The Look of Love

San Francisco Sullivans, Book 1

By: Bella Andre

Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky

With The Look of Love, best-selling author Bella Andre introduces you to a fun and emotional contemporary romance series about the Sullivan family. Because when a Sullivan bad boy falls...he falls hard. And it's forever.

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.

(NOTE: Explicit language, very steamy sex scenes...and lots of emotion!)

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Critic reviews

" The Look of Love is an emotionally compelling, thoroughly sexy, lovely read. I can't wait for more Sullivan brothers!" (Carly Phillips, New York Times Best-selling Author)

" The Look of Love is the perfect combination of sexy heat and tender heart. This character driven romance has brains, brawn and the perfect bad boy to launch a whole family's worth of fun." (Barbara Freethy, number one New York Times Best-selling Author)

"Pure sensual fun! I couldn't read fast enough. I loved everything about Chase and Chloe's story. I'm hooked on the Sullivans!" (Marie Force, Best-selling Author)

An easy listen on a windy night.

Wow...one of the more Erotic books I've listened to, but liked the family dynamics, the characters & the happy ending.

Cute

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Need some emotional connection with the H/H

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Everything was to rushed from damaged emotional girl to i love you in 1 week just not believable...

What aspect of Eva Kaminsky’s performance would you have changed?

She did a good job... enjoyed her voice and reading

Could you see The Look of Love being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

No

Any additional comments?

This book was Fluff and Sex...

Good story.

Good overall. I believe the narrator had a cold during the recording which is kind of odd during the love scenes.

Loved this book!

Would you consider the audio edition of The Look of Love to be better than the print version?

I loved this so much that I had to continue reading the series. I can't wait for the 3rd book to come out so I can find out what happens! The narration was great and spot on!

Outstanding feel good novel

I loved this first book. One thing that bugged me was the compressed time-frame. Everything happens in one week's time. That brings you close to the line of unbelievable. Other than that, all of the other events hang together. Another disappointing aspect was Andre didn't introduce us to many of the character in the Sullivan family -- only one of the eight, and then only because the next book is about him. I would have preferred character development around the main characters that help cement the follow-on novels.

Taking into account the above, I still like this novel very much. Dialog was great and the villain hate-able. Andre did fill out her main character well and made you care about their choices. Kaminsky's narrative is excellent -- just the right cadence and intonation.

You get sucked into the novel and find yourself buzzing through it. Once done you say, "well, let me download the series." I give this first novel in the series a thumbs up.