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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... read more
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Characters edit
- Eva Lauren Tramell: Young woman who is 24-years old and recently moved from San Diego to New York City. Short and curvy with long blonde hair and gray eyes. Her father is a police detective. Her mother is married to a wealthy financier. She works as an advertising assistant at an advertising agency and is in a relationship with Gideon who calls her Angel.
- Gideon Cross: Multi-billionaire businessman who is 28-years old. Owner of Cross Industries. He is 6'2" tall and has inky black hair with a firmly etched mouth, a blade of a nose, and intensely blue eyes. In a relationship with Eva who refers to him as Dark and Dangerous.
- Cary Taylor: Eva's roommate and best friend. A male model. Bisexual
- Angus: Gideon's driver and bodyguard
- Trey: Photographer's assistant and Cary's lover
- Victor Reyes: Eva's father, a police detective in San Diego. He was never married to her mother.
- Monica Tramell Barker Mitchell Stanton: Eva's mother
- Richard Stanton: Eva's stepfather, a wealthy financier
- Mark Garrity: Junior account executive and Eva's boss at advertising agency
- Steven Ellison: Contractor and Mark's partner.
- Shawna Ellison: Steven's sister, friend of Eva's
- Tatiana Cherlin: Cary's sometime lover who is tall, blonde and buxom. She is also a model.
- Corinne Giroux: Gideon's ex-fiancée
- Brett Kline: One of Eva's ex-boyfriends, a singer in a band.
- Elizabeth Vidal: Gideon's mother
- Ireland Vidal: Gideon's half-sister
- Christopher Vidal Jr.: Gideon's half brother
- Megumi: Receptionist at the ad agency
- Scott: Gideon's secretary
- Dr. Lyle Petersen: Monics's psychiatrist and now counseling Gideon and Eva as a couple.
- Parker Smith: Owner of the Krav Maga training center where Eva is a member
- Benjamin Clancy: Richard Stanton's driver and bodyguard
- Arnoldo Ricci: Owner of Tableau One, a trendy new bistro, and a chef on the Food Network
- Shelley Graves: NYPD detective
- Richard Michna: NYPD detective
- Raúl: One of Gideon's drivers
- Magdalene Perez: Good friend of Gideon's who is in love with him
- Robert Phillips: Six-Ninth's manager
- Nathan Barker: Eva's former stepbrother
- Dr. Terrence (Terry) Lucas: Pediatrician who Gideon intensely dislikes
- Anne: Terry Lucas' wife
- Will: Advertising assistant at the agency
- Daniel: Man at the bar in Las Vegas
- Dr. Travis: Psychiatrist
- Mr. Waters: Kingsman Vodka director
- Doug: Shawna's boyfriend
- Ian: Cary's friend
- Sheila: Cross Tower and Casino security
Quotes edit
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“I'd rather argue with you, angel, than laugh with anyone else”
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“It shredded me, Eva. Cut me open and left me bleeding. I kicked his ass in self-defense.”
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“I’m obsessed with you, angel. Addicted to you. You’re everything I’ve ever wanted or needed, everything I’ve ever dreamed of. You’re everything. I live and breathe you. For you.”
Gideon Cross
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First Sentence edit
I loved New York with the kind of mad passion I reserved for only one other thing in my life.
Table of Contents edit
Chapters 1-19
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 3 in Crossfire Series. (standard series)
Preceded by Bared to You, and followed by Entwined with You.
This is book 3 of 20 in New York Times Bestsellers - Paperback Trade Fiction (Current). (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Sylvia Day (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Country: USA
Publication Date: October 2, 2012
ISBN: 978-0425263914
Page Count: 432
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Country: USA
Publication Date: October 2, 2012
ISBN: 978-0425263914
Page Count: 432
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3604.A9875 R44 2012
- Dewey: 813.6
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- Sylvia Day: Author's website
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