One Hot Scandal

Anna Durand

Apr 2022 · Hot Brits Book 7 · Jacobsville Books

About this eBook

They call him Lord Steamy.

Who am I? These days, even I'm not sure how to answer that question. After years of trying to avoid serious relationships, I finally found a woman who made me want to settle down—and promptly lost her. To my best friend. What's a viscount to do now?

Very naughty things, naturally. But my skill at smooth-talking the ladies has gotten me tangled up in a scandal that threatens to destroy my family's reputation and our livelihood.

My salvation comes in the form of a sexy American hired by my mother to polish up my public image. How? With a fake relationship, of course. Avery Hahn claims pretending to date me will silence the wagging tongues and get a certain duke off my back. Shagging my image consultant might not be the cleverest idea, but it's not my fault she can't keep her hands off me.

Yes, I might be headed for another disaster.

One Hot Scandal is the seventh book in the bestselling Hot Brits series of romantic comedies. 

Ratings and reviews

Flamboyant Troublemaker . . . Hugh Parrish can’t seem to stay out of trouble. When he gets himself embroiled in a scandal that also harms his family's reputation and their business, an image consultant is hired to repair the damage. Hugh’s one night stand had turned out to be a Duchess and her irate husband wants to destroy Hugh, so the pressure is on. Avery Hahn, the expert consultant hired to fix this disaster, figures that Hugh needs a fake relationship, which he says has to be with her, to stop the gossip and appease the Duke. (How she figures that one will work, I have no idea.) Then, hoping the family has hired a consummate professional to fix this mess, it turns out she can’t keep her hands off her client either and things are heading for another disastrous turn. I hate to add a bah-humbug to a story that tries to be humorous, but Avery’s job, the one they hired and paid her for, was to turn around Hugh’s scandalous behavior. Instead, she got down in the dirt with him and made matters worse. I had no respect for either one of them. Hugh can trash his own behavior, but doing so at the expense of his family’s name and business is not “cute”. Not only does he have no shame, but seems proud of his ability to captivate every female in sight. So this one was not a story line I could applaud. A little self-control would go a long way toward improving his immature character.

More Hot Brits Greatness! Fabulous Story & Listen🎧 ~ Oh Hugh, what did you do? I needed to say that since this is his story and his one hot scandal, well, at least the one he got caught up in. Hugh Parrish, Callum MacTaggart’s friend, is definitely something special, as seen in “The American Wives Club”, he and Callum’s friendship was tested when they both wanted the same girl. Luckily, the wives saved the day and their friendship. If you have not read or listened to that book you are missing a real treat of a story, it is an amazing story & audiobook listen. But back to Hugh, he has been a very naughty boy, oh wait he has always been a naughty boy but this time he really stepped in it, he unknowingly slept with the wrong woman, a married woman, one with a husband who is an influential duke who is pissed off and wants revenge and is trying to ruin Hugh. His mother intervenes and hires an image consultant, Avery Hahn, to turns things around for him. Avery, an American, is discreet at what she does and travels anywhere her clients need her. She knew her new client, Hugh Parrish, was going to be a challenge, she is always up for a challenge but this challenge turns out to be something entirely different from her previous ones. I loved how everything played out in this book, it is a cleverly plotted story hat that the perfect balance of drama, humor, heartfelt emotions and a steamy romance, well he is Lord Steamy, LOL. Anna Durand, thank you for another enjoyable and fabulously delightful story and emotional rollercoaster ride. ~ 🎧📚🎧 And for the wonderful narration, Anna Durand casts to perfect narrators to bring her characters and story to life. Shane East and Vanessa Edwin are superbly talented narrators and versatile voice artists. They have a complete understanding of the characters they portray, giving each a voice that fits each character to a tee, sounding believable in every role they play and just as I picture the characters to sound. They set the perfect tone for the story, handle the witty dialogue with ease and land the humor effortlessly. You could hear how much heart and feelings they put into their work as they capture the character’s emotions and project them into their performance and have you feeling every single one. These entertaining storytellers are a pleasure to listen to and their narration enhances an already fantastic story to another level. Thank you for another fabulous listen!

I have not read all of the stories in this series but the few that I have read have left me wanting more. This book is about Hugh 'Lord Steamy' and Avery, a consultant to help him make his name and company look better after he ruined it all by having an affair with a Duke's wife. Hugh was feeling very depressed after loosing a woman to his best friend and made a few mistakes that he wishes he could take back. His mistakes started to affect his name and his business and he knew that things were not looking good for him. Avery was hired to help clean up his name and them more she got to know the real Hugh, the more she liked him. This book was entertaining and steamy. I loved how it contained characters from previous books from Anna Durand and we could see a little of what they were up to now. I really enjoy this author's books and can't wait to read the rest of the Scots and Brits books. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.