Name: Scandalous
Author: H.M. Ward
ISBN: 9780615631271

Título: Scandalous

Sinopse: "I see it, Jack. Your muse is back. The thing that gave you passion, tormented you, and haunted you is back. You're reeling in ecstasy and dread. It's something you want, but can't ever have. And the one that brings the pain is pure, white as snow... and standing in front of you." One kiss could have changed Abby's life, but when it didn't happen, she ran. Jack was everything to her and when he didn't respond, Abby couldn't bear it. Everything about that night--leaning in close to his face, feeling the night breeze teasing her hair, the way his scent filled her head--was burned vividly into her mind, including the moment when Jack pulled away. There was no kiss. Abby was wrong. She was wrong about him, wrong about them. Maybe she didn't have to go to college two thousand miles away, but she did. She had to forget about him. Abby threw herself off the grid, disappearing completely from the life she knew. After completing her undergraduate degree, she enrolled in seminary. All contact with her old life was severed and she never looked back, until she was forced to. When Abby puts idealism into practice, her congregation throws her out. If she can survive a year on her own, they'll take her back, and continue to pay off her student loans--but if she fails, Abby is on her own with enough debt to fund a small town. Seminary wasn't cheap. With no place left to go, Abby returns to New York and her best friend takes her in. Desperate to make it on her own and prove she was right, Abby follows a job lead to an art studio on Long Island. It isn't until she hears Jack's voice that she freezes. The hairs on the back of her neck prickle as she turns to see Jack, ten years later, looking even more tempting than before. Fate is cruel. Abby left this life behind, but she's thrown back into it, head first. It's like someone hit rewind on her life and its ten years earlier. She's the cotton-mouthed girl that she always was around Jack, and now her future relies on the man who rejected her.

Contexto da obra

Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Scandalous”, de H.M. Ward, publicado pela editora Laree Bailey Press, em 2012 e com 324 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.

Editora: Laree Bailey Press

Páginas: 324

Ano: 2012

Edição:

Linguagem: inglês

ISBN: 0615631274

ISBN13: 9780615631271

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Sobre o autor

A leitura dos livros de H.M. Ward traz um mergulho intenso em histórias marcadas por emoções à flor da pele e conflitos pessoais profundos. O ritmo costuma ser ágil, com narrativas que exploram tanto a tensão romântica quanto o drama psicológico, muitas vezes em contextos urbanos ou sobrenaturais. A prosa privilegia o lado íntimo dos personagens, revelando suas vulnerabilidades e dilemas, enquanto o enredo avança entre momentos de paixão, traição e segredos que ameaçam relações. Há uma oscilação entre cenas carregadas de sensualidade e outras de suspense, criando uma experiência que prende o leitor pela intensidade emocional e pela imprevisibilidade dos acontecimentos.

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Sobre a editora

Os livros da editora Laree Bailey Press costumam mergulhar em narrativas intensas de romance contemporâneo, frequentemente ambientadas em grandes centros urbanos como Nova York. O catálogo revela histórias marcadas por conflitos emocionais profundos, segredos familiares e segundas chances, onde personagens enfrentam dilemas entre amor, poder e sobrevivência. A linguagem tende a ser direta, com um tom dramático e cenas carregadas de tensão e erotismo, que acompanham o ritmo acelerado das tramas. Há também uma presença recorrente de elementos sombrios e sobrenaturais, como batalhas contra forças ocultas e destinos tortuosos, que contrastam com o realismo dos dramas pessoais.

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