“I wasn’t looking for love, only a good time and a way to tour the world with a rock band when he came along and hit me like a hurricane. Nothing could have prepared for me for the complexity that was Will Cullen. He hid a secret that would devour me whole and spit me out. The only problem I had was how did I let go when I decided to give my heart to the very man I would never be able to control and who would always be just beyond my reach?” – Laurel Munsen
Will Cullen has always been comfortable in his own skin, even it was behind the scenes as the bass player for Scarlet Fever. He’s always known he was gay and accepted his sexuality even if he couldn’t be out and proud as a member of one of the most popular rock bands in the world.
Laurel was supposed to be a diversion, a beard to hide behind while he and his lover, drummer Grant MacMullen, continued their hot and heavy relationship. Grant breaks his heart and admits there can never be a future between them.
It is Laurel who picks up the pieces and although he knows what they have together is wrong and conforming to society’s standards of what love supposed to be, how can he rectify his strong attraction and desire for men while he is falling in love with a woman?
Both Laurel and Will learn the fluidity of human emotions and together, they gather the strength and courage to live life, understand each other and love with heart, body, mind and soul.
Note: This story is about a homosexual man who happens to fall in love with a heterosexual woman but it does not negate his homosexual status nor is the author implying sexuality is a choice; rather that most of the time, we don’t and cannot choose the person we fall in love with and decide to give our heart and soul.
If you follow the blog, then you can tell that Selene
Chardou is one of my favorite authors.
There is just something about her books that I really enjoy, and I can’t
seem to put them down once I start reading them. Now all of her books tie together, but they
can be read as standalones as well. That
is the case with this book, it is a standalone, but it also brings back some of
the characters that we have met in the other books.
Now while I do enjoy Selene’s writings, this is probably my
least favorite book from her. Don’t get
me wrong, I still enjoyed it quite a bit but I just felt it was lacking on a
few levels. The story starts kinda in
the “middle” of Laurel and Will’s relationship.
We do know from the blurb that Laurel was supposed to be Will’s “beard”
(or cover) for his relationship with Grant.
But I was left wondering how that all started how they were able to come
to the agreement to do that and when their relationship had actually taken a
turn for the real.
The characters in this book were really well written though,
and that’s one of the reasons why I enjoyed it.
Laurel’s character is by far my favorite out of all the characters in
the Scarlet Fever Series, she has an enormous amount of strength that shows
through in many parts of the story. Even
though something horrible happened in her past, she was able to overcome
it. With Will’s character, I have mixed
emotions about him. Even after
everything was said and done, I didn’t really feel like he actually loved
Laurel. Which bothered me because she’s
a kick butt woman and deserves someone amazing!
There were lots of interesting information that was brought
out in this book that explains a little bit about the characters, and the
relationships that they have. I enjoyed
that part completely. It was also great
to see how Selene made the characters seem very life like, (sisters fighting
and threatening each other), because that stuff happens in real life. I think with her adding that extra part in
the book it made the story that much better.
Overall, while this isn’t my favorite book of hers, I did
still enjoy it. And I will continue to
read further into the series.
“Nothing,” I said before I turned to look at the pool and swallowed, the harsh bitterness of the Xanax pill still left in my mouth. “I realize everything that has happened between us is on me. Grant always came first and I was a distant second but now that he’s gone, I truly wonder if there is any room past that empty spot he’s left inside of you for me? We don’t choose who we fall in love with and God knows if I could take my feelings back for you, I would.”
I paused and stared into those vast pools of blue. “But I can’t and I won’t. Now, the onus is on you. Do you or don’t you want to be with me? If you can’t, I truly understand because it just isn’t the way you’re hardwired. We were never supposed to be in the first place. However, if you do want me, then it has to be just you and I. No one else and certainly no one night stands or interlopers. I have to know I can trust you or we won’t work out. Do you understand that?”
He nodded, his silky blond hair blowing in the soft breeze. “Of course I want to be with you or I wouldn’t have said no to coming out and I sure as hell wouldn’t have invited you to Vegas. If this works out and we sign this contract, this affects your life just as much as it does mine. I can understand if what we have isn’t important enough for you to uproot your life and change everything just to be with me.”
“Oh, but it is…and my question to you is can you make that sacrifice because no matter how you look at our situation, you are doing something that is against your very nature. You’re denying a part of yourself to be with me and I can’t help but feel like I am the most selfish bitch in the world for making you do that.”
“Listen to me,” Will said as he grabbed my jaw with both hands and held my face softly. “I’m not doing anything I don’t want to do. If you’ll have me then I’m yours. It’s as simple as that.”
I nodded and we kissed each other on the lips before I embraced him. I couldn’t understand why I was holding on so tight and then it hit me like a wrecking ball. I was scared if I didn’t hold him like he was the only man in the world, he might disappear and leave me all alone with my emotions and the thought was too much to bear.
Selene Chardou is a world traveler and the alter-ego of Elle Chardou.
Ms. Chardou’s writing is all about hot romance and exciting times with the wild, damaged, out of control and/or rich and famous set in the New Adult realm.
She is currently working on The Will to Love, the second novel in the Scarlet Fever Series, which chronicles the relationship of Will Cullen and Laurel Munsen. She is also working on Deadly Seduction, the first novel in The Rough Riders series, which chronicles the issues between three Motorcycle Clubs, and various criminal elements in the tri-city area of Reno, Lake Tahoe and Carson City in Northern Nevada.
Ms. Chardou has lived abroad in Stockholm (Sweden), Manchester (England), Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area and Portland. She currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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