title: Kelly Slater: For the Love
author:  Kelly Slater 
description: Kelly Slater is the most successful professional surfer in history. He lives in Florida, Hawaii, and Australia's Gold Coast.<br /><br />Phil Jarratt has been a journalist, author, and editor for more than 30 years. He lives in Noosa Heads, Australia.<br /><br />Jack Johnson is a singer/songwriter who surfed Oahu's north shore with Kelly Slater as a teenager. He lives in Hawaii.
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  **THE BRONZED HAWK**
  
   **BY**
  
   **IRIS** ** JOHANSEN**
  
  
  
  
  
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  **BRONZED HAWK**
  
  _Kelly_ _could feel the breath catch in her throat as his lips brushed the
  curve of her ear._
  
  "I can feel you tremble in my arms," Nick said. "You want me, sweetheart, and
  God knows I've been in a fever for you since you barged into my apartment
  yesterday afternoon." His lips caressed the nape of her neck and brushed
  light, teasing kisses beneath the sunstreaked ringlets of her hair.
  
  "I love these bouncy little curls of yours," he whispered, burying his lips in
  her hair. "Your hair is like a silky golden fleece. I bet those curls would
  wind themselves around my finger and cling like a lover's embrace. Would they
  do that, Kelly?"
  
  "Yes," she gasped, feeling as if her bones were melting. "No!" She shook her
  head. "I don't know. I wish you'd stop that."
  
  "You don't like it?" he asked. "I guess I'll have to fin