In April 2013, broke the news that Day's Crossfire series had been optioned for television adaptation. The Independent also criticized some of the book's elements as 'easy to mock' but praised Day's writing and noted that the relationship was 'at least healthier than the dysfunctional wreck of Fifty Shades'. The heroine is a rape survivor who is able to independently overcome her abuse and find a full and fulfilling sex life.', while a reviewer for The Guardian criticized the book as 'banal'. Especially notable is Day's portrayal of Eva. RT Book Reviews praised the book's characters, stating, 'Day creates two multidimensional characters in heroine Eva and hero Gideon, whose successful and attractive exteriors hide traumatized pasts. Bared to You was nominated for the 2012 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Romance and Day herself was nominated for Best Goodreads Author. It remained on Amazon's Best Books of the Year in Romance end-of-year list covering the entire year of 2012. Reception īared to You was selected by Amazon's editors as the #1 Best Book of the Year So Far in Romance, covering the period between January through to July of the year 2012. They must find a way to heal each other and establish a healthy romantic relationship. Synopsis Īlthough Eva Tramell, a 24-year-old survivor of childhood sexual abuse, finds it difficult at times to overcome her past, she is drawn to young billionaire Gideon Cross, another childhood sexual abuse survivor. Bared to You spent forty-five weeks on The New York Times trade paperback bestseller list and sixty-seven weeks on the USA Today bestseller list. In December 2012, announced that Bared to You was #4 on the e-tailer's list of top 10 best-selling books of 2012 overall (print and Kindle combined), Apple announced that Bared to You was #5 on iTunes' Top Ten Books of the Year, and Nielsen announced that Bared to You was #7 on BookScan's Top 10 Print Book Sales of 2012 – Adult Fiction. īared to You was declared Penguin UK's 'fastest selling paperback for a decade' and Penguin Group (USA) reports that Bared to You is Berkley's biggest breakout book of 2012.

The Crossfire series sold five million English-language copies in 2012 and international rights were licensed in thirty-eight territories as of January 2013.

Day has stated that Bared to You will be the first novel in her Crossfire series, with the follow-up novel, Reflected in You, published in October 2012. The novel was initially self-published on Apby Day, with Berkley Books re-publishing the book on Jwith an initial print run of 500,000 copies. 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.

Bared to You by Sylvia Day