Spotlight & Giveaway: We Shouldn’t by Vi Keeland

Posted January 22nd, 2019 by in Blog, Spotlight / 52 comments

Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author Vi Keeland to HJ!
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Hi Vi and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, We Shouldn’t!

 
Hi! Thank you so much for having me. I’m excited to get to chat with you about We Shouldn’t today!
 

Please summarize the book for the readers here:

We Shouldn’t is the type of book I love to write—office romance! Bennett and Annalise work for two companies that merged, and, as a result of the merger, there’s only room for one of them in the California office. After ninety days and some healthy competition, the other will be shipped off to the Texas office—where neither of them wants to go.

Bennett and Annalise have very different personalities. In fact, they don’t agree on much and are at each other’s throats most of the time. The only problem is, the two are fighting more than just for a position—they’re also fighting some pretty intense chemistry, which both of them try to deny.

We Shouldn’t is a hate-to-want-you, enemies-to-lovers romance, but it also has a lot of heart. I can’t wait for everyone to get to know these two!
 

Please share your favorite line(s) or quote from this book:

Some men say the sexiest thing a woman can do is to talk dirty or to submit to them, but they obviously haven’t had their hair pulled and face ridden by a woman who currently hates their guts.
Nothing. Fucking. Sexier. In. The. World.

 

Please share a few Fun facts about this book…

  • My vision of Bennett is EXACTLY the face on the cover.
  • Bennett is tall—six foot two, to be exact.
  • Annalise has an “interesting” way of driving that most people have never heard of. You’ll have to read to find out!
  • This was the most difficult book I’ve ever written. My mom passed away half way through writing it, and it took me a long time to be able to get back to it.

 

What first attracts your Hero to the Heroine and vice versa?

Bennett is definitely attracted to Annalise’s spunk. He loves that she doesn’t care how handsome he is and puts him in his place all the time.

Annalise sees glimpses of a softer side of Bennett in the small things he does and is curious to learn more. She likes that he doesn’t want her to know he did nice things for her.

 

If your book was optioned for a movie, what scene would you use for the audition of the main characters and why?

I’d want to see them argue! Like this little short scene:

An obnoxious smile slid across Bennett’s face. “Fine with me. I’m not afraid of a little competition…unlike some people.”
“We’re not competition anymore. Perhaps that hasn’t sunk into your head yet.” I sighed and mumbled under my breath, “It does look like the information would have to penetrate a lot of hair gel to get there.”
Bennett ran his fingers through his lush mane. “You noticed my great hair, huh?”
I rolled my eyes.

 

Readers should read this book….

Because while the two argue all the time, it builds into one hell of an explosive sexy scene!

 

What are you currently working on? What other releases do you have in the works?

I’m currently writing a new co-written book with Penelope Ward that will come out in the fall, and i’ll have a July summer solo release!
 

Thanks for blogging at HJ!

 

Giveaway: A signed copy of my last co-written book (with Penelope Ward) is up for grabs- Hate Notes! Open internationally.

 

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Excerpt from We Shouldn’t:

“I need to run upstairs for a meeting,” Jonas said. “Were you able to find a place for Annalise?”
“I found the perfect spot for her.”
Something about the way Bennett responded seemed sarcastic, but I didn’t know the man well, and it didn’t seem to bother Jonas at all.
“Great. It’s been a long day with a lot for you both to take in. Don’t stay too late tonight.”
“Thanks, Jonas,” I said.
“Have a good night.”
I watched him depart and then turned my attention back to Bennett. Both of us must’ve been waiting for the other to speak first.
I finally broke the silence. “So…this whole situation is awkward.”
Bennett came out from behind his desk. “Jonas is right. It’s been a long day. Why don’t I show you where I set you up? I think I’m gonna call it an early night for a change.”
“That would be great. Thank you.”
I followed him down the long hall until we came to a closed door. There was one of those nameplate holders on the door, but the name had been slipped out.
Bennett nodded his head toward it. “I’ll call down to purchasing and get them to order you a new sign for your office before I go tonight.”
Well, that was nice of him. Maybe it wouldn’t be so awkward between us after all.
“Thank you.”
He smiled and opened the door, stepping aside for me to enter first. “No problem. Here you go. Home sweet home.”
I took a step in, just as Bennett flicked on the lights.
What the hell?
The room had a folding table and a chair set up, but it was definitely not an office. It was a small supply closet at best—and not even the nice kind with organized chrome shelves where office supplies were stored. This was a janitor’s closet, one that smelled like bathroom cleaner and day-old, musty water, most likely because of the yellow bucket and wet mop sitting beside my new makeshift desk.
I turned to Bennett. “You expect me to work in here? Like this?”
A flicker of amusement danced in his eyes. “Well, you’ll also be needing paper, of course.”
My brow furrowed. Is he joking?
Reaching into his pocket, he walked to the folding table and slapped a lone piece of paper down at the center of it. Turning to exit, he stopped directly in front of me and winked.
“You have a good night. I’m going to go get my car fixed now.”
Stunned, I was still standing just inside the closet when the door slammed behind him. The whoosh of air from its closing caused the paper he’d left to fly into the air. It floated for a few seconds, then settled at my feet.
I stared at it blankly at first.
Squinting as it came into focus, I realized something was written on it.
He left me a note? I bent and picked it up for a closer look.
What the hell?
The paper Bennett had left wasn’t a note at all—it was a parking ticket.
And not any parking ticket.
My parking ticket.
The same damn one I’d left on someone’s windshield this morning.

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Book Info:

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 seen 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.
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Meet the Author:

Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author. Her titles have appeared on more than a hundred bestseller lists and are currently translated into 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.
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52 Responses to “Spotlight & Giveaway: We Shouldn’t by Vi Keeland”

  2. Mary Preston

    I re-read books all the time. At the moment I am on an Agatha Christie re-reading binge.

  4. Sonia

    Yes I love re-reading my favorites that leave me in a good state of mind and mood:)

  9. Kate Sparks

    Yes. Sometimes it’s just to catch-up on a series that I have lost track of the weaving story lines.

  10. Juli Huber Hall

    I usually don’t re-read books, I have 1000s to read for the first time.

  14. Marcy Meyer

    I love to reread my favorites, but I don’t take the time to do it all that much. Too many new reads to get to.

  15. Jaime Long

    I like to re-read books depending upon what book it is! I generally like to read them and then listen to them on audio.

  16. Amy Friedentag

    Very rarely do I re-read books. I just have so many on my TBR list to get to!

  24. Marsha Bachmeier

    Not really. I have too many new books waiting to be read. But I will re-read the last chapter or two, to refresh my memory if it’s part of a series.

  26. Anna Nguyen

    love re-reading books. a great book pulls you back in because
    you don’t want to let go of the characters and want to experience it all over again.

  27. Debra Branigan

    I rarely reread books. It has to be a favorite classic or something like the Harry Potter series.

  28. Teresa Williams

    Yes I do.It’s amazing the things I pick up on I didn’t catch the first time.

  36. Linda Herold

    Yes. Mostly I reread books when I have to wait awhile for the next book in a series!

  37. HEATHER SCULLY

    Oh yes, I re read books. All the time. Lol Among my faves are Penelop Ward’s Stepbrother Dearest for my all time fave BBF Elec, The Princess Bride cause no book can ever beat that one, like…ever, Bram Stoker’s orginal Dracula, cause he’s always written the best vampire hands down, and the Gallaghers of Armore trilogy by Nora Roberts, cause you cannot beat a squabbling, yet tight knit Irish family with a pub, set in Ireland, awash in love lore.. Lol But they never lose their grip on me. I love them still to this day. ❤

  39. Anita H.

    No, I don’t re-read, I have way too many new books waiting in my TBR pile! LOL

  43. laurieg72

    I prefer to read new books. I recently reread Jennifer Gracen’s IT MIGHT BE YOU. A very emotional story. Loved it!

  44. laurieg72

    I prefer to read new books. However, I recently reread Jennifer Gracen’s emotional story It MIGHT BE YOU. I loved it!

  48. Natalija

    Yes, I do re read. Actually, I just finished re reading Cry No More by Linda Howard.