A contemporary fairy tale with a dirty, sexy twist! TOTAL SURRENDER is a modern, sinfully seductive take on Beauty and the Beast.How far would you go to make the man that destroyed your family pay?Maddux Wilder is a man consumed, a beast in a three-piece suit. Rich and powerful, he built his empire with one thought in mind: revenge.After years of patience and planning, the wait is finally over. … patience and planning, the wait is finally over. Tonight, Maddux will finally watch Theodore Cole’s kingdom crumble. At a lavish ball in the New York City castle the Wilder siblings call home, the man that killed their parents will atone for his sins.
If only he’d planned for her.
Arabella Cole is Theodore’s only child; his cherished and sheltered daughter. She’s an innocent, captivating beauty that would do anything to save her loving father, including sacrificing herself.
With her freedom gone, she must surrender to a man she hates. A man that makes her want things she shouldn’t. A man that awakens deep, forbidden desires.
But everyone knows that roses don’t bloom in darkness.
Enter Maddux Wilder, a man that doesn’t believe in fairy tales.
Can the beauty tame the beast or will revenge cost them both everything that matters most?
(TOTAL SURRENDER is a STAND-ALONE, enemies to lovers fairy tale romance. No cheating. No cliffhangers)
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I would just say that I prefer this version of Beauty and The Beast by Erika Wilde so much more! She put an interesting and erotic spin to one of my all time favorite fairytale in Total Surrender . And the end result was stunning and sensual.
Caught up in middle of the war between Maddux, the tech giant billionaire bad boy and her father investment farm owner Theodore Cole, Arabella has to make a decision. To let her father die or offer herself to Maddux. Maddux is out for revenge in his cold, ruthless and detached way but Arabella intrigues him and calls to his dark soul. The arrangement soon becomes complicated and twisted as Bella unearths the soft and caring underbelly of the dominating, arrogant and crude beast. And Maddux finds himself to be drawn more and more to her innocence, compassion, beauty and submission. But their relation is all set for doom from the beginning or they think so.
Maddux’s personality attracted me like a moth to the flame. He has so many layers. And I have a severe weakness for dominating and protective alpha men. Their sizzling hot chemistry was absoultely enticing and intoxicating. Not only the sex, their conversations and sharing of simple moments made the connection stronger and believable. The elements of suspense and danger added to the complexity of the story!
Erika Wilde put all the elements of a great love story in Total Surrender. It has humor, passion, emotions, drama, a bit of heartbreak and a beautiful happily ever after. Total Surrender is a complete sweet and sexy package for your heart.
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Revenge is bittersweet for Maddux when he finds himself in the middle of a real life Beauty and the Beast. Arabella gives herself to the mercy of Maddux to pay for her father’s sins while at the same time breaking down the barriers of hatred for Maddux. In the end can Arabella unfreeze his frozen heart and make him into the prince she feels he is? Loved this story!! Not only did it have beautifully written characters but the emotions that these characters have to go through feel so real that the reader cannot help but fall in love with them. Everyone wants a prince Charming – even if he is rough around the edges. A fabulous read!!
Total Surrender is an adult version of The Beauty and the Beast mixed will a little Fifty Shades. The twist for me, is that from the beginning, Bella is actually the dominant in the relationship. Granted, Maddox has his rules, but they are all for show, Bella owned him before she offered herself to him, she just didn’t know it.
Their relationship is a unconventional one, but it just speaks to the power of love and persistence. Bella knew that Maddox had a hard exterior, but inside there was a heart of a lion. His actions proved what he words could not.
It wasn’t easy taming the beast and just when you think these two are ready to take their “arrangement” to a different level, the people closest to them could be the ones that tear them apart.
So ready for Hunter’s story.
ARC received in exchange for honest review.
Every little girl needs the fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast…Every woman wants the fairy tale in Total Surrender. Arrogant, alpha man… sassy, beautiful woman, what happens when the revenge plot turns around on you to bite you back??? Can love work for these 2 with the bad things that came before?? I LOVED IT!!!
Total Surrender (Kindle Edition) DIRTY SEXY FAIRY TALES book 1 by Erika Wilde….My kind of fairy tale…I always loved Beauty and the Beast… Thanks so much to Erika for letting me preview this book. Maddux Wilder (older brother of Tempest and Hunter) vowing to avenge his parents murder. Arabella…Bella Cole ( daughter of Theodore Cole..Maddux’s arch enemy) This book has it all …I hated to put it down…the feels got me..the laughs, the tears, hot steamy sex, the angst, the suspense, the danger and more steamy sex all getting to heartfelt HEA. I am looking forward to the next book in the series ABSOLUTE PLEASURE ..Hunter Wilder’s story.
Cute and sex6 take on Beauty and the Beast fairy tale. This story is about a man avenging his parents murder when he falls in love with the culprit’s daughter.
He destroyed her life. Now she wants his soul. An eye for an eye takes on a whole new meaning in Total Surrender. Sleeping with the enemy becomes a seduction of the heart, but who is seducing who? Revenge brought them together. Will love tear them apart? Wilde never does easy when it comes to love. Arabella and Maddux are as complicated as love can get. Yet their dance of danger will steal away with your heart and a few tears for good measure. Be careful what you wish for, because your heart just might give it to you.
Maddux and his siblings are on a mission to destroy the man who changed their lives forever. They’ve waited a long time to exact their revenge. They have a plan and nothing can stop them. Enter Arabella, daughter of the man they seek to destroy, and sometimes the best laid plans can go awry.
Total Surrender is the first book in Erika Wilde’s new series and it’s so, so good!!!! Arabella is a wonderful character. She is smart, witty, and charming. Maddux is a man on a mission, someone who doesn’t let anything get in the way of what he wants. Is Maddux immune to Arabella, or is she the lifeline he didn’t know he needed.
I Loved, Loved, Loved this story and cannot wait for the next book in this Series. Total Surrender is a stand alone story and one every romantic should read.