From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Elisabeth Naughton comes a new story in her House of Sin series… The leaders of my House want her dead. The men I’ve secretly aligned myself with want her punished for screwing up their coup. I’ve been sent by both to deal with her, but one look at the feisty redhead and I’ve got plans of my own. Before I carry out anyone else’s orders, she’s … carry out anyone else’s orders, she’s going to give me what I want. And only when I’m satisfied will I decide if she lives or dies.
Depending, of course, on just how easily she surrenders…
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Surrender? Or conquer? That is the question both Felicity and Marco continually have on their minds.
This is a fantastic novella based on Naughton’s House of Sin series. It can be read as a stand-alone if you wish, as an introduction to the series, or read afterward as a prequel. Either way you choose, it should definitely be on your reading list.
Marco and Felicity meet under trying circumstances as they appear to be on opposing sides of international powerhouses. Still, even they cannot lie to themselves about the incredible attraction they have for one another. However, they are each present to do a job, complete an assignment, and hopefully escape without arousing the suspicion of the other powerhouses. But when things don’t appear to be as cut and dried as they had been led to believe by their own organizations, they must decide whether to continue as they’d begun or to surrender their identities and trust to each other in order to find out the real truth of the situation in which they’d both been placed.
This novella is definitely worth the reader surrendering to it. You’ll love it.
Surrender Elisabeth Naughton is book 3.5 in A House of Sin and is a part of the Dark Nights series. This is the story of Marco Romano and Felicity Merrick and their story happened before Luciano and Natalie story. So you don’t have to have read the previous books to enjoy this novella. This did open some light into the housing that the other books touch on. Marco was sent to hinder Felicity but upon first site he was lost into her. This was a quick hot read!!
A well written and entertaining backstory to the House of Sin series
I loved, loved, loved the House of Sin books, and couldn’t miss out on this. I wasn’t sure if it involved characters I knew or if they would be totally new to me. If you’ve read the books then you’ll know who I’m referring to when I say that these were my second favourite couple. This doesn’t have the darkness of the rest of the series, but it was really good to find out how Marco and Felicity first met.
The writing is excellent, as I always expect from this author, whilst the plot had plenty of depth, twists and turns. The pace held my attention throughout and I really enjoyed reading this.
I do think the House of Sin trilogy needs to be read BEFORE this. Surrender can be read as a stand alone but the threat and intrigue of the Entente isn’t fully explored in this book. Even those this is set BEFORE Luc and Natalie’s story, I felt it contained a few spoilers for those books.
At times the story did feel rushed, particularly the ending. I’m sure this is because of the constraints imposed by book length and this having to be a novella. Whilst I felt I got to know Marco and Felicity enough to feel a connection to them, I didn’t really feel much emotional intensity and theirs was very much an instalove story.
Overall this is a good read, I liked it and would recommend it to others.
The one thing I love about 1001 Dark Nights is discovering new authors and series to read! Surrender was a new to me author and I am a complete fan! I have zero idea how I’ve never read any of her books before, but as soon as I finished, I went ahead and bought the first book in this series. And I can’t wait to start learning about this interesting world.
I’d say this was a great introduction to this series, there are so much mystery and suspense that’ll keep you intrigued the entire time. I’m not entirely sure what role Marco and Felicity play in this series, but I quickly became a fan of the both of them by the end of Surrender. So I can’t wait to read more about them in the House of Sin series.
I know this was a novella, but just by reading this, you’ll be begging for so much more and I hope all of that will get appeased once I read this series. Felicity and Marco are so hot together and probably my favorite scene was when they first meet, talk about such fire scoring between the both of them. They’re such a great pair and work so well together, even when both have their own thing going on.
Naughton did a fantastic job with this novella, suspenseful and downright sexy! I can’t wait to dive into the House of Sin series!
I have been a huge fan of the House of Sin series and was SO excited that Surrender was Marco and Felicity’s backstory. They were absolutely amazing in the full length stories so it was amazing to see how they initially got together.
I loved how we learned more about the Entente in this book and more importantly how Felicity was initially Marco’s target on a mission. She was secretly part of a resistance movement to undermine the Entente and it was his job to stop her. But when truths and betrayals are revealed about Marco and Felicity’s House will they be able to be together while there are warring factions against each other?
I thought this story was a quick and sexy novella that provided some much needed information on Felicity and Marco. I loved their passion for one another while maintaining their devotion to justice. I thought this was a solid conclusion to a fantastic series! Bravo! 4 stars! ~Ratula
Surrender by Elisabeth Naughton
Series: A House of Sin Novella (1001 Dark Nights #81)
4.5 Stars – Attraction, flirtation, suspense, action, sexyness, even a bit of humour. This novella was jam packed with all the right stuff! I quite enjoyed it!
*ARC received in exchange for an honest review*
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This was a quick read that left me wanting more, more, more!!!! I immediately went and added the three books in the series to by ever-growing TBR shelf but they are going to be pushed to the top because this novella was just that good.
I have read books by Elisabeth Naughton before but it’s been a while and honestly I don’t know why, I enjoy her writing style and she definitely grabs your attention enough to pull you into her stories and not let you go to the very end so I really don’t know why it’s been so long but this quick hot suspenseful read was just what I needed to pull me back in again.
Felicity thinks her run-in with Marc (aka Marco) was a fluke unfortunately it was anything but that. She doesn’t know that she is being set up and that can be a bad thing, a very bad thing….lucky for her Lightening struck!
I loved the chemistry between Marco and Felicity, yes there is inst-love in this story but that is okay with me because once you listen to Marco explain his parents story to Felicity you’ll be okay with it too, even if you aren’t a fan of insta-love.
I highly recommend this book to everyone that enjoys a good romantic suspense read that has a great couple that you’ll want more of. Happy Reading!
**I Voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Readers Copy of this book**
Loved it! After reading Undone I was so curious about Marco and Fee and how they came to be together. While different from the other books it is definitely a story we needed!
I’m a little torn on this one. I really like Marco and Felicity’s characters, however I am not a fan of the wham-bam version of their story. I will say I am traditionally not a fan of novella’s because the story feels rushed. On a side note I would have preferred to read Surrender before the other House of Sin books. All that being said I still love this series and it is worth every penny!
Dangerously wicked! If you’ve been reading the previous books in the House of Sin series, you’ll already recognize Marco and Felicity, but now we’re getting their story from when it started! It was short and sweet, but filled with lots of passion and information of how it all began for them. Looking forward to more to come in the series!
She’s a key figure in the Houses, and doesn’t realize the danger she’s in.
He’s been sent to teach her a lesson for daring to screw up the plans they’ve made.
Attraction explodes around them as danger nears. Will joining forces help get her to safety, or will one of them lead the other into more trouble than they ever expected?
I always love starting a book by a new author, it is like a new relationship! But I have loved all the 1001 Dark Nights authors I have read so far so this was a no brainer to pick up! This book and author does not disappoint and I cant wait to read the rest of this series. I have not read any other books in the series and found this book easy to get into. Once I started the story and characters chemistry made it so I did not want to put this book down! This book focus on Marco and Felicity who have a presence in the rest of the series from what I have read. Macro is the best kind of dark Alpha and Felicity is a feisty and smart heroine. This story weaves not only a love story but suspense and action that will keep you turning the page! I cant wait to read the rest of the series to see what happens!
Surrender: A House of Sin Novella is part of the 1001 Dark Nights series and a prequel for Elisabeth Naughton’s sexy, dark series. This book is written without all the dark scenes from the House of Sin series. It’s much more like the books from her other contemporary Ageis Security series. You don’t have to have read her HOS series to read Surrender. This book could be read as a stand alone. If this is the first book you’ve read from the HOS then be forewarned the rest of the series is a dark romance that some might find trigger issues with so keep that in mind. After having read the entire series I’m so glad to have Marco and Felicity’s back story. They are a bright spot in the series. I received an ARC from the author. This is my voluntary honest review.
Surrender takes place before the entire House of Sin Series starts. It is the story of Marco and Fee. I was always a bit intrigued by these characters and in Surrender we get to see their back story. How they met, why they met, and how they became the amazing couple that they are.
Marco was sent by his house to warn Fee, stop her. She was on the path to stealing a secret that could rock all 13 houses. But one look at her and he wanted her with a vengeance that would not be stopped. When he steals what she is looking for and finds some very disturbing information about her house and his, it sets him on a path to find the truth.
Fee only wants to get the information that she things will help her house and bring down the Italian house. But when she lays eyes on the sexy stranger who makes her want, she knows that she is in trouble. After tracking him down and seeing what was on the files, she has no choice but to trust him and work with him to get to the truth.
But when Fee is betrayed in the worst way, she will not know who she can trust and what the truth really is. She will have to trust in the facts and look past the lies to figure out if Marco was really playing her, or if the lighting strike that she feels every time he touches her, kisses her, looks at her is the real forever love that she thought she would never find.
Surrender is an amazing addition to the House of Sin series. I have always wondered about Marco and Fee. Throughout the series we had a glimpse of how they met, but to see it unfold in this amazing story was out of this world. I am hoping that there might be more stories about these to dynamic and complex characters to come.
Surrender is Marco and Felicity’s novella from the House of Sin series. This quick read is action packed and super sexy. If you’ve read the series, this novella gives the back story of how Marco and Felicity came to be. If you haven’t read the series, then this is a good introduction.
Felicity and Marco have a very strong foundation and were willing to sacrifice their relationship for the greater good.
Good novella, I enjoyed it.
ARC received in exchange for an honest review.
3.75 stars–SURRENDER is a prequel novella in Elisabeth Naughton’s contemporary, adult HOUSE OF SIN erotic, romance series, and the latest instalment in the multi-authored 1001 Dark Nights series. This is Felicity Merrick, and Marco Romero’s story line. SURRENDER can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary, although I recommend reading the original House of Sin series for backstory and cohesion. Felicity and Marco were first introduced in the author’s House of Sin series focusing on Luc and Natalie.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Marco and Felicity) SURRENDER reveals some of the backstory between Felicity Merrick, of House Merrick, and Marco Romero of House Salvatici, two Houses within the powerful Entente. Known for their power, control and oft times acts of savagery and brutality, the Houses of the Entente battle for supremacy using their members including Marco and Felicity but our couple work to protect the most vulnerable, against the rules of the people in charge. SURRENDER focuses on the how and why of Marco and Felicity, and their first steps towards securing the safety of others.
SURRENDER is a quick read; a sexy and sassy look at two people caught up in the violence and ruthlessness of a centuries-old system built upon power and control. The character driven premise is energetic; the romance is passionate and fated; the characters are colorful and inspiring.
what a deep insight into Fee and Marco. I loved knowing how they met and what they were willing to sacrifice for each other but knew they couldn’t.
SURRENDER is romance, suspense, action and a hint of mystery all wrapped up in one. This is the story of Felicity and Marc, a couple I was curious to learn more about from reading the other books in this series. Ms. Naughton created the ultimate page turner in telling their story! Many questions I had regarding this couple were answered with this novella, and we also get a bigger glimpse of the inner workings of the major houses. Once I started this novella, I literally could not put it down. I did not want it to end and begrudgingly has to come to terms with the end of this series! I seldom come across a romance novel that entails so many varying components. SURRENDER is mystery, thriller, suspense, action and romance blended together to tell the whirlwind story of Marc and Felicity’s love. I did not want this novella, much less the whole series, to end!
It was so great to read the background story of Marco and Felicity. Seeing how these two met and defied their houses and mission was entertaining. Like all the stories in this series is does not disappoint. Fast paced and action packed with a little hot romance—what’s not to like.
“Surrender” by Elisabeth Naughton is a novella in the 1001 Dark Nights set. It’s also a prequel to Naughton’s “House of Sin” series. Naughton introduces you to her new series with this romantic, suspenseful novella.
Felicity Merrick is the eldest child of the leader of House Merrick in the United Kingdom. It is one of the houses of the Entente; houses filled with riches, darkness and evil. These houses also rule the world. Felicity is different from many of the “families” who belong to her father’s house. She’s part of the Resistance. Marco Romano, a member of House Salvatici in Italy was sent to take care of her and make her stop her covert activities. At the same time, Marco is intrigued by the feisty redhead. He quickly comes up with other plans for the intriguing Felicity. Those plans include her surrender to more than her resistance to the Entente. His plans involve her surrender to him.
“Surrender” is a stand-alone book and is a glimpse into the dark world of Naughton’s “House of Sin” series. It’s the romantic start of the explosive love affair of Marco and Felicity, two people from different worlds.
5 Stars
Review by Amy W.
Late Night Reviewer
Up All Night w/ Books Blog
In Elisabeth Naughton’s novella Surrender we get to experience how one of my favorite couples met and fell in love.
Marco and Felicity are from two different houses and on different sides of the resistance, or so it seems.
I would hear her scream my name as she surrendered to me… even if the name she screamed wasn’t really mine.
I love that we get Marco and Felicity’s story. Arrogant Italian and feisty rebel equals super hot, extremely flammable chemistry. I can’t really say much about the story because I feel if you haven’t read any of the House of Sin novels it might ruin your reading experience. But do pick them all up and read Ms. Naughton’s dark romances. They are depraved and hot, and totally worth your time.