SHE WAS HIS ONLY WEAKNESS…For years, Detective Josh Russo had fostered a forbidden love for Paige Montgomery—his partner’s wife. But when she becomes a widow and the target of a dangerous man, the urge to protect her is overwhelming. And so is his deep, dark desires for her. Paige has never experience so many intense emotions—shock, grief, fear. And even stronger is her need to be with Josh, … to be with Josh, the one man that has always been there for her. He’s been her friend, her confidant . . . and now her lover. She knows she can trust him with her life . . . but she’s not sure she can give her heart to another cop.
Josh’s first order of business is keeping Paige safe. And the second? Showing her just how good the two of them can be together. But will that be enough to keep her in his life forever?
(This book is a Harlequin Temptation reprint that was originally titled FORBIDDEN. It has been re-edited and updated to reflect more modern contemporary romances.).
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Sweetest Surrender is a sweet, sexy friends to lovers romance.
Paige and Josh have been through a lot. First, developing a friendship with Josh being her now dead husband’s police detective partner, and now dealing with the aftermath of her husband’s murder and the danger it brings to their lives. There’s always been an underlying attraction between the two, but they have never even thought of acting on it. Now that her husband is dead, though, and no oaths lie between them, and Paige needs comfort after finding out how dirty of a cop her husband was, can Josh cross that now decimated line and give into the feelings he’s always held for Paige? He can and does, but how will he deal with Paige’s revelation that she intends on leaving Miami to head to Connecticut, where her family is and there are no bad memories of her husband?
I really liked Sweetest Surrender. For a fairly short story, it is well-rounded and well-fleshed out, with both Paige and Josh being fully realized individually and as a couple, and their backstory is beautifully detailed. I especially fell in love with Josh who is protective, loving, and sexy and truly in love with Paige. I had a hard time connecting with Paige, she came across as pretty cold, but I guess considering the amount of stuff her husband’s death brought upon her, perhaps she was justified. Either way, Josh’s warm, sweet personality was more than enough to make up for any warmth Paige was lacking. There was just the right amount of suspense interwoven into the story, and I liked the ending and how it was all wrapped up. If you like your romances with great characters, serious chemistry and just a touch of suspense, 1-click Sweetest Surrender today.
Ah. An action packed romance. I absolutely loved Josh. He is such a good man, willing to sacrifice his own happiness to make Paige happy. How sigh worthy is that? Paige was a coward, as she herself claim, but I’m glad she found her strength and realized that she was stronger than she thought herself to be to achieve her HEA. And there is an HEA so no worries. I was a bit worried there for a minute. Great story overall.
Josh and Paige have been friends for a long time. Paige’s husband, Anthony and Josh were partners on the police force. However, Anthony’s sudden death causes a lot more issues than Paige ever anticipated. Paige and Anthony were having marital problems and Paige was ready to leave him before his untimely death.
Josh has had feelings for Paige since they first met. Even though there is a chemistry between Josh and Paige, they were both respectful of Paige and Anthony’s marriage and were nothing more than just friends. Josh finds out some very disturbing things about Anthony after his death and now must protect Paige from getting hurt.
As Josh protects Paige, they both give into their attraction for each other. However, Paige is against getting involved with another cop since her marriage to Anthony wasn’t working out due to his secrets and his lack of respect for Paige. Josh realizes that he is paying for the mistakes of Anthony and must get Paige to see that he is not Anthony and he truly loves her. Paige wants to move back to her hometown to be around family but she also knows that she loves Josh. She just doesn’t know if she can be strong enough to be in another relationship with a cop. Josh has to convince Paige that she is a strong individual and to give their love a chance.
This is such a sweet story about 2 people that have been friends but know that they feel more for each other than friendship. Josh is such a caring and loving individual that he would do anything for Paige. Paige knows that Josh is different from Anthony but she is scared and must decide if she is strong enough to love Josh for who he is instead of what she has been through with Anthony.
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Sweetest Surrender is a hot, sexy, suspenseful read by Erika Wilde. Josh and Paige have been friends for over three years and while there has always been an underlying current between them except Paige is married to a fellow police officer and his friend so neither has ever crossd the line. That is until her husband is killed and during the investigation Josh finds out he was a dirty cop and put Paige’s life on the line. Josh knows he will do anything to keep her safe and maybe they can see where this underlying sizzling current leads them…that is until Paige decides that she will not fall for another cop and is moving back home.
Can Josh keep her safe from harm and show her that love can bring her the happiness that eluded her during her marriage and that he would do his best to come home to her or will she harden her heart and let a forever love pass her by?
PAIGE OWNS A BOUTIQUE AND IS MARRIED TO A VICE COP. WHEN HE IS KILLED WHILE UNDERCOVER, ALL HIS MISDEEDS COME TO LIGHT. SHE PLANS TO SELL THE HOUSE AND BOUTIQUE AND MOVE BACK TO CONNECTICUT. SHE HAS FEELINGS FOR JOSH BUT JUST CAN’T HANDLE BEING THE WIFE OF ANOTHER COP. JOSH IS A HOMICIDE DETECTIVES AND HAS LOVED PAIGE FOR YEARS. WHEN PAIGE’S LIFE IS PUT IN JEOPARDY BECAUSE HER LATE HUSBAND STOLE A PRICELESS NECKLACE FROM A CRIME BOSS. JOSH MOVES IN TO PROTECT HER UNTIL THE THREAT IS OVER. THEY GO UNDERCOVER AT THE MAN’S MANSION WHEN THEY’RE INVITED THERE TO TALK ABOUT SELLING THE NECKLACE. THE MOBSTER HAS NO INTENTION OF LETTING THEM LEAVE ALIVE. BUT JOSH IS SHOT AND PAIGE IS AFRAID SHE WILL LOSE THE MAN SHE LOVES. WILL SHE TAKE A CHANCE ON LOVE OR BE ALONE.
SEXY STORY. FRIENDS TO LOVERS. GOOD STORY WITH GREAT CHARACTERS AND BAD GUYS. JOSH IS THE BEST GUY EVER AND SO SEXY AND SWEET.
* VOLUNTARILY READ AND REVIEWED THIS FOR THE AUTHOR*