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Synopsis

Secrets and lies have been the foundation of Lucy Washburn’s life. We’re taught to learn from our past, and she’s definitely learned from hers. Now that she knows what not to do and whom not to trust, her life is finally coming together, just as she hoped.

Until she meets him.

Drake Prescott was that kid; you know the type. Both an athlete and a scholar, he was determined to achieve his goals and dreams, the most important being elected president of the United States. There isn’t anything he desires more than to hear “Hail to the Chief” played in his honor. Now an incumbent U.S. senator seeking reelection and paving his road to the White House, he’s living his dreams.

Until he meets her.

***INCUMBENT IS A STANDALONE NOVEL INTENDED FOR READERS 18+ **

Review

I love a good naughty, sexy political escapade; the level of power and seduction and secretivity that comes with someone high ranking and the intrigue involved with sneaking around.  With Incumbent however, what we get is much more romantic and sweet than raunchy and lewd but it still manages to grasp your attention and deliver a very good and insightful storyline and what helps this along is some sterling characterisation in the form of both the handsome, charismatic United States Senator Drake and the shy, secretive school teacher Lucy.

Drake comes across as very confident without being annoying and arrogant, he finds something very alluring in Lucy and indeed discovers his inner alpha as he determines that he needs her and she belongs to him, but as he so eloquently puts it, not as his possession but as his girl.  Lucy is highly intelligent and a bit of a history and political buff but that isn’t all there is to the heroine.  We find out just how broken but resilient she is on the inside, caring but wary and hopeful too.  Drake has the power and social standing so it’s with trepidation that Lucy begins a beautiful and captivating love affair with him and as she has a few secrets in her past the could derail any chance Drake has at the presidency, Incumbent delivers on suspense and drama as well as romance and sensuality.

‘“Let me be the one,” I said softly.

With narrowed eyes, she leaned her head back to study me.  “The one to do what?”

“The one who makes your heart beat harder.  The one who makes you smile as if you don’t have a care in the world.”’

Mason, Lucy’s best friend offers some good support throughout the story as does Drake’s extensive and invasive but loving family, of who I’m sure we’ll see plenty of throughout this series.  Incumbent was a lovely read that could have benefitted from a bigger build up in sexual chemistry between the two protagonists but over all it was well written and I definitely look forward to reading the next book in the series and discovering which striking brother of Drake’s will be next to fall in love.

~Nicole

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