The novel was initially selfpublished on april 3, 2012 by day, with berkley books republishing the book on june 12, 2012 with an initial print run of 500,000 copies. To be honest now, my only hope is to wait for the next e. That being said, i thought the book was rather sexy. The beginners guide to bdsm romance novels book riot. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of bared to you by sylvia day. Sylvia day day plays on sensual themes with a lush grace. Bared to you by sylvia day is the first in the crossfire trilogy featuring gideon and eva, two wounded souls who come together in an explosion of lust and passion as intoxicating as it is devastating the perfect read for fans of bestselling erotic romance fifty shades of grey by e. Ok, so when it comes to books like bared to you this wasnt my fave. Like most people i picked this up after finishing fifty shades of grey and i loved that series, however this book not so much. With so much of drama and suspense, the book surely deserved to be in the list of books like 50 shades of grey. From onenight stands to pushing boundaries within marriages, all of these books have something to offer for every persons fantasies. Both characters, including cray have a scared past. The secondary characters are just as flawed as eva and gideon, which makes bared to you richer and more real to me than many of the contemporary books.
If you like a sexy novel that will keep you guessing, most of the time, then this book will be for you. Unoriginal, trite and using childhood sexual abuse in such a context, felt too much like trivialising an indescribably painful issue. Overall, i found bared to you terribly melodramatic, unrealistic, with major lapses in character consistency. Her crossfire series has been optioned for television by lionsgate, and she has been nominated for the goodreads choice award for best author.
But ok for a read if you want a wellwritten and edited book. Start typing the title or the author of a book you like, and click on the link underneath which matches best. Just not in the same way as the fifty shades series. You ve read the books, and now you ve seen the first two fifty shades of grey movies. Dec, 2017 these are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to bdsm romance novels, but theyre a good place to start, if only to figure out what kind of bdsm youd likeearnest, explicit bdsm with a happy ending like top to bottom, or maybe something more bdsmlite, like bared to you. Jul 12, 2012 well i agree with you, i read fifty shades of grey and i kind of like it, but with bared to you im not so sure, the thing is that this book is so similar to fifty, but the way that the author describes the sex scenes is so boring and guideon is kind of a super hero, he can have like 98738463848437 orgasims in one night. Access hollywood live bared to you takes a sensual look at a darker side of love.
To victoria colotta, for all her hard work on the interior design and typesetting. He was beautiful and brilliant, jagged and whitehot. If you dont mind a series where each book features a. Romance junkies this is a sophisticated, provocative, titillating, highly. It all just feel a little too close to the fifty shades stories. The secondary characters are just as flawed as eva and gideon, which makes bared to you richer and more real to me than many of the contemporary books ive read in a while romance junkies a sophisticated, provocative, titillating, highly erotic, sexually driven read. I was drawn to him as id never been to anything or anyone in my life. Well, faithful readers, there are hot romance novels, and then there are hot erotic novels. Gideon cross doesnt hold a candle to the infamous mr grey. Although i read great books this year after 50 i still didnt find the one, just like you and thanks to you i came pretty close with bared to you. Bared to you gideon cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness he was beautiful and brilliant, jagged and whitehot. This book is an important one for me and she treated it that way. Entering the elevator she sees the gorgeous stranger once again and gets an even more intimate introduction later in the week when she and her boss are called upstairs to present an advertising campaign for one of crosss companies.
Dear author the new york times bestseller gideon cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness he was beautiful and brilliant, jagg. Aug 12, 2017 bared to you by sylvia day is the first in the crossfire trilogy featuring gideon and eva, two wounded souls who come together in an explosion of lust and passion as intoxicating as it is devastating the perfect read for fans of bestselling erotic romance fifty shades of grey by e. As i read i slowed down and used my best voice animation to emphasize and compare how students are like a book. This is a new york times best selling erotic new adult romance novel which got a really huge publicity and of course it fits perfectly in the category of books like 50 shades of grey. But with all the hype i read about bared to you being better than the hit fifty shades series i was a little bit disappointed. Bared to you is the first novel from the book series crossfire. Jul 06, 2012 bared to you by sylvia day is the first in the crossfire trilogy featuring gideon and eva, two wounded souls who come together in an explosion of lust and passion as intoxicating as it is devastating the perfect read for fans of bestselling erotic romance fifty shades of grey by e.
Were here to help and have pulled together a list of brand new books like crossfire from authors like sylvia day. It was too much and threw me out of the story sometimes. I read this title for the romance week of my adult pop lit class, and i found it has many parallels to fifty shades of grey. Louis tomlinson just like you official lyric video. If you re wondering why printed books may be better than screenbased reading, it may have to do with your inability to gauge where you are in an electronic book.
Online shopping from a great selection at kindle store store. I also hated the jealous running that eva did like every single chapter. Full of romance as well as steamy sex scenes, say my name is the first in a. Bared to you bared to you audiobook, by sylvia day. From sunday times bestselling author sylvia day comes the multimillion bestselling crossfire series,beginning with the no.
Reading onlinebooks onlinesaganew booksbooks to readbeautiful seriesbestselling authorfree ebooksaudio books. Bared to you is very similar to fsog, so similar in fact im not sure how this got published as some bits could have been taken right out of fifty shades. Jul 19, 20 the bare necessities bared to you by sylvia day. Day is a talented, prolific erotic romance writer and puts.
Im 50% through you can have manhattan and loving it the dynamic between these two is a hoot i just love her writing style and her books have never let me down. I read this title for the romance week of my adult pop lit class, and i found it has many parallels. Crossfire series is considered by many as one of the best series in the erotic romance genre. However, most critics agree that the tight, evocative writing of bared to you is superior.
Eva is about to begin a new job as an assistant to a junior account manager. Bared to you by sylvia day bared to you is the first novel from the book series crossfire. Jul 19, 2012 bared to you by sylvia day is the first in the crossfire trilogy featuring gideon and eva, two wounded souls who come together in an explosion of lust and passion as intoxicating as it is devastating the perfect read for fans of bestselling erotic romance fifty shades of grey by e. The idea for bared to you came to me shortly after writing seven years to sin, which also deals with a couple recovering from difficult pasts. Each book focuses on a different wealthy, handsome man gabe, jace, and ash, and they feature bdsm, a whole lot of passion, crazy situations, betrayal, and more. A story that just grabs you from the first few pages and does not let you think about anything else even days after you finished reading it. Steamy romance readers are obsessed with a new leading man. You also feel for the same the people around them especially his sister. Close up and personal if you like books like bared to you then this is a great read of course it helps that it was written by me. Book recommendations for people who like bared to you by sylvia day. And it does seem a rather grotesque phenomenon to occur just as we are becoming fully aware of the many crimes of forced marriage, torture and honour. Jun 12, 2012 like most people i picked this up after finishing fifty shades of grey and i loved that series, however this book not so much. Close up and personal if you like books like bared to you then this is a great read. Crossfire is a fourpart series, so its perfect for anyone looking for.
Mystery man is a good start with the ka books or the burg series if you like. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily gideon knew. When i first started reading, i thought it was going to be like the black dagger brotherhood, not really my cup of tea but not something i would actively refuse to drink either. May 10, 2017 have you been looking for a book like fifty shades of grey filled with erotic, sexy romance. Enigmatic and sexy, professor gabriel emerson is a well respected dante. I was just wondering what some other good books for younger adults ages 18 and older would be with the same basic concept erotic fiction with a younger girlguy who find love in someone who is psychologically damaged or who finds love for themselves when they are psychologically damaged in some way or a series. Maryses book blog following my heart, one book at a time. Enter a book you like and the site will analyse our huge database of real readers favorite books to provide book recommendations and suggestions for what to read next. Full of emotional angst, scorching love scenes, and a compelling storyline. It just wets the appetite leaving you wanting more and will be listening to the next book as soon as ive written this. In addition to that nonsense, angie recommends books on smut book club, is a contributing writer to mom. Jul 15, 2015 opinions expressed in the video are my own and dont reflect that of the author or the publishers. Oct 19, 2012 just like fifty shades, as eva stumbles into gideons office all he could think about was how to get on top of her.
Bared to you was originally selfpublished on april 3, 2012. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily. Similarly, the new erotica is often just the same boring old romance with a lot of black on the cover. I should probably say from the outset that i had real trouble with this book. The next one in this list of books like 50 shades of grey is sweet filthy boy. Bared to you sylvia day read online free books archive.
However as opposed to 50 shades being like a fairy tale, girl meet boy kinda novel, bared to you is more believable, well except the fact that gideon cross is 28. Just so you know when you know crossfire series gideon cross sylvia day book. What are some good books like bared to you and fifty. But fifty shades freed isnt out until 2018, and lets face it you need a fix. Eva tramell, a young woman who has just moved to new york, settles into her new apartment with her roommate, cary, a bisexual male model. I had mixed emotions at first but as i read each book it made me want more. To tera kleinfelter, who read the first half of bared to you and told me she loved it. An oldie but goodie, bared to you follows eva and her intense. Ive read the fifty shades series, and started the bared to you series. Reflected in you bared to you is a 2012 new york times bestselling erotic new adult romance novel by veteran writer sylvia day, focusing on the complicated relationship between two twentysomething protagonists with equally abusive pasts. Here you can find handpicked readalike recommendations for more than 4000 contemporary books and 3000 authors.
The secondary characters are just as flawed as eva and gideon, which makes bared to you richer and more real to me than many of the contemporary books ive read in a while. Bared to you monday morning brings the start to her new career. I agree the in flight series is the closest books ive read to 50 shades and the crossfire novelsalso beauty from pain was good too and i think. This is another trilogy you wont want to miss if you love fifty shades. Just reread this book and it pulled me in just like the first time. I hadnt thought about picking up bared to you before because i felt it was just riding on the shirttails of the fifty shades success, what with the covers taking on the same kind of trend, and since i wasnt interested in reading fifty shades i didnt give this book a second thought. Bared to you like the fifty shades trilogy, sylvia days bared to you and the sequel, reflected in you, found a place at the top of the new york times bestseller list.
You want to no what has made them the way they are and if they will make it through. Once theyve finished the books, theyre on the hunt for books like the crossfire series. Days novel focuses on the complicated relationship between eva and gideon, both abuse survivors finding true love and passion for the first time. Bared to you by sylvia day and jill redfield audiobook.
What are books similar to the thoughtless series and bared. Bared to you i need more books like this showing 150 of 226. Use the alphabetical lists below to look up a favorite book or author and then click see readalikes to discover similar books. Bared to you, by sylvia day, most definitely falls into the latter category. Bared to you leaves you wanting to know what is going to happen next. And it does seem a rather grotesque phenomenon to occur just as we are becoming fully aware of the many crimes of. It is not just carnal, a book like that would not keep you glued to the pages so well, it is purely psychological. I hated the ending of the book, it was a cliff hanger and it annoyed me. In some ways, bared to you feels like an extension of seven years to sin to me, even though theyre set 200 years apart and arent connected in any way. In the scene where the heroine first sees the hero, day writes, as he stared back, he. Gideon cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white hot. I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me.
What i did like about this book was the underlying current of history the main characters have. Bared to you, a romance audiobook by sylvia day, has been compared to both twilight and fifty shades of grey. Cary taylor found excuses to celebrate, no matter how small and inconsequential. Read online bared to you pdf by sylvia day for free. Have you been looking for a book like fifty shades of grey filled with erotic, sexy romance.
Amazon recommends bared to you as one of the 2012 best books of the year in. Bared to you is a 2012 new york times bestselling erotic new adult romance novel by veteran writer sylvia day, focusing on the complicated relationship between two twentysomething protagonists with equally abusive pasts. This is a sophisticated, provocative, titillating, highly erotic, sexually driven read and is extremely well done. Im looking for recommendations on anything thats similar to the bared to you series the thoughtless series, i did read the 50 shades trilogy and while i loved it i dont necessarily have to have a book all about domination lol i just want advice on books that are similar to those stories lines. The love scenes were, needless to say, beyond hot but also necessary to make the reader fully understand the nature of the need that these two characters develop for each other. This book is about an author of erotic novels, so if you want to get a little. Jun 22, 2012 gideon cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness. Click on a title, author name or category to see similar books. Well, we have put together a steamy list for you to get lost in. Bared to you crossfire, book 1 kindle edition by day. Praise for bared to you you know youre in for a good book when other authorsand i mean lots of other authorsrecommend it. Ive gathered up the sexiest excerpts from some of the books ive read just an fyi you may want to have access to a cold shower before getting started on these.