Admiration (Metal Prodigy Series Book #4.5‪)‬

Never in a million years did John Lucas, the world famous bassist for the greatest metal band in the world, Hells Redemption ever think he'd be this successful in his life.  Growing up in a hippie commune outside of a one stop light town in New Mexico, he once believed his chances of venturing outside of it, let alone playing music, were slim to none.

Now he's a part of a Heavy-Metal empire, married to a future legendary guitarist and laying the ground work for a life after the cheers from the crowd fade away.

Starting your own music label isn't going to be without it's headaches, but the feeling as if nothing can seem to go right can wear you down after a while.  Outside of his wife's project with her own band who is taking the rock world by storm, he needs to prove he can catapult a once unknown indie group all on his own, without riding the coattails of the successful group he's a part of or married to.

White Dove Massacre, C.S. Records newest act may just do that.  The four young men from Philadelphia desire to be the next greatest band to come out of the City of Brotherly Love since Breaking Benjamin.  They were thrilled to not only be signed by a record label, but one belonging to their idol, John Lucas.  However, is their admiration for the man clouding their judgement to do what's best for their future?  Up to this point, his decisions haven't been too beneficial.

Can John prove his label is right place for them and that he can propel them up the ladder of success on the music charts?  Only time will tell, and this is of course banking on the fact, one more thing will not go wrong.

So far, things aren't looking to promising as his band who is headling tonight's show may be out of commission due to their lead guitarist being hospitalized.

This is John's journey and the story of how he handles the stress and pressure of everyone's feeling of wonder, pleasure and approval of him; in other words, how he handles their… 

ADMIRATION

Admiration is a novella in the Metal Prodigy Series and while it can be read as a standalone, the author recommends reading it after book four in the series, Temptation.  You can find the series order in the copyright section of this novella.

 27,686 Words

New Adult/Adult Contemporary Romance – Recommended for those 18 years of age and older due to graphic language and sexual situations.