Surrender
By Jennifer Burrows
Synopsis
Katherine Anderson was living a dream life. She came from an influential family, had a successful career as a food critic, and was about to marry the man of her dreams. Her life suddenly takes a change for the worse when she finds her fiancé in the arms of another woman. Her dream wedding now cancelled, she tries to find herself in Italy, on a trip she was supposed to be taking as the just married Mrs. Michael Gibbons.
Massimo "Tony" Bertalucci has had his life destroyed by a cartel known to be trafficking black market olive oil out of Italy and around the world. While the cartel thought the entire Bertalucci family was dead and buried, Tony remains very much alive and determined to find a way to get his life back.
When Tony and Katherine’s worlds collide, she is Tony’s only hope of escaping Italy alive. What Katherine doesn’t realize is that this charming, unassuming Italian man is using her to save his own life. Will she be able to get back to the states safely, or will she be subjected to the same fate as Tony's family? Will Tony find a way to stop running? Or will he have to surrender his life to the cartel?
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About Jennifer Burrows
I was am a retired Registered Nurse. I am the author of A shot in the Dark and the Sequel Into the Light. I worked in the emergency department and critical care for over 15 years which provided me the experiences to write my books.
I am an avid reader and love to talk about the latest story I've read. I hope you will enjoy reading my books as much as I enjoyed writing them.
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** I received an ARC for an honest review.**
Well, let me start by saying that this story is so much different that any other book that I have read. It has an original storyline and it is very well written. The characters are very east to connect with. The book is written in third person and usually I am not really a fan of it, but it was definitely what made this story work. Instead just getting one side you get all sides of the story and having all sides is a must. There are so many things going on in this book that third person is very much appreciated.
I won't give any spoilers, but holy geez I did not see it coming. I was guessing like any normal person would and when the "Big Reveal" happened I did not see it coming. My thought process didn't even go there. It wasn't disappointing in the least.
Okay...so when this book really starts, we meet Kate after she has caught her cheating fiancee with another woman. She is taking what is supposed to be her honeymoon by herself and is feeling a little down and untrusting of everything and everyone she meets. I really liked Kate's personality. She is very strong if not a bit beat down, but considering what she just went through she should be a little off. I like that when she meets Tony she is feeling a little uncertain about him and gets a little bit of an uneasy feeling, although the attraction quickly starts to outweigh those first feelings. I could definitely feel the attraction from both their characters. That is what made the third person so great.
So, we already know that Tony is going through some stuff and is sort of on the run from his life. I like the little pieces of information that unfold as we find out more about Tony and the type of person he is and how he can not seem to stop his attraction towards Kate. Even if it is at the most inopportune time in his life. I too was a little weary of Tony at first because of his ulterior motive in befriending Kate, but I do like that he quickly comes to the realization that his original plan isn't going to work.
Now when this story really gets going I definitely had that gasping moment and couldn't wait to find out how it was all going to play out. I definitely did not see any of it coming at all. This story had me on my toes at all time just waiting to see what was going to happen.
The only bad thing that I have to say about this book is that I feel like the ending left me a little unsatisfied. I have a lot of questions and I want to know what happened. I am hoping that there will be some sort of novella with Tony's POV of things that happened during his absence. But I must say that I did love the epilogue and Kate's newfound outlook on life. I definitely think that this needs to be added to the good ole TBR.
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