Bared to You (Crossfire, Book 1) by Sylvia Day (2012-07-19) Paperback – January 1, 1800

I read this series of books 10 years ago … and it made an impact on my life . It created a love for Alpha Dominated Males and intelligent FMC , whose story line is one of intense emotional bonds.Sylvia Day writes stories about people with intelligence class and a deep commitment to the roles. You won’t find a degradation of women by a the MMC , you won’t find the ugliness of putting the FMC down so that she’s nothing but a hole for someone to put it in and call that a true relationship.What you’ll find is a story in depth and drenched with emotion, feelings and a positive outlook to the characters in this series.You’ll find that the story line is filled with so much sexual tension between the characters and a vivid written story that immerses you into the scenes that you feel as if it is actually happening to you. The steam level : @@@@@@@@@@if not more. Wishing at all MMC were Gideon Cross and more FMC Eva.Gideon meets Eva by chance and he doesn’t do relationships at all he just wants a one and done. He asks her for a night of ahhumm fun and she turns him down and no one has ever turned him down. He meets with her in his office and tells her blatantly that he wants to just #### her and he doesn’t do romance and he assumes she’ll go with it because he’s Gideon Cross and has never been turned down. I love it …..when Eva ….straight out tells him she’s not interested and not to pursue her because she’s not built that way. He’s astonished by her refusal that he finds her so incredibly attractive and intriguing with her unaffected personality towards him that he goes after her and with that the story is the ins and outs that accompanied by the relationship between them.But then the plot thickens and one must read the scenes that occur (with audio) to witness this amazing story and its series. It is written so beautifully that you’ll be invested into the couple’s story. It’s a fantastic read, as I said it was written about 12 years ago and it withstands the shape of time.So, pick a comfortable place to read and try not be disturbed and read ,Gideon Cross and Eva’s story, “Bared To You.” by Sylvia Day… HAPPY READING ;-)

Sylvia Day made me want to go into a room, lock the door, curl up into a ball and read this story from cover to cover. This book has it all - dark pasts, controlling men, beautiful people, wealth and power. The story features Eva Tramell, a twenty-something college graduate from a wealthy and influential family that wants to make her way in the world based on her own merits. Eva is no virgin, and comes with her own dark past. Eva lives with her bisexual best friend, Cary, with whom she has a completely platonic relationship with. Cary is beautiful, and an aspiring model with a penchant for falling in love with the "right" guys and then screwing up those relationships with the "wrong" woman or man. Cary shares with Eva a dark and disturbed past.Before Eva's first day on her new job at an advertising agency, she scopes out her place of work. She accidentally bumps into a tall, dark and beautiful man. This is our first introduction to Gideon Cross. Unbeknownst at the time to Eva, Gideon Cross is the owner of the building she works in, The Crossfire Building. Immediately, Gideon's demeanor changes when he looks at Eva. Something happens between them, leaving Eva breathless and Gideon on the hunt, so to speak. Gideon is magnetic. He's full of maleness and confidence and immediately enthralls Eva with his looks and his grace. Eva is no shrinking violet. The first thing she thinks about after she meets Gideon is what it would be like to have sex with him. Her thoughts include the words "primal" and sheet-clawing."Eva's second day of work brings her interesting news - her boss explains that he received a request for proposal (RFA) from Kingsman Vodka, a company owned by Crossfire Industries. Eva is invited to the pitch, and the pull between Eva and Gideon begins in earnest. Eva and Gideon's relationship begins, him by wanting nothing more than to have sex with her, and her playing hard to get. Eva might like sex, but she's nobody's toy. There are lunch meetings and dates, and their relationship progresses. Eva demands that sex with her be personal. She says that there doesn't necessarily need to be romance, but she requires friendliness and respect. I like Eva very much because she doesn't give in to Cross like a doe-eyed little girl caught in the headlights of a rich and powerful man. Eva's from a similar background to Cross - she wants Cross, but she's going to do it on her terms. Although Gideon sees Eva as "trouble" for him, he is drawn to her and cannot let her go. When Eva rejects Cross' suggestion of no-strings-attached sex, he is the one willing to "revisit and revise" what he wants from a relationship with her.So Eva and Gideon begin a friendly relationship. Eva learns that Gideon has a dark and tortured past. This is a plus for me as a reader, because there are few things I adore more than dark and twisted pasts. I love tortured and vulnerable characters, making this book like a drug for me. Gideon makes many mistakes along the way, which I chalk up to him not knowing how to deal with Eva. He's falling in love with a woman against his better judgment. He doesn't really know how to be in a normal relationship. We see the darkness in Gideon several times, but Eva does her best to stand by her man. We discover Eva's twisted secrets, but Gideon's run deeper and darker. He is very disturbed by something that happened in his past.My only problem with Eva is that her answer to any problem with Gideon is to run away. If she's feeling hurt, used, pissed, jealous or any negative emotion, her answer is to take off without a word. The first time she does this, I can understand her fears. But by the end of the book, I had had enough of that behavior. Eva has a few moments where she really can't make up her mind about what she really wants from Gideon. One minute, Eva thinks Gideon only wants sex from her. When he shows the world that he's in an actual relationship with her, she's not quite happy with that, either.There are a few places in this book where Gideon deserves Eva's anger, no more so than at the end with the introduction of someone from Gideon's past. But to be fair, Gideon is very up front with Eva, and I believe that he really does want and love Eva. However, both of these characters have dark and desperate pasts to deal with, and until they do that, they will continue to hurt one another. I especially enjoyed when Eva put her foot down concerning Gideon's ex calling him every day. Gideon, like many men, cannot see why or how this would bother Eva to the degree that it does. Ha! I love how Eva plays him at the end of the book - telling him that if he doesn't put an immediate end to his ex's infatuation with him, that she will take his cue while dealing with her own ex-boyfriends. This is just the type of thing to drive Gideon crazy! Gideon, though, is able to show his vulnerabilities to Eva, which is a big start for him.Like I stated earlier, I'm a sucker for dark and tortured characters. This book delivers on several characters that can fit this description. From Eva and Gideon, to Cary and even Magdalene and Corinne (both ex-lovers of Gideon). I think we're going to see a lot of drama in the next book. I think that Corinne is going to play a bigger role in aggravating Eva, and I think that Corinne isn't all that she appears. I think Gideon is going to make progress on his past issues, and that Eva will be there with him, until she can't handle the jealousy that she will undoubtedly have because of his ex-lovers. I think Deeper into You is going to be an emotional roller coaster, and I'm just happy to say that I will most definitely be along for the ride!

Pretty good one. Getting the chance to see how two people from very troubled pasts make a relationship work was interesting. I did feel that both Eva and Gideon were a little too codependent on each other and it didn't seem healthy. However, I think it's kind of romantic to find someone whom you believe is your person no matter what and you're willing to do anything to make it work with them. I look forward to reading the next book and hopefully find out what happened to Gideon to cause such awful nightmares and why he's soo frosty towards his mother. There's a bit too much raunchy sex in it for me but I had no problem just skimming through it. At least it wasn't kinky weird like some books.