Angela Campion read History at university and took her Master?s Degree at
Oxford, becoming an expert on black musicians, writers and artists who
lived in Paris between the wars. She says of Scandalous, The 1930s was a
pre-AIDS time when people slept together more frequently than history books
would have us believe. And the flamboyant, courageous Josephine Baker
seemed a natural for not only erotica, but for a thriller tale. She was
larger than life, with an insatiable sexual appetite, but most people don't
know that she really was an agent for the French Resistance and that she
later fought for civil rights in America. So I had her 'meet her match' in
her beloved Paris. Erotica is about so much more than sex and I hope that
the glamour of the period, the romance and the political dangers are all
spices that heighten the arousal.
...As for the sexual element, a character who loved men and experimenting as much as Josephine Baker clearly did is a gift for any erotic author, and Campion brings a lush sensuality to the many sex scenes.