They are still wild in the bedroom, their chemistry and sexual magnetism setting off Richter scales every time their bodies merely touch, but even that aspect of their relationship has evolved. The physical attraction between Gideon and Eva is still very much the focal point of the connection between them, but while those incredible sparks might have brought them together in the first place and acted as a foundation for everything that followed, it no longer solely keeps them together. I’ll take care of you and make you happy. “I know it’s not fair to ask you to be with me … when we can’t even sleep in the same bed, but I’ll love you better than anyone else could. Now emotionally fully exposed to one another, all their unspoken secrets start slowly flowing out of them, becoming vulnerable to each other in every possible way. They are both troubled by the nature of what was done in the name of love, but they know it was necessary for more reasons than not and the severity of it gives their relationship a new perspective. There is no longer a question of how far they are willing to go to protect each other or safeguard their relationship. The events at the end of the second book have changed them both. They are finally letting each other in, working towards full disclosure and not allowing their pasts to affect what they’ve worked so hard to build. We get a much more relaxed insight into this troubled relationship, we see them just being themselves around each other, do mundane things with one another, relaxed and confident in their love. In this book, that trust is palpable, touching, very satisfying to watch. He was lightning in a bottle, a dream I tried to hold in my hands.” I was constantly worried that I wouldn’t be able to hold on to him. Trust was always their biggest obstacle – Gideon not trusting himself not to mess things up, and Eva not trusting herself to have what it takes to keep a man like Gideon – but they always, one way or another, trusted each other. However, without the public spotlight shining brightly on their young relationship, we get to watch them work on it in private, tackle issues as they arise, re-build what they have from the ground up. The world must not see them as a couple in the aftermath of Nathan’s death, they are forced to maintain the appearance of separation, as well as face the demons brought up by those events on their own. Gideon and Eva are officially broken up but, in reality, they are together more than ever. The story resumes immediately after the events in the previous book. ![]() “Day One of my life was the day I met you.” In this third book, we get to see them after the single act that changed everything when each other’s devotion is no longer a question and the only challenge they are left with is to build the kind of relationship that would stand the test of time. In Reflected in You, their souls are irreversibly connected but their pasts try to pull them apart. In Bared to You, their words collide and they struggle to reconcile their lives before that with the irresistible attraction they feel towards each other. This book was needed for the natural progression of not only the plot, but it was also essential for the growth of these characters, these damaged, complicated, obsessively in love characters who accumulated more ‘relationship miles’ in the weeks they’ve been together than an ordinary couple does in a lifetime. I will admit that I was scared of reading this book – a third book in a series of five, the ‘middle child’, is often the plot filler and it leaves you even hungrier for answers than you were before reading it, but I was left with none of those feelings at the end of Entwined with You. ![]() ![]() I truly believe that good things come to those who wait and this is definitely one of those occasions.
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