Blog Tour: Winning Back Ryan by S.L. Siwik
Blurb:
After
a horrible day at work, I came home to find my boyfriend...in a curious
position. After determining why he was unhappy, I, Anne Watson, decided to try
and fix our broken relationship. My four closest male friends, however, had
another idea. Revenge.
**Content
Warning: This book contains a sexual assault scene and mature material. **
Synopsis:
·
Anne
Watson comes home from work to find her boyfriend cheating.
·
While
taking a shower, he explains why he's so unhappy in their relationship, i.e.
his excuse for cheating.
·
Determined
to fix her relationship, she speaks to her four closest friends, all male, for
their advice.
·
She
decides to start running with her best friend, Brian, every
morning.
·
Each of her friends helps her with an aspect of trying to reclaim her relationship, though noone wants her back with Ryan.
·
They
show her proof of how much of a dog he really is. It is the breaking straw for
her.
·
Now determined
for revenge, she continues everything that she was doing before, only now it's
to mess with her ex's head, not to have him back.
·
Throughout the story, she realizes that she is in love wtih her best friend, who has been in love with her for five years.
·
As
they try to move from friends to lovers, she also learns that her other close
friend, Ben, has been harboring feelings for her for years, but won't do
anything out of loyalty to Brian.
·
When
Anne is finally ready to move on with her life and leave her apartment for
good, Ryan cannot accept it and attempts to rape her.
·
Ben
saves her and the book ends with her ex in jail and Anne now living with Brian,
her now boyfriend.
·
Set
up for love triangle between Ben and Brian.
Top Ten Book Boyfriends
1. Travis Maddox
2. Kellan Kyle
3. Edward Cullen
4. Gavin Blake
5. Bennett Ryan
6. Max Stella
7. Gideon Cross
8. Lucas
9. Shades
10. Rule
Top Ten Love Triangles
1. Edward, Bella, Jacob
2. Kellan, Kiera, and
Denny
3. Travis, Abby, and that other
guy ;)
4. Emily, Gavin, Dillon
5. Emma, Cole, Evan
6. Elizabeth Bennet,
George Wickham, and Fitzwilliam Darcy
7. Bridget Jones, Daniel
Cleaver, and Mark Darcy
8. Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan,
and Tom Buchanan
9. Allie, Noah, and that other
guy ;)
10. Harper, Brandon, Chase
(Few pages into this series.)
Five Fun Facts:
1. I am a chocoholic. I have
reserve stashes strewn about my house.
2. I grew up horse-back riding
and competed seriously. Instead of turning pro, I went to college
instead.
3. My favorite color is
purple.
4. I have thirteen piercings on
my body-9 in my ears, 1 in my nose, 1 in my labret, 2 in my belly button.
5. Large crowds make me
nervous.
Excerpt Ben and Annie in the park after a
night of drinking:
“Oh, look!” I shouted,
pointing ahead. Ben looked ahead at the large park in front of us. “Do
you have any idea where we are?” I whispered. He shook his head. I laughed so
hard that I snorted. “Come on; let’s go see what trouble we can get into over
there.”
We walked through the park
for a while before I complained about my feet hurting from my high heels. In
front of me, I saw a fountain, so I let go of Ben’s arm, running towards the
monument.
I yanked off my heels,
tossing them and my pocketbook onto the ground before climbing into the
fountain.
“What are you doing?”
he shouted in exasperation.
“Cooling off,” I explained
as I began running around in a circle. When I made my way around to him, I
splashed him with water. “Come on in.”
He glanced down at his now
wet clothes, then up at me.
“That’s it. You’re going to
get it now.” I shrieked as I began running in a circle, wading through the
water, making sure that I didn’t slip on the coins littering the bottom of the
fountain. I heard splashing behind me, so I knew he was gaining on me. I turned
around, kicking water, spraying him from head to toe. He wiped the water off
his face, before splashing me with water, his strong arms being able to spray
me with more water that I could ever hit him with in one try.
My hair and polka-dotted
dress were soaked, and I wrung my hair out before shrieking and running away
from him.
“Watch out!
I’m gonna getcha!” he shouted as we ran around the fountain. On one
trip around, I was looking behind me and smashed right into his chest. When I
looked up, I realized he had figured out to run in the opposite direction. He
flashed me a cocky grin as his hands grabbed my arms to keep me from falling
over as I laughed loudly. I placed my hands on his chest to steady myself more as
the world began to spin, feeling the wet cotton beneath my fingertips, his
chest heaving. I glanced up into his whiskey-colored eyes, who were staring
down at me with an emotion I couldn’t place. They slowly made their way down my
face, stopping on my lips before his brows pulled together. He took a
step backwards, and then hopped out of the fountain.
The world was still
spinning, though, so I stumbled backwards and held on to the statue in the
middle of the fountain, throwing my arms around the marble. I wrapped my right
leg around the base, while my head rested against cool tile as the water
sprayed down onto my body. I licked a drop of water hanging from my upper lip
and when I opened my eyes I found Ben looking at me with that same expression I
had never seen on his face before.
“Why did you get out?” I
asked.
“Someone needs to watch out
for the cops while you frolic around like a faerie.”
With my head still against
the cool stone, I said, “What can I say? Every once in a while, a girl needs to
frolic.”
I could feel rather than see
his smile. “In that case, keep on frolicking, Princess, just be ready to run
when I tell you to.”
I yawned while enjoying the
feeling of the water pouring down on my overheated, alcohol flushed
face. “God broke the mold when he made you, Ben.” I rolled my stiff neck
to listen to it crack. “He really outdid himself that day.”
Chuckling, he pulled his
cigarettes out of his back pocket. He opened them, and groaned in annoyance
before sliding them back into his jeans.
“Too wet to smoke? What
a shame.” Part of me thought that I was being a brat for mocking him.
He threw me a half-dirty
glare, though he smirked. “Just get your dancing out now. I still need to get
some food in you.”
“Yes, food does sound good,”
I admitted.
“Let me guess. You skipped
dinner.” I heard the tone of disapproval in his voice.
“Maybe.”
He made
a tsking noise, and I didn’t bother to defend myself. He was right; I
had been stupid.
“Come on. Let’s get you some
food.” I released the marble statue, walking towards him. I stumbled to get out
of the fountain, and he caught me before I fell. He shook his head. “You’re
such a mess.”
I glanced down at my shoes
and grimaced. My feet were still killing me.
“Do I have to wear
them?”
He rolled his eyes. “You can
hop on my back while I hail a cab.”
I smiled widely at the idea
and he turned around while I picked up my shoes and pocketbook. I wrapped my
arms around his neck and jumped up. He grabbed the back of my knees as he
starting jogging out of the park.
About the
Author:
She loves going to
NJ diners on the weekendor inspiration, drinks a pot of coffee a day, and loves finding new music
to add to her playlist. Author to Just Good Friends and Winning Back Ryan.
Getting
Back Annie, Office Perks, and Sirens and Sweethearts are soon to be
released.
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