All I Ever Need Is You

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) 2013.

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  Please also enjoy the following excerpt from the first San Francisco Sullivan book, THE LOOK OF LOVE...

  Chloe Peterson is having a bad night. A really bad night. The large bruise on her cheek can attest to that. And when her car skids off the side of a wet country road straight into a ditch, she's convinced even the gorgeous guy who rescues her in the middle of the rain storm must be too good to be true. Or is he?

  As a successful photographer who frequently travels around the world, Chase Sullivan has his pick of beautiful women, and whenever he's home in San Francisco, one of his seven siblings is usually up for causing a little fun trouble. Chase thinks his life is great just as it is--until the night he finds Chloe and her totaled car on the side of the road in Napa Valley. Not only has Chase never met anyone so lovely, both inside and out, but he quickly realizes Chloe has much bigger problems than her damaged car. Soon, Chase is willing to move mountains to love--and protect--her, but will Chloe let him?

  Enjoy the following excerpt from THE LOOK OF LOVE...

  Chase almost missed the flickering light off on the right side of the two-lane country road. In the past thirty minutes, he hadn't passed a single car, because on a night like this, most sane Californians--who didn't know the first thing about driving safely in inclement weather--stayed home.

  Knowing better than to slam on the brakes--he wouldn't be able to help whomever was stranded on the side of the road if he ended up stuck in the muddy ditch right next to them--Chase slowed down enough to see that there was definitely a vehicle stuck in the ditch.

  He turned his brights on to see better in the pouring rain and realized there was a person walking along the edge of the road about a hundred yards up ahead. Obviously hearing his car approach, she turned to face him, and he could see her long wet hair whipping around her shoulders in his headlights.

  Wondering why she wasn't just sitting in her car, dry and warm, calling Triple A and waiting for them to come save her, he pulled over to the edge of his lane and got out to try to help her. She was shivering as she watched him approach.

  "Are you hurt?"

  She covered her cheek with one hand, but shook her head. "No."

  He had to move closer to hear her over the sound of the water hitting the pavement in what were rapidly becoming hailstones. Even though he'd turned his headlights off, as his eyes quickly adjusted to the darkness, he was able to get a better look at her face.

  Something inside of Chase's chest clenched tight.

  Despite the long, dark hair plastered to her head and chest, regardless of the fact that looking like a drowned rat wasn't too far off the descriptive mark, her beauty stunned him.

  In an instant, his photographer's eye cataloged her features. Her mouth was a little too big, her eyes a little too wide-set on her face. She wasn't even close to model thin, but given the way her T-shirt and jeans stuck to her skin, he could see that she wore her lush curves well. In the dark he couldn't judge the exact color of her hair, but it looked like silk, perfectly smooth and straight where it lay over her breasts.

  It wasn't until Chase heard her say, "My car is definitely hurt, though," that he realized he had completely lost the thread of what he'd come out here to do.

  Knowing he'd been drinking her in like he was dying of thirst, he worked to recover his balance. He could already see he'd been right about her car. It didn't take a mechanic like his brother Zach, who owned an auto shop--more like forty, but Chase had stopped counting years ago--to see that her shitty hatchback was borderline totaled. Even if the front bumper wasn't half-smashed to pieces by the white farm fence she'd slid into, her bald tires weren't going to get any traction on the mud. Not tonight, anyway.

  If her car had been in a less precarious situation, he probably would have sent her to hang out in her car while he took care of getting it unstuck. But one of her back tires was hanging precariously over the edge of the ditch.

  He jerked his thumb over his shoulder. "Get in my car. We can wait there for a tow truck." He was vaguely aware of his words
coming out like an order, but the hail was starting to sting, damn it. Both of them needed to get out of the rain before they froze.

  But the woman didn't move. Instead, she gave him a look that said he was a complete and utter nut-job.

  "I'm not getting into your car."

  Realizing just how frightening it must be for a lone woman to end up stuck and alone in the middle of a dark road, Chase took a step back from her. He had to speak loudly enough for her to hear him over the hail.

  "I'm not going to attack you. I swear I won't do anything to hurt you."

  She all but flinched at the word attack, and Chase's radar started buzzing. He'd never been a magnet for troubled women, wasn't the kind of guy who thrived on fixing wounded birds. But living with two sisters for so many years meant he could always tell when something was up.

  And something was definitely up with this woman, beyond the fact that her car was half-stuck in a muddy ditch.

  Wanting to make her feel safe, he held his hands up. "I swear on my father's grave, I'm not going to hurt you. It's okay to get into my car." When she didn't immediately say no again, he pressed his advantage with, "I just want to help you." And he did. More than it made sense to want to help a stranger. "Please," he said. "Let me help you."

  She stared at him for a long moment, hail hammering between them, around them, onto them. Chase found himself holding his breath, waiting for her decision. It shouldn't matter to him what she decided.

  But, for some strange reason, it did.

  ...Excerpt from THE LOOK OF LOVE by Bella Andre (c) 2013.

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  COMPLETE BOOKLIST

  The following Bella Andre titles are available in electronic and paperback format.

  The Sullivan Family series

  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

  One Perfect Night

  Kissing Under The Mistletoe

  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

  The Morrison Family series

  Kiss Me Like This

  Tempt Me Like This

  Love on Rockwell Island

  Cape Cod Kisses

  Cape Cod Promises

  Cape Cod Dreams

  The Maverick Billionaires

  Breathless in Love

  Reckless in Love

  Fearless in Love

  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

  For Amazon UK please use the following links:

  The Sullivan series

  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 / One Perfect Night / The Way You Look Tonight / Kissing Under The Mistletoe / It Must Be Your Love / Just To Be With You / I Love How You Love Me

  The Morrison series

  Kiss Me Like This / Tempt Me Like This

  The Game For Love series

  Game For Love

  Take Me series

  Take Me / Love Me /

  Stand-alone books

  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

  For Amazon Canada please use the following links:

  The Sullivan series

  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 / One Perfect Night / The Way You Look Tonight / Kissing Under The Mistletoe / It Must Be Your Love / Just To Be With You / I Love How You Love Me

  The Morrison series

  Kiss Me Like This / Tempt Me Like This

  The Game For Love series

  Game For Love

  Take Me series

  Take Me / Love Me

  Stand-alone books

  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

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Having sold more than 4 million books, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Bella Andre's novels have been #1 bestsellers around the world. 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 has called her "One of the top digital writers in America" and she has been featured by Entertainment Weekly, NPR, USA Today, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal and, most recently, in Time magazine. 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, on her publishing success.

  If she's 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 and a 100-year-old log cabin in the Adirondacks.

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