Surrender to Desire: Erotic Lesbian Romance (Signed Paperback)
Surrender to Desire: Erotic Lesbian Romance (Signed Paperback)
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BOOK SIX IN THE EROTIC LESBIAN ROMANCE AWAKENING OF DESIRE SERIES.
A slow burn erotic lesbian romance featuring dominant women, power dynamics, and a forbidden attraction that risks everything for love.
She violated every rule of therapy to save her patient… and herself. But at what cost?
Therapist Olivia is losing the battle against her feelings for Alison, the woman who came to her in pieces and is now learning how to rebuild. What begins as professional care becomes something far more dangerous when their connection shifts beyond the boundaries they were meant to protect.
Because some lines, once crossed, cannot be undone.
As their relationship moves from the counselling room into carefully negotiated intimacy, both women are forced to confront who they truly are. Boundaries are discussed, consent is explicit, trust is tested, and aftercare matters, but that does not make the risks any smaller.
As desire deepens into power exchange, Olivia must learn to surrender control, while Alison discovers the strength of her own dominance. Within the chosen family they have built, they find support, understanding, and a love that refuses to fit within conventional rules.
But secrets do not stay buried forever.
As loyalties are tested and the past resurfaces, the festive season becomes a crucible for truth, forgiveness, and second chances. Because loving each other might cost everything… or finally give them a way forward.
Tropes and themes
- erotic lesbian romance
- slow burn lesbian romance
- dominant woman lesbian romance
- power dynamic sapphic romance
- forbidden attraction lesbian romance
- therapist patient lesbian romance
- christmas lesbian romance
This book is for you if you love:
- forbidden relationships with real emotional stakes
- dominant women learning when to let go of control
- slow burn tension that builds into something undeniable
- character-driven lesbian romance with depth, heat, and heart
f you crave a character-driven erotic lesbian romance with emotional intensity, explicit intimacy grounded in trust, and a festive setting that amplifies every risk and reward, Surrender to Desire delivers a powerful and deeply satisfying conclusion.
Over 3000 readers love the Awakening of Desire series.
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Ruby Scott literally just threw kink & Christmas into a blender and out popped a gloriously delicious festive read!" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Surrender to Desire really is the perfect book for anyone beginning to explore their own desires. It’s tender, beautiful, and written so damn perfectly… Ruby Scott just keeps getting better and better!" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"Ruby Scott just take a bow right now for this one! Surrender to Desire delivered on every single level! The spice, the love, the journey we get to be a part of, my favourite all time sapphic series!"
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Book Specifications:
Book Specifications:
Pages : 116
ISBN : 9614622000495
Weight : 124g
Dimensions : 127 x 7 x 203 mm
Full Description
Full Description
When therapist Dr. Olivia Hopkins crosses every professional boundary to be with her client Alison, she destroys her career but discovers something far more valuable—a connection that transforms them both. Their forbidden attraction evolves into intimate explorations of power and submission, as controlled Olivia learns to surrender while Alison discovers her dominant nature.
Welcomed into the supportive chosen family of Victoria and Abby—a couple who understand power exchange relationships—both women navigate the aftermath of their choices. Together, they explore bondage, discipline, and complete vulnerability, discovering that true power comes from consensual surrender.
Set against a Scottish countryside retreat, Surrender to Desire is an erotic romance about breaking free from society's expectations, healing through love, and finding the courage to live authentically. It's a story of two women who discover that sometimes the most profound healing happens when all the rules are broken, and that surrender—when freely given to the right person—can be the ultimate act of strength.
Themes and Tropes
Themes and Tropes
- Forbidden Love
- Awakening/Sexual Discovery
- First Time Lesbian Romance
- Dominant/Submissive Power Dynamics
- Career vs. Love Choice
- Found Family
Chapter One Look Inside
Chapter One Look Inside
CHAPTER ONE
ALISON
Gravel shifts beneath our boots, each crunch sharp in the frozen night. Every step feels stolen, a small victory claimed in the darkness that wraps around us. My pulse still thunders from the party: from the moment Mhairi crumpled under my fist, to the first brush of Olivia's fingers against mine setting my body alight. Adrenaline courses through every sinew of my being, but it's no longer about the fight. The hunger now is different. Sharper. More precise. It twists low in my belly with a certainty I've never owned, nor dared to believe I could cherish.
Behind us, Victoria's heels crunch and scatter the gravel with each careful step whilst Abby bounces beside her, practically dancing on her toes, fizzing with engagement joy that bubbles over into the night air. Their voices ripple through the darkness, laughter and teasing that make the frozen night ring with triumph. We won tonight. All of us. But my victory feels different, more personal, earned through pain and courage.
Olivia walks at my side. The security lights catch the daisies at her neckline as we pass, make them glow like tiny beacons against her pale skin. She keeps stealing glances—quick, burning looks that land like sparks against my tinder flesh. Not the careful, professional glances she deploys in her office when she catches me staring, those measured looks designed to maintain proper boundaries. These new glances are different. These ignite a primal need in me that changes everything.
"Well, well." Abby's voice cuts through the crisp air, followed by a wolf whistle. "Look at our Alison, leading her prize home like a proper hunter."
Olivia goes rigid at the words. Even in the dim light I see it, colour blooming across her chest, rising hot over her throat, painting her face until she's aflame with embarrassment and obvious desire. The therapist mask has cracked, fallen away completely. What remains is a woman stripped bare by attention, raw with need, vulnerable in ways that make my mouth go dry.
Heat rushes through me so fast I have to bite down on my tongue to keep from making a sound.
"Abby." My warning cuts into the night air.
"What?" Abby's grin is audible in her voice, wicked and knowing. "I'm only saying you look the part in those chaps. Very commanding. Very much the domme we always knew was hiding under all that submission."
Olivia falters on a loose stone, her heel catching the edge. Instinct drives me. My hand shoots out, grips her elbow, steadies her before gravity claims her. The jolt of contact rips through my body, pooling heat in my stomach and lower.
"Sorry," she breathes, voice so quiet I almost miss it beneath the crunch of footsteps.
"Don't." My hand lingers longer than accident allows, fingers tightening against soft, warm skin. "Stones are treacherous in heels. Especially when you're distracted."
Her eyes rise to mine, wide and dark, drowning in our growing need, making the air between us crackle. "I'm not apologising for stumbling."
The words suspend between us like a held breath, heavy with meaning I'm still learning to decipher...
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I absolutely LOVE this series - An Awakening of is an absolute must read!
Surrender to Desire is the story of Olivia and Alison, their journey starts with longing and it wasn't just curiosity it truly was Olivia's Awakening of Desire!
They are so beautifully vulnerable together!
I would suggest you read the series to understand their story!
Thank you so much for your review.
I'm really pleased to hear how much you’ve loved the Awakening of Desire series, and especially Olivia and Alison’s journey in Surrender to Desire. It means a great deal to know their story and emotional vulnerability resonated with you so strongly.
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and for recommending the series to other readers.
Ruby
This is such an amazingly sweet and sexy story. Ruby has written Alison and Olivia’s first time together and developing relationship so beautifully. The journey through each chapter really shows why they are willing to risk everything; how they can express their vulnerabilities, learn to trust, and understand and express their desires when they truly feel safe, loved and supported whether by each other or by their chosen family (Victoria and Abby). It made my heart both ache and soar and it is a fabulous addition to the Awakening of Desire series. It’s so hot too🔥🥵! I absolutely love it! 💖
Thank you so much for your review.
I'm really pleased to hear you enjoyed Surrender to Desire and that Alison and Olivia’s journey resonated with you so strongly. It means a great deal to know their relationship, vulnerability, and growing trust came through in the way you experienced it.
I'm especially glad the emotional depth and heat of the story worked for you, and that it felt like a meaningful addition to the Awakening of Desire series.
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and for your support.
Ruby
What can I say, I dread the day this author writes something I don’t enjoy this much.
I love, love, loved it! It’s honest and gritty and hot and sexy and everything I’ve come to expect from Ruby Scott’s books.
It was beautiful watching Olivia come into her own person alongside Alison. Both butterflies emerging from their chrysalis together in beautiful harmony. Putting that level of trust in one another, to respect, love and protect each other as they navigated through this journey.
Bravo once again 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Thank you so much for your review.
I'm really pleased to hear how much you loved Surrender to Desire, and that Olivia and Alison’s journey resonated with you so strongly. It means a great deal to know their growth, trust, and connection came through in such a meaningful way.
I'm especially glad the emotional honesty, grit, and passion of the story worked for you, and that the signed paperback added to your experience.
Thank you for taking the time to share such kind words and for your continued support.
Ruby
Awakening of Desire series has been my favourite all time sapphic series! It’s jam packed with heat and characters that you instantly fall in love with! Surrender to Desire is the perfect addition! ♥️
Olivia quickly made her way into my heart during Mistress of Desire and I was absolutely devastated when we didn’t get Alison and Olivia’s first time?! But now, I am beyond grateful that the scene wasn’t written within Mistress because absolutely nothing could be more perfect than this incredible Christmas novella! 😍
Surrender to Desire delivered on every single level! The spice, the love, the journey we get to be a part of… Seeing these two women discover new sides to themselves and explore their desires safely, had me falling even deeper! 🥰
Ruby Scott just take a bow right now for this one! 👏🏼 Thank God it’s a Christmas release when the weather is cool, because this book packs so much heat that I’m not sure I could handle it in Summer! 😂🔥
Thank you so much for this.
I love hearing that Surrender to Desire felt like the perfect addition to Awakening of Desire for you. Olivia and Alison’s story always felt like it needed its own space, so it really means a lot that it landed the way it did.
I’m especially glad you got to see their first time and their journey into each other properly here, and that it felt worth the wait. That exploration of trust, desire, and safety between them is at the heart of it all for me, so hearing that it pulled you in more deeply is everything.
And I am absolutely taking the “too hot for summer” comment as a win.
Thank you for taking the time to write this, it really means a lot.
Ruby
Honestly, be still my beating heart! Ruby Scott literally just threw kink & Christmas into a blender and out popped a gloriously delicious festive read! 🙌🏼
On the face of it, this book walks us through the early days of Alison and Olivia getting together and to say it’s scorching hot, is a HUGE understatement!
But look beyond the spice and this book is truly about the safe exploration of vulnerability, trust, boundaries and love. There are some beautifully gentle moments between scenes and the ways that this book handles consent and aftercare are both incredibly tender and precious.
Surrender to Desire really is the perfect book for anyone beginning to explore their own desires. It’s tender, beautiful, and written so damn perfectly… Ruby Scott just keeps getting better and better! The depth it takes to write a book like this and precisely place each and every emotion along the way, is truly a very real talent. And one that I’m incredibly grateful for as a reader.
While I’m sad this book has finished, I’ll reread it again alongside the whole series. I’m excited to read it inbetween Mistress of Desire and Commitment to Desire next time round. I also plan on following up Desire’s Truth with The Turning. I figure that’s got to be the ultimate AoD reading experience, right?
And lastly, a nod to my wife, because yes, I finally understand, approve, and AGREE with the Olivia obsession now… 😉
Thank you so much for this.
I really love how you’ve read Surrender to Desire on both levels, the heat and the emotion underneath it. Olivia and Alison’s story was always about that balance for me, the intensity of desire alongside trust, vulnerability, and the care that has to exist for any of it to feel real between them.
It means a great deal to hear that the gentler moments and the attention to consent and aftercare stood out to you as much as the spice. That’s exactly the heartbeat of their story, even when things are burning at full volume.
And I’m genuinely glad it’s a book you feel you’ll come back to alongside the series. That kind of reread journey, especially in different orders, is such a fun way to experience those connections between the books.
Also, I’ll take the Olivia obsession approval as official validation.
Thank you for taking the time to write this. It really means a lot.
Ruby
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