Surrender Love [Kindle Edition]

Kayelle Allen (Author)

Book Description

Not rebound,
payback, loneliness, or even the great sex, and far beyond love. This is
surrender.

 

In the beds of countless
lovers, the immortal Luc Saint-Cyr has been mastered as well as master, commanded
as well as commander. When his mortal lover leaves him, the distraught Luc withdraws
and devotes himself to work. His entertainment company throws a ceremony for one of their
most successful rock groups, and Luc meets drummer Izzorah "Rah" Ceeow,
one of the feline Kin race. Rah's dark hair and velvety, golden furskin captivate
Luc. Pert cat's ears and a quick smile lighten his mood, and one look into Rah's
emerald eyes, deep and tranquil as a forest pool, and troubles cease.

He suspects the
mid-twenties male is a virgin, and Luc, fascinated by Rah's quiet serenity and
lack of guile, longs for a deeper, closer relationship. Savoring Rah's
surrender will be as delicious as taking him. Luc will force nothing. Rah will
give himself to Luc when he is ready
to surrender his innocence, to capitulate every part of himself to Luc's
command. Rah will open himself and let himself be taken. Luc's anticipation and
desire are palpable; as real as his hunger for faithful, unconditional love.
But to gain Rah, how much of himself is Luc willing to surrender?


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Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, interspecies sex, male/male sexual situations, reference to rape, violence.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Surrender Love is EPIC's 2010 eBook Award Winner in Science Fiction Erotic Romance." --EPIC

"Surrender Love is a Blue Ribbon Favorite for 2009 by the reviewers at Romance Junkies." --Romance Junkies

5 Stars
"...this is an exceptionally good book and one I would have hated to miss." --Rainbow Reviews

5 Nymphs
"Surrender Love is a fantastic book, so if you are new to Luc or are an old fan, you truly won't be disappointed."
--Literary Nymphs

5 Stars
"I have no difficultly giving this a five star rating and I can't wait to read the rest (of the series) - although if Luc ever does anything bad to Izzy I shall personally duff him up." --Goodreads Author Susan Roebuck

Product Details

• File Size: 627 KB
• Print Length: 412 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Loose Id LLC (February 17, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003FMV3CE
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #503,366 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Surrender Love by Kayelle Allen June 9, 2009

By Elisa TOP 1000 REVIEWER

Format:Kindle Edition

If there is a thing that an author can do to displease me is to ruin my Happily Ever After... and so when I read Surrender Love's blurb, I thought, OMG Mrs Allen, what have you done? But since I'm a faithful reader and I remember that I liked the previous book, Wulf, I bought it anyway, and put it in my reading list... only to see it everytime I opened the reading folder to choose a book to read. The ebook was there and it was beckoning me... read me, read me, you know that you will like me... it was like a Mermaid's song, and I did my best to resist, and BTW the length of the book helped, since I always need a lot of courage to sit down and read a novel plus. Till today I was strong, but then I surrendered.

And Kayelle Allen didn't even make my surrender easy! Since not only Wulf and Luc have split after the HEA they had in that book I read, but it was not even a break-up due to an uncontrollable fate, like if Wulf is dead or something similar (look? I can accept if you ruin my HEA, but I'm ruthless if you do that!). No, Wulf and Luc were torn apart by the most common trouble, the inability to communicate. Luc thought that Wulf thought that Luc thought... and no one of them really knew what the other thought. At the beginning of the book, Wulf is running away with his new lover, Alitus, and Luc is mourning the loss... for an handful of days! Then he meets Izzorah, and his everlasting love for Wulf is all but forgotten, and he is hot on the trail of a new lover.

Now you would think that I'm a bit hard with Luc, he is not a bad guy, but probably he is too used to loose a lover that he has a calluses around his heart.... Luc is a Sempervian, means that he is immortal, and everytime he starts a relationship with someone, he has always to take in account that his lover will age and die, and he will be near him for all the time. Maybe this time he suffered a bit more since Wulf didn't die, he simply left, and Luc feels betrayed, but maybe one of the reason for Wulf's behavior is that he has never really felt like Luc was totally involved with him. The reason why they split seems so stupid, that you really wonder if they were really good together, but I remember they were, at least in that first book. I haven't read the two books in the middle, and probably something happened in them, but one thing I know: in my old fashioned mind, all those sharing your lover with your friends (since you think he wants that) and turning your sex life in a complicated play scene, well, I don't think it helped at all.

Anyway, it's not use crying over spilt milk, and maybe someone else is interested in that milk... maybe a little nice kittie? Izzorah is a feline man from an aline planet which has commercial agreement with the Tarthian Empire. He is the drummer of a rock band and they have just signed a contract with Luc's business firm. Izzorah is all you can expected from a man with some feline traits, furry ears, some furry in other strategic places, no tail, but all purrs and little cute quirks. Plus Izzorah's planet is a matriarchal one, and he flew his hometown to avoid a forced marriage with a warrior woman: Izzorah is gay and he couldn't bear the idea to be a woman's lover. But Izzorah is not against the idea to be a warrior's lover, since he is a natural submissive... only that for Izzy, a total virgin, submission is a really simple thing: you find a man who takes care of you in all your needs, and in exchange you give yourself to him. For Izzy, submission is not a shadow dungeon or pain/pleasure games, it's more like be pampered and cuddled. And yes, I like very much Izzy, probably even more than Luc: Izzy is a total innocent character and you can't hold against him the guilt to be the "third" man, the one who splits the perfect couple, also since it was not him.

In the end I have two recommendations: if you are a reader like me arriving from the first book, well, probably after few pages you will manage to pass over your disappointment for the lost romance, and enjoy the new one, that probably has more chance to last since Luc has learned from the past; and instead if you haven't read the previous book, well, I will say that probably you can read directly this one, avoiding so the disillusion about the past romance, and fully enjoying the current one. Read more ›

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Ten out of Ten December 7, 2010

By Sue Roebuck

Format:Kindle Edition

Ms Allen is an award-winning author including two EPPIEs.

Surrender Love was the first of her books that I read and my reaction, including general awe, was, "How did she think up all this?" I believe Ms Allen's imagination goes far beyond that of most fantasy authors. She has created a world far removed from our own with its own races and languages. I was amazed at how quickly I became integrated into this world and related to the characters.

I realized that some of these characters had already appeared in previous books by Ms Allen, but this does not affect the first-time reader like me, because the author is an expert at backstory which she relates so succinctly without detracting from the plot in hand.

Far be it from me to summarize this amazing world that she has created. Suffice it to say that the main character is Luc Saint Cyr, an exiled, immortal Semperivan (don't ask - read the book if you want to find out what that is). This handsome hunk of a hero has spent eternity bedding partners, yet his relationships have always dwindled out in the end. Surrender Love begins with such a story - Luc has been "dumped" by the love of his (ever-lasting) life, Wulf. This is where reading a previous book may have helped because I believe I was supposed to feel something akin to sympathy with Wulf, but I couldn't - I didn't know enough about him. Also, it would appear that Luc enjoys indulging in certain fantasies, that he is a tough cookie - often cruel. Yet this did not entirely come through in Surrender Love because Luc discovers the next love of his life: Izzorah Ceeow - a Kin by race and not unlike a cat with his upstanding ears (soft and velvety), smoothly blond furred body, a tendency to purr and bite with fangs and slanted green eyes.... Oh but I loved this character - to the extent that I intend to start a "I love Izzy" campaign. And Luc feels the same - if Izzy (or Rah as he calls him) needs a cuddle, Luc will give him one, if Izzy needs heart surgery, Luc will provide it. Is this the cruel, wild Luc I was led to believe? Yes, he's still there, but plucky Izzy (a drummer in a famous rock band), who has had so much to withstand in his short life, steals Luc's heart away (and mine). Izzorah is no way a softie, he can stand on his own feet if he has to (despite being blind - a fact most people don't realize, so well does he hide it). It's just both he and Luc have been searching for love and, it looks like, this time they've found it.

The plot is complex and twisting but the reader is never far away from Luc and Izzorah. It has its fair share of good and evil and even some in between. The pace is fast and steady, picking up when necessary and slowing down during beautiful and steamy love scenes between the two MC's.

I have no difficultly giving this a five star rating and I can't wait to read the rest - although if Luc ever does anything bad to Izzy I shall personally duff him up. Read more ›

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Surrender Love April 8, 2010

By M. Nix

Format:Kindle Edition

Genetically engineered to live an immortal life, Luc Saint-Cyr has known many lovers and is no stranger to heartbreak; the latter was at the hands of his Chosen, who left him for another. In the many years he has lived Luc has obtained much wealth and power amongst his Sempervian people. Unfortunately all his wealth and power didn't help him when it came to finding a love that lasts. Even though he is still nursing his broken heart when he meets Izzorah `Rah' Ceeow, a Kin, Luc can't help falling for the sweet fragile creature.

Rah is the drummer of Kumwhatmay, a band that's a part of Luc's entertainment company, whose life is much more complex than what's projected on the surface. His attraction to Luc is instant but Rah has too many reasons as to why they would never work. Regardless of all the rational reasons to keep their relationship professional, the need to be together over powered them both.

Surrender Love is a multifaceted story with many intricate layers to the characters and the realm in which the story takes place. Kayelle Allen took great care with the details of this story to give a vivid picture to the reader of the world in which the characters lived. Luc Saint-Cyr appears to be a much-used character of hers and one who seems to have bad luck when it comes to love; at least he did until he met Rah. Rah (the nickname given to Izzorah by Luc, which I liked way better than Izzy), pulled me into this story and he was who held me in it. Rah was a very endearing character and I felt for all that he was going through. If you are a Kayelle Allen fan, sci-fi lover, or a Luc Saint-Cyr groupie or all of the above, you will adore Surrender Love. If you are none of the above then this is a great book to introduce you to all three....

Ley
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More About the Author

Award-winning, multi-published author Kayelle Allen created an entire galaxy where her characters could play, ten thousand years of future history, and then focused on the Tarthian Empire for a series of books. In 2008, Kayelle finaled for a Fantasy EPIC award, and in 2010, her LGBT novel Surrender Love won the Science Fiction Erotic Romance EPIC. Her heroes and heroines include immortal role-playing gamers, warriors who purr, and agents who find the unfindable--or hide it forever. She is known for unstoppable heroes, uncompromising love, and unforgettable passion. She's been a panelist at DragonCon, a guest speaker at Gaylaxicon, and is a frequent guest at Outlantacon. She is the founder of Marketing for Romance Writers, which teaches marketing principles to authors, and The Author's Secret, which provides graphics services. Kayelle is married and lives near Atlanta, Georgia.