Hard core fucking.
It’s not what I really
want, but it's all he has to offer. He's filled with turmoil and heartache and
regrets, but for two hours every Wednesday all he feels is me. How much I
desire him, how desperate he makes me, how much I'd like things to be different
between us. Real.
He used to be my best
friend back before he got married. And now? Now, he’s a young widower. It'd be
wrong on so many levels to expect something more from him. So I give him what
he needs. Dark delicious fucking. But I know I can’t keep this up. I've already
given him my body, my soul. I want him to have my heart. It might drive him
away forever, but that’s a risk I’m forced to take.
Wednesday is an angsty
romp told from dual points of view. If you’re in the mood for something quick
and dirty, you’ve found it. Proceed at your own risk.
I’d thought about
calling this whole thing off countless times—telling him no the next time he showed up at my
door at two a.m. with a wild look in his
eyes, his fists clenched at his sides, and whiskey on his breath. But I always saw what was beneath—his broken
soul that needed soothing, and a heavy
heart that I alone knew how to handle with care.
Who was I kidding? The only way I knew to make him feel better was to reach down and palm his erection, and whisper that I needed him.
I wanted him to heal. I wanted him to be okay. And for those few hours every week, if he could lose himself in me, I was only too happy to oblige.
Who was I kidding? The only way I knew to make him feel better was to reach down and palm his erection, and whisper that I needed him.
I wanted him to heal. I wanted him to be okay. And for those few hours every week, if he could lose himself in me, I was only too happy to oblige.
About Why I Wrote this Book
The concept for
what would eventually become WEDNESDAY was one of those random ideas that
popped into my head in February 2016. It was a Saturday morning—you know the
kind where you’re still lounging in your pajamas, drinking coffee, and picking
at breakfast several hours after waking? Yes, one of those. My kids were
playing on the living room floor, my husband flipping through a magazine across
from me. It was winter in Minnesota, which meant it was absolutely freezing out
and we had no plans to go anywhere.
I grabbed my laptop
and wrote out the blurb for a book I knew I had no time to write. I e-mailed it
to my publicist and said, “What do you think about this idea?” Her response was
enthusiastic, something along the lines of, “You need to write this book! Right
now!” So I opened a blank document, and soon I had the beginning of a first
chapter.
Because this
project didn’t fit into my writing schedule (like, at all), I decided that I
would continue writing the books I was supposed to in order to keep on track
with my releases, but that I would write one thousand words a night on this
book too, and just see where it took me. It was a hard couple of months,
alternating between two projects—one I would write during the day in present
tense, and this book in the evening after dinner, dishes, and bath time, in
past tense. This book was basically written with the help of wine, my couch,
and a good playlist, which I included for you at the end.
Chloe and Shaw
didn’t even have names for the first several weeks. I didn’t outline or plot. I
had no idea where the story was heading . . . I just had a
haunted what if question in my head.
What if the man
you’d grown up with, your lifelong best friend and secret crush, suddenly lost
his wife? In what ways would his grief shape your new relationship? To what
lengths would you go to be there for him?
Is it
controversial? Inappropriate? Maybe. But love doesn’t have boundaries, and in
telling this story, I let these heartsick, broken characters lead me. I knew
they could find their happily-ever-after. And I also knew it would be a short
story. Those were the only things I knew for sure.
I’m so glad that I
stuck with it and spent all those evenings allowing their story to unfold. I
hope you are too.
A New York Times, Wall Street
Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of more than a dozen titles, Kendall
Ryan has sold over 1.5 million books and her books have been translated into
several languages in countries around the world. She's a traditionally published
author with Simon & Schuster and Harper Collins UK, as well as an independently
published author. Since she first began self-publishing in 2012, she's appeared
at #1 on Barnes & Noble and iBooks charts around the world. Her books have
also appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists more than
three dozen times. Ryan has been featured in such publications as USA Today, Newsweek,
and InTouch Magazine.
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