Review: Great Start, but Shorter Than I Wanted It Be
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 13, 2013
Yolanda Richards' "Scandalous: By His Executive Order" is a bit confusing to me. I expected a novel, but really it would be classified as either a short story or a novella.  It focuses on David Hudson, a good-looking senator who has been biding his time about running for president, much to his demanding, high-society wife's dismay. He's wealthy, well-bred, and seems like the perfect candidate. However, he and his wife are unhappy, their marriage hanging by a thread, and he's closer to his driver James and his lovely press manager Claire than he is to her.Claire is another appealing character--beautiful and ambitious, she never wanted to end up in politics, though she has come to believe in David and care about him. Her relationships is on the rocks as well, and she's waiting for the right time to end it, just floating along in her own stasis.I was hooked by David's story, and his and Claire's attraction to each other that they are first determined not to act upon, and I was startled when the story just ended abruptly, with no resolution for any of them. It really seemed like a teaser to a novel, a few chapters to draw you into the rest of the book. I would like to read more if there is any--but someone looking for an entire novel is going to be disappointed in this, even though the story that's there is good.