The Crossfire Series by Sylvia Day

Ok so with there being so many books in this series I decided to do this all in one post. I should go back and do synopsis-es and I probably will even though that means back tracking just because that way people can draw they're own conclusions about the book without my point of view persuading them at all.

Four books span the new relationship between Gideon Cross and Eva Tramell. Four books span over only a few short months.

From the time they met in Bared to You to the public break up but not break up between them in Reflected in You to their cinematic worthy reunion and marriage in Entwined with You to finally they're private separation in Captivated by You.

The whole series has been a roller coaster of ups and downs for them both as well as Eva's best friend Carey. Everyone in this story is in some way fucked up in the head. Things were done in their past to doubt themselves and any future they deserve.

The books are most definitely classified as erotic romance so if you can't handle heart pounding, rough sex don't pick up the book.

In my opinion I think that the plot is great. It doesn't matter that Gideon is rich because so is Eva in a way. Gideon was lost in his own way and Eva found him and brought him out into the light. It's hard for him to come to terms with what was done to him as a child and Eva is having a hard time waiting for that part of him to find peace.

That might sound but she's a survivor as well. Eva herself was raped as a child and had even suffered a miscarriage by her attacker. It's not the fact that Gideon won't talk to her about anything but he won't talk to anyone. It's a strain on their already strenuous relationship.

That's the big thing in Bared to You. Just to admit that something happened because she's shown him her demons.

In Reflected in You things seem to be going great that is there's progress being made in their relationship lol. But then enter in ex-lover from her past Brent and attacker Nathan. So many secrets are being kept and it's killing Eva. Gideon withdraws from her almost completely without actually saying that they've broken up. Eva assumes that. The only thing Gideon says to her when he does get the chance is wait for him.

Complete mystery as to why. Eva goes completely mental though and here's why. When she can finally get out of her Gideon induced coma, she has a spa day. Cuts her hair and changes her nails from neutral to red. Determined still to understand Gideon's past, Eva confronts his old pediatrician, his mother and I'm pretty sure there was one other person....oh yeah Corrine the ex-girlfriend that still swears that she'll end up with Gideon not Eva.

Yeah Eva becomes hell on heels. Turns out that Nathan is also dead, so the cops come poking around. We get the picture however towards the end. Sylvia Day doesn't leave us in a complete mystery thankfully.

Entwined with You, slowly brings Eva and Gideon back together. It's such a welcoming sight that it could break your heart. Brent is still a problem because he wants another chance with Eva. In his world if Gideon deserves a second chance than so does he. Needless to say that will never happen, Eva is too much in love with Gideon.

Gideon whisks her away for a small vacation with just the two of them. It's a beautiful beach house but once again Gideon seems to withdraw from her with no reason. Eva being Eva decides after a very awkward dinner to throw herself in to the ocean and just let go. Gideon being Gideon drags her out and not in the most romantic way asks her to marry him.

They'll do another ceremony later but he wants something small, private and immediate. It was actually the happiest day of their life at that time. No one knows and how Eva is going to keep this secret from Carey, she doesn't know.

Which now brings us to her latest installment, Captivated by You. Nothing has seriously changed. Gideon is still trying to get used to giving Eva freedom yet at the same time trying to keep her safe. They start compromising somewhat well yet he hasn't let go of the fact that he wants Eva working for him.

It's something that Eva was working around to agreeing to but Gideon screwed it up by asking her current boss to go work for him. Gideon gave him a secure position and a raise to make the move not only because he's good at what he does but because he wants Eva to make the move with him.

This drives Eva away. She stays with her mom and step-father with Carey while trying to get her head on straight. This drives Gideon to talk to their therapist about his dreams and his past. A ray of hope also shines through when he calls Eva and they start talking. He admits that he was wrong, tells her about his session and then they just talk.

It was what they were missing, not the sexual life or at least not just that, but just being with each other and how easy it is. They can act normal when they want to lol.

They are still in love and are still saying they're engaged but it's just taking a little time to get back to where they were when things made sense. They're also learning how to face problems together and Gideon is trying to stop going behind Eva's back to do things.

I guess we have to wait until the next book though to see the big wedding and how far they come together.

Personally I can't wait lol.

Being Me- Lisa Renee Jones....DONE!!!!!

Good afternoon everybody. I hope that you have all been enjoying my blog so far this year. I am making a better effort to be on here more. This series though has me enthralled.

As of this afternoon, before my family had even gotten home from grocery shopping today, I finished Being Me. I think this is a record for me, even when it comes to the first time I read Fifty Shades of Grey. I started it at around 8:30 last night and finished around maybe 1;30 or 2 this afternoon.

The ups and downs and twists and turns really got to me to keep reading. Can you see why I love my husband so much now? I totally shut him out for a book lol.

Everything at this time seems fine in Sara and Chris' relationship and things are even ok with her and Mark. Lines have been drawn and Mark swore he won't cross them.

Sara even gets Mark's blessing to go to Los Angeles with Chris to his charity function for cancer. It's there that she meets the little boy that has captured Chris' heart. Dylan has leukemia and there is no doubt that he is dying. The most they can do is make him comfortable and keep his spirits up.

Usually I wouldn't mention sad facts like that except this is a turning point for both Chris and Sara. At the gala function, Sara runs into her ex, Michael. The things he says to her are awful and he tries to blackmail Chris to get Sara to go home with him. It's the past that she wasn't ready to share yet rearing it's ugly head.

Of course Chris sees more than he should when it comes to Sara, so when she runs off to the bathroom he follows her and has two of his female friends keep a look out for him while he tries to talk to her. Bawling her eyes out on the floor of the bathroom she tell Chris. Two years ago she was feeling weak and Michael was being kind and she let him in her door. From that point he forced himself on her. She had said no but then ultimately gave into him and did exactly what he was asking her to do. Sara thought for sure that Chris would hate her after that confession but no, he actually confessed that he loves her.

I was so shocked lol. It's a good thing that I don't really read in public because all eyes would have been on me when I started squealing and laughing. It was a point that you shouldn't laugh and be happy but the moment itself was so sweet that you just can't help it.

Chris took care of her that night and the information didn't change how he thought of her. As he put it, one night doesn't dictate a lifetime. That night had made love to her like never before and it was so sweet.

The next turning point was Chris' turn. It was only a few days after they had returned home that Sara received a call from Dylan's mother. Dylan had just passed away but she was worried about Chris because when she told him, he didn't take the news too well.

Now here, this is where we see the side of Chris that Sara was never supposed to see. The dark side of this protective man. Unlike Fifty Shades of Grey and even the Crossfire Series, Chris does not revel in giving pain. He's not the dominant that we are all used to seeing in other series or even in this one. Chris likes pain.

Mark to her to his club to try and pull Chris back from the edge of the abyss. He honestly thought that Sara was the only one that could and it needed to be done because Chris was pushing limits that were way past safe. When Sara walked into the room and saw that Chris was chained up to some poles and being beaten she was shocked.

That would be enough to shock anyone but she got him to stop....at a price. Broken inside and bleeding on the out, Chris was in agonizing pain that she saw him like that and told her it was over. Chris was trying to protect her from himself and forced her away.

It was a week, I think, that she had just stopped eating. Sara wasn't even sleeping. Mark gave her some more to do in her new client's apartment building that was being built. Seeing as the owner, Ryan, and Mark were friends it was easy to convince Ryan to let her do the work. However it was after the opening night that Sara figured things out. Mark and Ryan offered her a way out of the pain she was drowning in. Master and submissive. Sharing. Everything that Rebecca had done with no feeling whatsoever.

Sara never wanted that life. Not even the pain she felt over Chris could make her choose that life and she ran out. To her surprise, Chris was waiting outside for her. Not one word from him and now all of a sudden he shows up. It's funny. Chris pushed her away and yet drove himself insane without her. Two broken people that NEED each other to pull out of the darkness. Now that is something that doesn't seem to change in any book.

It was that night that they decide to try and work through this and figure it out more. No more secrets, no more shutting each other out. Then there's one other little secret that Sara finds out. Packing to go see Chris' god parents, Sara finds Chris' paint brushes.....that match the one that Rebecca had kept.

That leads to a fight that takes Sara to Mark's house. At the time she knew that she was interrupting something but didn't know what. That is until Ava, the girl she thought that she made friends with and owned the coffee house next to the gallery, came stomping out in only a shirt and with Ryan in tow.

Ava threatened that Mark wasn't going to do the same thing with Sara that he did with Rebecca. She would kill her first before that happened again. Which she did try to do.

In that moment everything happened so fast. Ava had a gun on her and Chris was riding his Harley down the street to get there for her not even knowing what he was walking into. Ava fired a shot that sent Chris crashing and somehow the police got called. Thankfully they arrested her but it put Sar and Chris' relationship on rocky ground.

Chris hated that she turned to Mark for the facts instead of trusting him but even though he vowed it would be over if he found her here, he was giving her another chance. It was that evening that Ava confessed. She had killed Rebecca before she could take Mark back again. Very nearly killed Sara for the same reason except that's never been the relationship between her and Mark.

Ella is still missing and there's a gaping void in Sara's heart at the distance that Chris has put between them. Sara spent that night in Ella's empty apartment. Chris showed up for all of five minutes with another one of his little tests. He's leaving for Paris in the morning and he wants her to go with him.

There were no fluttery words, no romance just a simple if you want to know all of me then this is where you'll find it. Just leaving her there and the book in an emotional turmoil.

Does she go and risk her heart again for this man or does she stay and try to make a life for herself again?

Being Me- Lisa Renee Jones

Book two of this year is the second book in Lisa Renee Jones' Inside Out Series. I have become thoroughly addicted to this series, much like with Fifty Shades and Crossfire.

I never expected it to be this good when I started reading this series but the mystery of it has me completely wrapped up.

Before I give too much away I want to provide the synopsis from the back of the book. With the first book I just jumped into it and never gave anyone time to make their own assumptions or draw their own opinions.

"Sara McMillan is still searching for Rebecca, the mysterious woman whose dark, erotic journal entries both enthralled and frightened her. Tormented by a strong desire to indulge the demands of her new boss while also drawn deeper into her passionate bond with the troubled artist, Chris Merit, Sara must face a past as deeply haunting as Rebecca's written words. In one man's arms, Sara will find the safe haven to reveal her most intimate secrets and explore her darkest fantasies. But is safety just an illusion, when the truth about Rebecca has yet to be discovered?"

So there is the back of the book. What are your thoughts?

It's Here FINALLY IT'S HERE!!!!!

You guessed it right!!! Today is the official release of the much awaited fourth book in the Crossfire series, Captivated by You.

If you have read the first three books like my mother in law and I then you know why this is such a huge deal. Like Fifty Shades of Grey this series was highly addictive, so when Sylvia Day left the third one the way she did, it upset a lot of fans.

If you're like me you waited until all the books came out to read it. My mother in law warned me that I would get addicted to them, that's why I waited. But then Entwined with You left me hanging and it was a whole nother year for this one.

Thankfully I pre-ordered the book so I will get my copy by the end of the week. If you've already read the book no spoilers lol.

Facebook has the first three chapters on there. I read those and now I'm even more itchy for the book now.

Are You Prepared?

In 16 days the last installment of the Crossfire series by Sylvia Day will be released. If you love it as much as I do, then you've already pre-ordered your copy.

I must say that the timing of the release is beautiful. Being in November, my husband pre-ordered it for me for Christmas then I turned around and got the whole series for two of my friends.

If you like Fifty Shades of Grey then you will enjoy Crossfire. I'll admit that I only read Fifty Shades to see what all the hype was about. Then I ended up addicted to it.

My MIL's friend told me while I was reading FIfty Shades Darker, that Crossfire is better than Fifty Shades. So I very diplomatically said that I would check it out once I finished the Fifty Trilogy.

Now I have to say that there is no competition between the two series. They are both very good just different angles.

I would recommend that if you enjoy FIfty Shades, check out the Crossfire series......but wait till you can get the whole set because it is very addicting.