Surrender

Cunningham Security Series, Book 7

By: A.K. Evans

Narrated by: Vanessa Edwin, Gregory Salinas

Is the risk always worth the reward?

Lennox "Leni" Ford was always a rule follower. But obeying the rules has never led her to happiness. So, Leni listens to her heart. And though that’s left her feeling alone and rejected by her family, it doesn’t stop Leni from continuing to dive in headfirst. Even when she knows she may end up hurt.

Holden Locke is a brilliant man who’s always relied on logic to steer him in the right direction. But his good sense flew out the window the moment he saw Leni standing outside her torched yoga studio. Now he’s got a choice to make. Listen to reason and stay away or surrender to his feelings and take a risk.

Before he can stop it, Holden finds himself submitting to Leni’s allure. And it isn’t long before the pair are wrapped up in each other. But the faster Leni falls, the harder Holden pulls away.

And as Holden wages an internal battle with his emotions, neither of them realizes that Leni’s gearing up for the fight of her life.

©2019 A.K. Evans (P)2023 A.K. Evans

The Dancing PI and The Yoga Instructor

Surrender is also available in an audiobook narrated by Vanessa Edwin Gregory Salina, which brings the book to life like the old-time radio stories broadcast in the 1940s—another outstanding audiobook written by A. K. Evans. Surrender (Cunningham Security Series Book 7) by A.K. Evans is a protector romance between yoga instructor Leni and Holden, who is Cunningham Security IT personnel. Holden first met Leni, and when he gave her his hoodie to wear over her yoga outfit the day when the town’s arsonist burned down her Yoga studio. When Holden checks up on Leni, he helps her with a temporary yoga studio location at his brother’s gym. Holden is holding on to past pain from a former engagement that left him devastated.
After the decimation of his heart by his former fiancée, Holden only has surface relationships since he refuses to surrender his love to another woman. Leni offers a no-string-attached relationship to Holden, who initially refuses but changes his mind. This decision places Holden and Leni on a path to passion, friendship, love, pain, and rejection, becoming one hot mess of a romance. But what a romance! This one tugs on the heartstrings with Holden and Leni’s push/pull-on/off-again cycle. A. K. Evans brings the heat and passion as the romance unfolds within the book’s pages. I am addicted to her romance books regardless of the trope or genre

Great!

It was great getting Holden and Leni’s story. I had been so looking forward to it since we first met them. The cherry on top was Leni’s grandma. She was wonderful.

A perfect name for this book!

Such a perfect name for Holden and Leni’s book!
Gregory Salinas and Vanessa Edwin narrates for us and gives us an inside voice of both Leni and Holden!
Leni falls hard and fast for Holden but Holden can’t find himself to be so open for love at least not at first!
I loved seeing Leni worm her way into Holden’s heart to the point that there was nothing he could do but surrender it to her!

One of the best series out! Next up is Tyson and watching him fall in love!

The PI and The Yogi

The sparks have been flying between Leni and Holden since he gave her his hoodie to wear following the burning of her yoga studio. He was in protector mode from that moment on. He's fine with no-strings relationships, but anything deeper than that is off limits. He refuses to live through the pain of heartbreak after his former fiancee decimated his heart. But as much as he wants to keep Leni at arm's length, Holden can't resist the pull he feels toward her. Vanessa Edwin and Gregory Salinas did an excellent job bringing these characters to life. They evoked emotion and passion which kept me listening from beginning to end.

I received a complimentary copy of the audiobook at my request and voluntarily left this review.

Sometimes you just have to surrender to love

Leni and Holden were the slow burn that burst into flames that I needed in my life. No matter how hard Holden tried to pull away once those flames sparked, he knew Leni had a pull on him like no other. Having felt rejected most of her life doesn't stop Leni from going after what she wants, and she wants Holden something fierce. Try as he may, Holden can't seem to stay away. When he set his mind on putting distance between them he had no idea that distance would almost cost Leni her life. Ever the knight in shining armor, Holden rescues his love with seconds to spare and finally has to admit she has his heart and there is no going back. A.K. Evans has done it again with another amazing installment to the Cunningham Security Series!

An amgsty story with tender moments and suspense

Finally get to see Holden and Lennox dive into their attraction and feelings for each other in this story. Holden is a bit of a tortured sweetheart, struggling to come to terms with his thoughts and reactions to Leni, and luckily Leni isn't one to give up even though she has been through rough stuff herself. An angsty story with tender moments along side action, danger and suspense as these two flounder towards their HEA. The narration brings the characters to life.

Can I read it again??!!

I have read this before so it was nice to hear it this time.. the narrators were great.. and the pace was nice.. As for the story.. what can I say.. I love that Holden was there when she needed a strong shoulder.. If only he could have gotten out of his own way sooner.. and as always I love the happy ever after endings..

To surrender is to risk loss or gain everything!

We meet Holden and Leni in the previous two books, but we FINALLY get their story in this book! It does NOT disappoint-even though watching Holden fight his feelings and how it plays with Leni’s emotions. I love the fact that Holden already came to the conclusion he needed to figure out how to earn Leni’s forgiveness before the dramatic events happened! I know Leni never thought that was why he was there for her in the hospital, but if I hadn’t known his point of view leading up to that point, I would have been hesitant to believe him!! But, deep down below all of his walls he built to protect his heart, he is an absolute sweetheart!

Another wonderful addition to the series

The more I listen to this series, the more I have come to enjoy it. As a former yoga instructor, this one was extra especial.
If you have listened or read the previous stories, you met Leni/Lennox Ford. She’s the owner of the yoga studio that got burned down in the previous story.
We now learn that until the end of college, she was the rule follower and pleaser. Neither letting her be whom she truly wanted to be. The moment she stands for herself, her family disowns her.
Meanwhile Holden Locke, a member of Cunningham Security has always been a man that analyses everything and is by the book and self contained. But seeing Leni as she watches her studio be taken up in flames, that part of him he held inside, comes out for her.
Will these two get a chance of finding their HEA with each other or will the past keep them apart?
Another wonderful addition to the series where the narrators Vanessa Edwin and Gregory Salinas bring the story to life.
I was entrusted a copy of this audiobook. The opinions expressed are solely my own.

A Wonderful Story But Even Better in Audio!!

In Book 7 of the Cunningham Security series, we get to experience the love story between Holden and Leni. With connections to familiar characters from this nine-book series, as well as the original "Everything" series, this couple faces their own issues and tackles trouble that is brought to their doorstep. Danger and mystery stalls them a bit, but they forge ahead toward their HEA with all the fire, passion, and heart-tugging moments that are characteristic of a great A.K. Evans novel. Fans of Evans' work will love this couple, and new readers will find themselves drawn into the world and craving to go back and read everything that came before! A couple of years later, I'm sitting here devouring the audiobook performances of Gregory Salinas and Vanessa Edwin, and I simply couldn't stop listening. They are absolutely perfectly cast as Holden and Leni, and Ms. Edwin is quickly jumping high on my favorite female narrators list! Once again, I have the good fortune to enjoy a beloved story in a new, exciting way!