LOVE ME

It's been five years since Lily and Travis fell in love in TAKE ME....now it's finally time for Janica and Luke to get their very own happy ending.

If there's one thing that Janica Ellis is absolutely certain of, it's that she and Luke Carson are totally wrong for each other. She's a wild, artistic and outspoken fashion designer. He's a type A, workaholic trauma surgeon (who just happens to be sizzling hot and her brother-in-law!). But Janica is about to be proven wrong when opposites attract...in the sexiest possible way.

After a life-changing night in the ER, Luke is desperate for escape - and relief from his personal demons. For five years he has fought his attraction to his sister-in-law, but when he's pushed too far, he can't fight it another second. He needs her. Desperately. He's spent his whole life doing the right thing. For one night, he's going to follow desire instead. Straight into Janica's arms.

Janica can't believe Luke is finally at her front door...and that he's kissing her like he's been waiting his whole life for her. But even as their sensual connection deepens with every touch of skin on skin - and the man she always thought was such a good boy turns out to be sinfully, toe-curlingly bad between the sheets - Janica soon realizes she wants more than Luke's body. She wants his heart too. But what will Luke do when one night of extreme passion turns into an all or nothing proposition?

Janica couldn't get enough of Luke.

She could feel the warmth of his skin beneath his clothes as her hands roamed down his back, then back up and across his broad, muscular shoulders, but it wasn't good enough. She wanted to know the feel of him beneath her fingertips.

Skin on skin.

Let the love begin.

Oh yeah.

She couldn't remember ever feel ing like this, so utterly consumed by a man, so frantic to get him naked, to feast her eyes and hands and mouth on every inch of his body. Sex had always been at the top of her favorite-things list, but this desire-this total, all-encompassing need-was something else entirely.

So different, in fact, that as she yanked his T-shirt out of his pants and broke their kiss long enough to pull it up over his head, she started freaking out a little bit.

Because with his torso bared before her, with all of that hard heat at her disposal to caress and run her tongue across, she wanted so many things so powerfully all at once that instead of being able to do any of them she found herself paralyzed.

Pressing her hands flat against his chest, she could feel the beating of his heart against her palms. A hard, fast pounding that mirrored her own heartbeat.

So many years she'd dreamed of this moment, so many years she'd thought it would never come, and now that it had, she felt almost frightened.

She lifted her eyes to his at the exact moment that her heart said, I love you.

No.

She stumbled back from Luke, or tried to, but his arms were faster than she was.

She hadn't read love in his eyes at any point so far tonight, only lust. Pure lust. And now he was saying, "Yes or no?" in a low voice that rumbled through her entire body like a sensual earthquake.

Oh god. It couldn't be true.

She couldn't be in love with Luke.

Of all the stupid things to feel for him, love was definitely the stupidest.

She swallowed hard, made herself locate her voice, which felt like it had dropped way down deep into her toes.

"To what question?"

"Tonight. This. You and me."

Ah, now she got it. He was asking her if she could forget about who they were. About their past. About how this could thoroughly complicate their future. He was asking her to make a choice between risking everything she was for this one night...or running scared from it.

She hadn't been afraid of anything for a very long time. So why, she wondered helplessly, was she afraid now?

And why had her brain actually thrown the word love into the mix?

His hands were warm on the small of her back, just above the curve of her ass. The heat of his bare chest radiated out to her as she stood in his arms. A bone-deep longing to shut her eyes and lay her head against him while he held her close hit her hard.

God, what was wrong with her tonight? Here she was on the verge of getting everything she'd ever wanted and instead of grabbing Luke with both hands, dragging him to her bedroom, and having her dirty way with him, she was freaking out.

"Yes or no?" he repeated.

She tried to say yes, but all she could get out was, "You already know the answer."

He shook his head, just as she'd known he would. He wasn't the kind of man you could fool. He was too smart. Too quick.

"I want to hear you say it, Janica. I need to hear you say it."

His need rocked through her. She couldn't say no to him. Just as she couldn't say no to herself, to her own desperate need.

She licked her lips. Opened her mouth. Finally whispered, "Yes."

That one small word was all it took for him to take over.

"Substance and depth...two remarkably rich characters that truly and utterly embed themselves into your psyche. I must commend the author for really taking Luke to a place mentally that I didn't expect. It made him real, the every man, a wounded man, a troubled man. Janica and her feisty take no prisoners attitude has just hit Luke over the head. Just the kind of wake up call that he really needs. Her love for him is undeniable....Avoiding each other for years and secretly lusting after each other, it is time they released the passion. And boy do these two know how to light up the pages. I felt so emotionally invested in Janica and Luke. I was enthralled and carried away into their world! A story filled with two vivid and gripping characters and a plot that will suck you in until the wee hours of the night. You won't be able to put it down!" ~ Brande, BookJunkie, myfoolishwisdom.blogspot.com

"Ms. Andre knows how to tell a romantic story. Her book is infused with descriptive erotic sex scenes. I appreciate the fact that the relationship is about more than just sex. These characters really try to get to know one another on a deeper level and to build something that will last." ~ Eye on Romance - a perfect 10!

"Very emotional...ripe with drama. This was a read I couldn't put down because it moved so quickly...If you read Take Me, you'll definitely want to read this, and if you read this first, be prepared to search out the prequel." ~ Chris @ Night Owl Reviews - 4.5 stars TOP PICK!

"LOVE ME is a story of passion...Seeing Luke dig deep and finally decide what he wants from life is worth this journey of discovery." ~ Cece @ RomRevToday.com

"This is one hot book. I'm so happy Bella answered our requests and gave us more of the Ellis sisters and those two sexy, gorgeous Carson brothers. I hated when I read the last page. I could read about these characters forever, I loved them so much." ~ 5 stars, Barb @ Amazon.com

"I have waited for this book for five long years and I'm so thrilled Bella Andre decided to finally give us the sequel to Take Me that we have all been waiting for. LOVE ME picks up five years after Take Me ended and is as smoking hot, if not hotter, than its predecessor. Janica and Luke hike the heat up in an already hot summer. Getting a happily ever after for these two was a long time coming and I'm so glad they finally got one. Bella Andre fans will not be disappointed with this much anticipated sequel." ~ Rosie Bindra @ Fresh Fiction

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