..::Bared to You::..

Bared to You is the first book of the Crossfire Series.  It's looking to be a trilogy right now.. and boy oh boy is it delish!  For those of you who read 50 Shades of Grey you will enjoy this book but you need to know coming out of the gate that it has ALOT of the same feel for quite a while. The meeting, the chemistry...

What this book has that 50 didn't is alot more demons for BOTH of the characters that they have to overcome. They have such darkness in their pasts, both are abused and determined to keep their distances from relationsips. But at their first meeting -- the first contact between them -- the chemistry is undeniable and all encompassing. 

Eva isn't naive -- but she has her own trust issues and a seriously skewed perception of herself. Due to the abuse she has suffered she has a hard time being comfortable in her own skin. But she is determined to be independant and Gideon thows all of that hard fought independence for a loop. Eva is rich in her own right -- she lives lavish in a penthouse apartment and has a wonderful job at an advertising agency -- an agency that just happens to be housed in the Crossfire building which Gideon owns.  On her first day to work to time the walk she runs into him, LITERALLY.  And that contact was mindblowing for Eva. Come to find.. it impacted Mr. Cross just as much :-)

He seeks her out through her work -- and from there things escalate quickly!!  here's a taste.. this is the first time they've spoken following a meeting that Eva has with her boss and Cross Industries regarding advertising for a new company Gideon purchased (a ploy simply to get Eva in the same room as him)... i mean we're talking like chapter 2 here, you know ITS GONNA BE GOOD!!  

The mellowing character is Eva's roomate Cary -- a male model who is also quite damaged but is as beautiful as they come and is... bom bom bom... bisexual! oh yea... the tension with his sex life is palpable! haha. Eva found him at therapy as kids and helped heal him, while he helped console her.  They are each other's support and bracing

Eva and Gideon immediately fall in love although they fight it and fight it.... being that i could not put it down i also read the second book which was EVEN BETTER!  And by far made these 2 better than the 50's for sure!  I loved them! What i loved is that although Gideon doesn't want a relationship -- and tells Eva up front he doesn't date, doesn't want a relationship and DOESNT DO ROMANCE.  You find Gideon crossing all his own lines, being utterly romantic and daring, and you can see what he does to show his love even if Eva has a hard time accepting it. 

SOOO GOOD!!  Enjoy my loves, its truly worth the read!

little things.

Brian, Trey and I all just got back from a wonderful trip to California for Thanksgiving (another post in itself to come) to see my dad's side of the family. It was a great trip... but we got home and it was nice to be back in our house, our bed. I was exhausted.

I had spent all day yesterday working (yes, WORKING), and trying to get everything back in order from vaca, talking to clients, getting Trey and Brian ready for work/school, and going over to the inlaws for dinner and i was beat. I mean wiped.  To top it off I am having this incredible pain that is making breathing difficult for me and yesterday just all in all really sucked.
 
So last night after i'm all finished i'm sitting in bed reading. My girls are asleep on the floor in their beds, my son is ZZZ'ing away in his bed, and Brian is laying next to me, his arm curled around my waist and his head in my lap (i tickle his head when i read)... and as he dozes in and out, mostly out, he tells me... "Baby, you're my whole world" and then he's out like a light.  Sounds little. Sounds silly. But that one sentence rocked my world. So to have a minute to reflect on all that I am blessed with and to have it reinforced by a husband i have NO IDEA how i deserve.... that one sentence made everything i did yesterday totally worth it. Because everything i do - and have to "bear" is for those two handsome men in my house that i couldn't live without.

I know i'm one of the lucky ones. I know it everyday. My husband never yells at me or is angry -- he's NEVER raised his voice to me. He's never said a SINGLE unkind word.  He is loving and supportive and is everything a husband should be for a wife that probably doesn't deserve 1/2 of how amazing he is. He isn't perfect, I'm not niave enough to throw that out there, but to have someone who genuinely loves me all day everyday -- who tells me on the daily that he thinks i'm beautiful, that he can't keep his hands off me, and that is proud of everything i do, HE makes everything worth it to me. The late nights, the early mornings, the stressful days, the sad days.  That man that i get to claim as my husband is simply amazing. The best part though is that i KNOW deep down in my bones that those are just pretty words he says to get me in the sack.  He means them. Everyday i can feel how much he loves me and cherishes our relationship.  To have that, to know that at the end of a stressful day i have him and he has me --  i don't know how much more perfect it can get.

And all this -- from one silly little sentence. <3 nbsp="nbsp">

..::Enslave Me Sweetly::..

This book was most certainly a page turner! Enslave Me is the second installment of the Alien Huntress series by Gena Showalter. She is the author of my Lords of the Underworld Series that I'm over the moon about.

I'll start with the very obvious.. Aliens?? Really?? I'm pretty much a paranormal lover, but even for me Aliens are getting a little over the top... But the first several books came in a Lot I received for my birthday in my families valiant efforts to procure all of the Lords books for my library.

Out of anything to read, I decided to pick up the first and read it several months ago -- and it was awesome!!!

This one, Enslave, is fabulous!! The main character is an Alien assassin who was raised by her adopted father, human Michael Black. Eden is a Raka alien, part of a rare golden breed that is hunted by humans and aliens alike.

But Eden is a top assassin on a mission to bring down a slave ring... She is not happy that she's being forced to have a partner... Even worse he's a brutishly handsome and ruthless agent that she wants nothing to do with. Until she is forced to rely solely on him for survival...

A brilliant plan is concocted by Lucius and Eden that he will Go undercover as a stalker who wants to purchase Eden. Their suspect will arrange her abduction and auction and Lucius will buy her - after the deal they'll take him out. But at the last minute something goes against plan and Eden now how to resort to all her skills to fix and save the case.... And her man.

Soooo good!! Enjoy people...