Book excerpt: When Kent, a Gay Man, and Crystal, a Lesbian, meet with each a disheartening story of their own, they soon bond together and become "Best Buddies". Crystal had just ended a relationship with her Lover for many a reason. And Kent had recently found himself unemployed with some trepidation on what to do next. Crystal seeks console along with Kent ́s support. Respectively, Kent and Crystal, find that meeting new Lovers of their own persuasion brings them some hope in dealing with certain losses as they arose. While Kent is forging forward in dismissing the great sorrow, Crystal falls into some circumstances that can be detrimental in her new Love situation. All in all, the two Buddies have remarkably good times and find peace in the positions their Lives turn into. Ghosts of the past "haunt" while Reborn Newness enriches with the Love that buds for The Homosexual and Lesbian Couples. Dramatic occurrences are shed away with the blend of positive colorful shades that prevail in the winter emotional impact. "Best Buddies" and their Lovers find Sunshine in the chills of experiences. Any ways it can be interpreted are up to the reader in this no other way easy-reading book. Remember also that it is a book of fiction and that all references of time, place, and other points of description are just that. The characters and the storyline are to be read with no judgement outside of other personal beliefs. Many Shades of Winter leads to a brilliant cast of the "color" of warm times. If YOU as a reader like personally impactful romance as a diversion to the signs of calamity that arise or have been previously present, this is a feel good story for the main characters, straight from the heart, happy in the society that they are part of.