It’s an eye-opening dichotomy between her family and Jackson’s. Now that she can walk through that world without batting an eye, I like that she goes home to her roots when confusion sets in. They come from a middle-income background, so when she first met Jax his world threw her for a loop. I also love Gia’s relationship with her family, especially her brothers. This really comes home to her when she decides to take her relationship with Jax in her own hands and show the man who he’s dealing with. Under Lei’s tutelage, Gia becomes confident and is on her way to powerful, just like her mentor. Well, maybe you would, because we’re reading Sylvia Day, and none do it better.Īside from the sensual hotness that is Jackson, what I like about this story is the way Gianna comes into her own.

When her resistance hits rock bottom, desire exploding, taking hold and not letting go, these two burn up the pages like you wouldn’t believe. Gia realizes they really didn’t know one another that well during their short affair, but Jax thinks differently. Like he’s trying to wear her down – without any explanation of his disappearing act that left her heart broken. Once he barges in on a business deal that has gone south for her and her boss, Jackson is suddenly everywhere she is. Resist his charm, the way he makes her feel, but Jax is on a mission. Until the man walks back into her life – out of the blue just like he left it before. Now years later, after landing the dream job she wanted and mentoring with a strong and savvy businesswoman in the restaurant industry, Gianna isn’t the woman she was back then. One that Jax walked away from without a word. Thus, when I turned the page near the end of the book, thinking there was more to be had, only to find…The End…yeah, I wanted to scream. Of course, it’s on me that I don’t keep up with my favorites that much, so I had no idea this story about Jackson and Gianna is a two-novella deal. I would have been up much later than 2 a.m. It’s never an intentional delay, just things popping up that keep me from enjoying myself so much for several hours.

I always kick myself when I delay reading a Syliva Day book. Sandy M’s review of Afterburn by Sylvia DayĬontemporary Romance e-novella published by Cosmo Red Hot Reads from Harlequin 15 Aug 13

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