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  7. One Chapter A Day - Re-Read Of Bared and Entwined

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    Yeah. I thought Gideon might have said to Stanton don't worry about the rent. 2 years in advanced!!! Scheesch, that's a lot of dosh!!!

    Anyway Eva's going up market to Fifth Avenue! :)

    Oh Stanton paid a small fortune for her apartment. Eva makes a remark that she(Eva) could have never afforded the place since monthly rent was more than most families make in a year.

  11. The New Entwined Clues Sylvia Is Posting

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    My husband and I both read FSoG and The Crossfire series. We both felt the reading level was a little lower than we expected, especially with there being a heavy BDSM theme in the story. We also found ourselves skipping over some of the sex scenes because they were fairly redundant. However I too went through CG withdrawls when I was finished with the books. I was hoping for more from CG POV and maybe a mirrored series of the 3 books written from his POV.

    I LOVE the Crossfire series, the characters have more depth to them and seem more like a real person. I find myself relating to a couple of them at times. Then at other times I am wanting to have a cup of coffee and conversation with them to find out what they are thinking and maybe point them in a better direction :-) And I am totally going through Eva and Gideon withdrawls waiting for the next book to come out!!!

    I actually emailed E.L James to let her know how I like the series and told her the same thing of wanting the series re-written from CG's POV. She responded that she is tinkering around with that but not to get my hopes up as it might not be published. So fingers crossed it might. To be honest I would absolutely LOVE if SD re-wrote the Crossfire series from Gideon's POV after the original series is complete.

  16. One Chapter A Day - Re-Read Of Bared and Entwined

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    We can do secret. It's better for them. No outside interference. Let the hooha die down. They will grow stronger, learn about each other, and when the times right, go public.

    I agree completely. NC weekend is the example how prefect they are together when they don't have the world interfering. And let's be honest sneaking around and having a secret love affair is going to make some really hot sex scenes. They will get their public HEA where Gideon gets " to put a ring on it" but right now I honestly think being a secret will help build trust and communication when they are alone together.

  17. The New Entwined Clues Sylvia Is Posting

    in The Crossfire Saga

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    Love the British history lesson!

    In the United States, the nearest equivalent we have to your bank holidays are "Federal holidays" -- holidays that are observed in all 50 states. Government offices, including state and local government offices, are closed, as are the banks. For most the most important Federal holidays, the financial markets (stock exchanges) also are closed, as are schools and many offices.

    Memorial Day (last Monday in May -- today) is a Federal holiday, one of the biggest. Officially, it is to remember members of the military who died in war. Observances include parades and/or ceremonies at war memorials and/or cemeteries. Unofficially, it is considered the start of the summer recreational season, with cookouts being an especially popular way to observe the day.

    Some states and even individual cities have local holidays, where they will close state offices and schools, but the banks will remain open, as will most offices.

    I grew up in Massachusetts, where the civil unrest that led to the American Revolution got started, and where Massachusetts became the first British colony to cross the line from unrest to actual open war. There are two local holidays linked to that part of history. The first is Patriots Day, observed statewide the third Monday in April, to commemorate the day the Revolutionary War itself began. In modern times, that day is noted for an internationally-known sports event - the Boston Marathon. The other local holiday, only in the city of Boston itself, is officially called "Evacuation Day" -- the date on which General George Washington's military forces finally succeeded in capturing Boston from the British, forcing the British military to evacuate the city via its naval ships. But it happened on March 17, so Evacuation Day is really a thinly-disguised way to make St. Patrick's Day a legal holiday in one of the most Irish cities in America. ;)

    Thats pretty awesome I might need to come to Boston for St. Patty's day next year. Lol

  18. Penguin Publishing Picture Posts

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    Plus what Lucas says in Chapter 14 when he finds Eva in the hospital well outside the visiting hours, learns she's there because her roommate is hospitalized, and guesses correctly that Gideon threw his influence around to make it possible for her to be there. Some of the things Lucas says:

    "So Gideon Cross threw his money around and made arrangements for you .... and you're grateful. But what will it cost you? .... He uses his money to seduce women, then despises them for being shallow enough to find his wealth attractive. He uses sex for control ...."

    Which begs the following questions:

    • Is Lucas deluding himself into thinking it was Gideon's money, not his sexual magnetism, that made Lucas' wife have an affair with Gideon and even decide to leave him (Lucas) for Gideon? Is this Lucas' wounded pride speaking -- and like Christopher, insane jealousy over Gideon's wealth?
    • Lucas is very hung up on money. Was he bribed by Gideon's stepfather as part of the cover-up of the sexual abuse allegations? Two pediatricians examined Gideon, his mother told Eva. Lucas "alienated" Gideon from his family, Gideon told Eva. Lucas is a pediatrician. Doing the math on his age and how long he'd been married, he would have been practically fresh out of medical school and already married around the time Gideon was victimized - probably saddled with a crushing amount of student load debt and maybe with a wife hung up on wealth.
    • If Lucas was bribed, does Gideon know -- and thus Lucas fears that weapon? Because if Lucas did indeed participate in a private investigation and then kept his mouth shut, Lucas broke medical ethics that could cost him his medical license and actually broke the law too. Ethics and the law required Lucas to report the mere allegations of sexual abuse to child protective services.
    • Gideon was branded a disturbed liar as a young teen. Now he's a very powerful man. Is it in Lucas' best interests to paint Gideon as a disturbed manipulator in order to protect himself (Lucas) -- that if it ever came out, Lucas could claim the very investigation itself was one big lie - never happened?
    I think you are spot on with your theory.
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