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!
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I am dying to read these books now. I've been contimplating reading 50 again, since I really liked that story line as a change from Vampires ya know. Do you have the actual books for me to borrow, or just on your nook? :)
No I didn't even get them on my Nook actually -- i borrowed them on Jamie's iBooks. But they were fab! I'm definately going to have to add them to my library. You'll like them... alot of the same feel as 50 but SOOO much more back story and depth. Not just some poor girl, rich boy, S&M book. It's gooooood! The second one is TO DIE FOR!
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