Review: 5 smooches!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 23, 2014
A Lush Betrayal is the first book in the Lush Series. This series will focus on four band members and each will have their own book. The first is Joss’s book, the lead singer of Lush.Mel DiLorenzo has been hired to make a documentary of the band on tour. Her sister, Tammy is engaged to Walsh, another member of the band. This is the job of a lifetime. Mel gets to spend the summer with her sister while on tour with one of the hottest bands in the country.Joss is the sexy lead singer of Lush and at the height of his career. It should be the best time of his life. But there is a dark cloud hanging over Joss’s head. A mistake he can’t take back… one he can’t get over. Joss tries to move on and sets his sights on Mel."I want to resist him. He’s an overbearing ass… but when his lips touch my skin I find it hard to breathe much less think."Tammy warns Mel to steer clear of Joss and she does try, but he is a hopeless flirt and the chemistry between these two cannot be denied.“So… I guess I’m supposed to play the part of the little, weak woman who can’t handle a bit of manual labor so that you can be the big muscle—bound stud who saves my day?”“… I’d be happy to offer my muscles… or my stud services whenever you might need them.” He winks…Dear lord, I think I might have just orgasmed a little bit.What I LOVE about a Selena Laurence book are her MEN! They act like real guys. They say dumb s***… they make me swoon. They aren’t a woman’s romanticized version of what the ideal man should be. Joss literally had me blushing at times with the things he said to knock Mel off balance. And knock her off balance is exactly what he did.Betrayal… it’s the worst kind of mistake. Especially when it involves people you care about. It won’t go away. You can’t undo it. Betrayal is eating Joss alive… it is threatening his relationship with his best friend and his band. And now it threatens his relationship with the woman he loves."I have never, ever felt anything like the sensations that course through me when I press my lips to hers. I know almost instantly- this is it. I'm done. This woman will either be my salvation or the death of me."The guilt and remorse that these characters felt made them so real to me. The fear they lived with every single day endeared them to me. I fell in love with every one of them… Well, maybe not Mike… we shall see if Selena can redeem him!A Lush Betrayal is a MUST read. It is a story that completely consumed me. One that had me questioning my own beliefs. Is honesty always best? I am not so sure. I do know that I found myself praying this secret would never be revealed… that their hearts would never be broken. That somehow this could all be swept under the rug. But, when you love the people you hurt… can you ever really move on? Is living with the guilt worse than the fall-out?I am SO looking forward to book 2 in the Lush series. This is Walsh’s book and I am sure it will be an emotional read.