One with You

Gideon Cross and Eva Tramell have eloped. Their public wedding, the one their families expect, still has to happen, and until then the marriage stays secret. The harder part waits after that: learning to stay married once the ceremony and the guest list are behind them.

Both survived childhood trauma, and marriage does not erase it. Gideon's habit is to protect Eva by deciding for her and hiding bad news he thinks will hurt her. Eva pushes back every time, demanding the truth instead. Outside pressure from people working to come between them gives that old habit room to return. So the two start therapy together, trying to break the pattern before it breaks them.

This is the fifth and final novel in the Crossfire series, narrated by Eva and Gideon in alternating chapters. It keeps the series' heat and glossy Manhattan backdrop. This time, though, therapy sessions and hard conversations take up more space than the bedroom scenes that opened the series.

Readers who have followed Gideon and Eva since their first meeting see the couple do the slower work here. They admit what they hid from each other, and start rebuilding trust one session at a time.