If you want an emotional read about two survivors of childhood abuse who try to heal each other’s scars, this is the book for you. If you want a tender love story, this is also the book for you. ~ Shadow, Guilty Pleasures
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Kylie sees the way Jensen looks at her. The dark promise in his eyes. That rough edge of dominance she knows he possesses. But dominance is the one thing that frightens her above all else. She and her brother barely survived a childhood steeped in violence and abuse. She could never give up total control and submit to a man. Especially a man like Jensen. Could she?
Jensen sees the shadows in Kylie’s eyes. Knows he has to tread very carefully or risk losing any chance he has with her. All he wants is the opportunity to show her that dominance doesn’t equal pain, bondage or discipline. That emotional surrender is the most powerful of all, and that to submit—fully to him—will fulfill the aching void in her heart in a way nothing else ever will.
Review copy provided for an honest review
If you want an emotional read about two survivors of childhood abuse who try to heal each 
other’s scars, this is the book for you. If you want a tender love story, this is also the book for you. If you want a lively adventure story with lots of steamy sex, look elsewhere.
Kylie has been in survival mode for years, after suffering physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her father. Until Jensen becomes a partner in the firm where she works. Jensen sees beyond the frightened child hiding inside the woman and shows her how to trust. He makes her feel safe and empowered. She begins opening up, not just to him, but to her friends. But Jensen has his own secrets and his nightmares threaten their relationship and Kylie herself.
While Maya Banks stories are usually very steamy, in this case the couple don’t even move beyond a kiss until three quarters of the way through the story. Even then, the scenes are a bit tepid.
Kylie was a likable character, stronger than she knows, but there was too much focus on her issues and her self-absorption. Jensen is too good to be true, a handsome, dominant man who is willing to give up his dominance for Kylie.
This is the second installment in the Surrender Trilogy, which are each stand alone books, with interrelated characters. This book is far more emotional than the first book but could have been better paced.
Thanks for the review Shadow.