Rush (Breathless #1)

Rush – Maya Banks

Mia Crestwell has had a crush on Gabe Hamilton for as long as she can remember. Gabe is her older brother’s best friend and business partner, a wealthy, powerful and guarded man who is used to being in control. For years, he has kept his distance, but at a glamorous company event, everything changes.

In Rush, the first book in Maya Banks’s bestselling Breathless trilogy, Gabe finally acknowledges his attraction to Mia and offers her a proposal: a relationship on his terms, with clear rules and boundaries. Mia, who has long dreamed of being with him, agrees, but she soon discovers that being with Gabe is more intense and complicated than she imagined.

As they become more involved, they must keep their relationship a secret from Mia’s protective brother, Jace, and deal with the emotional challenges of a relationship built on Gabe’s need for control and his reluctance to open his heart after a painful past. Mia must decide whether she can hold on to her own identity and whether Gabe can ever give her the love she wants.

Combining passion, romance and emotional drama, the novel is part of the popular wave of contemporary erotic romance that followed Fifty Shades of Grey.

Rush will appeal to readers of contemporary erotic romance and fans of Maya Banks, and it is followed by Fever and Burn in the Breathless trilogy. Readers should be aware that it contains explicit sexual content and is intended strictly for adult readers.