An urgency on Eva’s part that gnawed at me and left me uneasy. We had been at each other all night, both of us too needy and greedy. I’d left the apartment Eva shared with her best friend, Cary Taylor, only a couple of hours earlier, wanting to give her time to catch a few hours of sleep before she headed into work. Within minutes I was heading out to the bedroom, where I pulled on a pair of sweats before heading to my home office. I lathered, quickly washing away the sticky sweat I’d woken up in. Worse, since I had no intention of letting her go, I would have to find a way to make up for the fact that I was such a fucking mess we couldn’t even sleep in the same room together. And I wanted the news of our marriage broadcast via every medium known to man, rather than hidden away as a secret between less than a handful of people. If I’d been a better man, I would’ve walked away from Eva Cross the moment I saw her. “Fuck.” I placed my palms flat against the cool tile and absorbed the chill of the punishing deluge into my bones.

Couldn’t pull her lush body under mine and sink into it, letting her touch chase the memories away. I wanted her urgently¸ wanted to lose myself in her, and hated that I couldn’t. My angel who slept peacefully in the apartment next door. A shiver racked me, and my thoughts shifted to my wife. Day’s writing is flawless and carries readers on the journey of these two broken characters toward each other and the all-consuming emotions that leap out of the book.ICY NEEDLES OF water bombarded my overheated skin, the sting chasing away the clinging shadows of a nightmare I couldn’t fully remember.Ĭlosing my eyes, I stepped deeper into the spray, willing the lingering fear and nausea to circle the drain at my feet. “Gideon and Eva’s complicated relationship plays out with hurt, passion, obsession and most importantly, love. Together we could stand against those who work so viciously to come between us. Now I must prove I can be the shelter for him that he is for me. He’s the mirror that reflects all my flaws and the beauty I couldn’t see. We have bared our deepest and ugliest secrets to one another. Ours is both a refuge from the storm and the most violent tempests. But staying married to him is the fight of my life. Falling in love with Gideon was the easiest thing I’ve ever done.

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