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Dare to Surrender

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This book included a few of my favorite things; it's based in San Francisco, Joy's best friend Erica goes to the culinary academy (the same one I went to in 2005) and Ash is a former military man.

I'm a fan of erotica (surprise to the people who know me in real life!), in fact I've been reading the same erotica website since 1999. But I've never read a novel like this before.

Joy works in an art gallery selling art, she's a mess. She's always late, her house looks like a tornado hit, she misplaces everything, she's a bit irresponsible and she picks the wrong men. All the time. She's also insecure about body and her looks, she was raised by her grandmother who thinks Joy is always doing something wrong (especially since she majored in art and didn't end up being a doctor or a lawyer like her brothers, who don't seem to have time for her or her family). Her boss assigns her to get Ash Hunter to agree to a showing at their gallery and if she comes back with the wrong answer... she'll lose her job.

Ash Hunter is a former Navy SEAL, he was discharged and turned to art. His specialty? Bondage photos. And bondage marble sculptures. However, he's decided to give that up and focus on his obsession with security and taking care of his mother and sister. Ash has a hard time letting people in, trusting people and being seriously attracted to people.

The chemistry between Ash and Joy is exciting, electrifying and has you craving to see them again. Their relationship begins with sex, Joy is surprised at how much she can let go around Ash, how he doesn't make her feel as self conscious when she's stuck in the moment. As they continue to see each other more and more, you can see their relationship build which, in my opinion is rare in the books I've read. Like really build. You witness the change in both Joy and Ash. I loved how bit by bit Joy was starting to realize she was pretty, and that she did have a nice body despite what her grandmother always told her. And I loved how much Ash cared about Joy. How he had this bad boy vibe about him but he really cared about Joy and was protective over her. I loved how he never stopped trying to get her to see herself how he saw her. It was sweet. Oh and of course, the steamy sex scenes. Though there were plenty of them, they fit into the story perfect. However, joy is hiding a secret from Ash, a secret she's tried to tell him about and every time has been... distracted. When the secret is revealed in possibly the most horrible day of her life, how will Ash react? Will he forgive her? Or will he move on and leave everything behind like he knew he had to?

I enjoyed reading this book. I read through it a little faster than I thought I would. I enjoyed it because it made you feel like you were right there with them, like you were the silent friend in the corner witnessing the relationship between Ash and Joy and you wanted to urge them to just fess up and tell each other how they really feel about each other because its just so obvious! You feel for Joy and her insecurities, her life. You feel for Ash and his desire to always escape. You feel for Erica and her tough shell. Couldn't really say I felt for Blaine since he didn't have much of a back story. This was a wonderful and unexpected read!

After Bound To Please I NEEDED to read this book. Joy and Ash are hot! The book is as sexy as I have come to expect with Lilli. The sex scenes are hot, the dialogue titillating and the storyline moves nicely. Yes, this is a book about bondage but with trust, beauty and love. The message: with the right lover, there is nothing we might not try. Joy and Ash both needed something from the other. Joy needed to feel beautiful and Ash did that for her. Ash needed someone to trust and found that in Joy. Dare to Surrender is a must read for lovers of the erotica romance.

Not for readers under 20!!!

Joy Montgomery is on thin ice with her job as an art gallery curator. She must find a cutting edge artist to feature in her gallery soon or she may be looking for new employment. Determined to save her job she seeks out erotic photography artist Ash Hunter to convince him to do a show, but finds that he is no longer interested in displaying his art. Convinced that Ash and his cutting edge style will be just the thing that will save her job she sets out to convince him. While Joy's main focus is on saving her job, she can't deny that she is intrigued and attracted to Ash. When she gets a look at a collection of Ash's erotic sculptures, she finds herself both captivated and aroused. Disappointed that Ash is not interested in displaying his art, she has a moment of impulsiveness and steals one of the small marble sculptures. She immediately realizes she is out of her mind and tries to figure out how to return the sculpture without getting caught.

Ash and Joy are polar opposites. Joy's life is happily chaotic. She's messy, disorganized, and maybe just a little irresponsible. She's also a insecure with her curvy physique and unlucky the love department. Ash on the hand is a neat freak, and totally organized. He is and ex-Navy Seal and quite orderly in his lifestyle. He likes to combine his two favorites hobbies, BDSM and photography with stunning results. However his physical appearance is more what you'd expect from an artist. He's a jeans and t-shirt kind of guy, disheveled hair and he might forget to shave now and then when he's engrossed in a project.

Ash and Joy meet at his apartment to discuss business the next night, but Ash has other things on his mind. Although he's already attracted to her, Joy's response to his art inspires fantasies erotic bondage and he wastes no time in seducing her. Business takes a backseat as Joy finds herself bound and she surrenders her control to Ash leading to an erotic night of love making. For Joy, this is an impulsive act, true to her character, and for Ash, it's deliberate and controlled, true to his dominate nature. The two find an immediate connection as opposites attract and begin an interesting relationship that becomes complicated by Joy's uncharacteristic moment of thievery.

The sexual chemistry between Ash and Joy burns up the pages. These two find themselves participating in a sexual relationship that involves binding from the first time they are together. Ash's dominate nature appeals to Joy, making her feel safe and she allows herself to submit to Ash's very sexy will. Ash finds Joy's willingness to surrender herself irresistible and sexy.

"The beauty of being restrained was giving up control, giving up self-consciousness, giving up everything.

Giving Ash everything."

I found Joy's quirky personality charming and Ash's gentle dominance both sexy and alluring. Lilli Feisty tells a romantic story a of slightly insecure woman who finds the courage to release her inhibitions and accept herself by learning to trust through powerful submission.

Dare To Surrender is an erotic love story that will keep you turning the pages. If you love a sexy read, with very light erotic BDSM, laced with love and romance you will enjoy Dare To Surrender.

Lilli Feisty writes with a straightforward honesty that's refreshing! Her characters have depth, and the story is packed with emotional punch. The dynamics of the dominant/submissive relationship add to the intensity of the romance-and the sex scenes!-and it's done in a way that makes it real and approachable.
The sex is hot, hot, hot, and the love story is superb! If you like your romance with a little spicy edge, this is the perfect read!

Joy Montgomery is desperate as her position at the Cartwright Gallery in San Francisco is in trouble. Her only hope to save her job is to find and persuade erotica artist Ash Hunter to host an exclusive exhibit at the gallery.

She locates him at the San Francisco Art Museum where he prowls like a predator seeking prey. Joy asks him, but he refuses. Shocking herself, she steals an explicit sculpture from him. Feeling guilty she tries to inform him what she did, but instead he ignores her efforts to tell the truth to him. Instead he makes her his submissive muse. She loves his spanking and more. He agrees to allow her to display his work until he learns of her theft. Knowing he feels betrayed, she must convince him love is the bond that ties them together.

This is an entertaining erotic BDSM romance. He is a brooding dominant while she is a desperate submissive as they fall in love on smack to they butt at a time. Although the story line is somewhat emaciated (except for his third leg) with the conflict caused by her out of character theft, fans will enjoy the muse and the artist daring to surrender to love.

Harriet Klausner

Joy Montgomery loves her job as an art gallery curator but she needs to take it up a notch and get a really hot artist to display their work. When Joy meets Ash Hunter she learns what "hot artist" really means. Ash is talented, innovative and a true visionary in with his photographs as well as statues with all this mixed in a package of pure desire.

Ash is drawn to Joy and without a second to ask himself why he finds himself consumed with lust for Joy and an overwhelming desire to photograph her. But Ash is a photographer with a unique sense of style that Joy is not completely comfortable with. She has spent too many years listening to negative remarks from her grandmother about her curves and sense of style. Ash doesn't want to listen to any of it and once he takes over Joy's existence there is no separating them.

But Joy has a terrible secret that she is keeping from Ash and when he finds out the fireworks go off but not in a way Joy is happy with. But there are a few skeletons in Ash's closet that he is afraid to reveal to Joy for fear she will take off running. The fun is in the chase and the game they are playing is all about rewarding the winner.

This book follows Ms. Feisty's prior books with the theme of seduction, passion and love adding a touch of intense sexual behavior. While not for everyone this story as with all her books has a foundation in the relationship and in showing that everyone has a wild side that with the right person, behind the proper closed door we are free to explore.

Mary Gramlich ~ ("The Reading Reviewer")

Lilli Feisty's latest release of Dare to Surrender is a highly erotic tale of love, trust and acceptance and one enticing read! Joy not so keen on all her curves doesn't know what to think or do when she finally meets Ash. There is serious sexual chemistry between the two, but Joy is more worried about her job. If she doesn't land this next show with Ash for her gallery, she will be fired. Desperate, she approaches him another showing, but he turns things around on her immediately. Which is pretty much how their relationship works from the beginning. Ash keeping Joy on edge, sexually and emotionally. Too important for her carrier Ash makes a deal with her, one that she can't refuse, and if she really looked deep down she knows she doesn't want to. Funny thing is, unbeknownst to Ash, Joy stole one of his sculptures, not able to resists the beautifully bound woman called to Joy's submissive side. I enjoyed Joy and Ash very much, but had a hard time connecting to either character too much, always feeling like I was on the outside looking in. The supporting characters were great I though in Joy's best girlfriend and opening up on her love life and struggles. Overall a steaming read and entertaining but a little spark was missing for me.

DARE TO SURRENDER, Lilli Feisty's newest release, is a truly magical and sinfully irresistible erotic contemporary novel. Joy Montgomery has always been shy about her seductiveness but yearns to fly free. Meeting artist Ash Hunter makes Joy rethink her stand on romance - with explosive results!

Joy Montgomery, an art gallery curator, is afraid that her usefulness as a gallery employee will soon come to an end unless she can somehow convince artist Ash Hunter to allow her to show his work. Meeting him face to face makes Joy's heart beat faster and without thinking her proposal through, Joy asks him to allow her to show his photographs and sculptures in her gallery. Ash respectfully declines and leaves but not before he and Joy immerse themselves in a bit of pleasure first. When Ash leaves her standing there amongst his art, and before she has time to stop herself, Joy takes one of his sexy sculptures and places it in her purse. So, now not only does Joy want Ash's body, she will probably go to jail before she has a chance to experience it naked.

Joy knows she has to return Ash's sculpture but can't seem to find the right time. Going to his house doesn't work because Joy agrees to Ash's outlandish request for her to be his model in his erotic photographs. She agrees to his demands because he will allow his work to be shown in her gallery. Joy, however, has no idea what Ash's demands will do to her psyche. She finds herself unable to stop herself from falling under Ash's dominant spell. The more she yearns to be submissive to his every demand, the tighter she weaves her duplicity into their liaison. What happens when Ash finds out what Joy has done? Will their D/s bond be enough to save their relationship?

I am completely and totally in love with Ash Hunter. He is smart, savvy, and so very talented. The dominance of his nature is icing on the cake and every love scene I find myself blushing like a young school girl. A former Navy SEAL, Ash is controlled and Joy is like a breath of fresh air. She can't find things in her purse, she is often late and most importantly, she is a bit impulsive - without her impulsivity however, we wouldn't have DARE TO SURRENDER.

Lilli Feisty has written DARE TO SURRENDER with just the right touch of BDSM and romance. The sexual tension between Joy and Ash is off the charts! Their passion, pleasure, and potent love scenes are simply beautiful. Surrender to this wonderful novel, I dare you!

Natalie S.

O.M.G!!! There are no words to describe how much I loved reading this book. It had a great plot, lots of humor and lots of hot sex, sex, sex!! I love Joy! This is how you write a female character. She doesn't have her life completely in order, she does things without thinking and gets herself in trouble but you still love her. She's not annoying and whiny. And her sticky situations are hilarious!

Great book, great characters, great read and hot sex!. I haven't read Bound To Please but it is on my TBR pile.

I read my first Lilli Feisty book a few months ago, Bound to Please with Ruby and Mark St. Crow and fell in love. I enjoy the way she writes a great relationship, yet still includes lots of dirty smut. Dare to Surrender delivers, and even though Ash is not quite as dominant as Mark, he still has a heroine who submits and delivers lots of naughty spankings.

Joy Montgomery needs an up and coming artist for the gallery she works for. She knows just the edgy one too - Ash Hunter. Ash's specialty is bondage photographs and Joy needs him to keep her job. Problem is, he is not taking pictures anymore. She sees him at a fundraiser held at the San Francisco Art Museum and they strike up a conversation. He eventually takes her to a back room to show her his private collection of sculptures. Joy is amazed at his work. It is not only provocative and beautiful, but it is just what her gallery needs for a boost but Ash doesn't want it shown. Ash leaves, and Joy has a spontaneous idea. She steals one small sculpture, not really having a plan as to what she is going to do with it. After taking it, she realizes she made a big mistake, but it is not so easy to just return it - especially as Ash and Joy become more intimate, she doesn't want her theft to ruin what they have.

Joy is disheveled, loses things all the time and never seems to pick the right outfit out of her closet. She has not had a good track record with men, and her last boyfriend pretty much used and discarded her.

Ash likes everything neat and tidy. Although he is a very talented artist, Ash has a lot of responsibilities, including a paraplegic sister. He feels responsible for her care and although he feels his life needs to be constantly on the move, he takes a security detail side job offered by his former army buddies. He feels the need to be more mature, so he decides to give up his art. That is until he meets Joy. He is attracted to this woman, and when he sees her become very turned on by a bondage sculpture he created, he can't help but feel the lust between them and the urge to start taking pictures again.

Dare to Surrender makes my smutty heart melt a bit. Joy really steals the show for me. She is mature and good natured, yet so loopy and disorganized. She curses all the time and belly dances in secret. She is also a "curvy" heroine and I love about her. We do not get enough of that type of woman in books and it works so well in this story. She has been told all her life she is overweight and she wears frumpy clothes as a result. But Ash knows how to turn those insecurities around. She learns that she has a beautiful body and when she looks at the photographs Ash takes of her, she can't believe that is the real Joy.

Ash is quite the opposite with his rigid rules, but that makes their relationship that much more fun. Joy's messy life endears her to Ash and he never once tries to change who she is. The sex in this book is smokin' as only Lilli Feisty can write. Ash likes to tie up his women, but the bondage scenes are very light in this book. Joy gets a good spanking when she is naughty - and she is naughty more than once. There are two particular scenes in this book that have already made it onto my favorite sex list for 2010. For those that have read it - chapter eight and thirteen. So naughty, and so sensual.

The only thing that nagged me in the story is after she steals his sculpture she has about a zillion different opportunities to come clean and tell him and she never does. She keeps telling herself she will, yet they end up having sex or something else comes up and after awhile it gets a little old.

Dare to Surrender is an erotic, smutty yet very romantic love story. Lilli Feisty writes great characters that stick with you and stories that are so much fun to read you have to call your girlfriends to chat about it. I'm ready for more.