Megan Frampton is a historical romance author who is always consistent and comforting. Frampton's writing has an ease and accessibility to it that is easy to understand and a perfect place to start if you are new to the historical romance genre. His Study in Scandal is Frampton's second book in her new series, A School for Scoundrels. Frampton novel is fun and light hearted and has a sensual undercurrent which is not always found in her novels. Frampton also uses the age gap (heroine is older), and daughter's intended as a way to explore a mature romance built on attraction, secrecy and the forbidden.
While this is not a new idea in the historical romance genre, I did really enjoy Frampton's exploration of this type of story. Frampton builds upon this one night stand and truly uses this as a driving force for the heroine to explore what it means to be a widow on her own terms and her new found freedom. Our heroine in finally in a place in her life where she can make decisions soully based on her wants and needs and when love becomes a complication to her perceived freedom, she must decided how she is going to explore her future. In this novel, I found that Frampton really opens herself to explore the way physicality can influence and encourage a relationship. She shows that in these stollen and forbidden moments when the hero and heroine are in their base form that they can be vulnerable and open with each other on a level of clarity and equality.
If you enjoy Megan Frampton, I believe you will also enjoy this novel. If you are looking to explore Frampton's work this series is a delicious place to start. Her novels have a lightness and softness to them which make them charming and sweet reads and the perfect way to spend a summer afternoon.
Thank you to Avon Books and NetGalley for an eARC, all thoughts and opinions are my own.