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to any man in the room who might have been confused as to which Sullivan brother she was with.
Gabe made sure his grin stayed in place, even though something inside his chest was pinching tight.
Over the past months, he d gotten used to seeing Chase, and now Marcus, as part of a couple. Their
mother was beside herself with joy over her sons relationships.
Jackie, the girl Gabe had been casually dating off and on for the past few months, was practically
shaking with excitement at the thought of finally meeting Nicola. She d been angling to be invited to
Sunday lunch at his mother s house to meet not just Nicola, but Smith, too. The thing was, Gabe just
couldn t see her around his family. She was too young, too eager. Sure, Nicola was young too, but there
was a reason she and Marcus fit so well together. Nicola was far more mature than other twenty-five-
year-old girls.
Especially Jackie, Gabe thought as she started toward them, stars in her eyes.
Gabe knew he d strung her along too long. Quickly deciding that he d break it off with her tonight, he
wasn t looking forward to her tears. She was a crier, which was partly why he hadn t had the balls to
make a clean break these past weeks.
How the hell did you end up with her again? Gabe asked Marcus a couple of hours later as they
stood to the side and watched Nicola charm the pants off the tightly packed crowd who had paid big
bucks to see her do a short acoustic set in the fire station s parking lot. The money they d bring in today
with her help would go a long way to getting the new equipment that budget cuts were making hard to
come by.
Rather than trying to take any credit for it, Marcus simply said, I m the luckiest bastard on the
planet. He nodded his head in Jackie s direction, way up at the front of the group, clearly in awe of
every little thing Nicola said or did. What about her?
Gabe shook his head. Just a casual thing that s run its course.
Nicola had just finished her set when the station alarm rang and dispatch rang out over the station s
loudspeakers, alerting them to an apartment fire.
Gabe and the rest of the crew immediately moved to put on their turn-outs and headed out, their alarms
blaring to clear the busy city traffic.
Wow, that was intense and they re not even at the fire yet, Nicola said a few minutes later when she
and Marcus were standing together in a corner of the station. I don t know how your mother deals with
this so well. I feel like a basket case right now.
This is what Gabe does. He ll be fine, Marcus reassured her.
But fifteen minutes later, after they d said their goodbyes to the volunteers who had set up the concert
and were about to get into Marcus s car to head back up to Napa Valley, another station alarm went off.
All units responding to 1280 Conrad Street, be advised, upgrading to third alarm.
Nicola looked at Marcus with huge eyes. That s the fire Gabe went to. It sounds like it s gotten
worse, not better.
My brother is a hell of a firefighter, Marcus told her. He s not the kind of guy who d ever do
something dangerous or stupid.
Only, as they stood together while the siren continued to blare and dispatch repeated the call, both of
them knew there were plenty of other reasons why firefighters got hurt in the line of duty.
And all they could do was hold on to each other and hope that Gabe would be all right.
~ THE END ~
Book #3 in Bella Andre s bestselling Sullivan series
~ CAN T HELP FALLING IN LOVE (Gabe & Megan) ~
Coming December 2011!
And don t miss Book #1 in the Sullivan series
~ THE LOOK OF LOVE (Chase & Chloe) ~
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THE LOOK OF LOVE
Chase & Chloe The Sullivans Book 1
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 Chase never met anyone
so lovely, both inside and out, but he quickly realizes Chloe has much bigger problems than her
damaged car. Soon, Chase is willing to move mountains to love and protect her, but will Chloe 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.
Enjoy the following excerpt for THE LOOK OF LOVE...
Chase almost missed the flickering light off on the right side of the two-lane country road. In the past
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