We have Max’s beautiful story! I absolutely loved this book! The 3rd book in a gorgeous series that took me for a ride! The characters were strong and complete! The side characters’ journeys were enjoyable and filled in the empty spots nicely! Max and Sloan had to work out a lot of their own issues. And the author’s writing made it worth watching their paths come together! Enjoy!

Thanks to NetGalley and the author for this book, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

Oh my! I really enjoyed Uneasy Street. I think that Max's story is my favorite of the three Sons of Scandal series. He is determined to get closure in his relationship with Sloane, a friend and business partner from the past, and manipulated things so the two would be in close contact while she is in Maine taking care of her niece. Ivy is the daughter of Sloane's deceased sister and is happily adopted. It was fun watching Max and Sloane bicker, fight, and gradually move to a civil relationship with Ivy in the middle, wise for her fifteen years. The two are such wonderful but wounded souls. ivy is a pure delight and there is a whole story about her as she wants to find her biological father. Sweet romance with inspirational moments. I recommend reading this series in order for best enjoyment since ongoing issues from the first book are addressed. I received a copy in exchange for an honest review. These are my thoughts.

Uneasy Street by Beck Wade is brilliant, charming, and refreshing! Max and Sloane have some of the best literary banter available! They are both so intelligent and witty and they play perfectly off one another. Max is the third brother in the Sons of Scandal series, so there is plenty of catching up with the other brothers and all the characters you have come to know and love. Aside from Max and Sloane, there are mysteries to be solved that tie in perfectly to the rest of the story. Beyond the enemy to lover dynamic, there is such a strong theme of redemption and forgiveness woven throughout. Wade brings her characteristic humor to balance out the heaviness and it makes it smoothly perfect. I experienced the full gamut of emotions and loved every moment of every page. Ivy and the rats were a pure delight as well and such a perfect buffer for Max and Sloane. The coastal descriptions kept me engaged and allowed me to experience the story. Not only did I love reading the book, I had the additional privilege of listening to the audiobook as well. The dual narrators were prefect for bringing this story to life.
I received a complimentary copy from the publisher via NetGalley and all opinions expressed are solely my own, freely given.

I have loved the Sons of Scandal series! I believe the style of writing is easy to read and very enjoyable throughout all 3 books.

Uneasy Street is a closed-door, second chance, forced proximity romance. Just like the other 2 books of Sons of Scandal, there is a focus on faith. Both characters are driven and a bit uptight, but softened by Sloane's niece Ivy. Sloane and Max have a history that initially make the time shared with Ivy strained. Past secrets kept and family loss caused lots of drama within Sloane and Max's history. Luckily, this book focused a lot on grace and forgiveness, something all of the characters needed to be a a little willing to extend. I love the banter between Max and Sloane, especially with the lengths Max goes through to get Sloane into conversation with him.

All the previous characters are still present with us in this book and it's nice to keep up with their stories as well. Fiona actually experiences some personal growth in this one, which was nice to see.

There has been some form of a mystery/crime element in each book and this one is no exception, Uneasy Street had two mysteries the characters were trying to unravel.

The ending felt a bit rushed, especially since it wad the wrap-up of the series. I personally just always want more "closure". Overall, this is an excellent read and is recommended!

Becky Wade has such a knack for drawing me in from the first line. Her writing is vividly descriptive and the characters walk onto the page in 3D.

Uneasy Street the the third and final book in the Sons of Scandal series. They are best read in order (Memory Lane, Rocky Road, and Uneasy Street.)

The series follows three brothers as they each learn how to cope with their families scandal in their own ways. Uneasy Street wrapped it all up perfectly.

Thank you Becky!! What a perfect way to finish the Sons of Scandal series. Although I am sad to see it end. I could read about Max, Sloan, Ivy, Anna, Jeremiah & Jude’s future lives and not tire of it.

The story was so well written. I loved the dynamic between Max & Sloan.

Uneasy Street was a joy to read and I will miss all the characters.


Thank you NetGalley & the publisher for allowing me to read and review this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

"Uneasy Street" is the third book in Becky Wade's "Sons of Scandal" series. This particular book centers around formal business partners and now enemies Max and Sloane. While these two started their own business right after college, there was a horrible business split and the two haven't spoken in years. Now, Sloane is unable to avoid Max as she's busy caring for her niece while her parents are away on a business trip. Max is determined to get Sloane back and will do whatever it takes to convince her that he cares for her. He also steps in to help Sloane and her niece as they're looking for hew long-lost dad. Not only does she find her dad, but even an unknown and unexpected twin sister.

While I typically like enemies to lovers books, I just didn't feel the romance between the two main characters. Also, Sloane was very prickly and standoffish and I just couldn't warm up to her. I also found myself skimming through the parts of the books that included the side characters and the tiara search, as I didn't feel a personal connection to that part of the story. I'll still read Wade's books, but this one wasn't my favorite. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

•𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰•

{𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥: Book 3}

⛵️ Release Date: February 14, 2025 ⛵️
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Sloane’s character intrigued me. I’ve never read about a character so enthralled with proper etiquette before and it made for quite the unique read. As she put it, “𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎.” Her business, My Fair Lady, sounds very interesting!

I loved Ivy! Her character won me over very quickly and I adored every scene that she was prominent in! Her weird obsession with rats had me highly amused. I loved Ivy’s relationship with Sloane 🥹 It was so touching how sweet and patient Sloane was with her, especially with helping Ivy to locate her birth father. Hearing Harper’s story literally had me tearing up 😢

Max was…not a favorite of mine at all. Honestly, I could hardly stand the guy for some reason. He was very off-putting and overall obnoxious. When I heard how everything went down with Libri, I knew that I for sure did not like Max. He was sweet with Ivy, but that’s about all the good I have to say about him.

Don’t even get me started on Fiona, Isobel, and Nicole 🤦🏻‍♀️ What even?! The more I learned, the more horrified I became! Nothing there was remotely okay and I was so disgusted. I was not a fan of all the mentions of divorce, remarriage, and cheating in this book.

The missing tiara plot line felt completely unnecessary and didn’t add anything to the story.

Top Moments:
⛵️The rats: Kevin and Ricky
⛵️ Turning off the water
⛵️ My Fair Lady
⛵️ Mouse debacle
⛵️ “Darth”
⛵️ Party “crashers”
⛵️ Meeting Ivy’s birth dad
⛵️ Unexpected plot twist
⛵️ Finding Anna

Overall, I did not enjoy the writing style in this book. Beings as this was my first Becky Wade book, I’ll probably give her one more try before I call it quits, but it’s safe to say I was less than impressed. So much of the story fell flat for me because of the way things were written.
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I received a complimentary arc of this book from Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op. All opinions listed are purely my own.

Another great contemporary romance from Becky Wade! This book is the 3rd in the Sons of Scandal series. Though the story itself could stand on its own, I do recommend reading this series in order as pieces of the story (particularly Fiona's element) carry over throughout the series. But Max and Sloane's story stands on its own in this tale. Max is the 3rd son of Felix Camden, but he is the "illegitimate" one and doesn't have the Camden name or prestige. Sloane and Max were best friends in college and became business partners, but had a falling out 4 years ago. When Sloane returns to Maine to spend a few months with her niece, Ivy, whose parents are overseas, she doesn't realize that the apartment she's renting for the time is owned by Max, who has arranged for them to re-connect in order to get closure. What he gets is so much more, though. This one had an intensity similar to Memory Lane, where I appreciated the more rom-com feel of Rocky Road. If you have enjoyed this series and preferred Memory Lane to Rocky Road, you will enjoy this story. If you enjoy friends to more and/or enemies to more trope, you will enjoy this story. This has a friends to enemies to more.

In addition to the romance thread, this story has a couple of low-key mysteries going on - Sloane's niece (who was a fabulous character, by the way) was adopted as a baby and has decided she wants to find her birth father, which ends up unraveling a new thread as well. And Felix asks Max to help him find a tiara that has gone missing from his collection for Remy to wear on her wedding day. In addition, fans of the series will be glad to see Fiona's tale, which has been interwoven in all 3 books, obtain some closure as well. Though I would call the faith thread in this one "light", it was present and there was a big theme of forgiveness and grace woven within the entire story. The character development in this story was fabulous as Max and Sloane both grow significantly through the story and I enjoyed Ivy's journey as well. One note I will add - because Sloane gives lessons in proper manners and etiquette for a living, her speech patterns are very polite, which came across as "stilted" in some places. Though it had its place in the story itself and was appropriate within her character, it did take me "out" of the story at some points. All in all, though, this was an overall enjoyable read and a great conclusion to this series. Special thanks to the author and NetGalley for an advance e-copy of this novel. I was under no obligation to provide a review and the thoughts contained herein are my own.

A delightful story with lots of deep family content. A huge reminder to be grateful for family even when it's very complicated.

This is the third book in the Sons of Scandal series. I was given an advance copy by NetGalley.com.

I’ve read all three books in this series and loved all of them. This one started off a bit slower for me but I really enjoyed it. I’m glad I kept reading, lol. It was about friendships, love and misunderstandings. Sometimes we give up too soon without knowing the whole story. This book was about second chances and finding love again after giving up on being loved.

Becky Wade is back with another fun ride in a story I couldn't put down. I cared about each of the storylines and really couldn't be sure what would happen in each of them.

At first, I was kind of shocked at how Max treated Sloane but then it was revealed how their friendships fell apart a couple years ago, and you feel for the guy. I think I never really "get" it when a girl has a super great guy friend who is attractive and she just doesn't admit to herself that she likes him. Ultimately, she's been through trauma that rewired her brain and skewed her sense of safety and so on, so you can't really blame her, but it makes the story feel like there's no real barrier to them being together and makes you want to bang your head against the wall.

Sloane has a relationship with God, but the Christian faith isn't a huge part of the book and people who don't have faith won't be overwhelmed by it. Max starts going to church and learns to forgive but never has a real connection with God in the story. Forgiveness is a virtue that has gone out of vogue so this is an important and timely message.

The book is very engaging and I loved my time in its pages. I received a complimentary copy of this book from Netgalley. All opinions are my own.

Uneasy Street is the sixth book I have read written by Becky Wade. This is book three in the Sons of Scandal series. I have thoroughly enjoyed this series. I could not put the book down.

The character development was great. I loved getting to pull back the layers of Sloane as she dealt with her past. Getting to know Max more was fun. I enjoyed the overlapping characters in this series.

The setting and storyline were good. I loved being back in small town Maine. The storyline was great. I loved that we got to revisit other characters from the series and ‘catch up’ on their life. I also liked the dynamic of trying to help Ivy find her biological family. It gave a fun dynamic to the story.

The romance element was perfect. The friends to enemies to lovers was perfect. I loved the different dynamics that Sloane and Max’s relationship went through. I appreciated the closed-door element.

Becky Wade did a good job incorporating faith throughout the book.

*I received a complimentary copy from the author and voluntarily chose to review it. All opinions are my own.

“I want you to be with me and only me”
This was a sweet ending to a lovely series. I am sad to see this series come to an end but love that each of the boys got their happy ending. Uneasy Street is the third book in Becky Wade’s Sons of Scandal series. Max was a bit of a mystery so I was excited to see that he was getting his own book.
Max and Sloane had history and not quite the good kind. They had been good friends, their friendship had exploded and broken up leaving them apart and angry. They were both together again when Sloane found herself staying in a house on Max’s property.
Sloane had to grow on me a bit because she was definitely a complicated character. But I felt for her as she tried to navigate her life experiences. She was hurting because of her past but it was cool to read about her growth throughout the book. She was challenged to forgive and face her thoughts about her past. I felt for Max. He was jaded because of his past and his childhood. He had hurt Sloane and been hurt by her. Max had to figure out what he wanted in life and how he felt about Sloane.
Although Sloane and Max had history, it was a complicated history and so they didn’t really get along. It was interesting to read about them interacting and figuring out what a friendship would even look like. I felt like the growth of their relationship felt real. They had to learn to mend fences as they spent time together. The romance was definitely a slow burn because they had a lot to work through.
The plot was engaging and I loved the hints of mystery that Wade always adds into her story. I wanted to see how the book would end. I thought that Ivy, Sloane’s niece, was a lot of fun. She definitely had spunk. It was cool to see Fiona again and see the conclusion to her story.
I would recommend Uneasy Street to those who enjoy contemporary romances. The characters felt real and the story was interesting. There were also some faith aspects shown in the book. Uneasy Street is a clean contemporary romance.

Book Highlights
Enemies to lovers
Hints of mystery
Family
Second chance lovers ish

Content warnings:
Drug overdose mentioned of a side character, scandal, infidelity, partying

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from the publisher through Netgalley. All views expressed are only my honest opinion, a positive review was not required.

Set in a coastal small town, Sloane comes back to Maine for four months to care for her 15 year old niece while Ivy's adoptive parents work out of the country. What she didn't expect was the place she and Ivy will be staying at is the guesthouse of her former best friend and business partner, Max. This novel is the third and final book in the Sons of Scandal series, and I loved seeing how the overall series arc ended!

What I enjoyed:
💚 Best friends to enemies to friends to lovers
💚 Wanting to visit Maine in the summer and fall
💚 Forgiveness and grace (faith elements throughout)
💚 Childhood trauma and grief
💚 Secondary storylines from prior books
💚 Mysteries to solve (adoption related and missing tiara)
💚 Etiquette lessons and sandwiches

4.5 / 5 stars

Closed door / kissing only

Thank you to the author and Netgalley for this eARC!

What a wonderful ending to a great series!

Sloane Madison and  Max Cirillo were once best friends and business partners, building their dream company from the ground up. But four years ago, a devastating fallout led to Sloane being forced out of the company she helped create. While Max turned their college project into a billion-dollar company, Sloane moved on, launching an etiquette business of her own—successful but nowhere near as well as Max.

Now, she’s back in Maine for a few months to care for her niece, Ivy, while Ivy's adoptive parents are away on a special assignment. What she never expected? That the rental home arranged for her and Ivy happens to be the guesthouse of none other than Max Cirillo—the one man she never wanted to see again.

Max wants answers about their past and an apology Sloane refuses to give. Worse, he’s locked her into a rental agreement she can’t escape, ensuring they’ll have to face each other, whether she likes it or not. Determined to ignore him, Sloane quickly realizes that’s easier said than done—especially when Max seems intent on driving her mad at every turn.

I love every Becky Wade book I read. From her very first Porter Family series to the Sons of Scandal series, she has a beautiful way of creating believable, flawed, and lovable characters that draw me in every time. Uneasy Street is no exception!

I loved seeing more of Max after his appearances in the first two stories in the series and meeting Sloane for the first time. Their backstory is both sweet and heartbreaking—two people from broken pasts who don’t realize what a treasure they have in each other until it’s too late. Watching them, reluctantly at first, find their way back to each other and deepen their relationship was so satisfying.

I also enjoyed glimpses of Jeremiah and Remy, as well as Jude and Gemma, from the first two books in the Sons of Scandal series. Beautifully done, Becky! I’m sad to see this series come to a close, but I can’t wait to see where you take us next!

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Author Becky Wade. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.

Uneasy Street by Becky Wade is a charming and heartfelt romance about second chances, forgiveness, and the power of unresolved pasts. Four years after a messy fallout, former friends and business partners Max Cirillo and Sloane Madison find themselves living in close proximity once again—much to Sloane’s dismay. When she returns to Maine to take care of her niece, she unwittingly moves into a garage apartment owned by none other than Max, who has become a wealthy and successful CEO.

Max has never quite gotten over the dissolution of their relationship, and he secretly maneuvers to bring Sloane back into his life, hoping for closure. However, his plan backfires as the chemistry between them reignites, forcing them to confront not only the painful history between them but the undeniable spark that’s still there. With Sloane’s guard up and Max’s feelings running deep, the two are forced to navigate their complex past while living next door to each other on "uneasy street."

Wade does a fantastic job of balancing humor and emotional depth, creating a story that is both swoon-worthy and full of heart. The tension between Max and Sloane is palpable, and their journey of reconciliation is relatable and heartwarming. Uneasy Street is a perfect blend of witty banter, steamy chemistry, and a deep exploration of personal growth and healing. This is an enjoyable, feel-good read for fans of second-chance romances and anyone who believes that sometimes the right person can be worth the wait.

Becky Wade's books are a must read for me, even before I know what the book will be about. Uneasy Street is no different. I loved that Sloane was so prim and proper, but would also let a little of her personality through, especially in bantering with Max. The back and forth between them was my favorite and I found myself looking forward to those moments, almost as much as Max! I loved the forgiveness aspect between Fiona and Isobel, which brought tears to my eyes. This was an excellent conclusion to the series and I can't wait to see what else Becky Wade has in store for us in the future.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

Sloane and Max are best friends-turned-enemies. Four years ago, their friendship and business partnership ended with a bang, leaving them both feeling betrayed and hurt. Now, when Sloane comes to Maine to care for her teenage niece Ivy for the summer, she finds out that Max has managed to rent her his next-door apartment without her knowing.

Rich and driven, Max has taken their company to the next level and leaves in luxury. On the other hand, Sloane has started her own business and developed a life for herself apart from Max. As they are thrown back together again, they find themselves on the same team again, helping Ivy find her birth father and solving a mystery from Max's past. Quickly, their friendship rekindles and Max realizes he wants something more, much more.

I enjoyed the friends-->enemies--> lovers storyline in this book, and Max's pursuit of Sloane. I didn't find either character particularly compelling, however, and the side characters' storylines about sisterhood often detracted from the main story.

The Sons of Scandal is a series by Becky Wade. Uneasy Street is the third and final book in the series.

This is Max Cirillo's story. He and Sloane Madison meet in college and go on to start a business together. But when Sloane disappears from an important meeting, Max takes it on himself to remover her from the company. Going from best friends/co-workers to enemies.

The story is about betrayal, forgiveness, loyalty and finding love. The characters host so many deep feelings, deep hurts, and distrust. But I loved how Max finds himself and patiently tries to woo Sloane back. It's a great story with Becky Wade's signature wit and humor. Ivy was a breath of fresh air, as the 15 year old niece of Sloane spending the summer with Aunt Sloane while her parents traveled. The surprise that she uncovers adds a dimension of interest and complexity. Ms Wade has a way of bringing her characters to life, flaws and all. Good clean contemporary romance. A novella with a follow up on Max, Sloane and Fiona would be a great addition to the series.

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary advanced e-copy of this book. All views expressed are my honest opinion.