Love Me: (Take Me sequel) [Paperback]

Bella Andre (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 8, 2010

It's been five years since Lily Ellis and Travis Carson got married and fell in love in TAKE ME....now it's finally time for Janica Ellis and Luke Carson 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 to touch 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?

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About the Author

Bella Andre has always been a writer. Songs came first, and then non-fiction books, but as soon as she started her first romance novel, she knew she'd found her perfect career. Since selling her first book in 2003, she's written twelve "sensual, empowered stories enveloped in heady romance" (Publisher's Weekly) about sizzling alpha heroes and the strong women they'll love forever. If not behind her computer, you can find her reading, hiking, knitting, or lunching with her favorite romance writing ladies. Bella lives with her fabulous husband and children in both Northern California and a ninety-year-old lakefront log cabin in New York's Adirondacks. Please visit her at http://www.BellaAndre.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 218 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (July 8, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1453669973
• ISBN-13: 978-1453669976
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #340,105 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Bella Andre has always been a writer. Songs came first, and then non-fiction books, but as soon as she started writing her first romance novel, she knew she'd found her perfect career. Known for "sensual, empowered stories enveloped in heady romance" (Publisher's Weekly) about sizzling alpha heroes and the strong women they'll love forever, many of her 20+ titles have appeared on Top 50 bestseller lists, including THE LOOK OF LOVE (The Sullivans #1), FROM THIS MOMENT ON (The Sullivans #2), GAME FOR LOVE (Bad Boys of Football), ECSTASY, CANDY STORE and LOVE ME.

Her books have been Cosmopolitan Magazine Red Hot Reads twice (GAME FOR ANYTHING and WILD HEAT) and have been translated into German, Thai, Japanese, Italian, Spanish, French and Ukrainian. NEVER TOO HOT won the Award of Excellence in 2011. The Washington Post has called her "One of the top digital writers in America" and she has been featured on NPR, The Wall Street Journal and Forbes.

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great sequel and long awaited!, July 3, 2010

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Barb H (OH) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Love Me (Contemporary Romance) (Take Me) (Kindle Edition)

Love Me is the sequel to Take Me, one of my all time favorite books. Love Me is about Lily's sister Janica and Travis's brother Luke. I didn't think we'd ever get their story since Bella is now writing for another publisher than when she wrote Take Me and also since it's been so long since Take Me was published. I can only assume Bella had a lot of requests for Janica and Luke's story, one request by me, and I'm thrilled she decided to write their story! I actually screamed when I visited her website's coming soon page and saw it was coming out in July. Needless to say I downloaded it on my Kindle, which I'd just received that week, started it in the morning and finished it within a few hours. Loved it!!!! And I also loved revisiting Lily and Travis to see how their lives were going. I won't spoil it for you. I could read about them forever.

Luke and Janica's story was hot and somewhat followed Lily and Travis's in that Luke was the one who had trouble recognizing just how much he loved Janica while she knew exactly how she felt. This is one hot book, not as hot as Take Me, but still a great read and I'm so happy Bella answered our requests and gave us more of the Ellis sisters and those two sexy, gorgeous Conner brothers. I hated when I read the last page. I could read about these characters forever, I loved them so much. Thanks, Bella!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Absolutely Fabulous, Lovely-Erotic Romance!, January 31, 2011

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Bonnie (Huntington Beach) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Love Me (Contemporary Romance) (Take Me) (Kindle Edition)

***Spoilers***

This is an intoxicating-erotic romance that will have you begging for more. Luke is an ER trauma surgeon and a workaholic that has nothing in his life to care for, except work. All his life, he was the responsible person who never did anything wrong or out-the-ordinary until one night when things go horribly wrong in the ER and he wants to escape from it all, as well as, relief from his personal torments. For five years, Luke has fought his attraction for his sister-in-law Janica. (Janica is not of Luke's world-- she is a wild, outspoken fashion designer who sees fun in everything she does.) But this one night, Luke does the unthinkable and follows his desire and shows up on the doorsteps of the one he desperately needs...Janica! Janica can't believe Luke has shown up at her door (because she has dreamt about him for 5 years), and to top it all off, he embraces and kisses her like she were the last person on earth...like she has always been his. The sparks fly off the radar and he commands her to be his even if it's only for the one night--to be submissive to his beckoning call...this is how Luke shows how desperately he needs Janica. Throughout the story their sexual-romantic interlude progresses into much more than either of them thought possible; after all, opposites do not attract.

Janica realized early on in the story that she wanted more from Luke than his body...she wants his heart, and she tells him several times how much she loves him. But Luke can never reciprocate that love; until she leaves him...he then realizes how unfulfilled and miserable his life has become without her. And then (wait for it), he truly, madly, deeply professes his love for her. Janica steals Luke's heart!

The sexual contact is amazing, as if you could feel their connection of longing for each other. It is a matter of time, throughout the story, that Luke and Janica realize the love they have for one another. Sizzling hot sex, unfathomable love, good-boy gone totally bad in his dealings with Janica (which is so hot!), extreme-sensuous passion, and "cannot live without" happily-ever-after. The romance in this story is breathtaking. Brilliant writing...it does not let up for one minute (or one word). I would truly read "Love Me" again...that's how intoxicating it was! Kudos to the author, Bella Andre, for a lovely, well-written novel!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love Me - A Fantastic Sequel, January 17, 2011

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K.L. GIBSON (EDMONTON, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Love Me (Contemporary Romance) (Take Me) (Kindle Edition)

I loved Bella Andre's book Take Me. I wondered if lightning could strike twice for the sequel to it. I found that Love Me is a fantastic sequel. It was a swift, pleasant, heart wrenching emotional ride for Janica and Luke. Janica's never back down approach to loving Luke is stunning in how much she gives to him when he isn't sure what his world has become. Luke's fight to become the man that he is so afraid to be is truly stellar in the emotional honesty that Ms. Andre expresses so very, very well. If you need a book to read for those nights where you are feeling alone - this book will give you the highs of reading just how two people can find the trust they need in one another and in themselves to fully love. In giving to each other they finaly find the peace and great love they have both been looking for forever. This book is worth your time and emotional investment.