Trust. A simple notion for some, but impossibly out of reach for Jessica Riley.The walls around her heart are built high from betrayal and years of keeping everyone at arm’s length. She’s happy with the way her life is, or so she thought.Hard core Dom, Lucas Clark, was immediately drawn to Jessica. As their paths continue to cross, Lucas tests Jessica’s submissive nature, as well as her steadfast … submissive nature, as well as her steadfast resolve to keep her emotions out of her relationships. He wants more than just sex. He demands Jess’ trust. The one thing she keeps locked away.
As their bond intensifies, Jessica fears that this Greek God will put the pieces of her heart back together. Family, marriages and ghosts of her past all plague her ability to trust her own decisions, especially the ones that revolve around love.
A woman who’s afraid of heart break fights her own surrender against the man who doesn’t let her play it safe anymore.
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There goes another morning getting lost in Rachel De Lune’s books. I devoured another of her novels yesterday so this is getting to be quite a habit and one that I am absolutely loving!! I read the Izzy and Seb collection (books 1, 2 & 2.5 in The Evermore Series) a few months ago and it has always been my intention to continue reading the series and I’m so pleased that I chose this book.
Surrender to More is the perfect title for this novel. Having already met Jessica as she is Izzy’s best friend, I was delighted that this was going to be her story. Jess is such a fabulous person – She’s independent, driven and caring but she has been hurt in the past and that stops her from trusting easily and opening her heart to love.
What more could someone need to support them through their struggles than a man who not only professionally can understand and help, but is a Dominant too. When Lucas and Jessica’s paths cross, I could feel the chemistry between them as if we were all in the same room! Taking charge of situations is what Luc does best and I hoped that he would be the person that enabled Jess to break down her barriers, so that they could have a relationship together.
One thing for certain is that you are going to need a grab a fan or take a few cold showers during this book. Holy Schmoly! There are some very steamy scenes that are absolutely perfect for this story. I loved being back at Solace and it was lovely to see some more of Seb and Izzy too.
Rachel is an author who writes about real life sensitive topics with compassion and understanding and I loved how she portrayed Jess. Lucas is one hot, powerful and controlling Dom, so paired with Jess who fights her feelings and desires every step of the way – well you can imagine how hard it must be for the pair to make any sort of compromise and this made compelling reading.
Surrender to More is a fabulous read and one that I recommend without hesitation.
Oh my goodness! I loved every second of this book. I wasn’t sure how i would find it with it not being a total continuation of Seb and Izzy’s story but blooming well loved it! Of course Seb and Izzy appear in the book but this focuses on Luc and Jess and I have to say if I thought I loved Seb it is nothing compared to how I feel about Luc, he is everything and then some more!
The relationship between Luc and Izzy isn’t a simple boy meets girl and they fall in love, there is way more to it than that but I’m not going to explain you are going to have to go read it yourself 😉
I guess this could be read as a stand-alone but to get the full experience I recommend you read the series in order as you will understand the characters better. I can’t express just how brill this book/series is and I seriously recommend y’all read it!
I am loving this series. This book is Jess and Lucas story and it didn’t disappoint. A hot sexy read that you won’t want to put down. Jess Izzy’s best friend has had all the disappointment and doesn’t do relationships until she she meets Lucas unbeknown to her is a Dominaint Doctor who feels the pull to her. I’m loving finding out more about more characters connected to Izzy and Seb. A must read series I’d highly recommend to others.
This book follows Rachel De Lunes two other books in the Evermore series. This story is about Izzys best friend Jessica. Jessica is only sort of aware of her friends dynamics with her new husband and when she is introduced to one of their friends she gets to learn a bit more. Izzy and her husband have a D/s relationship and until Jess meets Lucas, she does not realize it is what she might need in her life as well.
Jess has a hard time trusting people, which is understanding considering the two most series relationships she had turned out terrible. When she meets Lucas at her new counselors office, she is sure that she would not see him again but when she gets invited to dinner at her friends house she is surprised to see him there. Not a good thing when she has her on-again-off-again boyfriend with her that makes her unhappy.
As the story goes on, we learn Lucas is a Dom which is how he knows Jess’ friend Izzy and her husband. Jess is curious about this but has never thought that was her thing but decides to try to see what it is about with a little coaxing from her friend. Over time he (as well as help from her psychiatrist) forces her to learn to trust again.
I have loved this series and was happy to be able to read this book (in this case in exchange for review but I will buy it as well) but I feel that is missing the passion the other two had. The characters have passion but I feel the story was a bit rushed.
I could also be biased because in the stories about Izzy, her character seemed to really be about being a sub but Jess seems too stubborn to either allow herself to be in that type of relationship or only wants the bedroom appeal of it and not the whole package.
As normal though, it was wonderful writing that kept me reading and wanting to know what was going to happen