TOTAL SURRENDER (Dirty Sexy Fairy Tale #1) by Erika Wilde-Review & Excerpt Tour
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Contemporary fairy tales with a dirty, sexy twist!
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. 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?
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REVIEW: TOTAL SURRENDER is the first instalment in Erika Wilde’s contemporary, adult DIRTY SEXY FAIRY TALE erotic, romance series, a series re-telling the fairy tales of our childhood. This is thirty-two year old, billionaire tech giant Maddux Wilder, and twenty-five year old, digital data analyst Arabella Cole.
Told from dual third person perspectives (Arabella and Maddux) TOTAL SURRENDER follows the implementation of a revenge plot against Theodore Cole, and his right hand man Gavin Scott. Fourteen years earlier the Wilder siblings lost their parents to a deliberately set fire, a fire that continues to destroy their sense of well-being and peace. In an effort to take down the people responsible, Maddux Wilder, along with his brother Hunter, and sister Tempest, exact a plan of revenge against Theodore Cole beginning with an invitation to their charity ball. What Maddox never expected was to come face to face with Theodore’s daughter, Arabella Cole, an innocent in every sense of the word. Unaware of her father’s propensity for trouble, Arabella offers up herself for payment of debt, a debt she could very well pay with her life. What ensues is the building relationship and love between Arabella and Maddux, and the potential fall-out as Arabella becomes collateral damage in the war between the Wilders and the Coles.
Arabella Cole has no idea just who or what kind of man is the father she loves. Meeting Maddux Wilder, a man who draws our heroine like a moth to a flame sets up our heroine to take the fall for sins of the past. Maddux Wilder had no intention of involving Theodore’s daughter but when opportunity strikes Maddux is willing to accept Arabella’s offer as payment for debt.
The relationship between Arabella and Maddux is one of immediate attraction but Arabella is oblivious to her father’s past, and the heinous crimes committed with his partner Gavin Scott. Falling for her ‘captor’ Arabella starts a slow seduction of our story line hero, a man who is tempted beyond the payment of debt. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense.
We are introduced to Maddux’ siblings Hunter and Tempest, as well as Arabella’s father Theo, and his partner Gavin Scott. Hunter’s story line is next in Absolute Pleasure.
TOTAL SURRENDER is an adult retelling of Beauty and the Beast wherein Arabella exchanges her freedom for her father’s, and in the end Beauty does tames the Beast. The premise is entertaining and engaging; the romance is unconventional, dramatic and intense; the characters are colorful, energetic, innocent and broken. TOTAL SURRENDER is a captivating tale of innocence, seduction and happily ever after.
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Reviewed by Sandy
Shock jarred through Maddux, but as a man who’d spent years perfecting a mask of control, neither his expression or body language betrayed that emotion. This woman was willing to give up her own freedom for her father’s, and it was definitely an interesting turn of events he never saw coming.
“Arabella, no,” her father uttered in horror.
Ignoring her father’s objections, Arabella held Maddux’s gaze steadily. “In exchange for you leaving my father alone, I will do whatever it takes, and whatever you demand, to work off his debt.”
Maddux stared at the beautiful woman offering herself up to him, so sweet and naive in contrast to the dark, ruthless man he’d become. While he originally wanted to crush Theodore, Maddux also realized that taking Arabella in exchange—his only daughter he adored—would be equally devastating to the other man. How could Theodore live with himself knowing Arabella belonged to his greatest enemy solely because of his own weakness?
“And how do you propose you work off your father’s debt, Bella?” he asked, curious to hear her answer, especially when his own mind was already listing all the different ways he’d enjoy having her at his beck and call.
Bare shoulders held back, she swallowed hard, but her gaze remained bold and determined on his. “I will do anything you ask of me. I’m . . . I’m not afraid.”
God, the woman was fucking fearless, he thought, and he was drawn to that courage despite himself. Unlike her father, or even Gavin, she was unwavering in her loyalty.
“For Christ’s sake, Arabella,” Gavin shouted angrily, his face contorted with rage. “He’s not going to ask you to cook and clean and wash his laundry for him! He will ruin you for any other man.”
Arabella turned her gaze to Gavin, her expression cool with resolve. “Then so be it. It’s my choice to make.”
Gavin clenched his jaw and shifted his hot, angry gaze to Maddux. “She clearly doesn’t know what she’s saying.”
“I know exactly what I’m saying, and what I’m doing,” she snapped at Gavin as she came to stand in front of him, poking her finger at his chest. “Unlike you, I’m willing to stand up and put my father’s life and welfare before my own. I’ll do whatever it takes to relieve him of this burden.”
When Gavin said nothing else, Arabella whirled around to face Maddux again, the skirt of her voluminous ball gown swirling around her legs. “I promise, you’ll have no trouble from me. I will work off his debt, in any way you demand, in exchange for his freedom. Just . . . let him go. Please.”
Maddux could have denied her request and forged full steam ahead with the original plan, but everything about Arabella intrigued and tempted him. He wanted her, desired her . . . plus there was the added bonus of Theodore thinking the worst was happening while his only daughter was under his care. The things the man would conjure in his mind would rip any decent father apart inside.
Determined to keep the upper hand, Maddux strolled around his desk until he was standing in front of Arabella and she tipped her head back to meet his gaze, hers with bold resolve. She’d clearly meant what she said when she’d told him she wasn’t afraid, and her tenacity made his dick twitch with the thought of taming that fiery attitude in the bedroom.
Not giving a shit that both Theodore and Gavin watched, he reached out and brushed the backs of his fingers across Arabella’s smooth, silken cheek, immensely pleased to see a heated awareness flicker in her gaze, proof that persuading her into his bed wasn’t going to be all that difficult. She might hate him for what he held over her father, but she wasn’t immune to the attraction between them.
“I’ll accept your offer, Bella,” he murmured, taking her chin between his thumb and forefinger, wanting this beautiful creature to look into his eyes and know exactly what he expected of her. Wanted to make sure there was no mistaking what she was about to trade. “Your father’s freedom, for your total surrender. That is the deal.”
Erika Wilde is the author of the sexy Marriage Diaries series and The Players Club series. She lives in Oregon with her husband and two daughters, and when she’s not writing you can find her exploring the beautiful Pacific Northwest. For more information on her upcoming releases, please visit website at www.erikawilde.com.
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