Reviews

Surrender by Brenda Jackson

turtleberry's review against another edition

5.0

Ashton had a vision and knew that Nettie was his soulmate. She wanted absolutely nothing to do with a military man and he was a lifelong one. She tried to fight their attraction for over three years. Finally she gave in to what they were both feeling.
there was a bit of drama along the way and I loved the side stories. 
Really enjoyed this book!

africreole's review against another edition

5.0

Everyone surrenders to love

This story is full of characters falling and succumbing to Cupids arrow including Netherland Kalloren Brooms, aka Nettie, who vowed not to ever get involved with a military man because of her experience of being a military brat. She craved stability in her adult life. She managed to keep her vow until she met Marine Colonel Ashton Sinclair. Of mixed Native American Cherokee ancestry, he inherited the gift of insight of visions where he knew on meeting Nettie, she was his wife. He just had to convince her. Not being able to fight her attractions to him any longer, she surrendered to all of his and her desires and gave her the previous gift she thought was lost to her.

Love is in the air among these great friends and the single ones are surrendering to Eros left and right including the hostess to Sisters Restaurant, Rainey Gilford, surrendering to Howard Reeves, the head of security for Chenault Electronics in Chicago.

Jada Roberts was just getting out of an abusive marriage, but one look at Nettie's brother and Marine Rome Kalloren they both surrendered to each other.

Christy, the Madaris brothers' younger sister, tried to get Alex Maxwell to surrender but could not get through with his feelings for her, sighting their age difference. I see another story with them, as well as another story of Drake Warren aka Sir Drake. I enjoyed reading this book as it was my first by this author as recommended by a FBF.

naika's review against another edition

Ok. Absolutely not. I was trying to overlook some of the dated language and stereotypes, particularly as it related to Africans and Native Americans. I also tried my damnedest to look past some of the persistence of the male love interest. He was unrelenting in his determination to force the female love interest into accepting the fact that they were destined to be married. I get he had visions or whatever, but the complete disregard for her feelings wasn't doing it for me. Try as I might with the aforementioned issues, what I can’t and won't do is sit here and be ok with the fact he broke into her home and was lurking at the edge of her bed while she was asleep. It wasn't a dream, or a figment of her imagination. He found out where she lived, entered her home without her knowledge or consent, and then convinced her to "let him make love to her this way" (i.e. prevent her from questioning what the hell he was doing in her house and why he was touching up on her). That’s some certifiable creep shit. I don't care that this is a romance novel and that sometimes liberties are taken. This is too far in my book and I don't see how in the hell you can expect me to root for a couple when one partner has some clear boundaries issues. On to the next.