Bittersweet Surrender

A Bittersweet Novel, Book 1

By: Q. B. Tyler

Narrated by: Lacy Laurel, Alexander Neal

“I was in a relationship with two men, and neither were giving me up.”

That thought flashed through Charlotte’s brain like a bright neon light as she followed her husband out of her marriage counselor’s office. The office where she’d sat twice a week as she tried to repair the glaring problems in her marriage. The marriage that she’d fought hard to save to a man that wasn’t fighting alongside her. She’d been lied to, ignored, and used as a pawn to climb his ladder to success. Charlotte was broken, not just her marriage.

But, then she met Dr. Montgomery, and everything changed. They say love is patient and kind of course, but what happens when that love comes at the cost of everything? Love was a force that took no prisoners when it decided to strike and Charlotte had been hit - hard. By a man that wasn’t her husband. By the very man who was supposed to save her marriage.

Bittersweet Surrender is part one of the Bittersweet duet and must be listened to before Bittersweet Addiction.

©2018 Q. B. Tyler (P)2022 Q. B. Tyler

Bittersweet Perfection!!

Bittersweet Surrender shocked me in all the ways. This was a book I picked up blurb unread so imagine my surprise discovering it was a love triangle. Now listen love triangles are not my thing, in fact I usually will run the other way. But, wowzers, when I tell you QB Tyler had me riveted.
This baby was chock full of emotion and angst. I felt as emotionally wrung out as Charley. It can’t be easy to experience the greatest love of your life at the worst possible time. Married, her heart should be with her husband but things between them are broken and have been for a long time with little hope of mending. Never did Charley imagine she’d find her heart captured by the very last man she should be with; her marriage counselor. But, love knows no bounds, it is messy, it is irrefutable, it is inconvenient, it is impossible to deny the heart what it wants and QB made sure I felt it all. Charley’s internal struggles and conflicting feelings between Dr. Montgomery and her husband was powerfully tangible. Oh my and that spice, QB ma’am, the spice was freaking im-pecc-able!
Bittersweet Surrender was a compelling, passionate, tempestuous tale that had me in its chokehold from beginning to end.
Lacy Laurel made for the perfect Charley. Her and Alexander Neal’s narration truly just embodied the essence of this beautiful love story. This is book one of a duet so expect to have your heart in your throat until you pick up book two.

Not what I hoped it would be.

Overall Rating: ☆☆☆

Narration Rating: ☆☆    Spice: 🌶🌶🌶🌶

Angst: 💣💣💣💣     Plot: 📚📚📚

Cliffhanger? ✅️

Trigger Warnings: cheating!, mentions of past physical abuse 

Tropes: women's fiction, forbidden romance, doctor/patient

Charlotte Pierce has been married to Matt Wells for five years. She was only happy the first three years when things changed. Matt quit making time for her or acting like he cared at all. When she mentioned divorce, he begged her to try marriage counseling. Enter Dr. Will Montgomery. In months of therapy, it was obvious to everyone but Matt that he wasn't invested in their marriage anymore. What was clear to Charlie and Will was the increasing desire between them, leading to dangerous actions.

I normally avoid any books with cheating but I went into this completely blind. I also usually need spice in my favorite romances but there is such a thing as too much sex. Sex in just about every chapter is too much. The plot was lost along the way. I feel like I didn't know Will at all by the end of the book with 20+ chapters in it. I listened to this audiobook, mainly narrated by Lacy Laurel. I did not enjoy her narration yet I loved the short narration by Alexander Neal. I don’t know if I can recommend this book. It really depends on what you find enjoyable in your favorite books. This is my honest opinion, freely given. 

Subject

Did not like the narrator. The novel content was good . Anxious to see the conclusion.

Cheating romance

Okay yes it’s a cheating romance but you don’t want to root for the husband. And it’s SPICYYYY!

Charley & Will

Cheating storylines are obviously either hit or miss with certain readers. After reading this book, I am all for it! This was hot hot hot! I didn’t think I could be so addicted to something like cheating but QB Tyler really told this story beautifully. I think it helped that I didn’t really feel any of the love from Charley and her husband. But between her and Will? OMG all the heat! I do wish the story started a little bit before it did, because it begins with Charley and Will having sex, I would have liked to see the sexual tension building with each counseling session. Lacy Laurel was the narrator for most of the story. It is a hard job to be one voice to keep the listeners entertained throughout the entire story but I think she did an amazing job. It didn’t get boring listening to the same voice and instead I felt fully entertained. Great Job!