KANDYIt was love at first sight when I met Mr. Cane.He was handsome, broody, tattooed, and rich. For years, he’s been mine. He just didn’t know it. I wasn’t expecting to fall in love with him, or for him to want me in the ways that he did.None of it was ever supposed to happen, but after all we’ve done together, it’s too late to turn back now. A once harmless crush had blossomed into so much … blossomed into so much more.
CANE
When we first met, she was just a kid – my best friend’s daughter. A sweet, young girl with a big heart. But now, she’s a young woman who knows what she wants, and all she wants is me.
I’ve tried holding back, pretending the connection meant nothing, but my sweet candy cane made it impossible. If anyone finds out, I’ll be ruined. I’ve worked too hard to lose everything I’ve built. But there’s just something about her that tempts me, making me want to sacrifice just about anything to have her.
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A great story. Anxiously awaiting sequel coming in July.
O.M.G!! Williams just killed me! Killed me with hotness, with angst, with that ending!!!! Honestly, I love May/December romances to begin with, but then add in the forbidden dad’s best friend element and Wowza. I was hooked.
I really loved both of these characters. Cain was a little grumpy, super over protective and genuinely cared for Kandi. He was completely torn about his feelings and I loved being inside of his head.
I really liked how Williams wrote Kandi’s character. She gave us an 18/19 year old girl that acted exactly like she was supposed to. Stubborn, and little bratty and bold. Her attraction and attachment to Cain driver her to push boundaries with him. This leads to a lot tense moments and some seriously hot moments.
There is a lot of great conflict in this story. Admittedly I felt a little stabby with some of Cain’s actions but I still loved him throughout the story.
If you love forbidden stories then this is a can’t miss. I’m really looking forward to the second book.
Man oh man do I love a good forbidden romance!! Kandy and Quinton’s story is so much more than I expected. Taboo, angsty, panty melting and beautiful all rolled into one amazing package. It sucked me in almost immediately and I was hooked clear to the end. And holy cow, that ending left my jaw on the floor.
Shanora Williams has another smash hit in her hands with Wanting Mr. Cane. It’s sweet and sexy and every bit naughty! Since Kandy was nine Mr. Cane has been a constant part of her life. Over the years he’s watched her grow and now that Kandy is older she wants him, only problem is he’s her fathers best friend. A moment of weakness and giving into their desires Kandy and Mr. Cane embark into a forbidden romance.
This book is smokin’ hot!!! Page after page this book sucks you in and you will not be able to put it down! An excellent story line and great character development! I cannot wait to get my hands on the next one!!! This book is a must read!!!
That. Ending. Though! What a freaking cliffy! Shanora Williams definitely knows how to leave a girl hanging and wanting so much more. I’ve bitten my nails raw, squirmed my butt off, and just about shredded my sheets from clawing at them. Every single thing about this book will hook you in right from the get go. It’s the kind of hot and sexy that make the pages go up in flames, and just seductively captivating in every which angle you look at. It’s pure, unrestrained taboo.
“Doesn’t matter what kind of shit we go through, you’ll always be mine, Kandy. Doesn’t matter how fucked up the situation is, or how wrong it fucking feels…you are mine.”
Kandy Jennings is an eighteen-year old getting ready for college, while Quinton Cane is the CEO of a million-dollar company, who also happens to be the best friend of Kandy’s dad. He’s been around the Jennings family since Kandy was nine, but now, things are changing. Unraveling. Little Kandy isn’t so young and innocent anymore. She knows who she wants and she won’t stop until she gets his full attention.
These two may have a seventeen-year age gap between them, but with the relationship that grew and blossomed between them, you won’t be able to help but just swoon and drool over them. Their chemistry was absolutely off the charts and sizzling. Ms. Williams truly worked her magic in this story and made something so wrong feel complete and utterly right. Taboo? Forbidden? What even? Just know, after reading this, you will yearn for your own version of Mr. Cane—trust me.
“I could want him all I wanted, but I couldn’t have him. He was never going to be mine.”
Wanting Mr. Cane is a steamy, heart pounding forbidden romance of epic proportions. This is Shanora Williams’ signature style at its peak. The heat was enough to burn the whole house down. The tension and slow burn—both sweet, addictive tortures you won’t be able to get enough of and will leave you aching for more. The emotions so potent, you’ll find yourself clutching your chest, at the edge of your seat worried what will happen next.
This story, these characters… Shanora Williams has just crafted, yet again, an entirely new series that’s enough to bring you to your knees and have you outright begging for more. If you fell in love with Theo and Chloe in Tainted Black, you’re in for a delightful, delicious and unforgettable treat with Kandy and Mr. Cane! Now, gimme more!
Well this book certainly left me wanting Mr Cane alright. This is a lovely juicy slightly taboo, forbidden romance between Kandy and her father’s much older best friend Mr Cane and I say romance because at no time did this story feel wrong or sleazy.
Kandy meets the mysterious enigmatic Mr Cane when she is just 9 and over the years develops a crush on him as we briefly scan the early years. However, once Kandy turns 18 things shift in the dynamics of their friendship as she is over just wanting Mr Cane.
Mr Cane, is hot, I have a crush on him too. He did his best to deny his attraction to Kandy but once he dipped his hand in that sweetie jar then wow did Mr Cane come into play. A domimant, dirty talker that I wasn’t expecting. The scenes between him and Kandy were scorching hot, only added to by the sneaking around, hiding from Daddy angst.
This is a lovely slow burn book that feels like it is just building the air of suspense and mystery surrounding Mr Cane and the mind blowing cliffhanger has left me desperate for the next book. I can’t wait for more of these two.
Why you should read it:
Wanting Mr. Cane is a compelling, intense and sexy age-gap romance with a twisty cliffhanger. Quinton Cane is Kandy’s father’s best friend, and she’s had a crush on him for years. He finds out just as she is about to leave for college and realizes that he’s attracted to her, but he is, understandably, extremely conflicted on what to do. He tries to resist her, but circumstances push them together in an intimate and emotional setting, and he finds himself giving in to their sizzling chemistry. But Kandy and Cane’s happy-ever-after is going to be a hard fought one and not just because of the taboo-nature of their relationship, and I can’t wait to see what happens next. The second book, Breaking Mr. Cane, will be out July 12.
Wanting Mr. Cane by Shanora Williams is the First book in the Cane Series. This is the story of Kandy and Cane.
Cane is best friends with Kandy’s father since she was little. Kandy has always been fascinated by him but when she started getting older it turned to a crush. Then later when she was older it became love. But Cane tried to fight his feelings for her when they started to change from that of a caring friend to her but it was hard to resist. Cane started dating a women name Kelly and brought her around to deter Kandy from her growing feelings but it didn’t stop them.
There feelings have taken over but now they have been found out….what’s to come next?
This book does end with a cliffhanger sitting us up for the next installment in their story.
Super steamy, large age gap (17 years), taboo romance! Kandy and Cane are the characters and Cane is her dad’s best friend. Slow burn, so angsty, which is my favorite!! I can’t wait to see what happens in book 2 which comes out in a few weeks. Cliffhanger!!
Wanting Mr. Cane by Shanora Williams is a phenomenal read!
As soon as I heard the synopsis for this novel, I knew that it was going to be one that I had to read as soon as I possibly could. When you combine age gap, forbidden romance, and a best-friends daughter storyline, you have an unputdownable novel.
Kandy and Cane are two unforgettable characters. They have such a passion and chemistry between them, that no matter what circumstances were thrown between them, they were still “destined” to be together. When you add in the super steamy sex scenes, you have a novel that will leave you reading the book wide-eyed, and sweating.
I cannot wait to see where Kandy and Cane’s story is going to go next!! Bring on the next book!!
If I could give it a million stars, I definitely would.
5/5 Stars!!
Yesss, as much as I enjoyed Shanora Williams’ fun and sexy Nora Heat stories – I have been dying to get my hands on a new story with Ms. Williams’ brand of angst and drama. And, boy, did she deliver with this one. Deliciously filthy, forbidden and unexpected. Damn that freaking cliffhanger in the end!! It was to be expected… yet it still blindsided me. Ugh. The amount of questions swirling in my head is insane – I need the sequel like yesterday!
Filthiness and sinfulness – even twists – aside, WANTING MR. CANE is so absolutely my jam: Give me something forbidden, something taboo – the dirtier and more controversial the better – and you have one absolutely blissed-out bookworm.
Kandi and Mr. Cane: After I was done chuckling over these names, I was sucked right into their tale: Kandi has been infatuated with Cane since the very young age of nine years, and this strong pull never lessened but instead became so much worse over the years. Cane has been overprotective of Kandi for a small eternity, falling slowly but surely deeper into the net of attraction and desire the more time passed.
Sounds like the perfect slow burn romance, right? Well, almost, because here’s the problem: Cane is seventeen years her senior – and her father’s best friend. For the both of them to develop feelings that surpass an amicable level is all kinds of wrong – but acting on them… immoral and unacceptable: a big, fat NO! They knew all that, and that there would be consequences should they ever act on what they were feeling – and not only in regards to their relationship with Kandi’s father. But once temptation overrides common sense and becomes unbearable, there is no other option for them to cave and give in to their sick desires…
Hell, that man is dirty. Dirty and sensual and raw. …really, just so damn hot I could hardly stand it. Add to that his purely alpha, dominating tendencies and Kandi never stood a chance…
And just to be clear: Yes, this book is sexy and dirty and whatnot, but it would be a Shanora Williams novel if it didn’t pack a punch – and not only emotionally. There’s so much happening, so much suspense, so many little twists you’ll never see coming – all with two people desperately trying to fight their attraction in an effort to not destroy the feelings of people closest to them…
I’m so ready for more!
A forbidden attraction that neither can deny or suppress. Where will it lead Kandy and Cane?
Kandy knew that Cane was dangerous the first time she laid eyes on him. Although she was scared of him at first, there was just something about him that intrigued her. As the years passed Kandy found that her curiosity turned into a crush, and her crush into love. Although she knew what she wanted she couldn’t have, for goodness sake he was so much older and her dad’s best friend, she had to have Cane. Once Kandy set her mind on something that was it!
Cane adored Kandy, his best friend Derek’s little girl. She was feisty, smart, sweet and one fierce girl. But soon Kandy no longer was a little girl, but a beautiful, sensual, and sexy as sin woman. He knew his thoughts of Kandy were wrong, and although he tried his hardest to stay away her persistence to break him down worked. All he could think about and lust over was Kandy. That one night changed it all and there was no way either could go back to how they were. Cane and Kandy knew the risk, but did really understand how their relationship would affect all those they love?
Kane is this broody man with such a sad past, but I know that Kandy sees him for who is and not his wealth. I so want them to have their HEA!
Shanora Williams is a brilliant! Wanting Mr. Cane had me sitting on the edge of my seat, constantly waiting for the ball to drop. The story is packed with suspense, sexy, forbidden, angst, lust, and most of all love. My draw dropped at the ending and I haven’t been able to get Kandy or Cane out of my head.
So, I have to be honest. This author is one of my favorites but I just wasn’t sure how she was going to take a trope (Dad’s Best Friend), that is usually found in the short and hot type books and make it a series. I figured I would like the book because I enjoy the author’s writing but didn’t know if I would love it. Would it be too drawn out, would it just be wordy or too many fillers? The answer to all those questions, is NO! This book really took me on a journey and when the last page came, I was not ready for it to end. I am desperately waiting for book 2 now.
This book had so many emotions running through me. It really took me by surprise. There is obviously the forbidden aspect of the book but there is just so much more. There is angst, happiness, love, family, heartache, anger, and so many other feelings attached to this book. It is hard to say too much about this book because there are things that I do not want to give away. There are some twists and turns and some holy sh*t moments, along with the steamy, funny and emotional ones.
These characters will draw you in and pull at your heart. This book really did take me by surprise, I wasn’t prepared to feel everything I did and I wasn’t prepared to get pulled completely in by the characters. I could really feel the struggle that Cane and Kandy were going through, fighting their lust and their hearts. This is a must read book and I am on the edge of my seat just waiting for the next book to hit my Kindle.
OMG!!!! I need a breather, I need to gather my emotions, but I am restless because I want and utterly need more! Seriously this author….Shanora Williams knows how to write a forbidden taboo romance that always seem to get me hooked. HOLY. FREAKING. SMOKES!
“Kissing her felt like I was both drowning and breathing at the same time. How was that even possible? How could she give me life and damn near kill me at the same time?
The story of Mr. Quinton Cane and his best friend Derek’s daughter, Kandy Jennings is one that will have you torn. You will either give into this relationship with an open mind or are totally against it. My mantra throughout the read is that when all is said and done “she is an adult.” Actions has consequences and the question is whether the risks are worth it at the end.
A crush that may have started at a young age and grew over time that never went away. The beautiful, alpha, successful man who knew but never acted upon her feelings until he see and realizes something more in her. They both have some kind of unspoken hold on each other that they cannot let go. They have a sweet friendly relationship filled with banter and care that someone looking in would see as normal with a family friend.
The angst and the tension, the longing looks, the lust, the irrefutable sparks. It starts off wrong on soooo many levels but over time you begin to crack and splitting into pieces. A long term friendship versus the undeniable connection to someone so forbidden. To top it off…that cliffy just did me in. I am at a lost although I could sense something was coming. I just did not expect to get a double whammy leaving my jaw dropping and a sleepless night thinking how their story will turn out. How do I want this to play out? No doubt my mind is reeling from all directions. Damn is it July yet?!?
After taking a minute to calm my nerves and maybe a shot of tequila… or two, I now can only try to put words together about this book. THE STRUGGLE IS REAL!
Shanora has definitely treated us with this taboo treat and done it amazingly well as always. Wanting Mr Cane will consume you whole while devouring Kandy and Cane’s story and leaving you feigning for the next book. A perfect chemistry with not only an age gap but also daddy’s best friend definitely made the forbidden even hotter. And the feels…gah! Not sure what messed me up more, the angst, suspense, or the hotness leaving me squirming in my seat. The twists and the adrenaline you get just from this story will keep you biting your nails to the nub and give you the almost getting caught feeling right along with these characters.
Wanting Mr Cane is part 1 of this series and does end in a cliffhanger. This slow burn, must read is amazingly written in dual POV. All I can say is you must read this book and enjoy the ride! I can not wait for book 2!! Books like this one are the reason Shanora will always be one of my automatic 1click authors.
HOLY SHIT! I absolutely loved this book! Literally couldn’t put it down when i started reading it! You can just feel the sexual tension between Kandy and Quinton(Mr. Cane). Its seriously HOT!!! That Kelly is such a Bitch and seriously she tries to act all sweet but OMG she needs someone to teach her a lesson!!! The end of this book left me so excited for the next book but at the same time im also left we so many feels because my heart just hurts for them both!!!! I seriously cannot wait for the next book to find out what happens! Because I’m almost 100% sure Kelly just open a HUGE can of worms and things arent gonna get easy anytime soon for Quinton (Mr Cane) or Kandy anytime soon!
5 STARS FOR WANTING MR. CANE!! Wow, Wow, Wow, Give me Mr. CANE!! This story was PERFECTION in everyway for me age gap, forbidden, great characters and so hot. I could not turn the pages fast enough and never wanted to read the end. This is one story you will want to read.
Whoa Whoa Whoa!!!! Wanting Mr. Cane just blew me right away! I can’t even right now, I’m trying to recover from this emotional ride but I’m not sure I even want to be saved!! Shanora Williams just did the dang thing with one of the most epic stories of 2018! Mark my word because this series is guaranteed to be in my top favorites of the Year! Forbidden romance at it’s finest, this story will hook you from the start and have you panting through to the final page! It’s scandalous and sexy, it’s forbidden and emotional and it’s going to take you on a ride so wild you’ll be begging for more.
These Characters who you will no doubt fall in love with were created to perfection. Kandy is this young beautiful girl who’s the apple of her parents’ eye. With a strong will and a determined mind she knows just what she wants and she will not stop until she succeeds. Mr. Cane is this sexy mysterious man. He’s the owner of his very own million dollar company with an allure so strong you can’t get enough.
These two have a chemistry like no other but is it worth the risk? With ultimate temptations testing their every move and treasured friendships on the line, what exactly will go down in this unforgettable story?!!
Sorry…..I’m not one for spoilers! LOL READ THIS STORY!! I can promise you that this amazing book is worth every second of your time!!
Congratulations Shanora!! Girrrlll you just created a masterpiece!! I’m sooo proud of you!!!
What happens when your crush turns into more? What happens when you’re lusting after someone twice your age… This one was a delicious, slowburn, filthy fantasy about falling for your dad’s best friend. Plenty of chemistry, great characters, seriously hot sex scenes and plot twists that had me gasping out loud!!! A major cliffy had me slamming my Ipad on the bed shouting NOOOO!!!! I need more of these characters ASAP.
Wanting Mr. Cane by Shanora Williams 5 Stars!!
This book is a must read! It is a forbidden romance between a barely 18 year old and her dad’s best friend who is her senior by 17 years. The characters are easy to relate to and true to life. The first time the reader is introduced to Kandy, she is 9 years old. She is a typical girl. She writes about Cane in her journal and I loved to read her inner thoughts and emotions that she put down. The reader gets the privilege of watching her grow up and mature throughout the book. Kandy’s infatuation with Mr. Cane grows also. She goes from infatuation to crushing on him. From there, she starts to love him and falls head over feet for Mr. Cane. This story had me hooked from the beginning. I really enjoyed the progression of Kandy’s love and maturity. Cane is there for “Bits” and the Jennings through thick and thin. It seems he brings joy to the whole family with his presence. He is a CEO and founder of Tempt and a multimillionaire. The Jennings don’t see him in that way. He is just Cane, Derek Jennings’ best friend. Mr. Cane is so much more than meets the eye!
I highly recommend reading this book about forbidden love and a hot Alpha male. In true Shanora Williams fashion, this book will leave you raw. It is an emotional rollercoaster with twists and turns the reader doesn’t see coming! Make this your next read, you will not be disappointed!