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by Bella Andre


  But when their summer fling quickly spirals into deeper emotions than either of them were expecting, can they survive the heat between them? Or will Rafe make the biggest mistake of his life and end up losing the best thing that's ever happened to him?

  Enjoy the following excerpt from THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT...

  A lone man had just ridden up on his motorcycle, the ends of his dark hair whipping out from beneath his helmet.

  Now that, thought Brooke with immediate female appreciation, is what wild and free looks like.

  Her parents had taught her it wasn't polite to stare, but she couldn't remember why that admonition mattered as she watched the man pull off his helmet and run a large hand through his hair. She couldn't see his face yet, but she didn't need to see his features to know just how good-looking he was. His shoulders were incredibly broad, and even from a distance she could see how big--and how capable--his hands were where he gripped the handlebars.

  She was so busy reeling from a blast of pure lust for the stranger as he stepped away from his motorcycle that it took her a moment longer than it should have to realize that he wasn't a stranger after all.

  "Rafe?" His name came out as little more than a stunned whisper. "Is that really you?"

  Her question was loud enough that he finally turned to face her. Only, instead of responding, he didn't say a word, didn't even move.

  All he did was stare, but it was okay, because she was busy staring right back.

  People often said memories made things sweeter than they actually were. But Brooke now knew that wasn't true at all. Not only had she not embellished how good-looking Rafe Sullivan was over the years that they'd been apart but, if anything, her recollections had sorely underplayed just how gorgeous he truly was.

  His hair was dark and just a little too long, his skin was tanned, his jaw was dark with stubble, and he was so big and tall that she knew she'd have to stand on her tippy-toes and wrap her arms around his neck to kiss him.

  The thought of doing something like that had her body instantly going warm all over despite the cool breeze. She'd been little more than a baby the first time she remembered setting eyes on Rafe, but even then, he'd stood out from the rest of his siblings as more fun. More daring. And infinitely more beautiful.

  When he still didn't say anything, she took a step in his direction. "It's me, Rafe. Brooke Jansen. Remember?"

  Finally, the intensity of his dark gaze shifted into one of recognition. "Little Brooke," he said in a low voice that rippled over her, "how could I forget you?"

  She had spent far too many years squashing her wild impulses. But following a wild impulse wasn't what sent her straight into the arms of her favorite Sullivan without a second thought. It was pure happiness at finally seeing him again.

  He caught her against his chest as she hugged him tight. He smelled so good, and the bare patch of skin above his T-shirt was so warm despite the cool evening air that she couldn't resist burying her face against him. As she held on tight, she felt safer than she had in years. She'd lost too many of her favorite people from childhood, and was infinitely grateful to be given the precious gift of one of them back in her life.

  She might have held on to him like that forever if it hadn't been for her sudden realization of just how good his hard, heated muscles felt against her cold, wet, nearly bare skin.

  The little girl inside her had thrown herself into his arms...but it was the woman she'd become who wanted to move even closer.

  When she was eight years old, the crush she'd had on Rafe was sweet. Innocent. But what she was feeling now was decidedly not sweet.

  Nor was it anywhere close to innocent.

  Wild. The thought--no, it was more desire and pure need than it was a cognizant thought--came at her in an instant: I want to be wild with Rafe Sullivan.

  ...Excerpt from THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT by Bella Andre (c) 2016

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  BOOKS BY BELLA ANDRE

  The Sullivans

  The Look Of Love

  From This Moment On

  Can't Help Falling In Love

  I Only Have Eyes For You

  If You Were Mine

  Let Me Be The One

  Come A Little Bit Closer

  Always On My Mind

  Kissing Under The Mistletoe

  One Perfect Night

  The Way You Look Tonight

  It Must Be Your Love

  Just To Be With You

  I Love How You Love Me

  All I Ever Need Is You

  Every Beat Of My Heart

  Now That I've Found You

  Since I Fell For You

  Sweeter Than Ever

  The Best Is Yet To Come

  Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You

  You Do Something To Me

  Every Time We Fall In Love

  The Maverick Billionaires

  Breathless in Love

  Reckless in Love

  Fearless in Love

  Irresistible in Love

  Wild in Love

  The Morrisons

  Kiss Me Like This

  Tempt Me Like This

  Love Me Like This

  Game For Love series

  Game For Love

  Take Me series

  Love Me

  Take Me

  Stand-alone Novels

  Candy Store

  Ecstasy

  Red Hot Reunion

  Tempt Me, Taste Me, Touch Me

  Hotshot Firefighter series

  Wild Heat

  Hot As Sin

  Never Too Hot

  Bad Boys of Football series

  Game For Anything

  Game For Seduction

  BELLA ANDRE writing as LUCY KEVIN

  Lucy Kevin is the "sweet" pen name of Bella Andre. Lucy Kevin books are fun, flirty and romantic--without the steamy scenes.

  Married in Malibu Series

  The Beach Wedding

  The Summer Wedding

  The Barefoot Wedding

  The Walker Island Series

  Be My Love

  No Other Love

  When It's Love

  All For Love

  Forever In Love

  The Four Weddings and a Fiasco Series The Wedding Gift

  The Wedding Dance

  The Wedding Song

  The Wedding Dress

  The Wedding Kiss

  Stand-alone Lucy Kevin novels

  Falling Fast

  Sparks Fly

  Seattle Girl

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Having sold more than 7 million books, Bella Andre's novels have been #1 bestsellers around the world and have appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists 81 times. She has been the #1 Ranked Author on a top 10 list that included Nora Roberts, JK Rowling, James Patterson and Steven King, and Publishers Weekly named Oak Press (the publishing company she created to publish her own books) the Fastest-Growing Independent Publisher in the US. After signing a groundbreaking 7-figure print-only deal with Harlequin MIRA, Bella's "The Sullivans" series has been released in paperback in the US, Canada, and Australia.

  Known for "sensual, empowered stories enveloped in heady romance" (Publishers Weekly), her books have been Cosmopolitan Magazine "Red Hot Reads" twice and have been translated into ten languages. Winner of the Award of Excellence, The Washington Post called her "One of the top writers in America" and she has been featured by Entertainment Weekly, NPR, USA Today, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and TIME Magazine. A graduate of Stanford University, she has given keynote speeches at publishing conferences from Copenhagen to Berlin to San Francisco, including a standing-room-only keynote at Book Expo America in New York City.

  Bella also writes the New York Times bestselling "Four Weddings and a Fiasco" series as Lucy Kevin. Her sweet contemporary romances also include the USA Today bestselling Walker Island series written as Lucy Kevin.
/>   If not behind her computer, you can find her reading her favorite authors, hiking, swimming or laughing. Married with two children, Bella splits her time between the Northern California wine country, a 100 year old log cabin in the Adirondacks, and a flat in London overlooking the Thames.

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