Exclusive: Julie Plec’s My So-Called Company and Universal Television have acquired the rights to Regina Black’s debut novel The Art of Scandal.

The Art of Scandal tells the story of Rachel Abbott who, on the night of her husband Matt’s fortieth birthday, receives an explicit text from him that she quickly realizes was meant for another woman. Divorce is inevitable, and Rachel is determined not to leave her thirteen-year marriage empty handed.

Plec is attached as executive producer alongside Plec’s partner at Mscc, Emily Cummins. Black will serve as a consulting producer on the project.

“I feel like I’ve been waiting for a book like this to come around for years. Regina really knocked this out of the park, allowing me to indulge in my favorite kind of television: a sexy, smart, multi-generational, multi-cultural soap,” Plec said in a statement.

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