“I was in a relationship with two men and neither were giving me up.” That thought flashed through Charlotte’s brain like a bright neon light as she followed her husband out of her marriage counselor’s office.The office where she’d sat twice a week as she tried to repair the glaring problems in her marriage. The marriage that she’d fought hard to save to a man that wasn’t fighting alongside her. … wasn’t fighting alongside her. She’d been lied to, ignored and used as a pawn to climb his ladder to success. Charlotte was broken, not just her marriage.
But, then she met Dr. Montgomery and everything changed.
They say love is patient and kind of course, but what happens when that love comes at the cost of everything?
Love was a force that took no prisoners when it decided to strike and Charlotte had been hit—hard.
By a man that wasn’t her husband.
By the very man who was supposed to save her marriage.
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I’m going to be honest, this is the first time reading either of these books and it’s the first time I’ve heard of this author’s work but I was intrigued when I read the blurbs descriptions when I read them and decided to give it a try… I don’t regret it at all 🙂
These books are everything you want to read in a emotional, angsty, steamy, painful, passionate and the finding of true love even when it was found unconventionally.
Charlotte and Will’s story may have started as doctor/patient and Charlotte still being married but in a save-less marriage so many of you may see it as cheating but there are a few surprises and her husband is definitely not the victim from her affair with Will. Anyways, they get divorced and them more obstacles start piling up in their way but they both stood strong; even though sometimes there were doubts or hesitance, they never stopped loving each other fiercely, possessively and never faltering.
There’s so much going on in these books but I don’t want to spoil anything more for you guys of this duet, so go check them out, you guys won’t regret picking up these reads 🙂
Fast paced engaging read. I normally don’t read books with cheating in them. The author paints a picture of a women that has been in a loveless marriage for one to many years. The said women falls for what I would call the forbidden fruit . The couple do have very strong chemistry in & out of the bedroom. I guess you can’t help who steals your heart. It is a love triangle with a cliffhanger
On its surface Bittersweet Surrender is a story about a neglected housewife who cheats on her husband. Yes cheats. I figured we should get that out of the way now for those readers who aren’t into that trope. If you are, or if you’re curious, I am here to tell you there is so much more to this story than what’s on the surface.
Charley is broken and lonely, two things she’s desperately afraid of being. Matt, her husband isn’t a bad guy in the usual way, he doesn’t hit her or yell, but he doesn’t see her, which for a woman like Charley is almost as bad. Enter in hot and mysterious Dr. William Montgomery, and all bets are off. It’s HOT, scoring taboo, forbidden love at it’s best. It’s romance, the heart fluttering, I want a love like that, down to its core. It’s raw, and at times gut wrenching.
There are few twists and turns along the way, and an ending that will leave you begging for more! I can’t wait Bittersweet Addiction!
Cheating is a difficult topic but QB did an excellent job of showing how love can happen in a less than ideal situation.
It is never right to cheat or even excusable but sometimes circumstances just lead to it. That was what happened with Charlotte Pierce. She didn’t go looking for someone else or to cheat on her husband, she just found a strong connection with another man.
Will didn’t set out to fall for her but their chemistry was undeniable.
QB did an excellent job making you feel exactly what Charley was feeling: loneliness and like she was doing something wrong but never had a chance to right it because Matt never made her a priority. Then the good parts of where she had gained her strength and stood up for herself in order to have what she ultimately wanted all along. Last but certainly not least the hot steamy scenes between Charley and Will set your reading device in fire.
I am so excited for their story to continue in Bittersweet Addiction.
ADDICTIVE & FORBIDDEN ROMANCE!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE QB Tyler’s books! She writes forbidden and taboo aspects into some sweet & sexy romances that just grasp my attention! I could NOT put this duet down. This book (Bittersweet Surrender) is book 1 of the Bittersweet Duet! You must read both, it is necessary to fully understand the complexity of the relationships inside these two books!
Charlotte is in a marriage that she’s fought for all by herself; for so long! At what point do you give up on a failed marriage; one that was once held together by love, admiration and passion but is now only being held together by lies, deceit and pain. Lies that hold you hostage, deceit that lies within both parties and pain that is constant and caused by the one person that’s supposed to always try to protect you. You are broken & lost; most days not knowing how you could last another day in this hollow marriage. Most importantly, what do you do when you find that person that can stitch you back together and love you the way that you would love them. What if they’ve already begun that process but it’s the one person you should NEVER have.
I love the forbidden aspect in this book! Many won’t read this for that reason alone but for me it heightens the emotional aspect and I love books that make me FEEL more than any others! Charlotte definitely brings a lot of emotion to this story; after battling all alone for her relationship she starts battling for herself. I might not agree with everything that happens but I can agree that she deserves her own happiness after contributing her entire being to her marriage for years and not receiving it in return.
I had to wait until I finished the entire duet to write my review for this one. Not because of any reason other than when I read the last page of this one; I simply needed to get right back in immediately! I had no patience to sit and write anything. haha!
Holy Moly!! Exciting to say the least!! Wow!! Hot as hell, an illicit affair! Q.B. Tyler sucked me right from the beginning! Incredible story!!
Bittersweet Surrender. Honestly, I haven’t even processed my feelings about this book yet. As you can tell from the blurb our heroine, Charley, is having an affair with her and her husband’s marriage counselor… which quickly leads to deeper feelings. We get to watch their relationship grow and see how they navigate this difficult situation.
Charley is such a real character. We get to see the good and bad that goes on in the female mind. Including the subjects that we think about but don’t discuss. And her bestie, Lauren, is the person that every woman wants in her life.
I thoroughly enjoyed going through the beginning of this journey, even if there were times when it was incredibly difficult.
Bittersweet Surrender is definitely a forbidden story that is taboo as well as addictive. When Charlotte and her hubby decide to work on saving their marriage after years of damage, you never would have guessed that the therapist would end up stealing the wife. That’s what Will is wanting, Charlotte to divorce the husband for him. Besides the fact that Will is completely unethical in what has happened between him and his patient, the two of them have no shame in their behaviour and still engage in the sessions. As much as you want to hate the act you cannot help yourself from enjoying the story. I found it well written and engaging and would definitely read more from this author.
I did not want to put this book down and I may or may not have reread several times! Charlie and her Doctor – you just want them to be together and pull through they are so EVERYTHING together, and the fact that they aren’t supposed to be makes you cheer for them even more. QB Tyler knows how to write chemistry and the chemistry between them is sizzling!
It’s an emotional rollercoaster
Charley is unhappy. She married to a man who barely acknowledges her and fixes everything with money. She attends counseling hoping it will fix things and it does just not in the way she expected. This story is so amazing! It sucks you in and holds you captive. Will is a sex God who keeps you wanting more. By the end of it I was needing the next book and was getting annoyed because I couldn’t read it in one sitting. Highly recommend.
First off I don’t normally read stories about cheating but after reading Q.B. Tyler’s, First Semester, I knew I loved her writing style, and this book would be much more than cheating. I wasn’t wrong. It’s forbidden, taboo, and hot, but also shows us a love that is raw, gut wrenching, and unbreakable. I can’t wait to see how it all turns out in Bittersweet Addiction.
Wow!!! OMG!!! Yes – I know… I know – my literary language suprise me a lot now…
Ladies… and maybe men if You like, be ready to slide Your panties down ! This book is sexy… I even have no words to describe how much.
One You must know for sure, this story is so forbidden that make You blush from face to all Your body down.
I must give You also little warning – DO NOT READ IT PUBLIC, because You might be embarrased when someone looks by accident what You read – Oh, Yes this is this kind of book
This story is about love triangle… I don’t like books about that, so I started to read Bittersweet Surrender with A LOT of objections and then BUM…I devorued it within few hours, because this story was write in very good way.
All this rollercoster inside can give You good fun!
Q.B. Tyler – You and Bittersweet Surrender give me really good time
Holy smokes, Bittersweet Surrender is H O T!!!
First off, I have to get this out of the way – there is cheating in this one. Lots of naughty, salacious, dirty cheating. There, now that that’s out of the way, I’ll say why and how. Charley is a neglected wife married to a neglectful, indifferent husband named Matt. They’ve been in therapy for months, but it’s not working because Matt refuses to be the husband he should be and Charley refuses to divorce him. One day she and her therapist, Dr. William Montgomery, step over that forbidden line, and never look back. OK, maybe she looks back, because she’s not evil, she’s just unloved and neglected. I refuse to be mad at her, though, because, quite frankly, her husband isn’t really a husband, not a good one, at least. I don’t know that cheating is ever deserved, but I will say he’s a dick and there’s no other way around it.
So if cheating is not your bag, don’t read this one. However, if you can see fit to reading an out of the box story that involves cheating, and falling in love outside of a marriage, I highly recommend you 1-click Bittersweet Surrender today. You won’t regret it! Be forewarned, though, that this is just part 1 of their story, so if you hate cliffies, put it off until all the parts are released.