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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When Arabella offers herself up to Maddux in exchange for paying off her father’s debt, it’s intended only to be a transaction, not for either of them to catch feelings. So what will the “beast” of a man do when his quest for revenge is put on the backburner because he develops feelings for the instrument of his vengeance?
Whew, this one is HOT! I loved the contrast between the sweet, compassionate Arabella (Bella) and cold, controlling Maddux, who loses that coldness around Bella. It’s definitely a modern day fairy tale with a naughty twist, and I cannot wait for more of this series! Hunter (Maddux’s brother) has his story next, and I know it will be as good as Maddux and Arabella’s.
I love this contemporary fairy tales band wagon some authors are jumping on, a retelling of the classics with a modern twist to them. Total Surrender is a perfect example; it’s based on Beauty and the Beast, but for grown-ups. Trust me, this isn’t a story you want to read out loud to your kids at night, but you could to your partner if you want to liven things up! This standalone was a hot, smexy, quick read that had me fanning myself a few times, and this Beast had a Dom vibe to him that I found irresistible. It’s told in dual POV and filled with dirty action and a little suspense, and with more stories to come you’re going to fall for the Wilder siblings!
Arabella Cole lost her mother when she was a child and was raised by nannies until she was old enough to be sent off to an all-girl boarding school. Her father, Theodore, was busy making millions as a partner at Addingwell Financial and she lacked for nothing, except his attention. Now older Theodore was having health issues and she was happy doting on him and taking care of him. Now twenty-five, she worked at a private university library as digital data analyst and enjoyed the little independence she had. The only fly in the ointment was her father’s right-hand man, Gavin, who seemed to think he and Arabella would one day be a couple. Not if she had anything to say about it!
“There is no changing the past, Bella. All I knew in that moment was that I was going to change the future.”
Maddux Wilder is the thirty-two year old billionaire owner of MadX-Tech, a business that specialized in modern, hi-tech security. He had raised his siblings, Hunter and Tempest, when their parents had died tragically fourteen years ago, a death they blamed Theodore Cole for. They had waited too many years to get revenge for the destruction he had caused the Wilder siblings. They knew Theodore wasn’t the fine, upstanding pillar of society he liked to present himself as. The Wilders had come up with a plan to ruin Theodore and nothing was going to get in their way. Until Maddux sees Arabella, and realized she knew nothing about her father’s dirty business, and he has to resort to an off-the-cuff Plan B. Maddux will take Arabella, in lieu of a three million dollar outstanding debt Theodore owes. Arabella goes willingly, still not understanding Maddux’s hatred towards her father, but knowing his health is in jeopardy. But so is her innocence, Maddux is happy to tell her. He plans to ruin her before destroying Theodore.
“I guarantee if you romanticize this arrangement, you’ll be disillusioned and
sorely disappointed when it ends.”
This is where everything takes off, in a blink of an eye! I loved every minute of it, and so will you!
Total Surrender is a super sexy contemporary fairy tale that is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. I was absolutely pulled into this story from the very first page and have to say it was one of the best stories I’ve read from Erika Wilde.
Maddux Wilder and his siblings have every reason to want revenge on Theodore Cole and his business associate Gavin Scott, as he knows they are responsible for his parents’ death. However, when Theodore’s daughter Arabella (Bella) hears the financial situation her father is in, and the fact he will lose everything, she jumps in to offer herself to Maddux to save her father. She agrees to totally surrender to him in every way as long as it takes care of her father’s debt. I loved while Bella was completely innocent to anything her father did in business, her love for him was pure and she would do anything to save him. Gavin Scott on the other hand was a total ass from the moment he appeared on the page, and I personally wanted her to kick him in the junk each time he touched her.
Maddux and Bella were both instantly attracted to one another, and I had so much respect for Maddux for not taking advantage of the situation when he had every right to do so. Bella was truly an innocent in every way, and yet she had such a strong sense of self. She is totally willing to do everything Maddux wants and desires from the moment she is taken to his penthouse apartment. I loved that Maddux truly did try and be a stand up guy and had planned to only share his home with Bella originally. There were so many laugh out loud moments in this story, but I especially loved Arabella’s commentary as she shared her meal preparations and daily activities with Maddux via his video monitoring.
I knew the kind of chemistry between Maddux and Bella couldn’t be denied forever, and it was so worth the wait when they finally got together. OMG Maddux was every bit as dominating as I expected and Bella responded to him as if they were made for each other. They had the best chemistry and I absolutely loved them as a couple.
Erika Wilde gave her readers a beautiful romance filled with all the emotions. I loved that there was both a sweetness and a super sexiness to Maddux and Bella’s romance. Total Surrender had humor, romance, passion, drama, and a bit of suspense. I highly recommend Total Surrender and can’t wait to read the next book in this series.
Rating: 5 stars (A+)
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Started out as revenge but then it turned into much more. Maddux was planning against Theodore for years and was ready to destroy him but didn’t expect the beautiful daughter Arabella. Arabella was intrigued by the handsome man she met at the ball but then realized it’s a plan to destroy her dad and surprisingly that didn’t bother her. Maddux didn’t expect to fall for her either. The chemistry between these two was scorching. They were secondary characters that caused trouble but Maddux would do anything for Arabella. Arabella got her version of a fairy tale ending.
WOW!!! I loved, loved, loved Maddux and Arabella’s amazing story in Total Surrender by Erika Wilde, book one in her Dirty Sexy Fairy Tales Series. Maddux and his siblings are on a mission to destroy the man who changed their lives forever. For years, anger, pain and revenge fueled Maddux’s hatred. He and his siblings have waited a long time to extract their revenge; they have a plan and nothing can stop them. Arabella, daughter of the man they seek to destroy, overheard their conversation with her father, interfered, changing the outcome; proving that sometimes the best laid plans can go amiss. Bella turned Maddux’s world upside down after making him an offer he couldn’t refuse. Arabella is smart, sassy, funny and nothing like Maddux expected her to be. In a short time she became so much more than he ever wanted or needed, and she feels the same way. There is a lot of bad blood between these two families and Arabella needs to come to terms with who her father really is before this fairy tale between Beast Maddux and Bella, Arabella, can have that happy ending; hopefully before the monster, Gavin, is able to get what he wants.
Ms. Wilde wrote a wonderful, sexy story; filled with sexual chemistry, fun dialogue, and endearing characters, helping Maddux and Arabella find a way to be together and get the fairy tale ending neither expected to ever find. I highly recommend Total Surrender to other readers and look forward to the next in this series.
This is your childhood fairy tale, level up! When you read a book and it sets off butterflies and tingles in your body, you know it hit the mark, and this one most certainly did. I believe this is the best book Erika has written to date, and that’s saying a lot because haven’t read one that I haven’t loved. You can feel the heat leap off the pages, don’t want to stop until your done and then want more!
Can’t wait to see what’s next in the series!
This story had you hooked from the beginning once you start this one its almost impossible to put down. Outstanding story full of suspense and hot chemistry. Erika’s story of Beauty and the Beast could not have been hotter or better.
Can you hate a man but love his daughter? Maddux is about to find out……in a tale as old as time beauty and the beast come to life. Maddux and Bella are great….the passion they have for each other burns up the pages. Maddux is on a mission to ruin theadore cole….what he’s not expecting is Bella to give herself for her father. Maddux is also not ready for his world to turn upside down but that what he gets.
This modern day take on Beauty and the Beast with Maddux and Arabella in Total Surrender completely exceeded my expectations!
Erika Wilde is a fantastic author, and did such a great job of taking this classic fairy tale story, and putting a completely interesting and unique twist on it. I didn’t want to put the book down until the very end!
This book is a great standalone and truly didnt disappoint!
Total Surrender is a story of revenge and domination at it’s finest. You have one family willing to do anything to get revenge on the people that did them wrong. Then you have one person stuck in the middle of it all hoping that what she will sacrifice will make everything better. Maddux Wilder is a billionaire in his own right with only one thing on his mind to make the people who murdered his family pay. After 14 years of planning their demise he finally sets the wheels in motion. That night his plan is supposed to fall into place he meets the one woman he shouldn’t want but as you know we can’t control things such as that. Arabella is the only daughter of the man that ruined the Wilder family. What she doesn’t know is the kind of man her father really is. When and her and Maddux have a dance together it is so intense that they don’t even know what to do with it. It’s electric and it will shock you to your core the amount of chemistry they have the just leaps off the pages. Then Arabella finds out what her father has been doing and when she offers to take his place to pay off his debt a new adventure will start for the both.
I love this story and it is a quick read with so much to look forward to in the next sibling’s story. The characters have these great backstories that really tie into the book perfectly. When they are in a scene together the intensity will really knock you on your feet. I love the fact that Erika didn’t let the story drag on and that the action and romance was well placed within the story. If only I could have my own Maddux that would make my world a little better. He is dominant and a protector of those he cares for. Arabella is a little naïve until her she finds out she never really knew the people that surround themselves around her. It is like Maddux opened her eyes to a new world but betrayal and lies might tear it apart. The two of them must let go of the past to even have a future. This is a great job Erika and you really knocked it our of the park with the start of a new series.
What a sexy and modern version of Beauty and the Beast! I really enjoyed this story. Loved the characters! Maddux and Arabella were like night and day but WOW did they sizzle! This is a fairytale for the adults! Yay!!! This series is off to a great start and I can’t wait for the next book!
This is a grown up retelling of Beauty and the Beast and very, very sexy. The only question is will the beauty tame the beast or will the beast end up seducing the beauty? Maddux Wilder, along with his younger siblings, Hunter and Temptest, lost their parents 14 years ago in a fire which was intentionally set and the time has come they are set to take down the men who brought about the deaths of their parents. The annual Wilder Charity Ball is the setting and they have invited Theodore Cole and Gavin Scott and plan to exact revenge, though they didn’t know Theodore would bring his beautiful daughter, Arabella, along. No one expected her to be outside the office door but her eavesdropping brought her inside and she offered up herself as payment for her father’s debt. Oh my goodness. This is not what Maddux wanted but this is now what he has and he will take nothing less than her total surrender. This was such a great story and perfect telling. I cannot wait to find out what is in store for Hunter in the next book!
Surrendering to the Wilder Beast
—>>> Arabella Cole finds herself the pawn in Maddux Wilder’s very personal family vendetta game, a man whose whole world was taken away from him fourteen years ago, left to fend for himself and his two siblings. It is her golden heart which wins Maddux over and gradually warms it up, taming the determined man who was fiercely hellbent on making her father pay for his sins and dirty deeds.
Sweet, sexy and some drama involved, and note that no beasts were physically harmed in the telling of their story.
Total Surrender is the first in Erika Wilde’s modern fairy tale series and what a start!
Maddux (the beast) is out for revenge against Theodore Cole (Bella’s – the Beauty) father for killing his parents at their restaurant. Maddux is now a self-made tech industry millionaire. He and his family host a charity ball and Theodore Cole is invited. Bella talks her father into attending. She eavesdrop on a conversation and “surrenders” herself to Maddux in exchange for her father’s life.
Their chemistry sizzles when they first meet and it just gets so much hotter from there. Bella has no idea what her father and his henchman, Gavin, are into. But she will find out in an epic, and life endangering manner. Hers! Theodore and Gavin are evil, wicked, and cruel!
But the chemistry and love are honest between Maddux and Arabella. Ms. Wilde has written very compelling, suspenseful, emotional, romantic sizzler that will keep you turning those pages until the very end. A highly enjoyable read! She has really brought out her action/suspense skills with this story and I can’t wait to read the next book!
I read an advanced copy and I leave my voluntary and honest review.
This modern day telling of Beauty and the Beast is so enthralling. I would have fallen at Maddox’s feet in a heartbeat if I had been Arabella. He is dominate and speaks so dirty! I get goose bumps just thinking about it. Arabella is no wilting flower either. She stand toe to toe with him, not putting up with his growly behavior. But in the bedroom, she finally finds a man who fulfills everything her heart years for. I loved this and absolutely cannot wait for Hunter’s story.
This is a fairy tale with a sexy twist. Maddux is a man with a beast attitude struggling with a painful past and Arabella is an independent woman dreaming of finding prince charming. But with the invitation to a fairy tale dance her life is up for a surprise change. This book is sexy, romantic and fun to read. I love that Arabella is no the tipical damsel in distress. This is the first book of the Dirty Sexy Fairy Tale series and is a great book to read. I received an Advance Reader Copy in exchange of my honest review.
This is by far my favorite story and I absolutely adored Maddux and Arabela a lot! He and his siblings have thing one on their mind and thats revenge. She comes as an unexpected surprise and now he wants her. She will absolutely anything to make sure her father is safe even if she cant stabd Maddux and gives up her freedom in return. I truly could not put down and fell in love with these since the beginning!!!
This is one of the best “beauty and the beast” novels I have read in a long time. The characters were realistic, the set-up was plausible, and the action moved right along. I was drawn in especially by Arabella’s nature – even though she was the bookish “Bella,” she was still a strong female who knew herself. It was refreshing to see her go toe to toe with the beast (Maddux). I also enjoyed how the author set up the siblings’ stories and can’t wait to read Hunter’s, which looks to be “Cinderella” based. It was a quick read, but it kept me engaged the entire time. For more thoughts, please visit my blog at Fireflies and Free Kicks Fiction Reviews. This review was based on a complimentary pre-release digital ARC of the book.
I loved this modern take on an old fairy tale. Maddux was the perfect beast and Bella was the perfect woman to change his life. This story had lots of pain, sexy and steamy scenes, bad guys and a happy ever after. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
This is an AMAZING representation of a modern day Beauty and the Beast! The story line included a great plot, a nice build up, a complex climax and a pretty darn good ending!
Maddux is a beast in a designer suit and it is past time that he takes it upon himself to right a wrong that happened 14 years ago. What he did not expect was the man that he despises most in the world to have a daughter that would trade herself for him because he is in poor health. Let’s just say that all of Maddux’s planning could not take into account this beauty.
Arabella might be a bit naive, but this beauty has a backbone like a freaking steel beam. She might not know what her father did to make this wild man hate him so much, but she knows loyalty and will place herself in the belly of the beast. What she did not plan on happening was finding the adventure of a lifetime.
All in all this was a freaking great read. It moves a bit slow in the beginning but takes off about 1/3 of the way through and is so freaking good. There are some majorly steamy scenes between the two of the characters and I freaking adored all of it! If you are wondering if you should read this, you definitely should!!
PS: I received this book as an arc, but am honestly reviewing it!