Review: Rock romance at it's finest!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 22, 2014
“A Lush Betrayal” is centered on a rock band called ‘Lush’. But unlike most rock band stories this one is more realistic. It doesn’t just focus on the fame, money and slutty women. It focuses on the dynamic of the band members and the team of people that it takes to make a rock band successful. Okay, so it does have a complex love story involved as well.Joss Jamison is the sexy, hot lead singer of ‘Lush’. But instead of being the cocky, womanizing, rock star cliché he’s a brooding, serious guy who’s the responsible one in the band.As they get ready to head out on tour their manager hires a photojournalist to document the tour and to produce a book and DVD that lets the fans have a closer look at Joss, Mike, Colin and Walsh, the members of the group.Mel DiLorenzo, the photojournalist hired by the band is just finishing up Graduate school when she’s offered the job of a lifetime. Mel has been hired to travel with and document one of the most popular rock bands around. She got the job through her sister who is the fiance of Walsh, the bands drummer.From the very start we see two things happening. Joss is attracted to Mel and there is some serious friction between some of the band members.Things begin to heat up between Joss and Mel despite someone doing everything possible to keep Joss and Mel apart. The two eventually end up together and after a while declare their love for one another. But not all good things can last forever. A betrayal by one of the band members causes tension between all 4 of the guys in the group. Only 3 people know about the deception and the lie is eating away at the two people that betrayed one of their best friends. The third person who knows is bitter and hateful towards the one he blames for the betrayal.As the story progresses author Selena Laurence takes us behind the scenes to see the real people behind the false image created for the fans. It’s an exciting and eye opening look into the lives of 4 famous men and their entourage.Throughout the book my emotions ran the gamut from happiness, sadness, anger and excitement. I fell in love with some of the characters and disliked others. All of the characters were well developed and I felt like I really knew them. I especially identified with Joss and Mel and I felt all of their pain and joy right along with them.I highly recommend this book to anybody who loves contemporary romance! Although this is a series this book can be read as a stand-alone and has a HEA! I can’t wait for the next book in the series to arrive.I was given a copy of this book for an honest review.