Review: The Look of Love – Bella Andre

The Look of Love by Bella Andre
Series:  The Sullivans #1
Release Date:  June 13, 2011
Publisher:   Bella Andre
Page Count:  182
Source:  Barnes and Noble, via my own wallet
Buy the book at: Amazon 

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 he never met anyone so lovely, both inside and out, but he quickly realizes she has much bigger problems than her damaged car. Soon, he is willing to move mountains to love—and protect—her, but will she let him?

Chloe vows never to make the mistake of trusting a man again. Only, with every loving look Chase gives her—and every sinfully sweet caress—as the attraction between them sparks and sizzles, she can’t help but wonder if she’s met the only exception. And although Chase didn’t realize his life was going to change forever in an instant, amazingly, he isn’t the least bit interested in fighting that change. Instead, he’s gearing up for a different fight altogether…for Chloe’s heart.

I’d heard a lot about this series and had bought this book a few months ago. Unfortunately, it sat on my Nook app just waiting for me to find the time to read it.  After reading it, this is one of those times where I’d like to slap myself for not reading this sooner.

Bella Andre has created a family of wickedly handsome men and gorgeous women in the Sullivan’s.  This first installment has middle son Chase falling for a woman he finds stranded on the side of the road during a rainstorm in Napa.

Chase, a photographer who has seen and had his share of beautiful woman, instantly falls in love with Chloe.  What was refreshing was the fact that he wasn’t afraid of his feelings and falling for someone so fast and so hard.  Chase was one of those men that mortal women dream about because everything he did centered around Chloe.  He was even willing to let Chloe go, knowing it would kill him, in order to ensure that she healed and came back to him. 

Chloe is a woman who has been jaded by an abusive ex-husband.  She determined to never feel like she needs to depend on another man and to make it on her own.  When she meets Chase, she’s on the side of the road with a wrecked car and no way to get in touch with anyone to help her.  For Chloe, this was the worst possible scenario.  To make matters worse, her body and her mind were in a constant struggle with what to do with Chase.  She was wildly attracted to him, but her mind was telling her to run as far away as possible.  She has a hard time reconciling what she wants now and in the future against what kind of life she had in the past.  Until she deals with her past, she’s unable to deal with Chase except in bed.

In bed (or the tub, the kitchen, etc) these two are scorching HOT!  From the minute these two meet each other, we were treated to some very erotic moments between a bit of voyeurism, the hours the spent in Chloe’s bed and their foray into breakfast sex.  You’ll be spraying yourself with some water to cool off with these two.

An excellent start to the Sullivan series (there are eight Sullivan kids, so we’ll be lucky enough to spend quite a bit of time with this family).  This is definitely a book and series you’ll want to pick up.