Buy it in Kindle format here.
Copyright 2004 by Ellen Fisher
Cover copyright by TERyvisions.
"You’d better get some sleep."
"I’m not sleepy," Drew said. It was true. She was bone-weary, exhausted, but too worked up to sleep right now. She realized she didn’t want to see him go yet. "You want to come in for a cup of coffee?"
"You’re going to have coffee? You think that’ll help you sleep?"
"No, but I can’t live without coffee."
"They had some in the waiting room at the hospital. Didn’t you see it?"
Drew curled her lip. "That wasn’t coffee. It was axle grease. I tried it, and it was revolting. A sip was all I could stand. I’ve spent the past twenty-four hours with no caffeine, and I’m not spending another second without it."
"Ah," he said. "Caffeine is your only vice, huh?"
She looked at him slouched in the driver’s seat, rumpled, unshaven, and uncombed, and thought that he was the most amazingly attractive man she’d ever seen in her life.
"No," she said softly. "No, it’s not my only vice. I have others."
And she reached out to touch his cheek.
Max jerked with surprise as her fingers gently brushed against his rough day’s worth of stubble. She ran her finger down his cheek, along his jawbone, and he closed his eyes and swallowed hard. "Drew," he muttered hoarsely. "Drew, what are you doing?"
Exhaustion made her more brutally honest with herself than usual. "What I’ve wanted to do since I met you," she whispered. Her hand smoothed his disheveled hair, and he groaned softly.
Her hand slipped to the back of his neck, and she drew his face down and brushed her lips against his in the barest whisper of a kiss.
He drew away slightly, his lips a scant inch from hers. "Drew—"
"Don’t tell me to stop."
"I wasn’t going to tell you to stop." He slid his lips across hers again. "God, no. Don’t stop."
Reviews for All I Ever Wanted
"Ellen Fisher writes beautifully. Her style is smooth with snappy dialogue, nice pacing and richly defined characters. All I Ever Wanted is top notch work; a breezy, sexy and fun effort with a really dreamy hero...Max Sinclair, the hero, is a gem of a character...I would highly recommend All I Ever Wanted." - Debbie, Romance Reader at Heart
"...hooked me from the start with a plot that made me keep reading. A delightful mystery with sensual sex, hand-clapping emotions and you'll never guess who did it ending." - Faith V. Smith, MyShelf.com
"...a quite humorous and action filled story! Ms. Fisher does an excellent job of creating two 'larger-than-life' characters and making them come to life. This was a laugh-out-loud story with a good amount of suspense. Well worth reading!" - Sara Sawyer, The Romance Studio
"…A delightful contemporary romance...a well-rounded plot and an engaging cast of characters...this romance will certainly appeal to contemporary romance lovers." - Mireya, A Romance Review
"Fisher writes with an easy charm that makes a reader smile. She does not go for big laughs or slapstick but, instead, enjoys her characters and brings the rest of us along for the ride. Fisher's delightful style, sweet yet scarred hero and gift for storytelling shine through." - HelenKay Dimon, Paperback Reader
"...thoroughly enjoyable, has engaging and in-depth characters and all around wonderful writing. The sassy and charming Drew is a superb character who really learns to explore and take chances in this story. She and Max have a smoldering tension between them waiting to be explored. The suspense and danger add a more riveting quality to the story which balances very well with the enjoyment and romance. All I Ever Wanted, while a quick page-turner, it also flows gracefully from start to finish...Pure satisfying enjoyment and fantastic writing by Ellen Fisher can be found in All I Ever Wanted…what more could we readers ask for?" - Tracey West, The Road to Romance
