Okay. Here’s the deal. I wrote a lot of SLAMMED from Will’s point of view while I was writing the initial book. Only because it helped me get inside his head and understand where he was coming from. I ended up putting it all together and could almost make a book out of it, but I’ve been hesitant. Not quite sure if people would even want to read it from Will’s point of view, since we all know how it turns out. I decided I would do a ‘back and forth’ thing between present and past, and I sort of like how it’s working out. However, I shelved it about a month ago and decided to give it a little more thought. But now I feel bad because I’ve got Will shelved.
Nobody puts Will on a shelf.
So here’s a rough draft of the first prologue and the first chapter to kind of test the waters. Let me know what you guys think.
Will’s Story
Prologue
March 3rd, 2012
The honeymoon
If I took every romantic poem, every book, every song and every movie I’ve ever read, heard or seen and extracted the breathtaking moments, somehow bottling them up, they would pale in comparison to this moment.
This moment is incomparable.
She’s lying on her side facing me, her elbow tucked under her head, her other hand stroking the back of my hand that’s resting on her pillow. Her hair is spread out across the pillow, spilling down her shoulder and across her neck. She’s staring at her fingers as they move in circles over my hand. I’ve known her almost two years now, and I’ve never seen her this content. She’s no longer solely carrying the weight that’s been her life for the last two years, and it shows. It’s almost as if the moment we said “I do” yesterday, the hardships and heartaches we faced as individuals were meshed, making our pasts lighter…easier to carry. From this point on I’ll be able to do that for her. I’ll take her burdens, should there be any more, and I’ll be able to carry them for her. It’s all I’ve wanted to do for this girl since the moment I first laid eyes on her.
She glances up at me and smiles, then laughs and buries her face into the pillow.
I lean over her and kiss her on the neck. “What’s so funny?”
She lifts her face off the pillow—her cheeks a deeper shade of red. She shakes her head and laughs. “Us,” she says. “It’s only been twenty-four hours and I’ve already lost count.”
I kiss her scarlet cheek and laugh. “I’m done with counting, Lake. I’ve had about all the countdowns I can handle for a lifetime.”
I wrap my arm around her waist and pull her on top of me. When she leans in to kiss me, her hair falls between us. I reach to the night stand and grab her rubber band, then twist her hair into a knot behind her head and secure it. “There,” I say, pulling her face back to mine. “Better.”
She was adamant about having the robes, but we haven’t once used them. Her ugly shirt has been on the floor since I threw it there last night. Needless to say, this has been the best twenty-four hours of my life.
She kisses down my jaw and traces a trail with her lips up to my ear. “You hungry?” she whispers.
“Not for food.”
She pulls back and grins. “We’ve still got another twenty-four hours to go, you know. If you want to keep up with me you need to replenish your energy. Besides, we somehow missed lunch today.” She rolls off of me and reaches into the nightstand, pulling out the room service menu.
“No burgers,” I say.
She rolls her eyes and laughs. “You’ll never get over that.” She scrolls the menu and points at it with her finger, then holds it up. “What about beef wellington?” she asks. “I’ve always wanted to try that.”
“Sounds good,” I say, inching closer to her. She picks up the phone to dial room service. The whole time she’s on the phone I kiss up and down her back, forcing her to stifle her laughs as she tries to maintain her composure while ordering. When she hangs up the phone, she slides underneath me and pulls the covers over us.
“You have twenty minutes,” she whispers. “Think you can handle that?”
“I only need ten,” I say.
***
The beef wellington did not disappoint. The only issue now is that we’re too stuffed and too tired to move. We’ve turned the TV on for the first time since I walked her over the threshold, so I think it’s safe to say we’re due for at least a two hour break.
Our legs are intertwined and her head is on my chest. I’m running my fingers through her hair with one hand and stroking her wrist with the other. Somehow trivial things like lying in bed watching TV have become euphoric when we’re tangled together like this.
“Will?” she asks. She pulls herself up onto her elbow and looks at me. “Can I ask you something?” She runs her hand across my chest, resting it on top of my heart.
“I do about twelve laps a day on the University track, plus 100 sit-ups twice a day,” I say. She arches an eyebrow, so I point to my stomach. “Weren’t you gonna ask me about my abs?”
She laughs and playfully punches me. “No, I wasn’t asking about your abs.” She leans down and kisses me on the stomach. “They are nice, though.”
I stroke her cheek and pull her gaze back to me. “Ask me anything, babe.”
She sighs and drops her elbow and lays her head back onto the pillow, staring up at the ceiling. “Do you ever feel guilty?” she says quietly. “For feeling this happy?”
I scoot closer to her and lay my arm across her stomach. “Lake,” I say. “Don’t ever feel guilty. This is exactly what they’d want for you.”
She looks at me and forces a smile. “I know it’s what they’d want for me. I just…I don’t know. If I could take back everything that happened, I would do it in a heartbeat if it meant I could have them back. But doing that would mean I never would have met you. So sometimes I feel guilty because I–”
I press my fingers to her lips. “Shh,” I say. “Don’t think like that, Lake. Don’t think about what ifs.” I lean in and kiss her on the forehead. “But I do know what you mean if that helps. It’s counterproductive thinking about it, though. It is what it is.”
She takes her hand in mine and intertwines our fingers, then brings them to her mouth and kisses the back of my hand. “My dad would have loved you.”
“My mom would have loved you,” I say.
She smiles. “One more thing about the past, then I’ll stop bringing it up,” she says. She looks at me with a slightly evil grin on her face. “I’m so glad that bitch Vaughn dumped you.”
I laugh. “No doubt.”
She smiles and releases her fingers from mine. She turns toward me on the bed and strokes my face as we lie on our pillows and watch each other. I pull her hand to my mouth and kiss the inside of her palm.
“Do you think you would have married her?” she says.
I laugh and roll my eyes. “Seriously, Lake? Do you really want to talk about this right now?”
She shrugs. “I’m just curious. We’ve never really talked about the past before. Now that I know you aren’t going anywhere, I feel more comfortable talking about it. Besides, there are a lot of things I want to know about you,” she says. “Like… how you felt when she broke up with you.”
I sigh. “That’s an odd thing to want to hear about on your honeymoon.”
She smiles at me and shrugs her shoulders. “I just want to know everything about you. I’ve already got your future, now I want to get to know your past. Besides,” she grins. “We’ve got a couple of hours to kill before your energy is fully replenished. What else are we gonna do?”
I’m too exhausted to move right now and as much as I can pretend I’m not keeping count, nine times in twenty-four hours has to be some sort of record. I roll over onto my stomach and prop a pillow under my chin, then begin to tell her my story.
Chapter One
Four years earlier
September, 2008
The Break-up
“Goodnight, Caulder,” I say as I flip off the light, hoping he doesn’t crawl out of bed again. It’s our third night together, just the two of us. He was too scared to sleep by himself last night so I let him sleep with me. I’m hoping it doesn’t become a habit, but I would completely understand if it did. I still can’t wrap my head around all that’s happened in the last two weeks, much less the decisions I’ve made. I hope I’m doing the right thing. I know my parents want us to be together, I just don’t think they approve of me dropping my scholarship to make it happen.
Why do I keep referring to them in the present tense?
This is really going to be an adjustment. I make my way into my bedroom and throw myself on the bed. I’m too exhausted to even reach over and turn off the lamp. As soon as I close my eyes, there’s a tap on my bedroom door.
“Caulder, you’ll be fine. Go back to bed,” I say, somehow dragging myself off the bed again to coax him back to his room. He has successfully slept alone for seven years, I know he’s capable of doing it again.
“Will?” The door opens and Vaughn walks in. I had no idea she was coming over tonight, but I’m thankful she’s here. She seems to know exactly when I need her the most. I close my door behind her and wrap my arms around her. “Hey, babe,” I say. “What are you doing here? I thought you were heading back to campus today.”
She places her hands on my forearms and pushes back, giving me the most pitiful smile I’ve ever seen. She walks over to my bed and sits. “We need to talk.”
The look on her face sends a chill up the back of my neck. I’ve never seen her look so distraught before. I immediately sit on the bed beside her and bring her hand to my mouth and kiss it. “Babe, what’s wrong? You okay?” I brush a loose strand of hair behind her ear just as the tears begin to fall. I wrap my arms around her and pull her to my chest. “Vaughn, what’s wrong? Tell me.”
She doesn’t say anything. She continues to cry so I give her a moment. Sometimes girls just need to cry. When the tears finally begin to subside, she straightens back up and takes my hands, but doesn’t look me in the eyes.
“Will…” She pauses. The way she says my name, the tone of her voice…it sends panic straight to my heart. She looks up at me but can’t hold her stare, so she turns away.
“Vaughn?” I say hesitantly, hoping I’m misreading her body language. I place my hand on her chin, pulling her gaze back in my direction. The fear is clear in my voice when I speak. “What are you doing, Vaughn?”
She almost looks relieved that I seem to have caught on to what her intentions are. She shakes her head, “I’m sorry, Will. I’m so sorry. I just can’t do this anymore.”
Her words hit me like a ton of bricks. This? She can’t do this anymore? When did we become a this? I don’t respond. What the hell do I say to that?
She senses the shock in my demeanor, so she squeezes my hands and whispers it again. “I’m so sorry.”
I pull away and stand up, turning away from her. I run my hands through my hair and take a deep breath. The anger building inside me is suddenly coupled by tears that I have no intention of letting her see.
“I just didn’t expect any of this, Will. I’m too young to be a mom. I’m not ready for this kind of responsibility.”
She’s really doing this. She’s really breaking up with me. Two weeks after my parents die and she’s breaking my heart all over again? Who does that? She’s not thinking straight. It’s just shock…that’s all.
“Baby, I didn’t expect this either,” I say. “It’s okay, you’re just scared.” I sit back down on the bed beside her and pull her to me. “I’m not asking you to be his mom, Vaughn. I’m not asking you to be anything right now.” I squeeze her tighter and press my lips against her forehead; an action that immediately causes her to start crying again. “Baby, don’t do this,” I whisper into her hair. “Don’t do this to me. Not right now.”
She turns her head away from me. “If I don’t do this now, I’ll never be able to do it.”
She stands up and tries to walk away, but I pull her back to me and wrap my arms around her waist, pressing my head against her stomach. “Please.”
She runs her hands through my hair and bends down, kissing the top of my head. “I feel awful, Will,” she whispers. “Awful. But I’m not about to live a life that I’m not ready for just because I feel sorry for you.”
I press my forehead against her shirt and close my eyes, soaking in her words. She feels sorry for me? I release my arms from around her and push against her stomach. Her hands untangle from my hair and she steps back. I stand up and walk to the bedroom door, holding it open, indicating she needs to leave. “That’s the last thing I want you to do,” I say, looking her in the eyes.
“Will, don’t,” she pleads. “Please don’t be mad at me.” She’s looking up at me with tears in her eyes. When she cries, the color of her eyes turn a glossy, deep shade of blue. I used to tell her they were the exact same color as the ocean. Looking into her eyes right now almost makes me despise the ocean.
I turn away from her and grip both sides of the door, pressing my head against the wood. I close my eyes and try to hold it in. It feels like the pressure, the stress, the emotions that have been building up for the last two weeks–it feels like I’m about to explode.
She gently places her hand on my shoulder in an attempt to console me. I shrug it off and turn around to face her again. “Two weeks, Vaughn!” I yell. I realize how loud I’m being, so I lower my voice and step closer to her. “They’ve been dead for two weeks! How could you possibly be thinking about yourself right now?”
She walks past me through the doorway and down the hall toward the living room. I follow her as she grabs her purse from the couch and walks toward the front door. She opens it and turns to face me before she leaves. “You’ll thank me for this one day, Will. I know it doesn’t seem like it right now, but someday you’ll know I’m doing what’s best for us.”
She turns to leave and I yell after her, “What’s best for you, Vaughn! You’re doing what’s best for you!”
As soon as the door closes behind her I break down. I rush back to my bedroom and slam the door, then turn around and punch it over and over, harder and harder. When I can’t feel my hand anymore, I squeeze my eyes shut and press my forehead against the door. I’ve had so much to process these past two weeks–I don’t know how to process this, too. What the hell has happened to my life?
I eventually make my way back to my bed and sit with my elbows on my knees, head in my hands. My Mom and Dad are smiling at me from the confines of the glass frame on my nightstand, watching me unfold. Watching as the culmination of all that has happened these last two weeks slowly tears me apart.
Why weren’t they better prepared for something like this? Why would they risk leaving me with all of this responsibility? Their ill-preparedness has cost me my scholarship, the love of my life and now, quite possibly, my entire future. I snatch the picture up and place my thumbs over their photograph. With all my force, I squeeze until the glass cracks between my fingertips. Once it’s successfully shattered–just like my life–I rare back and throw it as hard as I can against the wall in front of me. The frame breaks in two when it meets the wall and shards of glass sprinkle the carpet.
I reach over to turn off the lamp when I hear her open my bedroom door again.
“Just leave, Vaughn. Please.”
I look up and see Caulder standing in the doorway, crying. He looks terrified. It’s the same look I’ve seen so many times since the moment our parents died. It’s the same look he had when I hugged him goodbye at the hospital and let him leave with my grandparents. It’s the same look that rips my heart in two every time I see it.
It’s a look that immediately brings me back down to earth.
I wipe my eyes and motion for him to come closer. When he does, I wrap my arms around him and pull him onto my lap, hugging him while he quietly cries into my chest. I rock him back and forth and stroke his hair until his tears begin to subside. I kiss him on the forehead and pull him closer.
“Want to sleep with me again tonight, Buddy?”
Chapter Two
March 3rd, 2012
The honeymoon
“Wow,” Lake says, quietly. “What a selfish bitch.”
“Thank God for that,” I say. I clasp my hands together behind my head and look up at the ceiling, mirroring Lake’s position on the bed. “It’s funny how history almost repeated itself.”
“What do you mean?” she says.
“Think about it. She broke up with me because she didn’t want to be with me just because she felt sorry for me. You broke up with me because you thought I was with you because I felt sorry for you.”
“I didn’t breakup with you,” she says.
I laugh and sit up on the bed. “The hell you didn’t! Your exact words were, ‘I don’t care if it takes days, or weeks or months.’ That’s a breakup,” I say.
“It was not. I was giving you time to think,” she says, defensively.
“Time I didn’t need,” I say with certainty. I lie back down on my pillow and face her again. “It sure felt like a breakup.”
“Well,” she says quietly, looking at me. “Sometimes two people need to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together.”
I take her hand and rest it between us, then stroke the back of it with my thumb. “Let’s not fall apart again,” I whisper.
She looks me in the eyes. “Never.”
There’s a vulnerability in the way she looks at me in silence. Her eyes scrolling over my face, her mouth curled up in a slight grin. She doesn’t speak, but she doesn’t have to. I know in these moments when it’s just her and I and nothing else, that she truly, soul-deep loves me.
“What was it like the first time you saw me?” she asks. “What was it about me that made you want to ask me out? And tell me everything, even the bad thoughts.”
I laugh. “There weren’t any bad thoughts. Naughty thoughts, maybe. But not bad.”
She grins. “Well then tell me those, too.”
***
I love it:)
I guess lake isnt the only one who slams doors!!
LOVE IT!
OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS.
What was that sound? It was the sound of me throwing my Kindle from the couch in haste to make it to the computer and tell you how *amazing/happy/excited* this makes me!! I absolutely love it.
Sign me up for seconds, thirds, fourths, and more!
I can’t wait to read more! Even if it was just the entirety of Slammed from Will’s perspective, I’d read it (and LOVE it). But I love the idea of some past and some future!
Also I love that Vaughn is compared to the ocean. It makes the Lake poem even more meaningful!
I completely agree!
I didn’t think of that but your so right!
I thought the exact same thing!! It tied it all together and I literally smiled when I realized.
Ditto it definitely made the poem more meaningful!
Definitely made the poem more meaningful now. Can’t wait to read the whole thing!!
Yes!! The moment I made that connection I wanted to go back and reread the poem. Only I can’t because I have already loaned it out…telling everyone, this is my favorite book/series by far!!
I want more! So amazingly and butterflyingly awesome! When can I get my hands on the next one?? I love listening to Will’s version. Cant get enough!
Me too definetly made the Lake poem much more meaningful!!!
OMG yes! As soon as I read that her eyes reminded him of the ocean it immediately took me back to that poem! We have to read more. Can we get a preview of Chapter 2, PLEASE??!!!
I didn’t realize that but hen I reread it I saw it
Might, MIGHT want to read this??????!!!!!! We would be buterflying nuts NOT to…awwwwwwww it was butterflying awesome……..damn straight no one puts Will on a shelf
First of all, you’re right. Nobody puts Will on a shelf.
. Second of all, I would SO read this book from Will’s POV. I love what you’ve posted so far. I hope you choose to publish this. 
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I LOVE it!!! Keep going!
Can’t wait!!
Seriously can’t wait!!
Will needs to come off that shelf missy!!! I almost have no words to speak right now!!! Reading this made me think about your books again and all the emotion that I felt while reading them!!! I fell in love with Will and Lake and this just makes me want more of them!!!! Thank you so much for sharing this and PLEASE give us more!!!!:) Oh and by the way I love the back and forth!!!! It is great!!!
I love it…more please. I read both books and they made me laugh out loud and also cry. I love Will and Lake but the other characters as well.
It’s great. Is it going to be a new book?
OMG!!! That was butterflying amazing! You NEED to finish it! Now that I have had a taste I have to have the rest! Un-shelf Will please.
It’s awesome and i would totally read it from Will’s perspective!
This was the best tease!! You have to finish it! I can’t wait to read more. Will’s past has always been a curiosity of mine.
LOVE!!!!!!!!!!
LOVED IT! can not wait to read more
finish this pretty please with a cherry on top!
Absolutely love it! Can’t wait to read more!
LOVE!
PLEASE give us MORE….SOON!
OMG!! I am in love! I can’t wait until you finish it! I am sooo obsessed with the first two books that I am sooo happy that you are writing another one!! They have def inspired me! I can’t get enough of Will and Lake <3
i really enjoy lake and will. reading this put a smile on my face. would love for you to continue. you can write the same account from two prospectives and you will have two completely different stories. i am looking forward to getting into will’s mind. you are very talented… keep wrting
I love it!!!! Please publish the book from Will’s point of view! I would love to read the whole thing! Don’t shelf Will!
So nice! Please write more!!!
Its great! Please keep going. I really like the mix of past and present.
I cant wait to read more… please keep writing !
I hate pet names. Babe is okay cause it seems so half assed, like me. Baby sounds sappy and like what I say when I’m trying really hard to appease someone or get my way. I say it, but when I hear it I want to vomit. “baby, will you run out and buy me some soda?” But I think it has a lot to do with my personal preference. I’d probably just say, ” what’s wrong?” and if they didn’t answer I’d be all “if your not going to tell me then why’d you come in here crying?” so maybe im not the best judge. And maybe I’ve been in the car 10 hours. I love the rest! Will is so much like crystal it’s unreal, she should play will. Fuck gender roles! Whoo!!
Butterflying AMAZING!! Love this and definitely want more!!
I love it! Hope we get more soon!
YES PLEASE!!!!! Sign me up! I love Will SO much! This is really great Colleen!
Love this! Would totally buy and read the same story from Will’s perspective!
Seriously Colleen!!!! What the hell are you doing to me?!!! Finish it, publish it. Whatever the heck you need to do so I can read the rest of this!!!! [down on hands and knees, begging] LOVE!
Must. Read. More!!
I absolutely friggin LOVE this! Please, please write more from Will’s POV!! This is fantastic
You know i’ll read it! =) The pillow talk in the first chapter could be a conversation anyone has had in a relationship too! I know I’ve had the talk about exes, first impressions, and other major life events – Its impossible not to be curious when you love someone so — totally perfect approach for the book! Keep rocking on girly!
Oh and I’ve totally gotten like half my readers to check out Slammed already — I love it so – and you! xoxo
Please finish! I love reading from Will”s POV. You are able to show more of his vulnerable side and show more of the whys of the situation. From Lake’s POV Will seems stronger than he is actually feeling. I think it would help to complete their story. I’d also love to hear Eddie’s story so keep going’
Oh my goodness! I love it! This needs to become a book so I can continue to read Will and Lakes journey! I like it from his poverty its cute. Please finish this so I can one day buy this!
POV stupid auto type
Will read the rest in a heartbeat! Please write more
I am in the minority here but I like that “Slammed” was from Lake’s perspective and “Point of Retreat” from Wil’s.
This version of “Slammed” seems to move much faster to me.
But, it’s still excellent writing.
At first I didn’t understand the intro when you said going back and forth on the present and past but after reading it I think it’s a great idea. We will be able to share their life as it is now plus get the goods on Wills thoughts. Lakes asking all the questions we wanted to know while reading from her point of view. Also Will comparing Vaughn’s eyes to the ocean makes Lake’s poem more deep! Oh how I luuuuuv him.
I, too, love the back and forth.
Why am I having to approve your comments, Jamie? I thought you had VIP access to this blog? lol.
Wills poem …. you keep your ocean and ill take my lake!!!!
I love it when authors do this sort of thing – and not enough do. You have written such wonderful stories in Slammed and Point of Retreat and I think it will only add depth to those stories by letting the readers in on some more of Will’s insights and experiences. He is a fantastic character and I’m eager to read more from his POV.
Please keep writing this!
I am ready to read the rest of the book yesterday!!!!!!
Colleen, Thank you! I was devastated when I finished Point of Retreat because I thought Laken and Will’s story was over, but I couldn’t be any more excited right now! Please post more! Because I love you for posting this, and because I can’t think of any other way to thank you, I’ll go ahead and email you the original email I wrote to you back in April when I finished Slammed & Point of Retreat.
-Olivia
Colleen, please, pretty please with sugar on top, de-shelve Will’s story and give him to your fans. That was so beautiful to read. Even though your readers know the story of Lake and Will already, there is always a story within a story that still needs to be told. I love hearing stories from a “man’s perspective.” It breathes new life into an already existing story, exhibiting a twist of emotions all of its own. Slammed and Point of Retreat was inspiring, YOU are inspiring. Let Will inspirie us just one more time with his love. “Butterflying” please!!!
Oh! I want more. Please please. I don’t care if it’s the same storry and the same ending. Its different and I always wonder what the other person is thinking when I read it!
OMG OMG OMG You have got to do this I <3<3<3 this I adore will and love lake anything u make them come to life please please please write this <3 ya coll xxx
Ok, you better write more of this before Will gets covered in dust up on that shelf of yours…yeah I know there is dust up there, people talk you know!
I’ve just read Slammed and Point of Retreat this weekend. Brilliant!!! Pretty please I need more!!!!!
Love it! I can never get enough of Lake and Will!
Colleen. . . heartstrings girl. I love the tie in about the ocean by the way- that wasn’t lost on me and it made me remember the poem all over again. Love the physical/emotional descriptions of the breakup scene…I felt it.
I. Love. Colleen. Hoover.
LOVE LOVE LOVED it!!!
I was going to say that I felt closure at the end of Point of Retreat. I felt I could let Will and Lake move on with their lives and live happily ever after. But, then I saw all the comments from your fans who obviously didn’t get enough of this couple from your first two books. If it feels right, you are going to do it no matter what me and all the other minions have to say about it. By the way, it reads beautifully. And once the movie deal comes in, perhaps the screenwriter can use it for more dialogue and scenes!
Yes! Movie deal
Holy HELL!!! That was amazing!!! I wanna read more!!! Write it, write it, write it!!!! The back and forth is awesome! It flows really well! That was a delicious tease Mrs. Hoover!!!
I want more please!!
OMG! That is amazing, PLEASE PLEASE write another book about them! It is just WOW! Also love that I now use “butterfly” LOL an no one knows what I mean. Would love to have you write more about the kids and the little girl that handed out the butterflies to the bullies! I LOVED THAT PART! I actually yelled “you go girl!”. My husband was looking at me a little funny, lol just said “oh butterfly”.
You can NOT stop there! That should be a very clear answer!!!!!!
After staying up all night reading slammed and point of retreat for the first time, I cant wait to read more. The idea of it from wills point of view will give a more complete view of what has happened and the back and forth is a great move. Cant wait to read more of Lake and Will
Loved it. I’m not ready for Will & Lake’s story to end and I hope you decide to write the next one in his point of view.
Love it… I need more. I loved Slammed and Point of Retreat and this is a perfect way to get into Wills head… I,always think about the other characters and what their thinking.. I dont mind going back and reliving the same story as long as I get into Wills head.. While reading Slammed that was all I thought about ”what was will thinking”. The same forPoint of Retreat I always thought the same for Lake. But great job love it.
Omg! It’s wonderful! I can’t wait to read more!
Omg…..you have to write this book. No more shelf time.
Love this…don’t ever want Will sitting on a shelf.
I agree…..Please, don’t leave Will on a shelf! His story should be told….the sneak-peek is butterflying bemazing!!
I agree! Will should never ever be left on a shelf! Can’t wait to read it all!!!! How could we ever get enough of Will and Lake?
Your writing style brings them to life! Please continue!
Oh. My. Glob.
My heart. My poor, poor heart.
That was amazing. Your amazing. Your characters are amazing.
PLEASE RELEASE THIS (SOON)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kthank.
What a treat! I read Slammed, point of retreat, then read slammed again all in three days! I was so excited to stumble upon this! please, please, please finish the damn book! And do it fast!
Loved both Slammed and Point of Retreat…this feels like it completes the first two books…getting to know both sides. Can’t wait to read the whole book!
Loved the first 2 books, and I like where this one is going! I like the whole present and past thing. I want to read more so please dont cancel this book! I definitely want more of this series!
Beautiful, please finish and have it published!
Colleen…I truly loved reading Slammed and Point of Retreat! Read them both two times through this past weekend. I immediately went to your website to see if you had any other books I could read and was thrilled to see this post:). Would love to read more about will and lake. By the way, want to give my husband an avett bros cd for fathers day…he’s a musician and would love the few songs I’ve already heard. Any recommendations on which album I should get? Looking forward to your next published book!!
Thank you so much! And my two favorites are Live, Volume 3 and I and love and you.
Great- thanks!
love love love!! please keep going. You are made of awesome!
alright, please tell me you will place all this into a book, or a novella if it doesn’t take up another whole book. you are an amazingly talented woman, and i love your writing, your style, and your personality. this draft is amazing, and i wish i had a fraction of your talent. keep on keeping it on, and i will keep on reading it on
Well, now you’ve gone and gotten me hooked…AGAIN! I’m like an addict.
It’s amazing you must keep going, everyone needs a “Will” in their life.
I just read Slammed on Fri night, the whole thing in 5 hrs and then read it again on Sat. I have order Point of retreat and I’m anxiously awaiting its arrival. From what I saw isn’t that from Will’s point of view too?
Yes, POR is from Will’s POV.
Hope you like it.
I’m sure I will love it, please write more!!!
Butterflying fantastic! You write it; I’ll read it. Love the present and past alternating scenes. Lush.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I loved it and can’t wait to read the rest!
AHHH! This just made me SO excited!! I LOVE it! PLEASE, please, please keep writing it. It just made my day!! I’m dying to read more. I love the switching from present/past. You’re a butterflying genius!
Love it – so want to follow Lake and Wil. Dying to read more.
Please, please, pretty please! I want MORE! I need MORE! Take Will off the shelf & give me MORE! We all want MORE!
Oh you have to finish and publish this book. I want to read more. =] PLEASE!
I just finished reading Slammed and Point of Retreat… In 3 days total!! Lol.. I could not put them down! Your writing is butterflying amazing! I can see every little thing happening. I felt every emotion. Point of Retreat had me all over the place! Lol.. I felt Will’s panic (I think my heart rate escalated as I read lol) and Lake’s pain (I had a tear, Im not gonna lie). Literally laughed out loud at Julia’s sense of humor and Keirsten at the end. Lol.. I truly fell in love with the characters and I was so sad that it was over. Please, PLEASE, for the love of everything that’s sacred and holy.. PLEASE finish this book! I & love & it!! Thank you for sharing your gift.
I haven’t even read this yet (saving it for a quiet moment at home), but I just have to say PLEASE DON’T STOP WRITING. I love Will and I loved Point of Retreat from his perspective. You could write about him and Lake and all the mundane activities that go on in a marriage and I’d read it. Hell, maybe he can slam their grocery list. I DON’T CARE.
I haven’t even read this yet (saving it for when I get home and it’s quiet and I can savor), but I just have to say PLEASE DON’T STOP WRITING. I love Will and I loved Point of Retreat from his perspective. You could write about him and Lake and all the mundane activities that go on in a marriage and I’d read it. Hell, maybe he can slam their grocery list. I DON’T CARE.
Wow very we’ll written. I just read Slammed and Point of Retreat in 2 days, couldn’t put them down. Can’t wait for the release of this book.
I just finished Slammed and to say I loved it is the understatment of the year!! You are such a talented writer Colleen!! I did just read this snippet from Wills pov and I guess i should have read Point of Retreat first since i now know Lake and Will get married!! Oh well! All the more reason to buy the second book right now!! I loved.. loved reading Wills pov..please DO not stop writing it!! I will buy it..even if it costs 20 bucks. I love everyhing about this story; the characters, the slam poetry, and most of all the fact that i have never laughed or cried so hard reading a book!! Thank you so much for this and please finish this from Wills PoV!!
These books have been a gift to read. I can say that I have EVER read a series as touching as these. My cup runneth over!!! PLEASE… don’t stop writing this story. The world needs more of this story. I have read A LOT of books and all of the fancy authors out there and I can say without any doubt that YOU Ms. Hoover do not compare! This story was undeniably beautiful. Thank you for the gift because it is one I cherish!
So so so so GOOD! Miss Will and Lake! Thank you for this little teaser!
100th comment. Did I win something. I better
You have to finish this!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keep going! This is fantastic. These characters are great and I would love to continue reading their story
I’m your newest fan! I just came across “Slammed” yesterday & now need #3 ASAP…I’m already having withdrawals. Enjoyed the past/present & will’s POV…Please hurry up!
More please! I read Slammed and Point of Retreat in a day! I love Will and Lake! I loved that they were from different points of view.
OMG!!!! Please keep writing this!!!! I finished both books in less than 24 hours. The story is so beautiful and real. I would love to read about what happens to them and the rest of the characters. Do you know if/when that might happen. And “Thank You” for such a touching story.
YES YES YES ! Defiently would love to read Will’s story !!!
I would like to read more of this story.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE it so far!!! Makes me anxious for the entire book!!! Keep writing or compiling…whichever helps get it done the fastest!!!
Want MORE!! After I read Slammed I yelled out “My life is over”! Once I noticed there was sequel. I hurried to purchase Point of Retreat and once again, I yelled out “My life is over”! I’m so happy to know Colleen is working on a third book.
Seriously, the 1st chapter of this new book was such a tease, sounds like Colleen called out “Retreat”. I cant wait for the release, I will consume the book in one day as the first two.
Oh my! I can’t wait to read this story from Will’s POV! I started reading Slammed this morning after working a 12hr night shift last night and just finished DEVOURING both books this afternoon! Honestly these 2 books are now among my top favorites!
Freaking-fantastic!! More please!!
So amazing! Just finished both Slammed and Point of Retreat in the last 24 hours and was soooo sad. I have such a love/hate relationship with the books I stay up all night reading because they are over so fast and there’s such a grieving process. Then – I happen upon your site today and am SOOOOO excited to see this new POV. I wasn’t ready to be done hearing about them and I love the mixture of Will’s POV with the past and present events. CANNOT WAIT!!!
<3 This!
Well said! I feel exactly the same way! I can also relate to that love/hate relationship, and there is most definitely a grieving process once I’ve finished a book or series! I was so happy to come across this snippet, early this morning, after finishing Point of Retreat. I was definitely not ready to be done with Will and Lake!
absolutely loved “Slammed”, hurry, hurry, hurry is all i can say. Can’t wait for Will’s book.
I happened across Slammed and Point of Retreat on Maryse’s Book Blog on Friday, I couldn’t stop reading! I laughed out loud and I cried (A lOT!)! I finished Point of Retreat at about 1:00am and was still so wrapped up in Will and Lake, not wanting to let go quite yet, that I followed the link at the end of the book to your website…low and behold, there’s more!! Thank you for sharing this little tidbit! Please don’t put Will back on that shelf! I would love to get in his head and know how and what he was feeling!
I am absolutely in love with Will and Lake and their story! It is so beautiful and touching. I read both books this weekend and am dying for more… You have to make this the third!
Read both books in three days! I literally cried (and books don’t usually make me cry) while reading them. For the sake of all your fans, please don’t keep us waiting! I will definitely buy a book with Will’s POV….
I loved Slammed and Point of Retreat. Will and Lake’s story is beautiful and amazing. Your writing is amazing. And these Slammed chapters from Will’s POV? Once again, amazing. So, yes, I would love to read more from Will’s POV too! I’d buy it for sure
I seriously cant get enough of lake and will. I finished both books in two days. I hooe their stories continue with more books. I lovr them!!!!
You’re on my new favorite authors list thanks to my kindle. As much as you are now one of my new bestfriends, how dare you leave us hanging! You must finish the book now! Because I love advertising for my other best friends… heck out foreveryoungadult.com. they’re my first source for finding authors. (Susan Ee and Verojca Roth are my two other new best friends!
I would like you to include more conversation between will and lake which would be usefull for more couples and lovers to understand their partner. Thanks
#amzeballs – you HAVE to finish this!!!!
xxxx
I. Butterflying. LOVE. This! Please hurry up and finish!!!! Xox
Ahhhhhhhh!!!! (This is me gritting my teeth and smiling at the same time.) I cannot wait for this book to come out! I love Will and Lake! I am an avid reader, a book a day, most days. I have read several since Point of Retreat and I can’t seem to even focus on them because I keep reliving Will and Lake’s story. Please, please hurry and release this new book.
I am actually begging.
I can’t wait! I absolutely LOVE it!!!!! HURRY!
Jeezus! I can’t wait for this. Gah! This is so exciting. I love guy’s POV. especially if it’s Will’s. Love it <3
I can’t tell you how butterflying excited I am right now! I can’t wait for Will’s story
Would love to read it
And this piece really sounded great. So.. Keep up the good work and make us happy with this amazing story of yours 
This will definitely be on my “to-read” pile!
MORE! MORE! MORE! It’s butterflying perfect and I love any continuation of their story. Please, please, please! I would buy the book.
well i think that if you don’t continue with it… im gonna be super pissed!!!!!! I LOVED ALL THE BOOKS!! they were amazing!! they blew my BUTTERFLYING MIND!!! and YOU Colleen Hoover are a genius… i love these books because it didn’t just end with a happily ever after but a true happily ever after, one with struggles… it was very touching ..and i COMPLETELY fell in love with both Will and Lake…
Just finished both books in the last 48 hours. I’ve pretty much accomplished nothing else though. I need more!! Colleen…seriously you must write more. These books were amazing! I was just sitting here laughing at Will and Lake…then 2 min later I’m totally in tears. So many emotions. You did a wonderful job and I cannot wait to read your next book.
OMG…so frustrated that there isn’t more right now. Yes, would buy this in a heartbeat. Just finished reading the first two in all of 24 hours. Please, please, please…finish this!!! Please don’t put Will back on the shelf.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE FINISH THIS BOOK!!. I WOULD TOTALLY READ IT!!!
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I love, love, love, love it and OF COURSE I would read it! =)
I read both books in two days. I loved them both. I cannot wait to read the third installment. This little teaser was butterflying awesome. I can’t wait to read the whole thing.
Oh, I love this Colleen. Remember, I said I wanted more after the wedding? This is perfect & I love it from Will’s pov. I hate it when books end right as it’s getting good!!! Not that I hated anything about Point of Retreat- I just wanted more! I hope this turns into a book because it sounds wonderful so far.
Ohmygosh!!! I LOVE IT. I can’t, and I mean CAN’T, get enough of Will and Lake. I will soak up and devour ANYTHING you write about them. Seriously, it’s fantastic. More PLEASE!
TY, Colleen for sharing these amazing books , cant wait to read Will’s pov
Omg, I LOVE this! Thank you so much for giving us a glimpse into Will’s story. I can’t wait to read it in its entirety! And, I have to agree about the reference to the ocean, when regarding Vaugn. That reference seriously made my heart smile, thinking back to Will’s poem for Lake. I just love how you tied that together.
Hellooooo, I would absolutely read it!!!! It doesn’t matter that we know how it ends…I need absolutely need to read Will’s POV and your writing is so amazing I would read anything you wrote! You are so gifted
Thanks for this amazing story xxx
Colleen, hi from your new fan in Sydney, Australia.
THE BOOKS!! they were amazing!! they blew my BUTTERFLYING MIND and they are making me BUTTERFLYING Happy!!! I love these books because you wrote it so beautifully … it was very touching … and I fell in love with both Will and Lake. I now need to get back to reality and stop ignoring my gorgeous husband who had been so patience with me while I was reading your books
We might??? I want sooo bad to read any Will’s POV..ANY!! Please o ahead…I’m waiting…
Gee bus Colleen. You’ve done it again. You’re one of the few authors who have basically teased me into jumping in and starting and finishing your books and/or book series. I cannot wait for Wills POV. Thanks for the teaser, getting excited for it! Even though it may be a while before ita published! Lol good luck, again!! You’ve done great!!
Ohhhh it’s so great!!!
I WANT MORE!
Yes, Colleen, please write another one!!
Love the tie in with reference to Vaughn and the ocean. Made me read Wills poem again just for fun. This story your telling is amazing! Can’t wait for book 3. I could read 10 books on these two!!
Wouldn’t it be amazing if there were ten books about them!!! And the ten more about kel and kiersten! And the another ten for Eddie, Gavin , and their baby girl! And another ten for Abby and Caulder!!
“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
love.
Love it! Can’t wait for more.
Loved it! It was butterflying awesome! And congratulations on your new home!
omg, i cant wait!!!!!
I absolutely Loved both books, read them in 2 days. I’venever cried and laughed so much in one book! I cant wait to read about will! Please hurry!!
Absolutely cannot wait for more!!!
I loved that little teaser, can’t wait for more. You are such a talented and gifted writer. I have never cried or laughed as much while reading like I did with both your books. I quickly went to Amazon to find more books but was very disappointed there wasn’t any yet. I am on pins and needles waiting to see what you come up with next.
You absolutely need to finish writing it!!!!! It is amazing and will answer so many questions I had about Will. Please I am begging you!! Finish writing this!!!!!!!!
Please More!!! So good!!
Love it! Please finish it soon! I read both books (#1& #2) over the last 2 days cuz I just couldn’t put them down. My husband may have been a little annoyed that I ignored him all weekend, but I really enjoyed being curled up with the books!
I cant wait to read more! #3 is off to a great start! Please hurry!
OMG, I love it…can’t wait to the read the whole book.
OMG! God your good!!! Love It! Can’t wait! Please don’t let us wait to long, I love your Writing on this story. I make my heart skip a beat just waiting for the next part!
I want to reread the books again. I already read them twice on my kindle. I going out to get the hard cover so I will always have them to reread whenever I want too! You are a BUTTERFLY great writer!!! Thank You!
It’s bemazing! Love the story from Will’s pov, please deshelf the story and release it to your ever patient fans that have grown to love Will, Lake, and all the others like we’re old friends. Thank you for a sneak peek and thank you for two amazing books.
We loved this!! I say we because I read Slammed and POR with my niece over the past two days. They are amazing! We can’t wait for more of Lake and Will’s story! Thank you for such great books!!
I would love to read this book! I was really upset when the second book ended at their honeymoon! I would love to know if they eventually have children of their own, or how their brothers like being brothers instead of just friends. Do they end up adopting the other brother as their own; just incase something happens to the other one?
i want more please! can’t get enough…love their story!! please write more….
Thank you so much for writing this beautiful story. I just love what you’ve posted and I think an entire book with the back and forth from past/present would be amazeballs.
I just finished reading the series in a matter of 3 days!!!!! I could not butterflying put the book down it was so amazing! I definitely got schooled! I cried and laughed I was so moved! You have to finish and publish this ASAP! I am badly hooked! You are amazing
HOW DID I MISS THIS!!!!! OMG I WANT MO0000ORE!!!
Love this!! Please write more of Lake and Will, love them!
I just have to say I am a reader, and I read so many so different genres, but this series is the best I have ever read, I so couldn’t put the book down! Staying up till 4am! At work all day shaking my leg anxiously until I got home to read more of Will and Lake! I fell in love with the characters immediately! I was so hooked and when I finished POR I wanted more, I didn’t want it to end! That’s what made me go online and research any other books you may be working on and after reading this tease I so want more of Will and Lake! Thank you for writing such a butterflying amazing series!
OMG – please keep writing. Want more Will
I LOVE it! I want to find out what about Lake made him ask her out! PLEASE continue and publish this or give us more of a sneak peak
PLEASE!!!
Please continue to write more amazing books. I will buy them all. !!!!
Keep it coming…
I can’t wait to read more!
I think it’s time to take Will off the shelf, please, please, please!!! I would love to learn more about his past and how they get to know each other better!
I love it, can’t wait. Especially liked the part where Will described Vaughn’s eyes as the ocean to confirm that his poem in Slammed was indeed about her and choosing Layken. <3
Oh WOW!! I’m so very happy that I have discovered your books! I have read them both in the span of a day. Yes, Thats right …. I have done nothing today but read. Can’t wait for Will’s Story. Love these characters. Love your books! Thank You for both!
Oh my God, please publish this one, so far it’s great and we need to know how everything goes after the honeymoon. I love your books, please continue and Eddie’s story sounds like a really good idea
I love how it’s from Will’s point of view. I would love to read the whole book. These books are amazing!!!
PLEASE finish this book!! It’s been a while since I read the first two, and I forgot how much I love Will and Lake.
I read both books now, but truly wish you would finish Will’s Story. I think Will is one of the best characters I’ve come across in a long while.
So I was randomly looking through my Amazon Kindle App, trying to buy a book that could make my heart flutter the way that this book “Easy” did for me. I honestly didn’t think that there was another book out there that compared to it – Compared might not be the right word, or relate, cause they’re two totally different stories.
At first I didn’t want to buy “Slammed”, cause I was being stubborn, but something was drawing me back to it. So I bought it, and read “Slammed” in 48 hours – Couldn’t put it down! Was crying and laughing and felt so privleged (however u butterflying spell that word), to beable to live, in this day-of-age,
I hate the ‘send’ button sometimes! Anyway I wasn’t quite finished writing what I wanted to say. So, what I wanted to say was that it was an honor to live amongst talented and gifted writers in this day-of-age, that can write such beautiful stories, like this one, that can make your heart flutter and more. This book is infinity times better than the ‘Twilight’ series….
I love it!!! Please finish it already!!! I love Will and Lake’s relationship…these books are so addictive!!! When is the release date for Will’s Story?
OMG i cant WAIT!!!!! I LOVE Will and the love between Will and lake is so butterflying CUTE!!! Cant wait till this books comes out!!
You have to publish Will’s POV! This little teaser was amazing!! I want to reread the whole story hearing his thoughts, he was such a lovable character! =)
When is this book coming out!!!!
Yup! I would totally read this! I need more!
I would most definitely read this. What a place to leave off at!! I think his POV would be VERY interesting.. I hope to get to read it, soon!
Stumbled upon these books. Great reads! Would love Will’s Story. It is very good like the others.
Love It!!!!!!!
PLEASE finish this!!!!!!!!
My first thought when I read this was how Vaughn’s eyes were like the OCEAN…..and I instantly thought of the Poem ‘The Lake’ – and the new depth in the meaning of that poem…I would have never had that extra meaning without reading this – so thank you!
LOVE LOVE LOVE! I love WILL!! I want MORE and would buy this in a heartbeat!! Please take Will off the shelf!
I hope you butterflying release Will’s point of view soon. Cant wait to read more.
MORE…Please Please Please!!!!
I love Will’s POV!! Please publish!!!!
This is FABULOUS… ok, beyond fabulous. MUST. HAVE. MORE. ;>
I soooo hope you publish this. It makes things a little more meaningful and understanding reading what I read. Like the whole her eyes and the ocean and the poem her wrote. I can’t even imagine what else it will bring more light on if I read the whole thing.please please please….publish this book!
Yes please I will have some more!! Loved all of it!!!!!
I love it!! Can’t wait until its finished!!!
Omg… please don’t hesitate to finish this… I can’t wait to hear Wills story!!
Okay so I’m a month behind in reading this excerpt. You are doing it to me again… Like I can’t breathe. My heart hurts yet smiles when I read your (fill in the blank cuz I have no idea how to describe what you do… It’s beyond writing).
I love the past present format! The ocean metaphor is poetically epic!!! Damn I hate Vaughn.
Can’t wait for the final draft.
Man, do you SOAR!
Please please please please please finish this!! I read both books in two days! I can’t get enough if this story and these characters!!!
You are a phenomenal writer and I loved both books…just like everyone else cant wait for this book!!!!!
More please!
How did I not stumble in to this before…. Please please publish!!! It’s absolutely butterflying fabulous!
LOVE IT!! I’ve read both books in a day and a half and can’t get enough of Layken and Will. I feel so much connection to them and and loved reading what is to come!
Enjoyed the books tremendously. Read them this weekend. I agree with others that there are many unfinished stories here, and look forward to reading them. Even bought an Avett Brothers tune on i tunes. Loved the poems as well. Someone should link the bully one to Bully –the documentary’s facebook. If not done already.
I love it! I love what you have posted so far and I’m dying to read the rest. Please put this book out there! I love the idea of the story being full circle. And…Vaughn and her eyes being compared to the ocean…wow! It’s makes it all just fall together.
OMGoodness….PLEASE continue!!! I love these characters. Well done, Colleen!
OMG!!! Simply amazing & I can’t wait until its been completed… Hopefully really soon
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LOVE! Can’t wait to read it!
I love both books u have already put out I feel like I know lake and love will please keep writing wills POV I think hes great I think u are a great writer can’t wait to uput out wills pov
LOVE this idea!!! I am really glad that Will’s Story will have some of the present in it too! I’m hoping to hear more about Will and Lake’s marriage and life with their brothers and friends.
I love The Lake poem even more now. You Rock!
I like the way you slipped in the fact that Vaughn’s eyes are the color of the ocean
I can’t wait to read this!!!!!
Reading the first chapter Will’s point of view, gives me hope there is still more to come in this series. I feel truly enriched from reading these books. You really really do have a meaningful reason for living. Its to give the rest of us inspiration. Thank you for letting us live thru your imagination. I will be looking for more from you!!
You absolutely have to publish this book PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! I have never read a book from the other characters POV and would love to. I so want to know more of his thoughts when he first kissed her in the both at their first slam, I also want to know his thoughts when he saw her in the hall way at the school and how he felt when they where apart before they started dating. In Point of No Retreat when Will shared with us how he was able to see her in the window when she was watching him from her house got me all excited to hear more from Will.
I also love your idea about writing a book from Eddies POV to.
Love Lake & Will’s story! I have four kids and have not slept in 2 days b/c I couldn’t put it down:) I read in that “Will’s Story” would be published by the end of the summer. It’s getting close, so I hope that is still true. I love how you go back & forth. I love seeing their new life as husband and wife. I hope you continue that. Any recommendations for what I can read in the mean time? Thanks for Lake & Will! XX
Please publish another book,from Will perpective…please
I love Lake and Will…all the characters in this story. I want more! I can’t wait to read the rest of Will’s Story! You have made me laugh, cry, love, and hope… Thank you!
OMG!!! Amazeballs! That excerpt was butterflying fantastic! You have to finish this book! I cannot get enough. The ‘back and forth’ thing is a genius way to set up Will’s POV and to get more of the story. I have read about twenty books in the last few months and this series is by far my absolute favorite!
Absolutely love Slammed and Point of Retreat, they came up as a recommendation on Amazon after downloading some other romance stories on my kindle. I have to say my only negative is that they were way to short….I just loved them both, I have never laughed and cried so much in my life over a book, a true roller coaster of emotions and I felt every one. Am loving the extract you have printed above and the fact that Vaughn is the ocean is a stroke of genius and just makes the whole “Lake” slam just so meaningful, it made me well up again. I can’t wait for this book to be released, please finish it soon, I need more!!! Congratulations on two fabulous books you are truly talented x
Omg!!!!!!!! I absolutely butterflying loved it! You need to take Will off the shelve and give us more.
This preview was amazing! I really loved it and I hope you decide to finish it and publish it!!! Please, please do! It was BEMAZING!!! I love the story of Will and Lake, every single line of it.
Oh my goodness!!!!!! I am so in love with this story, I just read Slammed and POR in 24 hours! I love reading a story from both individuals pov. You are an amazing writer and this is one of the most butterflying bemazing books I have read lately. Please please please publish Will’s story!!!!
I just read both books and this chapter in 2 days….and I have 3 kids! I think your a literary genius! I love it all!
Me to stephanie, 3 kids and finished in 2 days! I feel lost now that I’m done.
More more more more!
Take Will out of the shelf PLEASE!!!!!!
I read Slammed and Point of Retreat in a day. IM DYIMG FOR MORE OH PLEASE.
I agree DON’T shelf Will. I would read this in a heartbeat as will many of my friends on goodreads.. “No one shelf’s Will.” Just like “No one puts Baby in a corner.” lol
I don’t think you will have any qualms from anyone if you put a POV out there from Will. I love getting the POV from the guys perspective even more than the gals at times.
Oh my goodness. That is butterflying amazing! And butterflying tease!!! I love you already Ms Colleen!!! I really do!
I loved this and cannot wait to read more! This story is going to be soooo good. Thank you for doing this. I loved how Will compared Vaughn’s eyes to the ocean. It adds so much more significance to his poem “The Lake.” You are so talented. I just can’t wait for the entire book!
Please Please hurry and finish this!!!!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!
Love it! I just read Slammed and Point of Retreat in 2 days. I would definitely read this book! I totally agree…The Lake poem means so much more by just that extra line we would have never known about without reading this! Love these characters!
SOLD!! I absolutely need to have you finish this book!
AH!!!!! ITS AMAZING!! Finish it please!!!!!!!!!! and the ‘OCEAN’ reference to Vaughn’s eyes, I finally understand the ocean and lake poem Will performed in Slammed! Please finish I’m dying to read more of the past and FUTURE for Will and Lake and Everyone else involved! Thank you!
Oh i hope you print this book i would love to read it! The first two books were so beautifully written made me feel i was going through it.
More!!! I need more! You are amazing
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Love it love it!!!! I am in withdrawal …. I need more Will and Lake
). You are so talented thank you for sharing! I will buy Will’s Story as soon as its released!!!! You are amazing Colleen <3
I am a bit late to this particular party since I only just discovered Slammed and Point of Retreat (and read them in just a couple of days), but I would absolutely LOVE to read this! .
OMG!!!!! absolutely amazing love, love, loved it!!! I love the concept from past to present. Looking forward to more
OMG, I LOVE THIS. I love that it will include current details of their relationship now that they are married. My biggest dissapointment with the way book two ended was I felt like we missed out on getting to experience the emotions of their first time together. We go through such an emotional rollercoaster that I wanted to know all the details of their first time together, what he whispers to her, how he is with her knowing its her first time. UGH I sooooo wanted that.
Can you PLEASE give us an idea of when the 3rd book will be out. PRETTY PLEASE WITH SUGAR ON TOP.
Ahh! I’m dying over here! If you do finish and publish this book, I will be first in line to get a copy. NO DOUBT! I love this teaser!
You just have to publish this!!!! It is soo good.
I am excited….read both books in 1 day…(not kidding)I couldn’t put the books down. Can you blame a girl? Nope… I loved your writing…and then I visit your website and I died a little bit more when I read this. Please bring it to light and publish it. I will also join all these ladies in purchasing it for my Kindle. I seriously thought my Kindle was going to go into overdrive and die from all the page turning I did today.
Good job…can’t wait for your next installment. Your books (Slammed and Point of Retreat) were the first books I have read that had me in tears & giggling. The only bad thing is I think you raised the bar on what men should be like… I gave my husband the heads up
Please publish this, and the sooner the better! I would absolutely read it! I read Slammed on Wednesday and Point of Retreat on Thursday and I want more Will and Layken!!
oh wow I can’t believe I’m just now reading this!!! I can’t wait for the whole book to come out!
I’m a little late to the party, but have enjoyed exploring your past posts! I love the fact that you allow your readers to become a part of your passion. I love the teasers and the rough draft samples! As others have already mentioned, I love the connection with Vaughn’s blue eyes and the poem…very nice! The playful banter between Will and Lake is refreshing! Love Will’s POV and the present/past mix up…it’s a great dynamic! Another fan here urging a 3rd book. However please, please let the musician in Will come out!
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I absolutely loved Slammed and Point of Retreat, and I was very sad when they ended because I wanted to keep reading more about Will and Lake. I already love what you have done so far with this book and would be thrilled if you finished it and it was published. Keep up the good work!
Colleen- WOW!! Thanks for the teaser! I am looking forward to another one of your fantastic reads!!!
You are a fantastic writer! I finished both books in 2 days! Please keep writing. It is hard to find a book that captures you the way these did. I cried, I laughed, and I was totally in love.
Please release this book!!! Its amazing. I love the story so much!!!
OMG! I loved this!!!
Okay, Colleen, where’s the finished product!!?? I need to know Will’s Story!
I seriously cannot wait for Will’s POV to be released…not to rush you, BUT PLEASE HURRY!!!
I can’t wait for this book !
I agree with the other comments. This preview makes me excited to read more. I do really hope that you choose to complete this book and publish it for the Slammed fans to read!
The previews are awesome!! We all already know this book will be brilliant just like the first two…..continue pleeeeeeeaassee!!!
You totally have to make a book I would butterflying love to read a book from wills pov. I’m already dying to read the rest of this book and I’ve only read a prologue and 2 chapters
And one more thing WILL CANT GO ON A SHELF!!!
Bridget, have u read point of retreat? It’s wills pov and it’s already out.
I have just this minute finished reading Slammed. I loved it, it made me laugh and cry and I couldn’t put it down. But as soon as I finished I logged onto my computer and started googling which is how I came across this.
I would love it of you were really going to publish wills side of the story (please don’t shelf it!) are you still working on this at the moment? I honestly can’t wait to read the entire thing.
Amy
Amy have u read point of retreat? It’s the second book and it’s already out.
I absolutely love the excerpts. I can’t wait for the book!
Yes, I definitely believe u need to bring Will out of the shelf.
U have a talent and a gift!! U HAVE to finish it and continue this story. It is butterflying beautiful and u have given us such a gift by developing these characters that have become heros in my mind. I want more more more!! Please consider taking Will off the shelf – LOL
Such a wonderful read!!
I have to be honest and say I read Slammed bc it was listed on books to read after 50 Shades on Amazon. I cannot say how glad I am that I did read it. I downloaded and read Slammed & then POR yesterday–yes both in one day! I loved them both and cannot wait for a 3rd book after reading this preview.
oh wow please bring it out sounds amazing
I can’t believe I have read both books in one week. I feel lost now, I can’t wait for you to write more. You truly have a gift and I am so excited I ran upon your books. Thanks so much!!
I love these two! Can’t wait for another book!!!
This is going to be a great follow up to the first two books! Please finish it so we can all read it. The story between them, the obstacles they have to go through, I was crying multiple times throughout the book. I’m so happy the book ended the way it did, however, I can’t help but to want more!!
I absolutely loved both books and Will’s version! I can’t wait to read more! Both are fabulous reads and I sat and read both in one day. I couldn’t put them down!
Love it! Cannot wait to read the rest!
I also read both books in a day – I am hooked. I can’t wait to read more. Both books made me laugh, cry and hold my breath – you are an amazing author because I felt like all of the characters were apart of me. I will read anything you write!!
I need this to be a book ASAP!! I love the characters and would love to know more about Will’s past! When will this come out?
BTW I read the two books in about 24 hours! Couldnt put them down! Cant wait for more
Absolutely love this series. I wish there was more because I can’t get enough of WilI and Lake. I bought the iBook version and paperback because I wasn’t patient enough and needed my fix. Please continue with Will and Lake’s story.
Counting down the days until Will’s Story becomes available! Absolutely love the 2 books!!!!
I love how you compared Vaughn’s eyes to the ocean, it made Will’s poem about he would rather have a lake then an ocean make perfect sense!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE finish this story!! I can’t get enough of Will and Lake. Love your stories. Love your writing. You’re awesome!
Loved!
So glad I found this because I just needed to read more!!!
I hope you will eventually go back to Lake’s POV after this book. I would love to know her thoughts as well. I liked walking along with her in Slammed.
You are by far the BEST WRITER out there!!! I will be reading all of your books from here on out!
I love Lakes POV however I love hearing Wills POV it shows what guys think. We as females always almost know what each other thinks!
Thanks
Please finish this book! I bought your books 2 days ago and could not put them down! I would buy this book as soon as it comes out!
Thank you!!!!
I don’t usually read romantic books, but I stumbled across Slammed and kept reading. I also read Point of Retreat, both amazing books. I can’t wait for my boy Will’s story! This has definitely been my sweet for the week!!
Please make this happen, i have just read your 2 books and really am craving more. You had me feeling like i was there with them. It felt real. Love novels like this…
I would totally buy it and read it! I am hooked on the pair of them and the love story involved.
Please, please give us the rest of this story!!! I can’t get enough of Will and Lake! I’m so intrigued by their love. This has been a great series! I read both books in one day. I couldn’t put it down and when I finished the first book I was craving more!
It definitely helps me understand the Ocean and Lake Poem. I can’t wait to read the rest of the book. PLEASE come out with it soon!!!!
OMG I love it! I absolutely fell in love with your books! I was so sad when I finished them because I so badly wanted more! I absolutely loved all the characters! You are a fantastic author. Please keep them coming!
Omg that was absolutely amazing!!! Love how it didn’t just pick up from the beginning of slammed but is a back and forth past future thing. I’m hooked! CANNOT WAIT for the final product. His comparison of Vaughn’s eyes to the ocean was a great tribute to the poem-loved that as well. Please give us a release date.
I can’t wait for Will’s side!
I read Slammed last night until 3am (my first day of school was today- I teach 2nd grade). I was exhausted @ 5:30am, but i was worth it!! As soon as I got home today, I read Point of Retreat. N
I can’t wait for Will’s side!
I read Slammed last night until 3am (my first day of school was today- I teach 2nd grade). I was exhausted @ 5:30am, but i was worth it!! As soon as I got home today, I read Point of Retreat.
Loved them & can’t wait for the next one(s)….
Thanks!!!!
Please don’t put Will on the shelf again! Love this.
LOVE it!!! please continue!!
I love your books and i definetly need more! I love the beginning of ‘Will’s Story’ you must continue. Great work ♥
Would love to read more so I’m waiting for it… I loved both slammed & point & retreat. Great reads. Ty
Absolutely loved Point of Retreat and Slammed. Can’t wait for Will’s story!
I can’t wait for Will’s story!! Please no more shelving Will!
I love hearing from Will’s perspective. This will give me the opportunity to hear all the wonders I had when I read Slammed. It was such an emotional roller coaster. I like his perspective, for sure. It is definitely a sweet moment.
I never want this series to end. It is by far the best story I have ever known. Keep writing their story as long as you can, PLEASE!
Absolutely loved it! You have to finish it!!! Can’t wait to read more!!!
More please! Thats was butterflying good
Please publish this book!!! I have just spent the last 24 hrs completely ignoring my family reading slammed and point if retreat, I can’t remember enjoying a book more, and would live to know what happens next. Please don’t shelve it!!!!!
Oh butterfly me! Don’t think I can wait!
I just read both the books today. I started at 7 this morning and just now finished. Immediately after I read it, I hurried to the computer to find out if there was MORE. I loves these books; they’re just so pure, and amazing, and bitter-sweetly realistic, and there aren’t anymore words to describe them. To read the book from such a complex and deep character like Will would be amazing – to just get inside his head!
Love the book,can’t wait for another one
Please don’t leave Will on a shelf!! Love your books!!
Love it!!!! …..Please finish. PLEASE!!!!!
God dam women ! What are you doing to me! I read point of retreat and slammed yesterday and I cried when I thought it was over! Now this! I am sooooo happy I’m gunna cry again! Damn straight nobody puts will on a shelf! I lovvvv the past and present thing! Get answers to qs You had while with laken and get to see what happens during honey moon!!!! Omg release more! I bet most people or at least me would read the whole series over again just to get wills pov. On everything!
not even jking!
I’m thrilled reading this…I’m so excited and just can’t hide it…no..no..no..no..!!!can’t wait for your 3rr book! Thank you so much and it’s butterflying amazing!!
Love it, would love to read more!!!!
Love will’s story!!!!
I just love this! Can’t wait for more.
I am so moved and just amazed at how profound Will and Lake are.
OMG!!! I need to read more!!! At first I was excited about there being a third book even though it was going to be Slammed from Will’s point of view but I LOVE the idea that it is just going into flashbacks so we STILL get to see more of Lake and Will. I almost jumped out my seat when Will refers to Vaughn as the ocean because I think back to the poem Will wrote. I LOVE the story of Will and Lake, I can’t wait for book 3 and however more there will be!!! I’ve become obssessed with this book since I read both books in a week. I just couldn’t ever sit it down.
Loved the Books! I hope the third book is published soon! I can’t wait to read more!
Loved it cant wait to finally read the end of their story do they have a family ect
I love it! Can’t wait for it to come out!
What about a continuation of the story with Eddie and Gavin??? Eddie has a really interesting background and since they will be living across the street from Lake and Will, they would still be able to be incorporated in Eddie and Gavin’s story. But Will and Lake ended in a “happily ever after” so it may actually be difficult to continue their story….there were no loose ends left untied. I’d love an Eddie and Gavin book!
Please please please publish this! I read your first two books this weekend and felt sad after finishing that I couldn’t keep reading more of their story. I love these characters and their lives together…. I can’t wait to read the third, fourth, fifth story of Lake and Will!
Release date?????
LOVE IT! Can;t wait until the release of this book!!
I just totally LOVED Slammed and Point Of Retreat. Anything from Will’s POV would be amazing. I cannot wait until it get’s released!
I would so read it!!! Will is amazing and so is lake please please help my addiction to will lol
More more more!!!!
I would definitely read Slammed in Will’s POV!!! Loved this little teaser, but now really need MORE!! Thank you
Oh, and I loved the reference to Vaughn and the ocean… It makes the poem Will wrote more meaningful!
In love with it already! You are amazing!!! Can’t wait to keep reading
Love love love it
Love, love it!!!!! I can not wait to read the rest!
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Loved it!