The fourth book in the Simply series, 2001

Dear Reader,

Thank you for all your letters telling me how much you loved the SIMPLY series! Guess what? Body Heat is a reprint, indirectly connected to the next SIMPLY book (Simply Sexy), due out next year. So settle in for a steamy read to warm your cold winter nights with Brianne Nelson and Jake Lowell’s story. And then get set for Jake’s sister, Rina, in Simply Sexy.

I’m so grateful for all your support! You can write me at P.O. Box 483, Purchase, NY 10577, or e-mail at carly@carlyphillips.com. As always, don’t forget to visit www.carlyphillips.com to see what other sexy, fun novels are coming your way soon!

Best wishes and happy reading,

Carly Phillips

THE DAYS WERE HOT but, thanks to her, his nights were even hotter. He welcomed the mixture of anticipation and desire that rushed through him as he looked around The Sidewalk Café. As he looked for her.

Jake Lowell clasped his hand around a chilled glass of ice water. The condensation left his palm cold and wet, in stark contrast to the New York City heat and humidity pulsing around him. In opposition to the inferno raging inside him. Nothing could extinguish the flame she’d ignited.

He leaned forward in the wrought-iron seat, shifting, trying to find a comfortable position for his back against the hard metal, one that wouldn’t put pressure on his left shoulder and the injury that had finally begun to heal. He shifted again, and pain shot through his upper body. Damn fancy chair. Outdoor cafés with sissy drinks weren’t his thing, they were his sister’s. But ever since he’d come here for the first time, ever since he’d taken a look at the sexy waitress with the compelling gaze, he’d forced himself to endure.