Two years ago, Gianna Rossi fell head-over-heels in love
with Jackson "Jax" Rutledge. Gianna knew that she didn't
fit into his world and that his rich, politically powerful
family wouldn't approve of her. When Jax ended their
relationship without a word, Gianna's heart was broken. Two
years later, she has worked hard to get her career in the
restaurant business off the ground. She is working with and
being mentored by Lei Yeung, a power-player in the
industry. When a deal that Lei and Gianna have been working
on falls apart, they are stunned. Even more shocking, her
boss's nemesis walks in with Jax by his side. Why would Jax
be working with the famous restaurateur? Gianna quickly
realizes that she is the only one who doesn't know the
rules of this game, and the stakes are high for her career.
Gianna finds herself face-to-face with Jax at every turn.
Their chemistry is still off the charts, and Jax wants her
to give him another chance. Gianna doesn't know if she
should trust him again, and Jax admits that their
relationship can only be short-term. She seems unable to
resist him and knows that letting herself trust him again
will end with her heart broken.
AFTERBURN is a captivating story of second chances. Gianna
is a smart, relatable heroine, but the true star of this
novella is Jax. Fans of Sylvia Day's Gideon Cross will find
Jax irresistible. Like Gideon, he is an incredibly sexy but
flawed hero. He is magnetic, and, like Gianna, readers will
be helpless to resist him. AFTERBURN is another winner by
Sylvia Day. Jax and Gianna's story will be continued in
Aftershock, a novella that will be published in November
2013.
AFTERBURN is the first entry in Harlequin's new Cosmo Red-
Hot Reads series. With two entries per month, this e-book
series is being billed as sexy, fun novellas about young
women who know what they want in their lives and careers.
If AFTERBURN is an example of what's to come, I can't wait
for more!
#1 New York Times bestselling author Sylvia Day,
America's premier author of provocative fiction, delivers
the debut novel from Cosmo Red-Hot Reads from
Harlequin.
The realization that Jax still affected me so strongly was a
jagged pill to swallow. He'd only been part of my life for
five short weeks two years ago. But now he was back. Walking
into a deal I'd worked hard to close. And God, he was
magnificent. His eyes were a brown so dark they were nearly
black. Thickly lashed, they were relentless in their
intensity. Had I really thought they were soft and warm?
There was nothing soft about Jackson Rutledge. He was a hard
and jaded man, cut from a ruthless cloth.
In that moment I understood how badly I wanted to unravel
the mystery of Jax. Bad enough that I didn't mind how much
it was going to cost me...
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