I’m ready to move on. Please don’t search for me. Please just let me go.
~Ellie
The note on the kitchen table shatters Jay Wentworth’s world into bits. Ellie is his lover, his soulmate, his best friend–she’s the woman who stood by him through the aftermath of a horrible explosion, the woman he’s planning to propose to. He’d do anything for her–except let her go. With his fierce protectiveness … protectiveness kicked into overdrive, he teams up with Ellie’s Hotel Serafina boss, billionaire Wyatt Christiansen to find her. Ellie is family at the casino and they take care of their own.
Ellie is devastated when her secret past finally catches up with her. Stupid to think she could bury the mistakes of her youth and find happiness with a good man. Leaving Jay rips her heart to shreds, but it’s the only way she can protect him from the dangerous people she once ran with. And deep down, she fears he’ll never be able to forgive her for hiding her past from him.
The closer Jay gets to the truth about Ellie, the deeper he plunges into danger. He’ll move heaven and earth to save her, but if she can’t trust in Jay’s love it might be too late for both of them.
The Serafina: Sin City Series, #2
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Ellie is deeply in love with Jay Wentworth and he with her. She’d like nothing more than to spend the rest of her life with him, however, when her ex-boyfriend, who’s supposed to still be in prison, comes calling, she realizes that her happily ever after is in jeopardy. She runs but it’s not for long because Jay was willing to do whatever it took, use all of his skills as a former SEAL, to protect the woman he loves… whether she wants him to or not.
Sensual Surrender was an adventure in schemes, manipulation, and criminal undertakings. It was indeed sensual, set against the backdrop of a sting operation. I’ve never read anything from Katie Reus before. I’m a huge fan of all things suspenseful and thriller-like and after getting her as a recommendation again and again, I took the plunge. No Regrets! I’ve now found a new go-to for my suspenseful binging needs.
This is an awesome read. Just enough action,love and drama
I was skeptical of this series because it’s outside my norm, but I love Katie Reus’ books. I must read the other books in this series. It was so good, not that I am surprised. Jay and Ellie are amazing. I love the chemistry between them, he is the ultimate protector, but she needs to protect him. I loved the face-paced nature of this book and hope the rest of the series is as good.
Hard to put down – surprise ending
SENSUAL SURRENDER is the second storyline in Katie Reus’s contemporary, adult, romantic, suspense -The Serafina: Sin City Series. The focus of the series is on the men and women who work at the exclusive Las Vegas resort and hotel The Serafina. This is Ellis and Jay’s story. Ellie is the personal assistant to billionaire hotel mogul Wyatt Christiansen and Jay works security at the hotel.
The premise follows Ellie as she is determined to protect the people and the man that she loves from her past. But her past has come calling and Ellie is on the run. Handing in her resignation fuels the curiosity and concern of everyone at the Serafina when Ellie pushes everyone away in search for a solution to a debt that she owes. Ellie’s attempts to right a wrong, set into motion, a series of events that will end in tragedy-one way or another.
The relationship between Ellie and Jay started in a previous storyline. Now lovers and so much more, the sexual heat is strong between the couple; their lovemaking is sensual; but there is still the unspoken question of trust-why hadn’t Ellie come to Jay with her problem?
Katie Reus pulls the reader into a storyline of mystery and suspense; heartbreak and betrayal; getting rich and the bottom line. Sensual Surrender looks at the illegal side of life in Sin City where power and money mean the ultimate control. Ellie is caught between a life with the man that she loves and a life she thought she had left behind.
Sensual Surrender is a welcome addition to The Serafina: Sin City Series. There is a little bit of mystery; a little bit of suspense; and a whole lot of sex and romance rolled into a story where the past meets the present and could very well affect the future.
2.5 stars
This is the first book that I read from the series, I don’t know how good were the previous books but this was for me like boring. I like to read suspense but this one lasted for about 2 seconds. I love it when the love between two characters develops but in this one, they are already together. So what is left in this book to be interesting? For me, not a lot and that is why the book received so low rate.
I volunteered to review an ARC of this book for NetGalley
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas!
Jay is almost ready to propose to Ellie. She has been his rock and helped him get back to top shape. She makes him want forever. But Ellie’s past has caught up with her and her ex wants what she kept from him. And he wants it NOW. Ellie refuses to drag Jay into her murky past and attempts to go it alone. But Jay and her boss, Wyatt, have no intention of leaving her flapping in the wind on her own!
Jewel heists, stolen plans, dirty money – what has Ellie got herself into! Great story and engaging characters. Vegas itself is a character. I loved Jay and his will-do attitude. He has no intention of letting Ellie go, he just has to get her to see that he’s in for the long haul. As a former SEAL he doesn’t know the meaning of the word failure.
Sensual Surrender by Katie Reus is book Two in The Serafina: Sin City Series. This is the story of Jay and Ellie. I haven’t yet read the previous book, so for me this was a standalone book. Ellie was young and dumb just like all of us but her mistakes keep coming back to her present. Ellie is in a happy place where she has a job she loves, friends and a hot boy friend. But then her past comes back again and she does what she always does..runs. But this time her new friends and Jay aren’t letting her go.
Enjoyed their story.
Ellie has a hard time trusting, she is the assistant to a billionaire who owns a casino in Vegas. Ellie had a rough life but now her past is about to bite her in the butt. She lives with her boyfriend Jay, who always works at the same casino. Jay was in the military turned now is security for the billionaire they both work for. He comes home early and finds a note from Ellie. She’s leaving and doesn’t want him to look for her. Jay loves her too much to let her go without a fight. The only way the relationship will work is for her to trust him.
I loved this story and first time I am reading it. Sex, suspense, and crazy ex. I couldn’t put it down.
* Voluntarily read and reviewed this for NetGalley *
A truly sensual story written by one of the best. Ellie has a past that has just caught up with her. When she is asked to help arrange a robbery at the Hotel Serafina, her place of employment, she knows that she must leave to safeguard her lover and friends. When Jay, the man she lives with and loves, finds out that she has left, he and the security team manage to track her and save her from a vicious attack. She confides harmful facts about her past hoping that Jay can forgive her. The entire group will join in, devise a plan to foil the robbery and keep Ellie safe. A wonderful and sexy series with strong and honorable characters who know how to take care of each other. I received an advance review copy at no cost and without obligation for an honest review. (by paytonpuppy)
Ellie knows her past has caught up with her when her ex calls her and threatens her and everyone she loves. Jay Wentworth is a ex Navy Seal and alpha to the core. He will protect Ellie with everything in him. The backdrop of Las Vegas is the perfect setting for this fast paced romantic suspense. You don’t threaten anyone in the Sarafina family because you will regret it. Katie Reus always writes great romantic suspense, full of action to keep the pages turning.
Arc provided by NetGalley for a honest review.
This is Book #2 in the Serafina: Sin City Series and the story of Jay and Ellie. Katie Reus is a master story teller when it comes to military romantic suspense! If you’re looking for a read that will keep you up at night and keep you turning the pages until you’ve finished the book in one sitting, then pick up any book written by this very talented author. Exciting, intriguing, mysterious, fast-paced, suspenseful and sexy — everything I look for and enjoy in this author’s books. I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC for NetGalley.
This is book 2 of the Serafina Sin City series by this talented author.
This one belongs to Ellie and Jay. Ellie is the PA for successful millionaire Wyatt Christensen and Jay is his lead bodyguard.
They have been together for a year and are totally in love. Jay is ready to propose , when he gets home to find a goodbye letter from Ellie. Ellie has left him and her job because someone from her past is after her and will harm anyone close to her. She refuses to have them hurt.
But when her boss and Jay have her followed and rescue her in her first attempt to solve her problems, they discover her secrets. Needless to say, Jay was NOT a happy camper.
It’s a story filled with intrigue, bad guys, hunky good guys, sex and romance.
A good story in this sexy series.
I was entrusted a copy of this book by Netgalley. The opinions expressed are solely my own.