Review: LOVE this series!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 9, 2014
Winter Tulane is the sinfully hot bassist for Thirteen Shades of Red, obsessed with women and raspberry tootsie pops.  On the outside, he has a reputation of bagging several women at once (sometimes 10 or more, it’s ridiculous!), but on the inside he’s miserable and lonely, and he’s only trying to replace HER.  Lola.  The love of his life, once upon a time.  And now, with Shades being on their first arena tour with none other than Strange Angels, Lola’s band, he’s determined to make his move.  It doesn’t take Winter long to figure out that Lola has changed, but why?  What happened to her?We all fell in love with the spitfire that is Lola Cavendish in Giving Up the Ghost, and I love her even more now.  The lead singer of Strange Angels never got over Winter, he was her first, and she wants him back, but at this point it’s not happening.  See, she has a little “problem” that is causing her to hurt the people she cares about and seem pretty crazy and bipolar.  With the help of Xxieda, she’s hoping to get this problem under control so she can get her life back.We also meet Natasha, who is Lola, stripped of all of her stage makeup and outfits, and who Winter really fell in love with.  When Winter keeps showing up and not taking no for an answer, Lola/Nat finally gives in…a little.  She can’t deny her feelings, but she wants to start out as friends, something they never were before, but she’s also afraid of letting herself go with him until she knows how well Xxieda’s temporary solution to her problem will hold up.It doesn’t take either of them long to realize that they can’t take it slow or be “just friends”, but they also learn that each of them are hiding secrets.  Both are afraid of what will happen when they let their secrets be known, but in order to move forward, that’s exactly what has to happen.  What will happen when the truth comes out?  Will their relationship survive this time?  It’ll take trust, commitment, and the help of all of their old friends, plus some new ones…Now, are you ready for the kicker?  Take all of that (what some may call typical rocker romance) storyline up there and throw in a paranormal twist – possession, ghosts, demons, witches, other worlds – and THAT is why I love this series so much!  It is a unique twist on a common story, with some extremely HOT scenes and dirty talk thrown in, and I couldn’t put it down.  I love the connections I was able to build with the characters and I can’t wait to read more.  Rust and Nyx have me intrigued…