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This is the site that announced it originally, it's a film rather than a tv series and I guess the two books are short enough for a film to do them justice.  Your caution is understandable, but I do hope it goes ahead as then we just might get the tv series. 

 

 

http://us13.campaign-archive1.com/?u=dd35af4820bf1c380bfbb6f68&id=bf2722f104

https://www.passionflix.com/

In reply to a question on Facebook

 

Sylvia Day Afterburn/Aftershock is presently in development for film adaptation. I'll post updates as we get them!

There's nothing in the book that would explain this, perhaps Gideon had given Angus time off for the weekend as there was no need for a security detail until Gideon and Eva were due to return home - the driver had been changed part way through their journey to the house so Angus would have been free to enjoy a couple of days off duty.  Also it being over a weekend, I guess even if Monica had tried to contact any of Gideon's employees she probably only had business numbers and at weekends I suspect the telephone operators/receptionists wouldn't be in the office???

Happy new year to you too.  I've not done a re-read yet this year (too many other must reads out), but have dipped in occasionally to clarify some thoughts. 

I don't think the author responds to all tweets so don't be disheartened not to hear from her.  Its the same on her Facebook, people ask questions and often it is other readers who answer.  She says she is writing at the moment and Gideon is talking to her . . . . .  so that may be why she is responding to a few people giving hints about the characters featuring in the next four books she is contracted to write.  Despite the criticisms from some over the ending of One With You, the books about Gideon and Eva do sell, but she is right not to keep them as the forefront of future novels.  Their main storyline of getting together and particularly bringing Gideon out of his closed in situation with his family (and other things) was completed and they were very much together at the end of that book.  It will be good to read about a different couple, but knowing that at some point in the storyline we'll get to catch up and find out some of those things that were not finalised in the Crossfire series.

And from what has been said, yes, the Blacklist series are the next two books and then the duology about Ireland - bearing in mind the Crossfire books began in 2012 and I presume were set in 2012, and assuming the Ireland books start to be written this year, Ireland will be 22/23 so out of college and working for the Record company.  And hopefully Gideon and Eva have had 5 years together and perhaps there will be a baby (I'm not fussed if they don't have one but it would be good to read how Gideon reacts to hearing he is to be a father, becoming a father etc.) 

 

 

Happy new y ear everyone

 

In a response to a reader tweeting about needing more Gideon and Eva, Sylvia replied

 

Sylvia Day • Author

✔ @SylDay

We'll see them again, in the Blacklist Series and Ireland's series.

 

 

I know from reading reviews that people felt a lot of questions raised throughout the books had not been answered.  I believe there were 'hints' in One With You about some of those answers (such as it does look like Eva is going to work for Gideon as he involved her in the lunch meeting/Gideon confronted his mother and accepted the fact that she would never change).  Some of the questions may well be answered in the proposed book(s) about Ireland so I am not worried about what happened to Anne, Dr Lucas, Corinne, whether Tatiana had the baby or Cary and Trey made a go of it as they are not the main characters and personally I didn't mind not continuing with their storylines.

But there were some things to do with Gideon and/or Eva that maybe ought to have been explained. 

The first one in my mind relates to Angus -  Gideon says 'Angus had been the one to anchor me.  He never doubted me.'  So Angus knew what happened to Gideon.  Gideon was close enough to Angus to have him as the only friend at his wedding.  At one point in One With You Angus tells Gideon it would be good for him to have family and Gideon's thoughts are 'For years, Angus had been all I'd had,  And he'd been enough'

So yes, we know Angus knew what happened but I would have expected a few words to explain how he knew and what action he took to help Gideon at the time.  I'm sure there are other small, but important, points that we all still feel an explanation is needed. 

I just popped on Good Reads to see if there was any further detail on this book - there are lots of ratings for it already, some one star, some five stars and in between - yet no-one has read the book as I believe the author is still writing it so how on earth can someone rate a book that is not written?????

I bought the iTunes song and the booklet is a photo of Sylvia, the lyrics, a few sentences from the book leading up to Brett singing and a few words from after he sang.  When I pre-ordered the price was £1.49, last night before my download was available the price had dropped to 79p but I was still charged £1.49 - Amazon usually only charge you what the price is on the release day, iTunes are not sokind .

 

If you bought the audiobook from audible you should be able to download a fresh version including the song, ditto if in the UK and you bought the e-book from Penguin you get a version with the song.

The web site was updated today and neither of those are yet available.

I guess US readers are not getting the song as the US contract with Penguin is ended.

I am wondering what this is about, but probably just that a count down to Gideon's birthday was a reasonable way to publicise the song release.  Don't forget if you buy the song via iTunes you get a booklet (not sure what that will be as the digital booklet is usually the artwork of a cd so will include details of the songwriter, singer, possibly the musicians involved. 

Well, Golden by Six-Ninths now exists

 

http://www.sylviaday.com/golden/

UK iTunes link to pre-order

 

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/golden-single/id1150588451

From the author's web site

 

When will So Close (Blacklist #1) release?

Sylvia is presently working on So Close. The publisher will announce the release date once the story is complete and edited. At this time, it’s expected that So Close will release in early to mid-2017.

This is the most up to date information on this topic as of August 2016.

Sadly this has just gone on the author's web site

 

Will there be a Crossfire® motion picture or television series?

Lionsgate optioned the rights to the Crossfire saga in 2013 and renewed the option twice. After three years of development, Sylvia declined to option again and she presently retains the adaptation rights. She eventually expects to find the right partner, but for now, the Crossfire series is no longer in development.

This is the most up to date information on this topic as of August 2016

UK readers will be able to purchase an e-book of all 5 Crossfire novels (can't happen for the US due to the last book having a different publisher).

 

http://www.sylviaday.com/international-edition/complete-crossfire-series-book-collection/

Perhaps the shock at what he was doing in his office was purely because it was in the office which is not somewhere one would normally do anything sexual? 

I don't think he was shocked at Eva's home when that first physical encounter happened as (now we have the picture scenario) it looks as if he did do certain things with women in places other than the Fpad.   In the limo it was a full sexual encounter and his reaction reflected that he had actually been able to have full sex in a place other than the fpad.  (??? open to other ideas on that conclusion).

Eva does confirm that Gideon knew how to f**k a woman yet he seems to have limited experience at actual f****ing, more experience of ensuring the women had a good time by using mouth, hands and toys.  Plus those women seemed to have to be tall, willowy brunettes (like his mom)  Eva is the opposite of that and perhaps being so different helped him overcome what was a problem for him of a woman with specific looks, and a need to be in a specific place to actually be able to perform.

I also wondered how big a surprise it was to him to see Eva and fall for her - he already knew Monica even if at a distance and Monica looked like Eva. I'm not sure of my point here, had something about Monica put something in his head that, when he saw Eva made him take notice of her?

I'd love to read some of the early Crossfire scenes in Gideon's POV - the night he dealt with Nathan for one. 

I really do need now to re-read all the books having read other forum members thoughts on the books, and reviewers comments.  I've a small tbr list to get through first and think it wise to leave a gap before re-reading with a fresh mind and perhaps on this re-read might see some more clues to Gideon's character in particular.  I had read comments in the past (before the last two books were published) from readers who felt Gideon was really messed up (more than Christian in Fifty) and at that time all I really saw was he'd been abused, was disassociated from his mum and family, had no idea how to have a good relationship with a woman he was having a sexual relationship with.  Hints of tieing her up, smacking her bottom, the sex swing, slight discussions on domination all pointed to his possibly not being vanilla, and then we read from his POV how he treated Ann and I did worry that we might find out he was into bdsm which I really didn't want to be the case (that was the part of 50 shades that I was not keen on).  One Amazon reviewer felt the author had chickened out of taking him down the bdsm road, but maybe that was never meant to be - some straightforward sexual relationships do include smacking, the tieing her up could just have been metaphorically speaking.  The way he treated Ann was because she was so like Hugh and because she was married to Terry, both of whom he needed to get back at.  I also suspect Ann actually liked the treatment she got, if she hadn't she'd not have been as keen on getting him back into her life as she seemed to be.  The way she greeted him in Captivated gave me the impression she'd still take him back.

 

 

Not really related to this topic but as this is the main thread - delays in publishing books:

Sylvia Day was given so much 'hate' (is that the right word) for the delay in publishing some of the Crossfire series, and I believe most of the delays were out of her hands.  One author I follow who publishes many more books than Sylvia, and releases each book as a series and then as a set, always has a problem that delays the publication of her books.  Mostly just by one or two days but over the last few months I've noted that each instalment has an announced release date which always changes.  And every reason is absolutely genuine (she's an independent author, illness, family problems, Amazon problems) and I have no complaint that her books are delayed as they are worth waiting for.  And not one of her readers complains, they always understand.

And that is not the only author of the very few that I eagerly await their next book, who has delays.

I just don't get why people got so wound up over the delays in the publication of Crossfire books.  I know we were all extremely keen to read the rest of Gideon and Eva's story and I think as a whole we were happy to wait for the final book to be perfected before publication. I do know that on Good Reads there was one 'thread' about Captivated By You where the people subscribed could be pretty rude, but convincing themselves they were just being honest and were loyal fans - but when it came to One With You being published I knew before they even read the book they were going to give it bad write-ups mainly because of the delay (as well as the trilogy into five book problem).  I struggle to understand why, for this particular author, there was so much 'hate'.  It cannot have been easy for Sylvia to know that every day on her Facebook page there'd be the whining contingent who seem to think there is a law that there should only be a matter of weeks between books being published and comparing other author's output (yes E L James did put all three books out pretty close together but she did only write those three books, and I don't think she had - at that time - as much involvement in the book world as Sylvia Day does).  Unfair comparison by those 'loyal fans' perhaps?

 

"Nathalia said - I just feel like, when I finished the book, I was looking for more."

 

After having time to let the ending register, and still being aware I need to do another re-read (after I've finished the next two series I have promised myself I will read) I do agree with that statement.

 

I think I was happy with how the Gideon and Eva storyline ended (with them together and him being on the road to as much healing as I think he would achieve.  I wasn't all that bothered about whether or not the baby was Cary's but it would be nice to know if he does end up with Trey - the fact he was intending to share with Victor might be an indication he doesn't but I could be wrong. 

I accepted that Gideon had it out with his mother and resigned himself to her still not accepting what happened to him.  I also remember in Bared to You at the garden party there was something hinted at his mother's interest in young men (he reminded her Cary was a friend of his?????).

I don't care if Corinne goes back to Giroux or remains on her own, her future doesn't matter so long as she no longer interferes with Gideon and Eva, and the book does not appear.

Anne Lucas - well it would be good to know she got her just desserts, especially as she entered into an affair with Gideon knowing what her brother had done to him as a child - that woman has definitely got a screw loose in her head.  We know Gideon went with her to get back at her husband as well as Hugh, we know he was 'more depraved' with her (than with others - and if so how mildly depraved had his previous sex life been?) but how much did she bring in to that need to act in a depraved manner?  There are slight hints about bondage in some of his comments (I don't think he's hinting at bdsm) and I believe from something he says in One With You spanking may well be on the agenda (because all these alpha billionaires seem to HAVE to be into something slightly deviant).

We knew there was a possibility of something in Monica's background and we got the information about that, but such a pity she had to be killed off. 

Christopher did seem to be making inroads into establishing a relationship with Gideon, Eva may still have to work at that as the chapter about them being at Stanton and Monica's place was to show how Gideon finds it difficult to be part of a family environment (and Dr Peterson also spoke to him about that).  As we know Eva is determined to resolve as much as she can, she's bound to bring them together.

Eva must surely be going to do the Crossroads foundation work as she planned - no point in resigning from her job if she wasn't going to do that.

Lancorp - that storyline came in quickly, gave Eva a reason to challenge Gideon one last time, finally getting him to break and open up.  When there was more in One With You it seemed as if we might get an interesting bit when the two women spoke at the restaurant but then nothing other than Gideon realising he was not paying sufficient attention to business and Lancorp challenges since meeting Eva.  Maybe that was all that was intended to come out of that sideline, as there was nothing that could be resolved regarding Geoffrey Cross (with Gideon admitting he was a criminal even though young child Gideon believed his dad was good and not a liar) the Lancorp rivalry would continue.

The part about Anne and her other persona - we certainly didn't get enough detail about that, presumably she wasn't anything to do with Gideon's mother - wonder if she deliberately went after Gideon?  Using her alter ego she was treating Corinne - did she think Gideon might have told Corinne about his past and who was involved in it?  Did she deliberately find Corinne to get her to be a patient?  Could that be why she used a different name in case Corinne knew about Hugh?

I like Lighthouse' points about Gideon and how he could cope with sexual (not penetrative) activity whilst clothed, and not at the hotel - as she pointed out his first activity with Eva was in her apartment and although he did not 'take part' he had no problem ensuring she was looked after.  The only thing about it being because he was able to perform in the limousine with clothes on is that he was obviously totally astounded that he had been able to perform the full act in a place that was not the f-pad and began to drift into himself and away from Eva getting his head round what had just happened.  Although that could just have been because at first she took control and he obviously had no problem 'getting it up' whereas in his previous escapades (such as that dreadful photo) maybe he never did 'get it up'.

 

I pop on Amazon and Good Reads once a week to check reviews, mainly focussing on the longer reviews as they go into more detail - sometimes there's some good points people bring out from the book that I may have missed or misinterpreted.  One reviewer said the bracelet Gideon gave Eva was 'creepy' - obviously never heard of the Cartier love bracelet which is the bracelet equivalent of an eternity ring and is very popular.  Eva knew the significance of it and it certainly got Gideon what he wanted!!!! 

 

Still lots of people moaning about the delay, the 5 books instead of 3 blah blah.  But there are a few who say they had held back reading it because either they'd read reviews and thought the book would not be great, or because of the 5 books instead of 3, yet they found when they did decide to read that they really enjoyed it.

 

Interview with Sylvia

 

http://www.pbs.org/video/2365751623/

I'll join in on this soon, might have to do a re-read chapter a day so it's fresh in my mind.  I agree that Chapter 1 flowed nicely as a follow up to Captivated.  We still get a lot of both Gideon and Eva's thoughts about how handsome/beautiful they find each other but as the stories are being told pretty much through their thoughts and they are thinking about each other a lot then there will be comments about their looks.  Plus in the first chapter they serve, along with brief reminders about things such as Gideon's nightmares, to remind readers of the story line.  (And this did cause some reviewers to complain but it seems sensible to add reminders when there is a reasonable gap between books).

We probably discussed quite a bit of chapter 1 when Sylvia began releasing parts of it for us to read once the book release was announced. 

I'm not getting much time again (some work going on at my house) but the last few points re Gideon's attitude to what constitutes sex is interesting and could be correct.  I'll need to do a bit of a re-read of some parts which I can't do at the moment, but am I right in thinking we have to pick some parts of the story line up from clues Sylvia gives?  If so was the information we got about how he was with Ann a clue that actually he was not always 'nice' in how he behaved towards the women?  He said he was more depraved with her, but he also said something about conquering (not sure if that was the word) some of the women who came on to him.  Would that be done with vanilla sex or something with a little more kink?  He does occasionally hint at wanting to tie Eva up although I thought that might be a metaphorical tie up rather than literal, but we got the clue (?) of the sex swing and the fact Eva worked out he handled tieing her into it so well that he must have some experience?  Perhaps in some cases when he just used toys to ensure the woman had a good time, he was straightforward, and I suspect he had a straightforward sexual relationship with Corrine (other than it always took place in the hotel room) but are the clues there that although he rarely had straightforward sex, he did have something a little more adventurous with some of the women?  But the way he is always 'up' for sex with Eva indicates he's catching up on what he has missed out on. 

 

 

I read and enjoyed these.  Busy at the moment but when I've a moment I'll refresh my mind over the story and let you know what I thought.

Maybe he was telling the truth in that he only had actual sex in the f***pad.

 

"Dr Petersen asked about sexual encounters, Eva" he said flatly, "which isn't necessarily F(&^*** as far as I'm concerned.  I didn't think that distinction would be appreciated when answering the question.  So let me be clear, I took women to the hotel, but I didn't always nail them.  It was the exception when I did."

"I needed the distraction of focusing on someone else, and using my was too much involvement."

Eva then thinks to herself "Sadly I could recalling times when I'd dropped to my knees for a guy just to shut off my brain for a while.  Encounters like those had never been about foreplay or sex."

So were they pretty much doing the same thing - not having penetrative sex but carrying out other sexual acts just to shut their brains down?

 

Going back to the original scene where Dr Petersen asked if the fact Gideon and Eva had sex "a lot" with Dr Petersen suggesting multiple times daily and then asking if that level of activity was customary for Gideon he responded "twice a week, on average" which made Eva think about just how many that could be. 

 

eve is right in that the answers (clues) are bound to be in the novels, it's a matter of associating the right pieces and thinking it through.  Perhaps that is why we all got so invested in this series, I for one am not involved on any other writer's forum nor have I felt so involved in a story and its characters as I have with this series.  It's not the type of book I would generally read (although since reading these I have read other authors recommended by those who have read Sylvia's novels and enjoyed them).  But the fact we do have to think deeply and remember what happened in previous books (and thank heavens for e-books and being able to search them) means a lot of those reviewing the last book in particular have not realised this.

On Facebook Samara directs people to the Q&A section of this forum so maybe we should pose a question about this on there and once Sylvia has finished her book tour (which is two more days here in the UK) she may answer us. 

Scrolling through some reviews on Amazon and Good Reads people mention Cary, Trey, Monica, Gideon's mother, brother, step-father, Landons, Lucases etc. etc. but not one person has mentioned the photo and how out of character the incident depicted  seems to be. 

The photo was either taken straight on at the couple or taken from above them (which is a covert way of papparazi snapping people in private without them realising a photo was being taken, I can't find anything in the book that confirms how - just that Eva can see  U shaped sofa, she can see black velvet curtains (so the 'booth' has curtains unlike a lot of those in the google search), she can see bottles on a table.  A brunette reclined on a mound of pillows and what Gideon is doing to her, she can see a second brunette draped over his back one thigh hooked over him, legs spread and his hand beneath her skirt, all of which could be seen if the photographer was in front of them or sneaking a photo from above.  The fact is that a photo was taken in a private booth with curtains and to be able to do so without the occupants of the booth being aware my own feeling is a photo from above is more likely as curtains could make a noise when poking a camera lens through, and to have got a photo with such detail on itI just felt that an above shot was more likely, but I don't have much knowledge of how this type of papparazi shot is taken.

The description of the photo in the book could be either straight on or from above, Sylvia does not say.  And of course it is Eva that says it is a private VIP booth - she would not know if it were a booth or a room.  Not disputing either of us are right or wrong, but most of what we knew about Gideon's method of having sex came from Eva's thoughts throughout the first three books and we know Gideon was sparing with telling her things so she could have assumed certain things. 

Annoyed with myself for forgetting the photo - could have asked her last night!!

There's a variety of booths in that google search, but remembering that Gideon was supposed to be private about his 'goings on' and it was presumably one of his own clubs, then I'm with sscrph on this.  Google search won't always find what you ask for (e.g. search for a particular painting by an artist and you will get pictures not by that artist, not even of the same title).  So some of the 'booths' in that search are probably not what Sylvia imagined.  I bet the club she envisaged was in New York (after all if Gideon were to follow through he'd have to be near the f**pad), and in NY there will be plenty of VIPS who do want a good level of privacy.  I bet some booths do turn into rooms, whether because there are curtains to pull or doors that can be pulled aside so the front of the booth is open, or folded back to give privacy.  We don't know if the photo was taken looking through a door at them or from above.  It's possible if the three involved in the photo were very carried away they would not notice someone putting a camera through the curtains or opening a door to be able to see, but I suspect it is more likely the photo was taken from above where those involved would be less aware of an intrusion.

Just remembered she also said that of course Gideon would appear in the new novels as they are about Manhatten and Gideon owns half of Manhatten!!!!!