when she finally `wins a battle" against her antagonists especially the lead - Neal Patchett - it's hard not to mentally waggle a two-finger salute to them.You probably figured with all this waffle that I would recommend the book - and I do.In fact I'm considering treating an Aunt with a copy as this genre is more her line of reading than mine (no doubt she'll probably read it quicker than I did too).

an interesting and rather depressing one about a young lady and here early life and her encounter with some difficult arrogant young men

She is a fantastic author

An amazingly good read and excellent condition

Good book

Very quick service. But the book was a bit boring & not as good as her other books.