by Sylvia Day
With his face in the curve of my shoulder, he whispered, “Sorry, baby girl.”
I hugged him back. “You deserve better than the way you treat yourself.”
“I didn’t do her,” he said quietly, pulling back to look at me. “I was going to. I thought I wanted to. But when it came down to it, it hit me that I have a kid coming. A kid, Eva. And I don’t want him—or her—growing up thinking of me the way I do my mom. I gotta get my shit straight.”
I hugged him again. “I’m proud of you.”
“Yeah, well.” He pulled back, looking sheepish. “I still rubbed her off, since I’d taken it that far, but my dick stayed tucked in my pants.”
“TMI, Cary,” I said. “Totally TMI.”
“We still heading out to San Diego tomorrow?” His hopeful look twisted my heart.
“Hell, yeah. I’m looking forward to it.”
His grin was tinged with relief. “Good. I’ve got us flying out at eight thirty.”
Gideon rejoined us just then, and the look he gave me told me we weren’t done talking about my going away for the weekend. But when Cary headed down the hallway to his room, I grabbed Gideon and kissed him hard, delaying that conversation. As I’d hoped, he didn’t hesitate to pull me in and take over, his mouth eating at mine with lush, deep licks.
Moaning, I let him sweep me away. The world could go crazy by itself for a night. Tomorrow was soon enough to face it and everything we had to deal with.
I grabbed him by the tie. “Tonight, you’re mine.”
“I’m yours every night,” he said in that warm, raspy voice that stirred the hottest fantasies.
“Start now.” I walked backward, pulling him toward my room. “And don’t stop.”
He didn’t. Not ’til morning.
Author’s Note
Yes, dear reader, you’re right. This can’t possibly be the end.
Gideon and Eva’s journey isn’t quite finished yet. I look forward to seeing where they’ll take us next.
All my best,
Sylvia
Acknowledgments
My gratitude to editor Hilary Sares for all her hard work on Entwined with You and the previous two books in the Crossfire series. Without her, there would be some rambling, many Latinate words, brief lapses into historical jargon, and other offenses that would distract readers from the beauty of Gideon’s love for Eva. Thank you so much, Hilary!
Huge thanks to my agent, Kimberly Whalen, and my editor, Cindy Hwang, for helping me recapture the magic of Gideon and Eva when writing this story. When I needed help, they were there for me. Thank you, Kim and Cindy!
Thank you to my publicist, Gregg Sullivan, for keeping me organized and being a big help in managing my schedule.
Thanks to my agent, Jon Cassir at CAA, for all his hard work and patience in answering my questions.
I’m grateful to all of my international publishers, who’ve been so tremendously supportive and enthusiastic about the Crossfire series.
And to my readers, I cannot thank you enough for your patience and support. I’m grateful to be sharing Gideon and Eva’s continuing journey with you.
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SYLVIA DAY
SEVEN YEARS TO SIN
The novel that inspired Sylvia Day to write bestselling novel, Bared to You, Seven Years to Sin is a smart, sensual story of a young woman’s sexual awakening at the hands of a handsome rogue in Regency England.
Seven years ago, on the eve of her wedding, young Lady Jessica Sheffield witnessed a scandalous seduction by the roguish Alistair Caulfield. But after years of serene but unfulfilling marriage, she still cannot free her dreams of this illicit liaison. So when newly widowed Jessica steps aboard Caulfield’s ship for a transatlantic passage, years of denied pleasure and passion will be unleashed in the most provocative way …
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SYLVIA DAY
BARED TO YOU
Our journey began in fire…
Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness – beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white hot. I was drawn to him as I’d never been to anything or anyone in my life. I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily …
Gideon knew. He had demons of his own. And we would become the mirrors that reflected each other’s most private wounds … and desires.
The bonds of his love transformed me, even as I prayed that the torment of our pasts didn’t tear us apart …
‘A hundred degrees hotter than anything you’ve read before’ Reveal
‘Move over Danielle Steel and Jackie Collins, this is the dawn of a new Day’ Amuse
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REFLECTED IN YOU
Gideon Cross. As beautiful and flawless on the outside as he was damaged and tormented on the inside. He was a bright, scorching flame that singed me with the darkest of pleasures. I couldn’t stay away. I didn’t want to. He was my addiction … my every desire … mine.
My past was as violent as his, and I was just as broken. We’d never work. It was too hard, too painful … except when it was perfect. Those moments when the driving hunger and desperate love were the most exquisite insanity.
We were bound by our need. And our passion would take us beyond our limits to the sweetest, sharpest edge of obsession …
Intensely romantic, darkly sensual and completely addictive, Reflected in You will take you to the very limits of obsession – and beyond.
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