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The book was conceived as an authorised biography, and was built from numerous first hand interviews on that basis. However, after drafts were shared with senior members of the Romney Presidential campaign, namely with Eric Fehrnstrom and Beth Myers , Scott believed Romney's people were trying to exercise too much editorial control and decided to publish his book as unauthorised.

It was the first biography of Romney written by a fellow Mormon , although the author doesn't focus on religion. Scott had strong family and church ties with Romney, and during his research discovered that they are distant cousins. The book is written from the point of view of a writer who had known his subject over decades.

It has been described as an extensive and informed grounding "about Romney's family and personal life, and a solid analysis and review of his issue stances". Scott's assessments of Romney's skills as a politician were mixed.

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He described him as pragmatic and a problem solver, but also noting that he was a "control freak" who "doesn't read people well" and "doesn't anticipate blindside attacks and therefore is ill prepared to deal with them". At numerous points he criticizes him as a "flip-flopper". In a article for Sunstone , [ 3 ] Scott highlighted Mitt Romney 's move to the populist right on abortion, stem cell research, gun control and gay rights.

He had begun the project in , when he had been assured that the book would be authorized and written with the cooperation of the family. However, Romney's team wanted heavy editorial input into the book, and after a number of consultations and providing drafts [ 7 ] to campaign officials such as Romney's chief spokesman campaign chief Eric Fehrnstrom and Beth Myers , [ 8 ] Scott ultimately decided he wanted to maintain control and thus the book was published unauthorized.

However Scott did maintain close contacts with some members of the family and campaign, and the book is built from numerous first hand interviews. A review in the political magazine On the Issues said that the book provides numerous new insights into the evolution of Romney's stances, often focusing on how the LDS Church viewed the issue and how Romney reconciled his views with the church's views It's not explicitly about Mormonism at all—but the author is a Mormon who knew Romney well through church ties, and who evidently did not like Romney very much.