Surrender by Stephanie Tyler – a Review

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Description:
Section 8, will involve military heroes, intrigue and action. The first book, Surrender, is set in New Orleans and the hero is Dare O’Rourke.
On the run and living for revenge…

Desperate, fearless, and hunted.

For ex-Navy SEAL Dare O’Rourke, Section 8 was legendary. The son of one its missing members, he grew up in the shadow of its secrets. All he knew was that it was a cabal of operatives discharged from branches of the military and reassigned to extremely dangerous, off-the-books international missions. And their handler, who answered only to the president, was as shrouded in mystery as the missions themselves.

Nothing can stop them. Nothing can break them.

Now, the handler of Section 8 has given extreme orders: kill any remaining members, along with their families. It’s then that Dare makes a startling discovery: the existence of a long-lost half sister named Avery he was never meant to meet. Determined to fight for their lives and find their missing father, Dare and Avery bring together the last members of Section 8 for one last mission: to avenge their families, and to survive.

Review:
Surrender by Stephanie Tyler is the first book in her new Section 8 series, which is Romance Suspense.  This is my first time reading Stephanie Tyler, and I loved her writing in this book.    

Surrender has everything, from adventure, danger, suspense, hot military men, strong women, and steamy sex, not to mention a nasty villain.  We meet one of our heroes, Dare O’Rourke in the beginning, as he is living in seclusion, hiding from those trying to find him and kill him.  Dare is forced to come out of hiding, to help save the half sister, he has never met. Together Dare and his sister Avery, try to find a way to survive, and hold off the man behind Section 8, who plans on killing everyone who had anything to do with now the defunct division.  This includes any family members who knew of Section 8 from their family. 

Dare kidnaps Grace, who is Richard Powell’s daughter, who is the man bent on killing them, and the villain of this story.  However, in a short time, Dare realizes that Grace is as much a victim as he and Avery are. Grace was a great heroine, very strong, and a warrior in her own right, not to mention having a psychic gift she must learn to use.    Her father tortured her, and when she escaped, she managed to become even stronger to help her survive.   The connection between Dare and Grace becomes apparent immediately, and once they learn to trust one another, they will team up with others, who are also in danger.   I loved how Tyler created these characters, from Dare, Grace, Avery, Gunnar, Jem, and Key.  They were wonderfully created, with their own flaws, and you found yourself caring about each of them. 

As the enemy gets closer, they all join together, knowing their lives depend on each other’s help in order to survive, which was looking extremely slim.  Dare and Grace had a lot of chemistry, and their sexual scenes were very hot. Avery is also a great female character, who has excellent chemistry with the other men.  Tyler has so much material to continue this series, with all of them. 

The entire book was very exciting, as it was a tense edge of your seat suspense, with some surprising twists, as well as a passionate group of heroes.  I could not put the book down during the last third of the book, since I was thoroughly hooked into the adventurous thrill ride that brought us to a slam bang ending. 

Surrender was a wonderful book, filled with non stop exciting action, and a group of characters you will love.  If you want romance suspense at its best, you need to read Stephanie Tyler.  Now that I have discovered her, I plan to read more of her other series, and I will automatically have Section 8 on my must buy list.

Reviewed by Barb

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