MOONLIGHT SCANDALS is the third book in Jennifer L. Armentrout's de Vincent series. This is a fabulous example of a contemporary gothic romance and I love it. The de Vincent family is synonymous with scandal and tragedy. Rosie Herpin is just trying to live her life as best she can on her terms when Devlin de Vincent barges into it the same way he barges into her apartment. After a few rude comments about, among other things, Rosie's choice of décor, she delivers a few verbal arrows back and the tone of their early relationship is set. I don't usually enjoy stories in which the hero and heroine have a prickly relationship at the outset, but Jennifer L. Armentrout does so much with this story and these complex and intriguing characters. The sexual tension is amazing and you become emotionally invested in the characters.

Devlin de Vincent is a man with a perpetual air of danger about him. Although most people might think Dev is as cold as ice, he cares deeply for his brothers and will do anything to protect them. His warped upbringing has left him with more than a few personality flaws, but Rosie is able to see past them. Rosie is everything Dev needs - a kind heart and listening ear when he needs it, as well as somebody to call him on his bs when he needs it. There is something bewitching and compelling that keeps bringing them back together, even when they think there are all kinds of reasons why they shouldn't be together. Jennifer L. Armentrout captures a fiery attraction that is explosive in good ways and bad, without making it tedious or too toxic to be endured. As their relationship evolves, Dev evolves and his wounds from the past slowly start to heal. Trust is something Rosie and Dev both wrestle with before they can try to be happy together.

In addition to the romance, Dev is left to try and make right the wrongs done by the previous generation of men in his family. People say that the de Vincent estate is haunted, and evil is something Dev knows to be very real and alive in the souls of flesh and blood men with wicked secret agendas. Until he finally opens up to Rosie, his family's sins, trying to minimize the damage done by them, and stopping the evil has been Dev's secret and solitary burden. Jennifer L. Armentrout does a fantastic job of blending mystery and romance while keeping the quick pace and the reader interested while the characters piece things together.

MOONLIGHT SCANDALS is a psychological stunner and a decadent gothic romance. This book has everything: sexual tension galore, twins, hauntings, evil schemes, a masquerade, and more. As I read along, I kept hearing the score from the classic Hitchcock film VERTIGO. Having started this series out of order, I look forward to finding and devouring the previous two books in this series. I eagerly await Jennifer L. Armentrout's next book.

Book Summary

It takes a fearless woman to love the most scandalous man alive in New York Times Bestselling Author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s breathtaking novel

Even a ghost hunter like Rosie Herpin couldn’t have foreseen the fateful meeting between two mourners that has brought her so intimately close to the notorious and seductive Devlin de Vincent. Everyone in New Orleans knows he’s heir to a dark family curse that both frightens and enthralls. To the locals, Devlin is the devil. To Rosie, he’s a man who’s stoking her wildest fantasies. When a brutal attack on her friend is linked to the de Vincents, he becomes a mystery she may be risking her life to solve.

Devlin knows what he wants from this sexy and adventurous woman. But what does Rosie want from him? It’s a question that becomes more pressing—and more dangerous—when he suspects her of prying into the shadows of his past.

Now, the legends surrounding the de Vincents may not be myths at all. But if she’s to discover the truth, she must follow them straight into the arms of the man she can’t resist—the handsome devil himself.