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You’re the One I
Want
by Shane Allison
c.2016, Strebor Books
$16.00 / $22.00 Canada
317 pages
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
The Truth Contributor
Mine, mine, mine.
When you were two years old, that was your favorite word.
Everything you saw belonged to you, somehow, one way or
another. If you liked it, it was yours. If you didn’t like
it, it was yours, too. And as you’ll see in the new novel
You’re the One I Want by Shane Allison, some
people never outgrow that.
Don’t think Bree didn’t notice that Deanthony was at
Kashawn’s birthday party.
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Some might think it natural that he would be – they were
twins, after all, so Kashawn’s birthday was Deanthony’s
birthday, too. But Bree didn’t think Deanthony would dare
show his face after what happened. She surely hoped he
wouldn’t tell anyone that they’d slept together, because
Bree was married to Kashawn.
Why did she do it? Bree didn’t have an answer to that. She
loved Kashawn, that was for sure. He was a doctor, respected
in their community, and he was smoking-hot. He loved her,
too, though he knew she had a shady past as a dancer at a
local gentleman’s club. He treated Bree like a queen, so
there was no reason for her to sleep with Kashawn’s brother,
except that she couldn’t resist the way Deanthony looked at
her.
Deanthony had always been a little jealous of Kashawn. Truth
was, he was in love with Bree and he couldn’t understand why
she’d ever choose Kashawn over him. He was better for her in
so many ways, and he knew she’d be happier with him – just
as long as she never found out what he did after he left
Florida to follow his dreams.
Bree’s BFF, Tangela, had a plan.
That was nothing new; Tangela was always planning on Bree’s
behalf because it was all about Bree, wasn’t it? She was
always making Bree’s life better, making Bree’s marriage
better, getting Bree what she thought she needed, helping
Bree make Kashawn happy. All that, it was something Tangela
hated, just as she hated Bree because Tangela really just
wanted Kashawn for herself. And here’s the thing: much like
Bree, Tangela always got what she wanted; plus, she really
wasn’t Bree’s best friend.
Tangela wasn’t anybody’s friend…
Sounds complicated? Yes, it is, somewhat. Confusing
conversation between characters doesn’t help any, either -
but then again, scintillating dialogue isn’t why you’d pick
this book up.
Filled with explicit sex, profanity, violence, lies, and
cheating, “You’re the One I Want” is an over-the-top story
that you might not decide to read in public because it’s
steamy. I mean, wipe-the-fog-from-your-glasses steamy.
Everything else is secondary in this book – the characters
don’t matter, the locale doesn’t matter, even author Shane
Allison’s supporting cast is inconsequential here. The steam
is at the stern, sex is what runs this book, and that’s all
you need to know.
I say that so you’re clear that this novel is
predictable and nasty, but readable. It’s not horrid, but it
is hot. And if you need that kind of escape, grab You’re
the One I Want and make it yours.
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