Surrender to Me by Ashley Piscitelli
Rebecca Chase has never been interested in dating, and
definitely not in relationships. She only had two goals in life, to get her
college degree and to get the hell away from her house. When she meets Lucas
everything that she thought she had wanted was now turned upside down.
Lucas Masterson
has it all money, fame, and his dream job of being in the music industry. He
knows that most people are just out for themselves and will use him as much as
they can. When he meets Becca he realizes that he never really knew what he
wanted. He thinks that she is the most amazing person he has ever met, but can
he balance her and his crazy life?
Can two people who
come from completely different worlds make it work or will the people trying to
tear them apart succeed?
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Excerpt:
When we walk into the store, I can honestly say I have never dreaded shopping more. I know he was right when he said I would need new clothes for his functions, but I hate that he’s buying them for me. In all honesty, I can’t get them myself, but I’ve been independent for so long that it feels like a foreign concept to actually have someone wanting to take care of me.
Once we arrive at the women’s section, I head straight for the clearance rack like I always do. Luke comes up behind me and spins me around to look at him. “What are you doing?”
I look at him with confusion. “Looking for clothes to wear when I’m out with you. Isn’t that what this whole shopping thing is all about?”
“Why in the clearance section, Becca? I’m not sure if you heard me the first time; I don’t care how much it is, you don’t need search through the leftovers.”
“And I told you that this all makes me really uncomfortable. I’m letting you buy me the clothes but I would rather they not cost a fortune. I don’t want you spending tons of money on me, Luke; that’s not why I’m with you.”
He groans in frustration and then narrows his eyes at me. “This is not ‘Pretty Woman’ and you are not a prostitute, but you will let me buy you some damn clothes. Now get away from the fucking clearance rack before I buy the entire store.”
I walk away from it and head toward the rest of the racks with my tail between my legs. Over the next half hour I gather a mixture of dresses, skirts, and shirts and then make my way to the dressing room. Luke hasn’t said a word to me since the argument and I have no idea how to break the silence.
I’m slipping out of the third dress I’d brought in with me when the curtain to the dressing room is pulled open. I yelp in surprise and turn around to see Luke standing in the doorway. “What are you doing in here?” I whisper.
He moves toward me without saying a word, closing the curtain as he makes his way into the tiny room. He backs me against the wall and we’re so close that his breath on my neck is causing me to break out in goose bumps.
“I know you aren’t used to people taking care of you, but you’d better get used to it with me. I take care of what’s mine, and you, Rebecca Chase, are mine.”
REVIEW:
A Review of Surrender to Me by Ashley Piscitelli
Reviewed by Wennie Conedy
3 Stars
...
A dead car battery leads to a chance encounter between Lucas Masterson, lead singer of a red-hot rock band, and Becca, a retiring and shy young woman. When Luke asks Becca for some assistance, he is disarmed by her seeming ignorance of his popularity. Intrigued and quite attracted to her he asks her for a date.
Becca finally realizes who he really when her best friend wins tickets to Luke’s concert and takes Becca with her. In spite of knowing his true identity and seeing the trappings and pitfalls of his success, she remains true to herself and retains the innocence that attracted her to Luke. Deep like quickly turns to love which is threatened when ambitious and unscrupulous parties surrounding Luke prey on his insecurities and vulnerabilities, threatening to tear both Luke and Becca apart. Will they survive the deception surrounding them?
I believe this is the first book from Ashley, and I definitely give her an A for effort. The structure of this book is a very sweet love story. Although I did find it a bit cliché to find a rock star and innocent young girl as the leads of the story, I wanted to give it a chance.
The characters were a bit one-dimensional for me. Ashley was consistent in pointing out the reasons why Luke had a hard time trusting people, yet when it came to Becca, he went by instinct and let her in. Within days, he had convinced her to stay with him at the hotel, and within a week, she was joining him during her concert tour. I couldn’t reconcile his deep distrust to his immediate embrace of having Becca in his life.
The plot devices were a bit predictable. I worked through each chapter just waiting for the proverbial other shoe to drop. And when it did, I wasn’t surprised at all. The ending felt a bit flat, making it appear that the author did not quite know how and where to end this part of the story. There is a promise of more to come and hopefully book two will provide more to the story.
Reviewed by Wennie Conedy
3 Stars
...
A dead car battery leads to a chance encounter between Lucas Masterson, lead singer of a red-hot rock band, and Becca, a retiring and shy young woman. When Luke asks Becca for some assistance, he is disarmed by her seeming ignorance of his popularity. Intrigued and quite attracted to her he asks her for a date.
Becca finally realizes who he really when her best friend wins tickets to Luke’s concert and takes Becca with her. In spite of knowing his true identity and seeing the trappings and pitfalls of his success, she remains true to herself and retains the innocence that attracted her to Luke. Deep like quickly turns to love which is threatened when ambitious and unscrupulous parties surrounding Luke prey on his insecurities and vulnerabilities, threatening to tear both Luke and Becca apart. Will they survive the deception surrounding them?
I believe this is the first book from Ashley, and I definitely give her an A for effort. The structure of this book is a very sweet love story. Although I did find it a bit cliché to find a rock star and innocent young girl as the leads of the story, I wanted to give it a chance.
The characters were a bit one-dimensional for me. Ashley was consistent in pointing out the reasons why Luke had a hard time trusting people, yet when it came to Becca, he went by instinct and let her in. Within days, he had convinced her to stay with him at the hotel, and within a week, she was joining him during her concert tour. I couldn’t reconcile his deep distrust to his immediate embrace of having Becca in his life.
The plot devices were a bit predictable. I worked through each chapter just waiting for the proverbial other shoe to drop. And when it did, I wasn’t surprised at all. The ending felt a bit flat, making it appear that the author did not quite know how and where to end this part of the story. There is a promise of more to come and hopefully book two will provide more to the story.
Author
Bio and Links:
Ashley Piscitelli lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with her
husband, two kids, and two dogs. On top a writing career, she is a full-time
student and a full-time mom. She loves spending time with her kids, although
she has to hide the computer from them when she is writing! She love being
active and being outdoors, especially if it involves any kind of shopping.
She has always been passionate about writing. She loves to read
romance books and feels like being able to lose yourself in a book is one of
the more exciting aspects. The books she loves to read and write will be ones
that make you feel for the characters. Ashley believes that you should have an
opinion on every character in a book whether you love them, hate them, or think
they are up to something.
She also believes that the most important critic is your reader,
so she loves to hear from the readers. She want her fans to be open & talk
to her about what they want for the characters in the story, and what they
would like to see happen.
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