GRR Reviews Worth the Scandal (Worth It Book 1) by Karen Erickson

Worth the Scandal is NOT worth your reading time, because the FMC is a silent suffering doormat, and the MMC is a vindictive creep. There is no romance except during the seduction.

Alex Worth wanted his secretary Tessa Crawford, who's innocent, shy, efficient, and voluptuous, so he concocts this excuse that she needed to go with him for this European trip where he proceeds to seduce her and have hot sex with her. Back home, when he learned that the company had been penetrated by corporate espionage and evidence seem to point at Tessa, he kicked her to the curb without giving her a chance to explain (and incidentally, leaving her PREGNANT, but he didn't know). By the time he realized his mistake, Tessa had disappeared...

SPOILERS AHEAD

1) So basically you have a lecherous boss who wants to bonk his pretty and innocent secretary. That's CREEPY, not romantic!

2) Once he got her into bed, he kicked her to the curb without making absolutely sure! And she just went ahead and disappeared like a silent suffering doormat!

3) He's a billionaire! If he can't find her he surely didn't try very hard!

4) Once he found her, TOTALLY by accident, he STILL tried to boss her around instead of trying to make amends!

5) And she lets him!

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Vindictive creep CEO seduced his naive voluptuous secretary then kicked her to the curb (pregnant); NOT ROMANTIC!

Tropes: secret baby, pregnancy, hot for boss, different worlds

Overall Rating:  1/5  (I don't give 0's)