We Shouldn't

Vi Keeland

Jan 2019 · C. Scott Publishing

About this ebook

From #1 New York Times Bestseller Vi Keeland, comes a new, sexy standalone novel.

Bennett Fox walked into my life on one hell of a crappy Monday morning.

I was late for the first day at my new job—a job I’d now have to compete for even though I’d already worked eight years to earn it, because of an unexpected merger.

While I lugged my belongings up to my new office, a meter maid wrote me a parking summons.

She’d ticketed a long line of cars—except for the Audi parked in front of me, which happened to be the same make and model as mine.

Annoyed, I decided to regift my ticket to the car that had evaded a fine.  Chances were, the owner would pay it and be none the wiser.

Except, I accidentally broke the windshield wiper while slipping the ticket onto the car’s window.

Seriously, my day couldn’t get any worse.

Things started to perk up when I ran into a gorgeous man in the elevator.  We had one of those brief moments that only happened in movies.

You know the deal…your body lights up, fireworks go off, and the air around you crackles with electricity.

His heated stare left me flush when I stepped off the elevator.

Maybe things here wouldn’t be so bad after all.

Or so I thought.

Until I walked into my new boss’s office and met my competition.

The gorgeous man from the elevator was now my nemesis. His heated stare wasn’t because of any mutual attraction.  It was because he’d saw me vandalize his car. And now he couldn’t wait to annihilate his rival.

There’s a fine line between love and hate—and we shouldn’t cross it.

We shouldn’t—but straddling that line could be so much fun.

Ratings and reviews

WE SHOULDN’T by Vi Keeland is a contemporary, adult, stand alone erotic, romance story line focusing on advertising account executives thirty-one year old, Bennett Fox and twenty-eight year old, Annalise O’Neil. Told from dual first person perspectives (Annalise and Bennett) WE SHOULDN’T follows the workplace relationship and romance between advertising account executives thirty-one year old, Bennett Fox and twenty-eight year old, Annalise O’Neil. A business merger between Wren Media and Foster Burnett meant Annalise O’Neil had to prepare to do battle for the position of Creative Director of West Coast Marketing, a position currently held by Bennett Fox. Bennett Fox was unprepared for his visceral reaction to Annalise O’Neil but when the head of operations proposes a three-deal competition all bets are off as Bennett battles between head and heart for his job and the woman with whom he is falling in love. What ensues is the building relationship between Annalise and Bennett, and the potential fall-out as miscommunication, misunderstanding and misspoken words push Annalise out of Bennett’s world. The relationship between Annalise and Bennett is one of mutual attraction but Annalise sees Bennett as nothing but a manwh*re and in direct competition for the position she once held so dear. Bennett’s slow seduction of our story line heroine is filled with snark and sass. The $ex scenes are intimate, passionate and seductive without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text. The secondary and supporting characters are colorful and energetic including Annalise’s ex-boyfriend Andrew; her best friend and food critic Madison, Annalise’s parents Matteo and Margo Bianchi, and Bennett’s godson Lucas. WE SHOULDN’T is a story of family, friendship, regrets and love. The premise is spicy and spirited; the characters are animated, flirty, sassy and sexy; the romance is provocative and energetic.

Gah, boring. Didn't finish the sample. And as usual, the female character, Annalise, is a blonde, model-worthy knockout. Perhaps I'm not used to contemporary, as I've been bingeing historical romances for a while. It's just nothing really grabbed me in the first few chapters. And I hardly ever find a contemporary with a female main character who I can tolerate.

4 - 4.5 stars! Vi brings us a sexy enemies to lovers office romance that will leave you a little hot under the collar. Annalise and Bennett first lay eyes on each other in an elevator and the attraction is immediate. They both feel a little zing that has them wanting to explore further, until they actually meet and find out they're both vying for the same job. I loved Annalise. She is this savvy, very intelligent businesswoman who is making a name for herself in the Marketing world. After her company merges with another, her first day on the job doesn't start out all that well. But seeing the hottie in the elevator brightened her spirits a bit, until she runs into him in her new bosses office. Damn, it's a shame he's so hot, because now she has to annihilate him in order to keep her job. Bennett comes across as the typical, gorgeous, cocky, arrogant alpha who has no intention of going down without a fight to save his position. But this woman is gorgeous, and before long he can't get her out of his head. I admit, I struggled with Bennett initially, because he said some pretty crappy things to Annalise, but the more I found out about him, the more I understood why he acted the way he did. There's lots of banter back and forth between Bennett and Annalise, and we get to see how they act with each other outside of the office. I loved how Bennett constantly picked on Annalise but did it in a way that she knew he wasn't really picking on her. She has some pretty unique quirks that I fell in love with. Conversely, I loved seeing Bennett interact in the other aspects of his life, those parts really melted my heart. Of course there's plenty of steamy sex that yes, made me very hot under the collar! It made me very jealous of Annalise! Vi never ceases to amaze me with the stories she weaves. Readers are going to go nuts for Annalise and Bennett!

About the author

Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times,#1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles have appeared in over a hundred Bestseller lists and are currently translated in twenty five languages. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.