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Passion's Sweet Surrender
Cam Santiago might live in paradise on a private beach in Mexico, but wealth and success mean very little to her after the death of her partner. Now she puts her heart into her friends and family while keeping everyone else at bay. That is, until she runs into a very beautiful but very rude woman in town who turns out to be her new neighbor.
Blake Livingstone is a family physician about to take over her parents' practice. No one knows about her secret dream of opening her own medical clinic in Mexico. When a friend invites her to stay at their beach house, Blake is keen to check out the area. If only she wasn’t living next door to a woman as beautiful and mysterious as she is impossible.
Cam and Blake are unable to deny their passion for each other, but surrendering to love is a whole different matter.
Blake Livingstone is a family physician about to take over her parents' practice. No one knows about her secret dream of opening her own medical clinic in Mexico. When a friend invites her to stay at their beach house, Blake is keen to check out the area. If only she wasn’t living next door to a woman as beautiful and mysterious as she is impossible.
Cam and Blake are unable to deny their passion for each other, but surrendering to love is a whole different matter.
- GenresEnemies To Lovers
314 pages, Paperback
First published September 15, 2020
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Ronica Black
43 books144 followersRonica Black is an award-winning author and a three-time Lambda Literary Award finalist. Her books range from romance and erotica to mystery and intrigue, and she enjoys trying her hand at all. Ronica also enjoys drawing, painting, and sculpting. She lives in Glendale, Arizona, with her partner, where she relishes a rich family life and raising a menagerie of pets.
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August 28, 2020
I have to say I really enjoyed Passion’s Sweet Surrender by Ronica Black. This is a contemporary romance between two women who definitely weren’t looking for love when they accidentally met. In fact, the way they met gave both Cam and Blake, the two main characters, a very low opinion of each other. This is why I marked this as an enemies-to-lovers romance. Even with that low opinion, though, the chemistry between the two is there from the first meeting, and it only grows as the two continue to be thrown together in the story. The attraction finally explodes into some very erotic scenes once these two finally come together and admit their feelings.
The characters are well developed, though I did often want to shake both of them and tell them to stop being so stubborn and pig-headed. The secondary characters are also quite believable and fit the story line well. There is a sense of loss and sadness that runs through this tale, mainly because of Cam’s past. She tragically lost her partner several years before the book begins, and this has a major effect on the tone of the novel.
The setting actually made me quite envious, since the beach is one of my favorite places in the world. Ms. Black did a wonderful job with her descriptions. I could feel the grains of sand on my skin, smell and taste the salty ocean spray from the way she described it. All five senses were used, and that made the place real to me.
I’m very glad I was able to read and appreciate this lovely novel. If you like enemies-to-lovers romances with beautiful settings and lots of chemistry, then try Passion’s Sweet Surrender.
I received an ARC from NetGalley and Bold Strokes Books for an honest review.
The characters are well developed, though I did often want to shake both of them and tell them to stop being so stubborn and pig-headed. The secondary characters are also quite believable and fit the story line well. There is a sense of loss and sadness that runs through this tale, mainly because of Cam’s past. She tragically lost her partner several years before the book begins, and this has a major effect on the tone of the novel.
The setting actually made me quite envious, since the beach is one of my favorite places in the world. Ms. Black did a wonderful job with her descriptions. I could feel the grains of sand on my skin, smell and taste the salty ocean spray from the way she described it. All five senses were used, and that made the place real to me.
I’m very glad I was able to read and appreciate this lovely novel. If you like enemies-to-lovers romances with beautiful settings and lots of chemistry, then try Passion’s Sweet Surrender.
I received an ARC from NetGalley and Bold Strokes Books for an honest review.
September 2, 2020
Love on the Beach
Cam lives on a private beach in Mexico. She has been haunted since her wife died. Only seeing family and close friends, she is now an even more of a recluse. Until she meets a rude woman at the market… Blake is a Dr who wants to open a practice in an underserved community in Mexico. She is staying with her best friends and financial backers while she investigates properties. She is pretty closed off but has a heart of gold… Unfortunately that’s not how her next door neighbour sees her and with good reason…. Not that she should care but she does, too much.
This is an interesting book. I loved the characters in this story. Cam and Blake have such amazing chemistry but fight it at every turn. Blake’s friends are pushy but well meaning, cute and sweet. The other characters are good too, Thomas is so forgiving and helpful, never far away if you need him. I liked the medical drama that happened, it was exciting and was a great way for things to change for Cam and Blake. The sexy scenes are so darn hot and intense and so much fun to read. The ending was sweet and made me smile for a while after the book was done. If you like Ms Black’s work, you will love this one too!
Cam lives on a private beach in Mexico. She has been haunted since her wife died. Only seeing family and close friends, she is now an even more of a recluse. Until she meets a rude woman at the market… Blake is a Dr who wants to open a practice in an underserved community in Mexico. She is staying with her best friends and financial backers while she investigates properties. She is pretty closed off but has a heart of gold… Unfortunately that’s not how her next door neighbour sees her and with good reason…. Not that she should care but she does, too much.
This is an interesting book. I loved the characters in this story. Cam and Blake have such amazing chemistry but fight it at every turn. Blake’s friends are pushy but well meaning, cute and sweet. The other characters are good too, Thomas is so forgiving and helpful, never far away if you need him. I liked the medical drama that happened, it was exciting and was a great way for things to change for Cam and Blake. The sexy scenes are so darn hot and intense and so much fun to read. The ending was sweet and made me smile for a while after the book was done. If you like Ms Black’s work, you will love this one too!
September 22, 2020
What a lovely story!
I honestly could not put it down. The sorrow Cam was dealing with was described so well I could feel it all.
The connection to Blake was very strong from the beginning and neither of them was going to admit it. The thing is opposites attract. Especially such a gentle souls as the two of them.
Story is wonderful. Full of dreams and hopes and bit of disappointment. As every good story it ends well and that matters the most.
I totally love every book of Ronica, so no surprise I loved this one as well.
I honestly could not put it down. The sorrow Cam was dealing with was described so well I could feel it all.
The connection to Blake was very strong from the beginning and neither of them was going to admit it. The thing is opposites attract. Especially such a gentle souls as the two of them.
Story is wonderful. Full of dreams and hopes and bit of disappointment. As every good story it ends well and that matters the most.
I totally love every book of Ronica, so no surprise I loved this one as well.
September 15, 2020
A beach in Mexico sounds like the perfect place to escape to right about now, but sadly no can do. At least this book takes you there a little.
Cam lives in a small community on a private beach in Mexico. She has been living a bit of a closed-off life, she doesn't really let anyone in. But the few friends she has are her whole life and she would do anything for them. When she is running some errands in town stumbles upon a woman who isn't being very friendly to one of Cam's dear friends. They throw some verbal punches and part ways. When Cam returns home she discovers this woman, Blake, is staying with her neighbours for a couple of weeks. Blake is irritated by Cam and mean demeanor, but she is interested as well. Blake's friends try to push Cam and Blake together, but both are too stubborn to do something about their attraction. When they learn new things about each other you can understand why Blake's friends think they'd make a great couple, but stubbornness is a big theme in the book.
Both characters first come off as a bit of an ice queen, or at least very grumpy people, which is fine by me. I care a bit more for Blake than I do for Cam. Cam, in my opinion, is just a little too dramatic, although Blake has some of these tendencies as well, I don't mind as much. There is a fair bit of repetition in the development of the characters and the story, but it doesn't bother me as much as I would have imagined. I think it comes from being a well-suited storytelling device for the type of story this is, so much push and pull, of course, there is going to be repetition. I love the setting of the book and how it is described, the mains and the supporting characters are pretty good, all in all a good read.
*ARC received in exchange for an honest review*
Cam lives in a small community on a private beach in Mexico. She has been living a bit of a closed-off life, she doesn't really let anyone in. But the few friends she has are her whole life and she would do anything for them. When she is running some errands in town stumbles upon a woman who isn't being very friendly to one of Cam's dear friends. They throw some verbal punches and part ways. When Cam returns home she discovers this woman, Blake, is staying with her neighbours for a couple of weeks. Blake is irritated by Cam and mean demeanor, but she is interested as well. Blake's friends try to push Cam and Blake together, but both are too stubborn to do something about their attraction. When they learn new things about each other you can understand why Blake's friends think they'd make a great couple, but stubbornness is a big theme in the book.
Both characters first come off as a bit of an ice queen, or at least very grumpy people, which is fine by me. I care a bit more for Blake than I do for Cam. Cam, in my opinion, is just a little too dramatic, although Blake has some of these tendencies as well, I don't mind as much. There is a fair bit of repetition in the development of the characters and the story, but it doesn't bother me as much as I would have imagined. I think it comes from being a well-suited storytelling device for the type of story this is, so much push and pull, of course, there is going to be repetition. I love the setting of the book and how it is described, the mains and the supporting characters are pretty good, all in all a good read.
*ARC received in exchange for an honest review*
September 11, 2020
Dr. Blake Livingstone wanted to move on from her family’s practice but she was still laying the groundwork. First she had to go with friends to the west coast of Mexico where they had just bought themselves a beachside cottage. What Blake wanted to do was move inland to set up a small practice treating the residents of a small village and the surrounding area. With her friend Sloane’s help she started looking for the right place to set up her clinic.
Cam Santiago has lived by the sea for a few years now. When she first arrived she kept to herself but as time passed she started getting involved with the community. The only thing that hasn’t happened was getting back to writing. No matter how hard she tried she just couldn’t. Now she had to deal with her new neighbors who she’d already met and liked but now they brought along their friend Blake who rubbed Cam in the wrong way. They didn’t get along.
The two women, while finding the other very attractive just couldn’t stand each other. But as time passes and both start to open up about their lives they find themselves falling in love. And it takes a while because both are not too good at opening up and sharing with each other.
The angst and troubles each woman has takes a long time with a lot of the book going over the same thing again and again. A few chapters less and this would be a great read. Even though it took me a while to read I still enjoyed this story.
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Cam Santiago has lived by the sea for a few years now. When she first arrived she kept to herself but as time passed she started getting involved with the community. The only thing that hasn’t happened was getting back to writing. No matter how hard she tried she just couldn’t. Now she had to deal with her new neighbors who she’d already met and liked but now they brought along their friend Blake who rubbed Cam in the wrong way. They didn’t get along.
The two women, while finding the other very attractive just couldn’t stand each other. But as time passes and both start to open up about their lives they find themselves falling in love. And it takes a while because both are not too good at opening up and sharing with each other.
The angst and troubles each woman has takes a long time with a lot of the book going over the same thing again and again. A few chapters less and this would be a great read. Even though it took me a while to read I still enjoyed this story.
ARC via NetGalley/ Bold Stroke Books
September 9, 2020
“Sometimes, yes. I have friends who come by.”
“Who? Tomas?”
“Yes. And a couple of others.”
“What about women?”
From the get-go the main characters in the book were drawn yet struck with abomination towards each other. Things took an interesting turn when they found themselves neighbours on the same day that they clashed heads. Despite attempts to limit their interactions and nullify the attraction, they crossed paths time and again and were unable to temper with their interest in the other.
The author did a brilliant job in engaging readers with the characters’ verbal sparring while hyping the sexual tension that threatened to erupt at every corner. Readers who are a glutton for such will find the book a delight.
I just reviewed Passion's Sweet Surrender by Ronica Black. #NetGalley
“Who? Tomas?”
“Yes. And a couple of others.”
“What about women?”
From the get-go the main characters in the book were drawn yet struck with abomination towards each other. Things took an interesting turn when they found themselves neighbours on the same day that they clashed heads. Despite attempts to limit their interactions and nullify the attraction, they crossed paths time and again and were unable to temper with their interest in the other.
The author did a brilliant job in engaging readers with the characters’ verbal sparring while hyping the sexual tension that threatened to erupt at every corner. Readers who are a glutton for such will find the book a delight.
I just reviewed Passion's Sweet Surrender by Ronica Black. #NetGalley
September 9, 2020
I haven't read a ton of Ronica Black's books, but so far this one is my favorite. Cam Santiago moved to Mexico from Arizona after a tragic event a few years before. She has her few friends and her Uncle and Aunt who also live in Mexico. You would really say she is a private but giving person. She runs into Blake Livingstone in town and it is really a bad experience. Blake is uptight and stubborn, but she too really is a really giving person. She is in town with plans to open up her on Clinic with the help of her friends. Things become really interested when they figure out that they are neighbors.
I did really like this one. Black does a good job with the push and pull of the mains. They really had a hard time getting along and there was plenty of hurt feelings along the way. What made this work is that the attacks were not really malicious and the only one that was borderline made the other party feel guilty and she eventually apologize. Even though they didn't get along there was for some some chemistry between the mains. I found myself wanting them to get together throughout the entire romance. I also liked the supporting characters. If I had to pick a main that was my favorite it would have been Cam because she was such a really kind and loving person. This one was just a really sweet romance that made you want a really happy ending.
4 stars.
This arc was provided by the publisher for an honest review.
I did really like this one. Black does a good job with the push and pull of the mains. They really had a hard time getting along and there was plenty of hurt feelings along the way. What made this work is that the attacks were not really malicious and the only one that was borderline made the other party feel guilty and she eventually apologize. Even though they didn't get along there was for some some chemistry between the mains. I found myself wanting them to get together throughout the entire romance. I also liked the supporting characters. If I had to pick a main that was my favorite it would have been Cam because she was such a really kind and loving person. This one was just a really sweet romance that made you want a really happy ending.
4 stars.
This arc was provided by the publisher for an honest review.
September 19, 2020
This is a read about how to cope/how to move on when you have loss the love of your life. This is also a read about having the courage to follow your dreams and your heart. Neither is easy. While reading, I thought about heartache, friendship, and the beautiful landscape. Blake Livingstone, physician, workaholic, looking to open a medical clinic in a small town in Mexico. Cam Santiago, big heart, loner, and trying to find contentment after the death of her wife by living one day at a time with her three dogs.
When the two meet, it is sharp words and insults. However, the comments are stated in such a way that if they just keep talking and with some intervention by well meaning friends, they can see that the other is not a jerk. The will they or won't they move from the enemy zone to the friend zone was a little much as they went back and forth. On the other hand, I would see how both Cam and Blake needed to process what was happening internally and externally. The sex was smoking hot and most entertaining.
ARC provided by Bold Strokes Books, Inc, via NetGalley
When the two meet, it is sharp words and insults. However, the comments are stated in such a way that if they just keep talking and with some intervention by well meaning friends, they can see that the other is not a jerk. The will they or won't they move from the enemy zone to the friend zone was a little much as they went back and forth. On the other hand, I would see how both Cam and Blake needed to process what was happening internally and externally. The sex was smoking hot and most entertaining.
ARC provided by Bold Strokes Books, Inc, via NetGalley
August 30, 2020
I received an ARC copy of this book from the Publisher via Netgalley and voluntarily leaving my review.
Cam who is successful who has great group of family and friends and isn’t looking for anything more then that especially when she still mourning the lost of partner. Blake is ready to take over her family practice even though her dream is to open up her own clinic in Mexico.
Cam and Blake accidentally meet and get off on the wrong foot as they both get thrown together a spark of attraction is form. What I like about this read is the author took its time to let the attraction grow as both deal with their issues and when the characters did get together the sex scenes were hot! I did like kept rolling my eyes with them continue being in their own way.
Overall good read.
Cam who is successful who has great group of family and friends and isn’t looking for anything more then that especially when she still mourning the lost of partner. Blake is ready to take over her family practice even though her dream is to open up her own clinic in Mexico.
Cam and Blake accidentally meet and get off on the wrong foot as they both get thrown together a spark of attraction is form. What I like about this read is the author took its time to let the attraction grow as both deal with their issues and when the characters did get together the sex scenes were hot! I did like kept rolling my eyes with them continue being in their own way.
Overall good read.
September 28, 2020
This was my first read by Ronica Black and it was unexpectedly good. I am not a fun of this gender but I enjoyed reading Passion's Sweet Surrende; I might read some more books of this author.
I liked Cam and Blake and the supporting characters, the storyline, the descriptions of the landscape, the dogs...
The story was slow burn romance, the attraction and chemistry fought at every turn but in the end Cam and Blake gave in and had to admit and accept the intense connection they had from the beginning.
Overall it was a good read and I will rate it with 3.75 stars.
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC provided!
I liked Cam and Blake and the supporting characters, the storyline, the descriptions of the landscape, the dogs...
The story was slow burn romance, the attraction and chemistry fought at every turn but in the end Cam and Blake gave in and had to admit and accept the intense connection they had from the beginning.
Overall it was a good read and I will rate it with 3.75 stars.
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC provided!
August 25, 2020
If the title to this book doesn’t tip you off what’s inside, then you’re in for a real treat when you open it and dive right in to this sizzler. The measure of good erotica is not by the quantity of naughty bits, but by the conception of that spark of attraction and progressing it to all encompassing visceral tension. This book has that in spades, especially with the two of them facing off as verbal enemies for the first couple of chapters. I give the author credit that Blake and Cam’s attraction was given a respectable and believable amount of time and patience to develop from that initial spark of attraction. Maybe even a little too much time, because you just know from the insane tension that when they finally do let go it will be nothing less than spectacular. I received a copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
September 22, 2020
DNF.
I stopped reading this book at 40%. this is a hate to love story. and the writer makes sure of that. I can't see these two protagonists being together. they're downright mean to each other, there's zero chemistry between them and they're also overdramatic over the silliest things. I stopped reading this when the main characters have started to become annoying. the secondary characters aren't helping either.
I stopped reading this book at 40%. this is a hate to love story. and the writer makes sure of that. I can't see these two protagonists being together. they're downright mean to each other, there's zero chemistry between them and they're also overdramatic over the silliest things. I stopped reading this when the main characters have started to become annoying. the secondary characters aren't helping either.
September 7, 2020
Cam Santiago is holed away in a beach house on a private beach in Mexico. She is still grieving the loss of her wife, Lexie, from an automobile accident that occurred four years earlier. Cam was driving the vehicle and as a result she also experienced survivor's guilt.
Blake Livingstone is a family physician from Phoenix who is visiting friends, McKenna and Sloane, who are next door neighbors of Cam. Blake is in Mexico not only to visit her friends, but to also scout locations to open a clinic. She hopes to treat the less fortunate people of this region.
Blake and Cam meet initially at a fish market in the village and they immediately clash. The two women hope to never see each other again. Little do they know that they will be next door neighbors for the duration of Blake's visit.
Passion's Sweet Surrender is ultimately about love, loss, and letting go in order to start again. The main characters are both fiery and passionate as the book title implies, yet I would definitely characterize this as a slow burn romance with some added heat. I enjoyed seeing the ways that McKenna and Sloane tried to setup dinners and get-togethers so that Cam and Blake could get to know one another. Sometimes meddling friends know what's best!
Overall I really liked this book, the characters, the dogs, and the setting. 4 stars.
I received an ARC from Bold Strokes Books and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Blake Livingstone is a family physician from Phoenix who is visiting friends, McKenna and Sloane, who are next door neighbors of Cam. Blake is in Mexico not only to visit her friends, but to also scout locations to open a clinic. She hopes to treat the less fortunate people of this region.
Blake and Cam meet initially at a fish market in the village and they immediately clash. The two women hope to never see each other again. Little do they know that they will be next door neighbors for the duration of Blake's visit.
Passion's Sweet Surrender is ultimately about love, loss, and letting go in order to start again. The main characters are both fiery and passionate as the book title implies, yet I would definitely characterize this as a slow burn romance with some added heat. I enjoyed seeing the ways that McKenna and Sloane tried to setup dinners and get-togethers so that Cam and Blake could get to know one another. Sometimes meddling friends know what's best!
Overall I really liked this book, the characters, the dogs, and the setting. 4 stars.
I received an ARC from Bold Strokes Books and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
January 4, 2023
It was such a sweet romance that I couldn’t get enough of.
September 10, 2020
I love the cam and Blake. I hate Blakes friends. They are so intrusive. I'm guessing the author made them to be extremely unlikable.. I just can't fathom that they were made to be like let with how they act.. especially towards can who is a stranger, even after finding out she's a widow still being intrusive in her life. And they never seem to care what Blake or can needs or flat out says they want because they seem to think they know what's best for them, no matter what is is, even just staying for dinner after having declined and worked hard labor all day? Again to someone they've known for a few weeks and they treat Blake even worse. I want to dock like 2 stars for how much I hated them but the main couple I loved so I'm not going to. But I really can't understand why these characters were made except to make the reader as mad or frustrated as the protagonist. It wasn't a feeling I enjoyed.. and they never let up. Even after a hard day can says she wants to be left alone and McKenna was like no I'll stay to make sure you're all right.. and when she has to drive her dead wife's car for the first time and does it alone Sloane abandons Blake so she has to give her a ride. What kind of lesbian couple insists on hooking up their relucent friend with a widow when they don't know her at all much less well enough to know if she's okay to be with someone else. they seem cruel not just meddlesome. I mean why does Sloan's and McKenna seem to think they know what's best for everyone better than they know themselves? Story would have been so much better without them in it. I really can't stand them, and everytime I read about them I wished that was their last scene in the book. But main couple was great.
September 26, 2020
I'm a huge fan of Ronica Black. In Too Deep, Flesh and Bone and Wild Abandon just to name a few are my favorites. Without giving too much away. Dr. Blake Livingstone has no desire to take over the family practice. She instead goes to the West Coast of Mexico with her friends Sloane and McKenna. Here with the help of Sloane, she plans on finding a place to open her own small practice to help the villagers and surrounding neighbors. Upon her arrival she crosses path with a rude woman at the local market.
Cam Santiago is a recluse, deeply haunted by the death of her wife and is struggling to get her writing mojo back. She has lived on the beach for quite some time and has become friendly with most of the locals. When her neighbor ask for help she discovered that the attractive but rude stranger from the market would be staying with them.
Needless to say, Blakes friends are constantly trying to hook them up. Even though both women are attracted to each other they cannot stand to be in the same room. Over time they got to know each other and fell in love. I loved both characters and thought they were well developed. Cam is a bit stubborn but most importantly compassionate, kind, giving and a true friend. She is always willing to help without a second thought. Blake is also stubborn but an awesome Doctor with a big heart. My only issue was I wish that Cam and Blake communicated better.. Regardless, its worthy of five stars and you will enjoy reading this book....
Thank you NetGalley, Bold Stroke Books and Ronica Black
Cam Santiago is a recluse, deeply haunted by the death of her wife and is struggling to get her writing mojo back. She has lived on the beach for quite some time and has become friendly with most of the locals. When her neighbor ask for help she discovered that the attractive but rude stranger from the market would be staying with them.
Needless to say, Blakes friends are constantly trying to hook them up. Even though both women are attracted to each other they cannot stand to be in the same room. Over time they got to know each other and fell in love. I loved both characters and thought they were well developed. Cam is a bit stubborn but most importantly compassionate, kind, giving and a true friend. She is always willing to help without a second thought. Blake is also stubborn but an awesome Doctor with a big heart. My only issue was I wish that Cam and Blake communicated better.. Regardless, its worthy of five stars and you will enjoy reading this book....
Thank you NetGalley, Bold Stroke Books and Ronica Black
November 23, 2020
Thanks to the fine folx over at NetGalley and Bold Strokes for the digital galley of this book.
Cam Santiago lives in a beautiful place, with her dogs and good friends, but her life doesn’t hold much joy since the death of her partner, and she does an excellent job of keeping people at arm’s length. Until the day she runs into an incredibly rude tourist. Blake Livingstone, a family physician, is posed to take over her parent’s practice, but what she really wants to do is open a clinic for the locals in Mexico. Her friends’ beach house would be much more inviting if the impossible and mysterious woman who thinks she’s rude didn’t live next door. The more they fight, the more their passion grows, but even if they give in, Blake will leave and Cam will go back to her solitary life. They’ll have to make some tough decisions if they want to make a go of it.
I read this book on the heels of A Love that Leads to Home, and though I felt there was more tension in it, I loved the enemies to lovers plotline of this one. This plot left a little more to play with since the two characters didn’t know each other from the start, but I think that’s why A Love that Leads to Home was so impressive, carrying that tension without having as much “getting to know you” time.
The tension is solid, but I think the back and forth went on a tad long. It seemed at times that there wasn’t much keeping the two apart, except that they didn’t want to like each other, though it was comical how much Blake’s friends wanted to get them together, at the expense of most everything else.
December 19, 2022
This has been one of those romances in which there is little action in relation to the amount of inner struggle that the two protagonists have during the story. They waste so much time not wanting to like each other that when there is a gap through which they could put aside so much hostility they do not know how to do it. And it has been so frustrating at times that it has gotten me tired.
Blake’s friends haven’t helped make the thing more bearable. They seem so focused on tying Blake and Cam that they do so with very little care. And it has not been too clear to me why Blake is spending a few days in the area and what happens to her with her family, Cam's past, although drop by drop, has finally been explained a bit .
As for the landscape, I think it could have played a more important role in the whole, in the end it doesn't matter where it has been set because it adds almost nothing to the story.
I was hoping that once they let go, the story would gain in interest, but they have done so too late and the intimate scenes have been bland and quite repetitive. As it has been in general throughout history.
An advanced reading copy has been sent to me by the publisher Bold Strokes Books through Netgalley for my honest review
Blake’s friends haven’t helped make the thing more bearable. They seem so focused on tying Blake and Cam that they do so with very little care. And it has not been too clear to me why Blake is spending a few days in the area and what happens to her with her family, Cam's past, although drop by drop, has finally been explained a bit .
As for the landscape, I think it could have played a more important role in the whole, in the end it doesn't matter where it has been set because it adds almost nothing to the story.
I was hoping that once they let go, the story would gain in interest, but they have done so too late and the intimate scenes have been bland and quite repetitive. As it has been in general throughout history.
An advanced reading copy has been sent to me by the publisher Bold Strokes Books through Netgalley for my honest review
September 22, 2020
Based on the description, I was expecting something sappier, but this has a gritty, real feel to it.
The conflict is unbelievably annoying, but I understand why it was necessary and in character, even for two perfectly nice people. I really liked the characters. I found Cam a little over the top in the beginning, but that isn't really fair considering her backstory. That part was also well done, being slowly revealed without beating around the bush. I thought it was a little unrealistic that Cam was pretty much healed by the end, but not a major issue. The relationship is intense: out of the few enemies-to-lovers that I've read, this was the most true to that theme. They antagonize each other to no end, and there are some painful blows landed, but in the end it still felt like they belonged together. Plus, I'm usually too shy to mention love scenes, but there were a lot of them here, and it got steamy. Off the charts chemistry? Check.
Four and a half stars.
The conflict is unbelievably annoying, but I understand why it was necessary and in character, even for two perfectly nice people. I really liked the characters. I found Cam a little over the top in the beginning, but that isn't really fair considering her backstory. That part was also well done, being slowly revealed without beating around the bush. I thought it was a little unrealistic that Cam was pretty much healed by the end, but not a major issue. The relationship is intense: out of the few enemies-to-lovers that I've read, this was the most true to that theme. They antagonize each other to no end, and there are some painful blows landed, but in the end it still felt like they belonged together. Plus, I'm usually too shy to mention love scenes, but there were a lot of them here, and it got steamy. Off the charts chemistry? Check.
Four and a half stars.
September 1, 2020
I received an ARC copy of this book from the Publisher via Netgalley and this is an honest review.
The title of this book definitely doesn't give us clue of what is in the inside. Passion's Sweet Surrender is a well written book that brings together two mature women that find love after starting on the wrong foot,
Cam and Blake live in their own worlds where, for different reasons, there seems to be no room for love, either due to work or the mourning of the loss of a partner. The initial attraction is something evident, but the book takes its time to get to the point where the romance really happens. If you have the patience to go through all the times they don't communicate because they are headstrong or closed in their shells and pains you are going to see that Ronica Black brings a passion worth reading.
The title of this book definitely doesn't give us clue of what is in the inside. Passion's Sweet Surrender is a well written book that brings together two mature women that find love after starting on the wrong foot,
Cam and Blake live in their own worlds where, for different reasons, there seems to be no room for love, either due to work or the mourning of the loss of a partner. The initial attraction is something evident, but the book takes its time to get to the point where the romance really happens. If you have the patience to go through all the times they don't communicate because they are headstrong or closed in their shells and pains you are going to see that Ronica Black brings a passion worth reading.
September 17, 2020
Cam Santiago lives in a beachside town in Mexico, haunted by the death of her wife several years ago she generally keeps to herself but has made an impression on the locals with her generosity. Blake Livingstone is visiting with her friends who just happen to be neighbours of Cam. Blake's purpose for visiting is to set up a doctor's practice in the general area. Cam and Blake despite being wildly attracted to each just somehow always rub each other the wrong way.
I really enjoyed this book, the storyline was engaging, the chemistry between Cam and Blake felt real and it didn't feel cheesy. I loved the sub characters and how they were overtly trying to push Cam and Blake together, the dialogue was pretty amusing. Ronica Black is a great writer and knows how to build the tension...another winner from Black.
I really enjoyed this book, the storyline was engaging, the chemistry between Cam and Blake felt real and it didn't feel cheesy. I loved the sub characters and how they were overtly trying to push Cam and Blake together, the dialogue was pretty amusing. Ronica Black is a great writer and knows how to build the tension...another winner from Black.
September 7, 2020
Amazing...
This book deals with real phases in our lives; loss, hurt, letting go, hope, love, and fear - especially fear of losing and hurting. Cam and Blake’s characters are very realistic and very relatable. I love how the MCs and sub characters were written. There was no lull in the story, I was hooked up. I laughed and cried together with them, my heart is still aching even now whenever I think of that particular part of the story. All in all, it is a very good read. I would highly recommend this book!
I received an ARC from the publishers through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This book deals with real phases in our lives; loss, hurt, letting go, hope, love, and fear - especially fear of losing and hurting. Cam and Blake’s characters are very realistic and very relatable. I love how the MCs and sub characters were written. There was no lull in the story, I was hooked up. I laughed and cried together with them, my heart is still aching even now whenever I think of that particular part of the story. All in all, it is a very good read. I would highly recommend this book!
I received an ARC from the publishers through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
November 9, 2020
Ronica Black is one of my favorite authors and she has certainly written another winner with this one! Both Cam and Blake are wonderfully written main characters. The descriptions of the setting make it an idyllic backdrop for this book. I found the dynamic between Cam and Blake from their very first meeting to be incredibly intense. The reader was strung along this ride between the two for a long time, but I didn't find the length to be negative. The multitude of supporting characters really enhanced the plot. This was a really great read!
I receive an ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I receive an ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
October 4, 2020
Ronica Black has always written a good romance, and she doesn't disappoint with Passion's Sweet Surrender.
Cam and Blake meet, both have reasons for not getting romantically involved, do they dislike each other or are they fighting an attraction.?
Cam has a sad story but thankfully is not the 'Woe is me' character. Blake is a strong character, with the art of rubbing up Cam in the wrong way. You can't help but like both.
What starts as a 'will they, won't they,' builds up to to a hot hot explosion, and not just once.
Would I recommend.....oh yes 100%
Cam and Blake meet, both have reasons for not getting romantically involved, do they dislike each other or are they fighting an attraction.?
Cam has a sad story but thankfully is not the 'Woe is me' character. Blake is a strong character, with the art of rubbing up Cam in the wrong way. You can't help but like both.
What starts as a 'will they, won't they,' builds up to to a hot hot explosion, and not just once.
Would I recommend.....oh yes 100%
September 3, 2020
An honest review thanks to NetGalley. The two characters have a bad interaction and have an instant dislike to each other as well as an unwelcome attraction. Throughout the book they keep running into each other with not so pleasant interactions. Once their let their attraction take over- insta love took place. This is why my rating is a three, this was a really good romance novel that is very easy to get engaged in, I just wasn't a fan of how their romance played out.
October 10, 2020
Stunning!
A passionate novel from beginning to end. From Cam and Blake’s first vitriolic contact to the opening of their hearts to love. Cam’s pain was palpable and penetrating. Her love and generosity towards her community was beyond the scope of what we see today. A great read. I enthusiastically and unequivocally recommend this work and any others by this author. Thank you Peace
A passionate novel from beginning to end. From Cam and Blake’s first vitriolic contact to the opening of their hearts to love. Cam’s pain was palpable and penetrating. Her love and generosity towards her community was beyond the scope of what we see today. A great read. I enthusiastically and unequivocally recommend this work and any others by this author. Thank you Peace
March 10, 2021
Despite the fact that Cam is a virtually unknown new acquaintance, Blake's friends are relentless in pushing the two of them together. Apparently as two single lesbians in that corner of Mexico they are destined to fall madly in love. While it all works out in the end there is more telling the reader than showing the reader that they are in love. This makes it a little difficult to feel warmly about the relationship.
September 8, 2020
I’ve never had the pleasure to read any of Ms. Black’s books prior, but if this is a fair representation of her wiring style, I’m sold. The book was incredibly well written, thought out, and eloquent. This was no vapid romance! The plot was incredibly unique, gripping, and intense. The reader experiences every possible range of emotion imaginable. I can’t give this enough stars.
September 9, 2020
I didn't like the style at first. did not know who was talking or thinking and maybe that's just me! . so I left the book for few days came back and started to skip just few pages. around 30-40% of the book I really started to enjoy and get into the story. and I'm so thankful that I did not give it up.
thank you for the author and her team
thank you for the author and her team
April 7, 2024
Manipulative self righteous friends.
An ok story.
The MCs were interesting enough.
The supporting cast was annoying as hell. Manipulative. Talking over the MC’s. Always knowing ‘better’ what they wanted or needed. Invasive and obnoxious.
Honestly almost made me not finishing.
Glad I borrowed it from a library.
An ok story.
The MCs were interesting enough.
The supporting cast was annoying as hell. Manipulative. Talking over the MC’s. Always knowing ‘better’ what they wanted or needed. Invasive and obnoxious.
Honestly almost made me not finishing.
Glad I borrowed it from a library.
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