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Why is it each time I've posted since I added the original quote, it has re-appeared in the reply box when I return to the site hours later? I'm stuck with a quote in every reply I make, that I don't want!  Anyway - on to my comment for this morning I've not read much overnight so nothing yet to add re the story. TV Series - from some of the things written overnight, are some members thinking the tv series covers more than the books? I assumed it would just cover the story we have read and end as the books have, but (and here I may have interpreted what was posted incorrectly) some are writing as if the series will continue so we learn more there?? I shall be out most of today so will catch up later. Have a lovely day everyone.

May just be another print run of the book, UK Amazon had run out yesterday. I saw the tweet and tried searching for information but found nothing.

3 hours ago, BettyY37 said: Having read the entire series from beginning to end during the past week, I wonder after finishing the fifth book for the second time if the whole story was outlined in 2012 Sorry, couldn't get both quotes to copy through. I think Betty is asking had Sylvia planned the storyline fully back in 2012 when this began (although I believe she began writing this in 2011??) - I'm sure I read that Sylvia hadn't planned the whole story and it was evolving as Gideon and Eva spoke to her. This will be why, when she was writing Reflected in You she realised it would take more than three books to tell the story as Gideon's side needed more explanation than could be fitted into one book and there was still some way for Eva to go. We knew there were hints about Monica and her background so it was no surprise to me when that began to be revealed, huge shock that she was killed and that the shooter was after Gideon (haven't re-read that part and won't till I reach it again but was he trying to shoot Eva as that would hurt Gideon more than actually shooting Gideon, and did he think Monica was Eva as they looked similar?). I realised Eva was not right after being knocked out when Gideon and someone else fell on top of her to protect her, sort of understood why Gideon chose to protect her and allow her to recover from that by letting her sleep and only tell her the bad news in the morning - and yes, as someone else said, I wonder if he saw his father after he had been shot and didn't want Eva to remember her mum after being shot (we weren't told where she was hit but I presume Gideon would know if it was messy). We need to remember we are getting the story from Eva and Gideon's point of view rather than from a narrator. I've read (not sure if on here or in reviews on other sites) that some felt not enough time was given to Stanton's grief, but the chapter the funeral was contained within was from Gideon's POV and I think that was when the detectives turned up and Gideon was in a different room going through Monica's back story so we lost the opportunity to find out any more to do with Stanton. I may be wrong, I may change my mind, some may see more than I did or whatever, quite happy to have other points of view. I'm trying not to dip into other parts of the book but re-read chronologically so am not checking the facts. And yes, I too would dispute that photo of Gideon as all the clues in the other books were very much that he behaved in public. He may have been on his own with those two women at the Cinq de Mayo and the photographer may have sneaked a way to get the photo, but even so it did seem very unlike him. Lots of people are posting that the book does not have closure because of the things we did not learn but how could we learn about Cary's baby when the book ends around 7 months (?) before the baby is due? Mark and Stephen's wedding is still some way away, there's not been time for Corinne/Deanna to actually write the book and although Anne Lucas has been arrested, Gideon and Eva are on honeymoon and are not bothering to check in on the news of where she stands. Gideon had words with his mother, realised she would never change so what more could be done there? Christopher was coming round to liking Gideon but for Gideon he still has to learn to accept others into his life, he's only just begun on that path. But lovely to see his relationship with Chris and Ireland going well. And Angus. Everyone loves Lucky though.Â

Not on much at the moment as neighbours called, and next I spend a few days on and off with my sister. I'm re-reading the e-book so I can highlight text and take screenshots to look at later. I think the scene at Tableau One with the Crossroads Board indicates that Eva is going to be working for them, so I think that was meant to wrap up that part of the story. Landons - odd that although Eva felt Mrs Landon looked a little like Corinne (and Elizabeth) but Gideon didn't think so, Eva thinking Landon was going for someone looking like Gideon's ideal woman. Looked like Gideon had manipulated being at the restaurant at the same time as the Landons, having the Board there and getting Eva to attend - and if I've interpreted Gideon's comment correctly he felt that Landon was behind Eva leaving him (because Landon was trying to get Eva indirectly working for himself and thus forcing Gideon to take steps to ensure Eva worked for Gideon which he did by offering Mark a job). Regarding past hints of a bdsm type when Gideon phoned Eva to tell her the dog had woken him from a nightmare she said maybe the dog couldn't sleep through the noise Gideon was making and his response was 'I feel the sudden urge to take you ver my knee and spank you, angel' her response 'Try it, babe. Se what happens' and him thinking 'I knew what would happen. She was the one who couldn't see it, yet.' ????? We didn't find more out than that (unless I find anything in my re-read).  That's it, for now, as I'm not moving very fast on the re-read. Â

A comment on Facebook has reminded me that Sylvia said we may meet some characters in other books so who knows, maybe somewhere in The Blacklist book we may hear more about characters from Crossfire?

I do recall family pets being a great comfort when I was upset, I recall one particular incident where I had not been well and had received bad news and my sister's dog was there and when I got off the phone she suddenly climbed on the sofa next to me head on my knee and snuggled in as if to say 'I'm here, can't do much but be with you but I'm here'

Beagles have a terrific sense of smell and are used at airports.  I found some mention of beagles (and other pets) related to nightmares in this PTSD forum post  https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/pets-nightmares.16036/

At the moment all I can say is that I think we didn't get full closure of some storylines because the ending of the story (while on honeymoon) meant the story never reached the point of closure for those lines. I guess the epilogue a lot of us expected was in the future, with children either with them or Eva telling Gideon she was pregnant, and that the stories such as Cary's baby and whether Corinne's book came out, would be known. We saw in CBY how quickly some storylines were tied up and the same happened here. Some reviewers were surprised Monica had a back story, they must have missed the clues scattered in the other books - but of course it does depend on how closely you read what is written. I know I don't pick it all up and people on this forum have helped me to understand a few things in these books. And personally think it is okay for anyone to write here whatever they feel, without risk of criticism for not sharing a view, and from what I've seen on here there is no problem with members 'having a go' at those with differing viewpoints. I'm going through a much slower re-read (and odd on Good Reads that some reviewers - as with CBY - are criticising the amount of sex in the book and others are saying there is hardly any, my re-read will refresh my memory as to which of those statements is correct but how can there be both too much or not enough?) Â

Don't read any reviews, not just because of spoilers but because you need to read the book with an open mind and I suspect some of the reviews are 'coloured' by what other reviewers have said (including a few who haven't even read the book but are posting reviews!!). You need to make your own mind up about the actual content, the writing is as excellent as ever and there are twists and turns.  And then pop over to the spoilers thread and join in.Â

I quite agree, but I bet the author (and a lot of readers) couldn't face the plethora of comments that would result from an announcement that there would be a sixth book - a rumour had begun quite soon after CBY came out that there might be six books but it was quickly quoshed. We can get into the loose ends in the spoiler thread and maybe ask Sylvia if there is any resolution to them.Â

Yes, finished and begun a slower re-read taking my time. I'm in the position of having no distractions at home so could settle down and read the book once I got home with it last night. I wouldn't normally read a book of this length so quickly as I'm pretty sure I've missed some points hence the re-read. Just don't read any reviews on Amazon.com, amazon.co.uk is safe at the moment. Pity that they don't have 'spoiler' markers like Good Reads has. The reviewer has used the alerts on Good Reads but not on Amazon. Sadly some reviewers are still going on about how the story could have all been done in 3 books - wish they would just get over that, it's been over two years since it was announced here would be five books which is enough time to learn to live with it. Some of them do seem to have a kind of vendetta against the author with their 'I'm not buying any more of her books' attitude - I think the phrase is 'cutting off your nose to spite your face'. Why miss out on excellent writing and storylines just because a series became 5 books and it took time to put words to paper?

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/one-with-you-completes-sylvia-days-electrifying-crossfire-series/

Keep going, there's more action to come.

Smarter and suspect he genuinely cared for her and as such was backing off once he saw how happy she was with Gideon - he also did not have Anne Lucas giving him dodgy prescriptions and putting thoughts into his head, and Deanna assisting in ensuring Corinne was Gideon obsessed (guess their idea of getting back at Eva thinking he just might give her up and go back to Corinne).

Someone on Amazon.com has put spoilers in their review so please don't go and read reviews until you've read the book.

It took me approximately 6 hours to read and now beginning a much slower re-read. First impressions are that I loved it, some of the scenarios were as I had imagined them, a lot were not. I like Eva again (I realised reading part of this book that her past relationships had not been lengthy so one of my comments on the CBY thread was incorrect). Huge shock towards the end which made me cry, definitely not a scenario any of us had anticipated. And I really did appreciate how the ending was not as mawkish as some book endings are. As it ends literally during the three month period we don't get full answers to some of our questions about other characters but I don't think we needed to know, it's Gideon and Eva's story. And I know some are going to be disappointed about the lack of 'a baby' but Gideon gets Lucky and when you read how he reacts to Lucky being in his life who needs a baby. Â

Right at the bottom of the page is a a very slim 'box' going across the page where you can reply to this topic without having to quote someone else's post. UK iTunes has no reviews yet (two comments on there from before the book was released). I'll swap sites and see what the US side has to say. But I can imagine, as with Captivated, a lot of the reviews won't be about the book or its content or the writing quality or storyline, but about there being 5 books instead of 3 and the time between books. Such a pity people don't understand what a review is supposed to be. And they should just get over the amount of books and the timescale. Some authors I read produce books at very regular intervals, at least one a month, sometimes in parts, sometimes complete and the stories are good but the writing is not at the standard of Sylvia's (no criticism of the particular authors, their writing is fine but Sylvia really does write extremely well). I've seen a lot of kindle readers complain the book did not appear, particularly in the US. Mine appeared one minute after midnight so I lay in bed re-reading the first two chapters before sleeping - glad I got the paperback yesterday so I could sleep last night. My sister has taken the paperback to read and my Amazon copy is due to arrive today.

Enjoy this evening and I think you will work out quite easily what was being referred to, you've already read Chapter 1 and part of chapter 2 and this isn't very much further into that chapter. I'm quite a way in to the book as I haven't done much else but read since I got home, it is excellent, and Gideon gets Lucky which is something really lovely. So far a very intriguing read, ups and downs, I've laughed quite a bit (not sure I should have been!!) and the book only confirms what a great writer Sylvia is.

Mission accomplished. As to sme's worrying item, it's something I fully expected to happen, and had written about and the promised outcome is something I had also predicted, although had not written on here about. And I will say no more on the book until tomorrow (although I may continue to comment on things people post but definitely won't give anything away).  First book shop I went into had just one copy on the shelf, and to be honest I didn't expect that particular shop to have it, It's the first one on the street I visited that I find when I leave the tube and a good source for art books so I'd spent time in that department first. Naturally once I had the book in hand I pretty much came straight home.

Well as Amazon UK have already delivered OWY to lots of people, but my copy is still not sent, I am heading to Central London to visit bookstores in case (good excuse to do some other book buying). Although I love my e-0book reader, I prefer to hold the paperback for the proper reading experience. But if I am unsuccessful, well e-reader it is (in about 11 hours) Â

Thanks for those thoughts Rogue, you read into things much better than I can. At the moment my main thought is Eva is 24, apart from Brett I think she had other short-term relationships. And 24 is quite young to be well-versed in how to handle a real relationship? Gideon is 28 and apart from Corinne has mainly had one night stands, the only 'relationship' was a fairly odd one with Anne Lucas. Maybe the brunette thing has some influence here, the resemblance to his mother may again be his way of punishing his mother for her rebuttal of him by just having had the one night stands and 'conquering' the women which is something he couldn't really do to his mother. Â

No, pretty sure Arash wasn't asked to see Corinne so minor change there. I don't recall the bit about 'admire anything except Eva - objectively dispassionately.' Nor the bit about not calling security. And there's the bit about Corinne's goal. I denied that I ever loved anyone before Eva - I think that is new. There's also more description of Eva and how he sees her and feels her.  I think I'm going to finish reading CBY tonight just in case I do find the book tomorrow. If not my e-book should land in 24 hours 24 minutes (well perhaps a little longer than that as they don't always appear dead on midnight), and I've already read chapter 1 and part of chapter 2. I look forward to the surprising thing that happens later in chapter 2.

I'm hoping the title of the book says it all for how they are through this book. He knows she is THE one for him, and once she had settled her feelings for Brett Kline she began to be more certain Gideon was THE one for her. I think her feelings for Brett were her only doubt and I felt she wasn't sure if she still did have those for him - she knew from the concert that his voice still did things (was that possibly why she kissed him back?) and she had said that how Brett now wanted her was how she had wanted it to be when she was with him in the past, but he treated her as if he couldn't care less if she was there for him or not. Gideon explained about Corinne, how she was the one who both proposed and broke the engagement, Gideon probably going along with it all as he had no feelings for anyone else, never expected to, possibly feeling that it might as well be a life with Corinne who 'soothed' him. Corinne may have expected being engaged would make things more dynamic between the two of them and when that didn't happen called it a day and married elsewhere. I just cannot see there not being our expected HEA, they are married, a family wedding is planned and is happening in September so the storyline must be about the two of them fighting whatever of the enemies Sylvia has decided will be dealt with, Anne has to be at the forefront, maybe Deanna, Landon? Still hoping we find out more about his mother, possibly about Monica. 29hrs 45 minutes . . . . . .

I feel we've had less teasers this time round, not many of the teaser Tuesday type of things have been from OWY, more often quotes from previous books or asking us questions to do with the other books. Having re-read almost all the previous books, I was reminded how, on the first read, I wasn't sure about Gideon at all, Eva was the character I was most interested in. I remember reading the limousine scene after Eva kissed Brett and not really liking Gideon until I realised why he was doing what he was doing! By the end of Reflected in You when it was revealed what he had done for Eva re Nathan I began to warm towards him. Of course the first two books were about Eva, entirely from her POV so what we learned about Gideon was what he allowed her to know about him. By the time I read CBY I was hooked on the man, and beginning to dislike Eva, but again realised what she was doing to heal her man. I have to admit I'm worried about any further revelations about Gideon's past with his women (I didn't like what he did to Anne but could understand why and part of what I read either last night or the night before was Gideon saying he had 'twisted Anne' where before I thought she might have led him into the depravity - whatever she obviously enjoyed it, whereas he didn't). I'm a little scared that Anne may turn violent towards either Eva or Gideon but of course the Krav maga and the MMA should help if that does happen. Slightly envious of those in the US who have been to Walmart today and got the book but for me it's about a 30.5 hour wait for the e-book to be released.

"And I don´t gonna spoil it .. but like somebody already said .. Chapter 2 starts with Gideon´s POV! And within we will know more about the wedding and some mature ... well .. something surprising about which I am already in a big worry. More I wont say! Hope this is not already too much for one or another person here?" Intriguing, going to speculate as I can't stop myself doing that even at this late stage - something Gideon got up to in the past that is not too 'nice'?  After reading that comment I thought about going out to bookstores but here in the UK Sunday Trading Laws mean stores are not open for many hours today and by the time I would get to any they would be closed.  But I think as I am going into Central London tomorrow I might visit one or two bookstores just in case, remembering last year I almost had CBY a day early (it was in my hands in the store but the assistant at the cash desk knew it shouldn't be on sale).