Review: I Only Have Eyes For You – Bella Riley

I Only Have Eyes For You – Bella Riley
Series:  Sullivans #4
Release Date:  February 22, 2012
Publisher:   Bella Riley
Page Count / File Size:  389kb  
Source:  Amazon, via my own wallet
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Get ready for another Sullivan to fall in love in Bella Andre’s bestselling contemporary romance series!

Sophie Sullivan, a librarian in San Francisco, was five years old when she fell head over heels in love with Jake McCann. Twenty years later, she’s convinced the notorious bad boy still sees her as the “nice” Sullivan twin. That is, when he bothers to look at her at all. But when they both get caught up in the magic of the first Sullivan wedding, she knows it’s long past time to do whatever it takes to make him see her for who she truly is…the woman who will love him forever.

Jake has always been a magnet for women, especially since his Irish pubs made him extremely wealthy. But the only woman he really wants is the one he can never have. Not only is Sophie his best friend’s off-limits younger sister…he can’t risk letting her get close enough to discover his deeply hidden secret.

Only, when Sophie appears on his doorstep as Jake’s every fantasy come to life-smart, beautiful, and shockingly sexy-he doesn’t have a prayer of taking his eyes, or his hands, off her. And he can’t stop craving more of her sweet smiles and sinful kisses. Because even though Jake knows loving Sophie isn’t the right thing to do…how can he possibly resist?

This was the Sullivan story I’ve been waiting for (except for maybe Smith’s) and Bella Andre has written a wonderful story for two very complex characters:  Sophie and Jake.

Sophie, who we’ve seen in previous Sullivans books as the quiet sister,  breaks out of his shell and finally starts showing people exactly who she is.  She’s so much more than the quiet librarian everyone thinks her to be and she’s about the prove that to everyone as she makes a last ditch effort to make Jake McCann notice her at her brother’s wedding.

What Sophie doesn’t know is that Jake has been in love with her since they were little kids.  The only problem  (besides Sophie’s brother beating the crap out of him) is the fact that he doesn’t believe he’s good enough for her.

The night of the wedding proves to be a turning point in their relationship, but they still have much to work through in order to get to happily ever after.  Jake still harbors feelings of inadequacies and pushes Sophie away after their one night.  But life has a way of throwing events in the way of your best intentions.  When this happens with Sophie and Jake, Jake does a complete 180 and starts demanding all sorts of things from Sophie, in the name of doing what’s right.  It takes a very strong Sophie to stand up to Jake and help him realize they can be an awesome team, if they are only honest with each other.

I Only Have Eyes For You, is my favorite of the Sullivan series, so far.  And as the Sullivans have starting falling in love, one by one, it was nice to see two people finally own up to their feelings and do something with them after all those years.