Download Surrender of a Siren Wanton Dairymaid Book 2 Audible Audio Edition Tessa Dare Gabrielle Baker Tantor Audio Books
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Tessa Dare takes passion to the high seas in this steamy tale of a runaway bride and a devilishly disarming privateer. Â
Desperate to escape a loveless marriage and society's constraints, pampered heiress Sophia Hathaway jilts her groom, packs up her paints and sketchbook, and assumes a new identity, posing as a governess to secure passage on the Aphrodite. She wants a life of her own unsheltered, unconventional, uninhibited. But it's one thing to sketch her most wanton fantasies and quite another to face the dangerously handsome libertine who would steal both her virtue and her gold. Â
To any well-bred lady, Benedict "Gray" Grayson is trouble in snug-fitting boots. A conscienceless scoundrel who sails the seas for pleasure and profit, Gray lives for conquest - until Sophia's perception and artistry stir his heart. Suddenly, he'll brave sharks, fire, storm, and sea just to keep her at his side. She's beautiful, refined, and ripe for seduction.Â
Could this counterfeit governess be a rogue's redemption? Or will the runaway heiress' secrets destroy their only chance at love? Â
Contains mature themes.
Download Surrender of a Siren Wanton Dairymaid Book 2 Audible Audio Edition Tessa Dare Gabrielle Baker Tantor Audio Books
"I absolutely devoured the first novel in this series (Goddess of the Hunt), and because I DID enjoy it so much, I was worried that the other novels in the series wouldn't meet my expectations. I am happy to say that this was NOT the case!! I adored Surrender of a Siren; Sophia was a favorite character of mine in Goddess and was hopeful that she would find happiness with someone other than Toby (who fell a little short in the first book). The sparks between Gray and Sophia are amaaazing. Highly recommend this book (and most of Dare's other novels too!)."
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Surrender of a Siren Wanton Dairymaid Book 2 Audible Audio Edition Tessa Dare Gabrielle Baker Tantor Audio Books Reviews :
Surrender of a Siren Wanton Dairymaid Book 2 Audible Audio Edition Tessa Dare Gabrielle Baker Tantor Audio Books Reviews
- This is the other best book I have ever read. This story was so smooth and different and just charming. I can't explain the best parts of the story except to say the characters, storyline the whole package . The worst part of the book was it ended.
- It took place mostly on a ship. I thought "we'll there's only so many things that can happen on a ship", but I was wrong. It was inviting, entertaining and had a great plot. I was a bit disappointed in the ending as it was rushed through and I think it could have been given a couple more, if not more, pages to expand on it. Maybe it will pick it up on book 3. Happy Reading!!
- Not Tessa Dare’s best, but not bad either. The hero and heroine are okay, but not especially endearing. This is the second book of the Wanton Dairymaid Trilogy. The first was the best; the third was the worst. This ranks right in the middle.
- I absolutely devoured the first novel in this series (Goddess of the Hunt), and because I DID enjoy it so much, I was worried that the other novels in the series wouldn't meet my expectations. I am happy to say that this was NOT the case!! I adored Surrender of a Siren; Sophia was a favorite character of mine in Goddess and was hopeful that she would find happiness with someone other than Toby (who fell a little short in the first book). The sparks between Gray and Sophia are amaaazing. Highly recommend this book (and most of Dare's other novels too!).
- I love when a new author bursts on the scene, puts out a great first book, and then exceeds my expectations on her follow-up. With "Surrender of a Siren," Tessa Dare reaches the potential she showed in "Goddess of the Hunt," but with even sharper writing, humor, and dialogue. Plus, she has clearly done her research about 19th c. life on the high seas, and the insertion of sensory and historical details here and there add depth and interest to the plot.
Sophia was first introduced in "Goddess of the Hunt," but here she becomes a much more likeable and complex character. Determined to seek true passion and cease pretending to be a demure Miss, Sophia leaves her fiance, Toby, at the altar and races off to board a ship to Tortola. She immediately both frustrates and intrigues Captain Grayson, the owner of the ship, and he, in turn, frustrates and intrigues Sophia. From there, the two embark on a flirtation complicated by two things. First, that Sophia is pretending to be Jane Turner, a governess traveling to her next post, and secondly, that Gray is doing his best to stop his raucous, womanizing ways and be more respectable for his sister's sake.
The result is a nicely paced push and pull with sexual tension that slowly builds. In fact, whereas "Goddess" opens with a kiss between the hero and heroine, this novel gives us more time to get to know the characters before they actually give in to their attraction.
There's never a dull moment in this book, but it also never feels over-done. In fact, I think Tessa Dare did a great job of paring down the story while still developing her characters to a point where it's easy to find them charming and likeable. The conflict also builds to a fun, witty, and surprising conclusion in a courtroom (I won't say more).
Finally, there are great supporting characters in this novel, namely Stubbs and Joss, which shows that Dare is able to add layers and build up to future books without sacrificing the momentum of the current novel.
If you like Julia Quinn and Eloisa James, I think you'll enjoy Tessa Dare's books. I, personally, can't wait for the next one.
Grade A - 5 stars
(Feather light spoilers for an earlier book, Goddess of the Hunt. Nothing that should ruin your enjoyment of the earlier work, and it doesn't need to be read first. However, SoaS begins where that book left off.)
What I Bring to The Party I'm a fan of romance novels and a recent fan of Tessa Dare.
What's It All About? Sophia, longing to experience passion and adventure, books passage on a ship sailing to the West Indies, and concocts a false identity. She meets Gray, the owner of the ship. She experiences the aforementioned passion and adventure.
The characters Sophia made her first appearance in another Tessa Dare novel, Goddess of the Hunt. Lucy, the heroine in GotH, at first mistook her for a sedate lady without a radical thought in her little head, but discovered that Sophia had quite the mischievous imagination. The women became fast friends and Lucy gifted her one of her most prized possessions - a book about a wanton dairymaid, which figures delightfully into SoaS as well. I enjoyed this character and the first book and was glad to see her personality remained much the same. Sometimes when characters carry over, authors alter them to fit the new plot. Amusingly enough, her stories of an imaginary lover and one story in particular is repeated in both books as she tries to convince the hero that she's more experienced that she really is. She's an artist, but she would have been one heck of a writer too. What I liked about Sophia is that she's a woman who has fantasies and desires even before she meets Gray - there's no hedging as a lot of books do in making the heroine only "awaken" when the hero arrives. She's sweet and innocent, but also clear that she has wants that she's not allowed to share in polite society, and so she must escape that society.
The hero, Gray, wants to be respectable after years of being disreputable in order to secure a future for his siblings. Getting involved with Sophia is not in his plans. He, in fact, promises his brother who is the ship's captain that he won't even kiss her. And he doesn't for a really long time, but that doesn't mean that the time before that was wasted or chaste. In fact, a lot of *interesting* things occur before he kisses her, and this was foreshadowed when he made the promise. I like very much that he didn't take giving his word as a light thing, and fought his attraction more than most heroes do in similar circumstances. He was convinced he wasn't a good guy, but his actions and choices said something else.
Gray's brother, Joss, was a hard person to like. He had several rightful grievances, but he didn't seem to want to give his brother a break. By the end, he was much more sympathetic a character. Of note was the way the crew of the ship were rendered by the author. They were rough, but for the most part sympathetic as Sophia takes an interest in stories of their lives and loves.
I like Tessa Dare's narrative style a lot. She seems to be a natural born story teller and has an ability to make her heroines in particular unique characters. Lucy and Sophia both got the lives and men best suited for them, and neither would have been satisfied with the other one's life or choices. That shows me that the author isn't looking to repeat the exact same story. She also did her homework, clearly, on the vernacular of ships - it was never heavy-handed, but the dictionary got used now and again, and it made it feel authentic. (Speaking of language, Grey is angry at one point and thinks his brother is acting like a slang word for the make anatomy - not the first term that comes to mind, but the second one. The thing that a thorn does to your finger. grin That use seems anachronistic to me, but I don't know.)
Ms. Dare's also deft with a sex scene. A lot of romance readers skim these scenes, because there's a certain sameness in many of the books. I haven't skimmed any scenes from Ms. Dare's books yet - they're too good. Not only are they erotic and creative, but they're true extensions of, in this case, Gray and Sophia. About half way through the book, there is a scene which goes from scalding hot to poignant in the blink of an eye. Sophia makes herself vulnerable to Gray, feels embarrassed, and he comforts her beautifully, and in doing so repays her vulnerability. Well, until things all go awry again. The rest of the scenes are also quite erotic, but also an extension of the emotional issues between the characters.
The general impression I get while looking at other reviews is that, while this book was well-received, Goddess of the Hunt is perhaps slightly preferred. I have to say I liked this one a bit more and this is as someone who liked the first story a lot. I believe another review mentioned there was too much time spent on the ship, but I never felt confined by it. The setting was right for these characters!
Highly Recommended!
