LN Cronan

 Excellent point -- I think the best way many of us want to savor the story is nice and slow. Kinda like Gideon makes love to Eva, a nice pace instead of "wham, bam, thank you mam."  But I'm wondering whether certain specialty threads might make sense for people who want to focus on a particular larger subject right away. Mainly to separate topics that cover multiple chapters (like the exes) from the chapter by chapter stuff. Make things easier for people who do want to jump ahead to particular characters versus people who want going over everything with a fine tooth comb.  I figure people will be starting their own threads too, like they have all along -- and which is GREAT, by the way. That's one of the beauties of this site, the ability of each person to start a thread, rather than it being run by moderators.  How about this -- those of us who want to do a chapter a day work together to create a thread for that. I think a second master thread clearly marked SPOILER in all-caps should be started too, to give fair warning to anyone checking it out that they might stumble across all the shockers right on up to the end of the story. So folks who really want to avoid spoilers for the time being can steer clear of that one until they're ready.  Maybe those two threads, then leave it up to individuals who might want to set up individual thread to focus on very specific things, like the murder case, how things unfold with characters like Corrine and Brett, etc ....  If this works, I'll create the two main threads -- chapter a day and SPOILER -- later today to get them ready and label them for what time many of the regulars have agreed to get going tomorrow (9 a.m. Eastern Time U.S. is a popular consensus). Meanwhile, everyone burning to discuss/dish certain characters can get lively discussions going for anyone else who wants to dive in.

9 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time is 1 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time for the lovely ladies in the U.K. It's 3 p.m. in Italy and Johannesburg. Â Â Let me know if there are any other locations to covert the time from 9 a.m. Eastern to local time.

 Like her heroine, Eva, being upset by some of the things reported about Gideon and her, in real life, some people write upsetting stuff just for the h.e.l.l. of it.  We <3 <3 <3 you, Sylvia -- and like Gideon asked Eva to ignore the tabloids, try to ignore the people who have their own axes to grind. For every one of those mean reviews, there have been many glowing ones -- especially professional reviews. And in the end, the best indicator of all is the number of copies sold. Already it's a HUGE best-seller. Can millions of fans be wrong?

 Good morning, ladies!!!  I've got an idea for two separate main threads to start with:  The Entwined with You snapshots - discuss one per day now that we know what they meant Entwined with You *** SPOILERS *** general discussion thread  (note: this one is for people who want to jump right in and discuss their overall thoughts about the entire novel.) Jump in with ideas for specialty threads, too. For example, I think an entire thread could be devoted to "The exes - Brett, Corrine, Magdalene, Anne, (fill in fifth name here -- ladies who have already finished know who I mean, but I'm not going to put the name in today, because it'd be a spoiler to identify the person as an ex) Another one could be: The relatives - Monica, Victor, Ireland, Elizabeth, Chris. Sr., Christopher Jr.

 Sylvia reposted them to her own Facebook page from another Facebook page where Penguin was posting them: Bared to You: A Crossfire Novel  Here's the original page: https://www.facebook.com/BaredToYouACrossfireNovel

   Most definitely on the same page -- make that on all 356 pages of Entwined (wink, wink)  I think a time some agreed on to open the gate is 9 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time, picking that because it happened to be the time slot Sylvia set to release every one of the 23 snapshots. I'm choosing that time.  I've been dealing with my posting withdrawal these past couple of days by reading some of the reviews on Amazon, and "liking" the positive reviews I found especially nice. I even took the time to write one myself.

Love the idea Kirsten, of a special thread for new questions for Sylvia!

 She'll get lots of love here starting Friday from some fans thrilled by Entwined.  And I hope some of the regular readers of the forums will sign up to become posters. Jump in folks -- the water's fine!!!

 Great minds think alike, Kirsten -- I posted the same thing over on the book four thread. Well worth mentioning repeatedly, though -- Penguin, are you reading this site? You need to be very, very, VERY nice to Sylvia.

Syvlia pasted this to Facebook this morning: Â Â Â Okay, so there are lots of questions about the next book! That's wonderful and I'm thrilled that so many of you are looking forward to it. I'm so grateful for you all. I feel really blessed. Â My original contract with Penguin/Berkley was for three books. That's a pretty typical contract. In my ten years of writing/publishing, I've done contracts for one, two, and three books at a time, but never for more than three. Publishers don't want to invest too much at one time and authors don't want to get tied down too long, just in case things don't work out well and they decide to move on. Â Usually the publisher and author will negotiate for new books as soon as the last book in the contract is turned in so that pre-orders can go up and things can keep rolling forward. That didn't happen with Crossfire.That's why you don't see pre-orders up for Books 4 and 5. Â The delay was due, in part, to how contentious things got when the release date of Entwined with You was moved to June, something I didn't want and fought strenuously. It was a horrible decision made by the publisher and we all can see the effects of that now. A lot of readers assumed the date move was my decision and it absolutely was not. I hated it and knew it was going to set the wrong tone for readers. (I also have no say in pricing, although I argue all the time for a lower price point for digital - I'm a digital reader, too. I understand.) Â I'm now, at this late date, working on finalizing the publication of Books 4 and 5. Does that mean the books are ages away? No. Everyone wants to wrap up the series (including me!) as soon as possible and I expect we'll have a firm date for the publication that I can share within the next two weeks or so. It's not going to be a year away!! I write must faster than that and I've got a head start. Again, I don't control release dates, but I know what I *won't* be seeing happening again. I don't want to keep you waiting. I never wanted to keep you waiting. Â I know some readers have decided that Crossfire was extended for monetary reasons, but I can say in all honesty, I would make the same amount of money for a new series and likely MORE, so I assure you, money is not motivating how the series is being handled moving forward. My primary goal is keeping your trust, delivering books to you in a timely manner, and making sure Gideon and Eva have the happy ending they deserve. Â Thanks for bearing with me while I address the deficits in the handling of the first three novels and thank you so much for all the wonderful emails, posts, and tweets about Entwined with You. I love the book and I'm so happy that so many of you did, too! Â Also, if you have title suggestions, I'd love to hear them. Â THANK YOU!

I read Entwined twice, and counting the audiobook, I'll have gone through the story three times before Friday when we all starts going wild with reactions. Â The first read-through was a fast-paced page turner, excited by every plot twist (even the ones involving me wanting to smack certain characters off the side of the head -- I loved the story despite the fact parts of it angered me. Maybe I loved it even more because parts of the story, specifically the actions of certain characters, were upsetting. An excellent story is supposed to move me in a number of different ways, and for every "AGH!!!!" there also were laughs and mental high-fives.) Â The second read-through was to go back over the story in fine detail, connecting dots within the plot of Entwined and connecting threads tracing all the way back to Bared. Â As always, the audiobook is a special pleasure unto itself, and is something that allows me to pick up on stuff that jumps out a little when reading but leaps out when being read to. Â SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I'm going to write a review for Amazon today, to help me through posting "withdrawal" until Friday. Â Suggestion for folks upset about bad reviews. Read the reviews, give four or five stars to the ones you like and one star to those you dislike.

I'm enjoying the audiobook today.

 Maybe, maybe not. Aftershock and Afterburn have already been written, and Crossfire Four was already in progress of being written earlier this spring.  The release date is up to the publisher (we've all learned the hard way) -- but I would hope they'd be eager to get a guaranteed #1 bestseller released during the 2013 holiday shopping season.  Crossing my fingers. Hey, "crossing" -- that's "punny" as Cary would say

Final snapshot - Chapter 23 Â Some of us already know what it means -- NO SPOILERS in this thread, please, for the ladies still waiting for delivery of books in the (U.S.) and Thursday (U.K.) Â

 Sylvia promised in a recent interview that readers would learn the identity of Gideon's abuser. It's in there.

 I immediately went to chapter 2, picking up where the portion already posted (along with all of chapter 1) to Sylvia's main website let off.  And no, I did not immediately flip to the end of the story. Some people love to do that, but I've always been a start-to-finish reader.

In honor of tomorrow morning .... paraphrasing a snippet  Waking up to Gideon and Eva on download is like .... "presents on Christmas morning"   Nearly there, ladies. Less than twelve hours to go until it officially becomes 12:00 a.m. June 4 in the first U.S. time zone.

 Entwined does have 23 chapters -- so we are due one last snapshot.

 Friday is going to be awesome -- and epic on this site.

::: blushing ::::

 I can't see Gabri pulling a Corrine. A Magdalene, maybe -- give it her best shot but know when give up.  Who knows, though -- maybe his heart isn't already taken. In which case, it's possible to pull an Eva.

 SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE  Your next mission -- find out his name

Chapter 19 of Reflected in You - The Readers Guide  This chapter starts late morning Tuesday (day 43) and continues to Wednesday night (day 44).  Key plot developments The final chapter of the novel ends on a cliffhanger - Gideon arrives home from the gym Wednesday night to find Eva sitting on his doorstep. Hours earlier, Detective Shelley Graves, leading the Nathan murder investigation, had leaked details of the case to Eva - Graves was convinced Gideon did it, because he believed Eva's life was in danger. New characters none in this chapter  What the detective told Eva Graves approached Eva at the Krav Maga studio, trying to act like she (Graves) had simply bumped into Eva. Instantly suspicious, Eva made it clear she didn't want to even talk to the detective without a lawyer present. Graves countered with " .... you don't have to say anything. I'll do all the talking." (page 353) The detective told Eva she thinks Gideon killed Nathan, precisely premeditating the murder after Cary had been beaten half to death. It turned out Nathan had been the attacker. Evidence later found in Nathan's hotel room showed Nathan had following Cary -- and had actually been stalking Eva. Graves believed Gideon's reaction to the beating was coming to believe Eva was mortal danger. "And you know what? He was right. I've seen the evidence we collected from Barker's room -- photos, detailed notes of your daily schedule, news clippings .... even some of your garbage. Usually when we find that sort of thing, it's too late." (page 334). Nathan died on Thursday. Graves traced the evidence of the plot back to Monday, when Gideon found out about the attack on Cary. Gideon started seeing Corrine again on Monday in an effort to wipe out his motive -- leaving Eva for Corrine while Nathan was still alive. "Why would he kill a man over a woman he'd dumped?" (page 335) After Gideon set up the relationship lie that shielded him from motive, he set up an event to give himself an alibi for the night of the killing -- an alibi he needed because he himself likely committed the killing, not some hired hitman, Graves figured out. Thus the party at a hotel he owned, a location near the hotel where Nathan had been staying. The press coverage of the party, complete with photos of him being there (and obviously "reunited" with Corrine) was planned to serve as an unbreakable alibi. Graves didn't buy it, though -- she kept digging and found out that a kitchen fire at the party-location hotel cleared the entire building for an hour. Gideon made sure he was seen interacting with firefighters, but the confusion would have given him time to slip away under circumstances where witnesses could say he was around but could not pinpoint exactly where every single minute. Graves claimed she knew he'd killed Nathan but could not prove it -- and so she and her partner (Detective Mincha) together decided to drop the matter, despite the fact both believed taking the law into one's own hands is wrong. Nathan would have killed Eva sooner or later, and no one cared Nathan himself was now dead, not even Nathan's own father. Then Graves got Eva to confirm a suspicion Graves had -- about Eva having phoned Gideon's cell phone from her apartment on Saturday morning (though Graves didn't come out and say so, a quick check of phone records would have proven who called who.) It turned out Gideon was at the police station that morning -- and she spied on Gideon when he left the room to take Eva's call, saw what his face looked like by the end of that call. "The only time I've seen pain like that is when I'm notifying next of kin." Graves got Eva to confirm, with a nod of her (Eva's) head, "You broke up with him on the Saturday after we interrupted your dinner, didn't you?" Thus Eva provided evidence she ended the relationship two days after Gideon killed Nathan, rather than Gideon threw Eva over in favor of Corrine four days before someone else who actually did have motive must have done it.  What happened next In a daze, Eva went straight to Gideon's apartment. He wasn't home, and she no longer had a key to get in. So she sat on the doorstep waiting for him (based on the timeline suggested in Entwined Chapter 1, she sat there a while, possibly as long as a couple of hours.) By way of explanation when a puzzled Gideon found her, Eva said "I ran into Detective Graves tonight ... they're dropping the case." (page 338) His physical reaction to those words -- sucking in a deep breath, desolation filling his eyes, sinking to his knees on the floor, and finally bowing his head -- told Eva it was true, he had killed Nathan. Her reaction was to gently touch his face and then kiss his face, her body language saying "thank you." "Where do we go from here?" he asked, to which she answered, "Wherever this takes us. Together." (page 338) And with that cliffhanger, the novel ended.  One more thing -- about that hotel Gideon had cleaned out his f*** pad, had done so weeks ago, did it in fact hours after he and Eva had their first couples therapy appointment, that angst-filled session in which they'd fought over whether or not he'd screwed Corrine in his office during lunch, the appointment where he slipped up by pointing out if he'd really wanted to sleep with Corrine, his hotel room is where he'd have gone. He'd snuck off to do the errand after Eva fell asleep that night. But he got caught returning to her place -- caught because he arrived in the middle of her having a nightmare about Nathan. Given all the drama of the day -- from Corrine in the afternoon to Eva so upset by the nightmare she was vomiting -- Gideon decided it wasn't the time to discuss a painful subject like his f*** pad. So he never did get around to telling Eva he'd gotten rid of it. Until Tuesday after lunch, the same day they'd had their talk in his car that led her to believe he would come back to her eventually if she only was patient. Eva had been going down a "hit list" of people in a crusade of taking Gideon's side, and her list included his brother, Christopher Jr. She took Christopher out to lunch (and ended up sparing the guy, unlike his mother, Corrine and Lucas.) But the protective Gideon had her snuck into the Crossfire security office afterward, out of sight of witnesses and lobby cameras, to ask what went on. And that's when Gideon told her about the hotel. "We both know I'll never use it again. My girl prefers modes of transportation to beds." (page 329)

 Ya done good, kiddo!!!  And just think how much fun you can have shortly doing a chart linking all the threads this time knowing what each snapshot meant and what the Penguin countdown picture quotes meant too.