Title: Yes, Mr. Van Der Wells
Author: S. Ann Cole
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: February 16, 2016
Synopsis
I’m
running.
Running
for my freedom.
Running
for my life.
I’m
running because everything hurts.
And
all I want to do is breathe.
The
old me was bold and wild and reckless and privileged.
The
new me is timid and freak-stricken and weak and broken.
All
I want is freedom.
All
I want to do is breathe.
A
complicated relationship? That’s the last thing I’m about right
now.
Something
casual and easy? I’m down for that.
But
he is not.
He
wants to own me.
He
wants me to own him.
He
wants to save me.
I’m
too terrified to give in.
All.
I. Want. To. Do. Is. Breathe.
But
it turns out, Noah is the air that I need to do that…
Breathe.
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Excerpt
Mad
as Madea that my plan has been shot to hell, I burst through the gym
doors. Noah is grunting on the pull-up bar.
“You
think you’re so clever, don’t you?”
Doing
one final rep, he lets go of the bar and lands on the ground in a
half squat. Straightening, he stretches his arms before snagging his
towel from a nearby bench and wipes the sweat from his face. “What
am I being Lotty’d for this time?”
Lotty’d?
Prick. “You promoted Zach.”
“Yes?”
My
hands settle on my hips. “He just
started working here.”
One
eyebrow lifts. “For my own sake, I’ll forgo asking how you know
that.” Walking over to the cooler station, he plucks up one of the
disposable cups, fills it, and downs the water, twice, before binning
it. “This is my company, I can promote or demote whomever, whenever
I want.”
“No,”
I refute. “You moved him because I flirted with him and you’re a
stupid, jealous adolescent. So you replaced him with the most awkward
and unattractive male you could find.”
“In
the same way, you are my girl and I can tell you to come over here
and kiss me, and know
you’ll
obey,” he goes on as if I hadn’t spoken.
I
take a step backward, confidence waning. “I’m not
your girl, I’m your housemaid. And I’m definitely not
coming over there to kiss you.”
‘Where
are you going?’ Reckless
Lotty screams at me. ‘Go
forward! Forward! Not backward. Run and crash into that amazing
chest, into those amazing arms, you fool.’
Rational
Lotty has no comment, which means she agrees with Reckless Lotty.
These two have been agreeing on a lot lately. It’s unsettling.
“Come
here, Lotty,” he commands in a gentle voice, his eyes locked on
mine. I know that gentle-voice lock-eye move. He’s trying to
manipulate me.
I
take another step back, and Reckless Lotty screams more disparaging
words at me. I block her out. “No.”
Biting
one side of his lip, he throws his towel down on the bench without
his eyes ever leaving mine. “Should I come to you, then?”
I
don’t answer.
Leisurely,
he moves one finger over his bottom lip, as if in thought, but I know
it’s to taunt me. Back and forth. Back and forth. “Ask me to come
to you.”
I
swallow. Jesus, what is wrong with me?! This isn’t me. I’m the
one with the bold overtures, the one who makes men nervous and
uncomfortable around me. I don’t step back. I don’t shy away. I
never hesitate. What is
it with Noah? Why am I cowering? So
weak.
“Ask
me, Lotty,” he urges.
My
sports bag drops to the floor, and my hand comes up to my throat,
feeling my pulse beat rapidly under my skin. My eyes settle on his
sweat-sheened chest, slowly drifting up to his throat. I want to
touch my tongue to his throat and feel for his pulse. Is it beating
as wild as mine? What about his mouth? Is it as arid as mine? And his
knees, are they as weak and wobbly as mine?
“Come.”
The word is out before I can stop it. “Come to me.”
Review by Gia:
I'm not really sure how I feel about this book. I liked it and stuck through it and read it all but I feel like it was missing something (not sure what) that would have given it that wow factor for me.
The characters and their friends where interesting and I like them. When Lotty was sixteen she was rich and crushing on a much older wealthy Nate Van Der Wells. Her family fell from money and she's ended up in a abusive a relationship. Nate has become a fit sexy guy. Three years after they have seen each other their paths cross again. There is a lot of back and forth and hot and cold between Lotty and Nate. Lotty was pretty funny and I kept wanting to read to see what see would say next. Both have exes that are not ready to give them up. Lotty's ex is a little crazy and he definitely does some crazy things.
3 1/2 Stars!!
About The Author
Ann Cole is a passionate writer and reader, and a lover of anything that distracts her from the real world. Reader first and second a writer, S. Ann Cole is an exaggerator, a laugher, sometimes overly chatty, sometimes overly shy. She’s afraid of cats, dogs, snakes—heck, she’s only tolerable to gold fishes in a tank. Because if they do jump out and try to attack her, the suckers will surely die!
She hates fireworks, schmaltz and arrogance.
She loves carbs, Chris Brown and humility.
She lives nowhere and everywhere.
Jokey people are her utmost favorite people to be around, as laughter is the way to her heart.
Never mind her foul-mouth (she’s working hard on changing that!), she loves GOD. Fiercely. And believes prayer is the essence of all good, great, wonderful and miraculous things, and the most powerful privilege given unto man.
Ann hopes that one day, the right day, when it’s her time (because nothing happens before its time), her hard work will be noticed and appreciated.
When Ann’s not abusing her computer keyboard, you can find her nosing a novel, watching anything on television that makes her laugh until she breaks into hiccups (loves Disney , TBS, and Impractical Jokers!) studying the Bible, or sipping red wine.
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