Total Surrender

We've been waiting and waiting and Jory's story is finally here. Piper was stubborn and a little too naive. She is a total bad ass when it comes to computers and hacking and she is working on fixing the prisoners chip problem before the deadline comes and he dies from it. Jory is strong and loyal. He misses his brothers and is ready to escape and get back to them. The only problem is that the sexy woman that is working on his chip problem has gotten under his skin and now she's in danger and doesn't believe him.The connection between Jory and Piper is there from the beginning, but Piper has a lot of things to work through before she gives in. I was pleasantly surprised by some of the answers we got in book 4 and the constant twists in the storyline kept me glued to the pages. I loved how the new characters (even those that seemed to not matter) fit into the storyline. There has been a major showdown in every Sin Brother book and TOTAL SURRENDER'S showdown is even better because of all that happened.TOTAL SURRENDER was a great way to finish out the Sin Brothers series, but I am still left wanting more. There is still so much story potential and I want to see what happens next with the Dean brothers and their families. Things were left off in a way that makes me think there could be a spin-off? One can hope!* This book was provided free of charge from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Piper and Jory

The end of the Dean Brother's series is worthy of the previous three books.

Jory has been captured by the Commander, his chip is damaged and set to kill him in one week; in walks Piper, the Commander's daughter, to save him. Jory is as Alpha as all his brothers; Piper finds his macho "take care of the woman" actions very condescending.

A lot goes right and wrong during that week but while it's all happening Piper and Jory fall in love in that Alpha Dean way.

A great ending to a very enjoyable series!

Amazing, just like the rest of the series.

Rebecca Zanetti is a master, the books are just perfectly right. There's nothing I would want to change about the story. She just gets it right every time.

This is the story of the youngest brother, Jory. As expected, it's full of twists, action, romance and most of all hope. I thought this would be the last book in the series, a sad thought by itself, but some twists make me hope for more books to come.

These books can't be put down, they pull me in, and in turn make my heart pound, laugh and tear up.

Absolutely loved it! I could not have imagined a better end to this great series. I was looking forward to Jory's story since Shane's book and I was not disappointed. Piper started as the weakling, but then she became this incredibly strong minded person with a huge heart. I just love when I start a series and It ends as well as this one did.

Summary Jory Dean has been imprisoned for two years. After being shot, he was in a coma for months, and now is working on building up his strength and resistance. He knows that he needs to escape and soon, because its not just his life on the line, but its also his brothers lives on the line. Jory and his brothers were genetically engineered as a military experiment to create the perfect soldier. There is one down side, when they escaped five years previous, they have a kill swith and it goes off within one week. Jory knows that he is running out of time, he needs to find a way to escape and get to his brothers before its too late for all of them. The commander has ordered a new computer whiz to work on the chips and the coding. Piper Oliver has worked hard to become the talent with a computer as she has become. She wants to build a relationship with her father who is the commander and so takes on this job. As she converses with Jory, she starts to become confused, she doesn’t know who to believe her father or this sexy man that make her yearn for more in her life. When Jory escapes and takes her along, she finds herself unable to resist her attraction to Jory, but soon Piper will have to make a choice….stand by the man she loves or by a father who has never been there.The HeroJory Dean is a hero who just come to love. I have been waiting for his story ever since I started this series. Jory is the youngest of the brothers. When they were first created, he was considered the “weak” one, didn’t come into his strength until later.Even the smallest lion can have a big roar.His strength came first in his brain. Jory has always been a bit of a geek especially when it comes to anything electronic. Eventually, Jory came into his own physical strength and became just as formidable as his brothers.I’m a fucking killing machine, and you’re a sweet little hacker who likes to flirt with danger. Baby, I am danger.After being captured while on an undercover mission to save himself and his brothers, he is shot and almost dies. But one of the bullets that pierce him, damages his chip and he knows that he will not survive. But he has always felt indebted to his brothers for protecting him and keeping them together. He will do everything in his power to save them even if he can’t save himself. Jory was such a unique character, and I love the geeky but sexy ones. They just are perfect for me because I love a man that uses his brain.The Heroine Piper Oliver was raised with a loving mother. After she graduated college and started working with the NSA, she went searching for her father, a man her mother was highly intimidated by and would never speak of. Piper wanted to know why he was so bad. So looking for more information on her father, she hacks into his company and almost gets put into jail, but then her father rescues her and offers her a job. She is more than willing, wanting to believe everything that her father tells her about what he does and most especially about Jory. Piper is a computer analyst and quite a genius when it comes to computers. She can hack just about anything. What was most fascinating about her character was seeing her battle through her emotions and trying to decide who to trust. From her point of view she doesn’t see who her father really is, and maybe on a deep level is in denial through much of the story, because of her desire to have a father in her life. I enjoyed the heroine quite a bit, but her being in denial for so much of the book, got a bit annoying at times, but she does follow through and stands with the man she loves, and that action definitely redeemed her in my eyes.“I’ll do my best to get back to you.”“I’m coming with you.” She leaned in and licked his right nipple.He shivered. “No.”She nipped. “Yes. I’m the hero of my own damn story, Jory Dean. Protect me all you want, but this once, I’m needed with you.Despite a few of my reservations about her character, I couldn’t help but admire her wit and strength.Plot and Story Line Total Surrender is the fourth book, and I am not sure if its the last one, I am hoping we will have more since the ending did leave us with a bit of a teaser for another book. This is a book I have been looking forward to seeing book one. In books one and two I suspected that Jory was alive and was really hoping he would be alive and boy was I glad to see that he was. We really sense how much the other brothers love Jory and will do anything for their baby brother. We get a beginning scene of when they were kids, and oh my goodness, it just about made me cry. Jory is the heart of the family, and he gets what his brothers really need before they do. I loved how honest and true he is. He has been protected by them and feels he owes them a debt for all that they have sacrificed for him. His situation was so heartbreaking because he believes he won’t survive due to his damaged chip. He then escapes and kidnaps Piper, he is drawn to her, but he senses that she is the key to saving his brothers. And then the sweet reunion that we have between the brothers, I will admit I became quite emotional because you just see how much they love each other and not a dry eye here.No more fucking good-byes. I am so done with that shit and with all of us sacrificing our lives. We’re fucking done, and we’ll all fucking live. The first guy who tells me good-bye ever again, even if he’s just going to the fucking grocery store, gets a fist planted in his fucking face.It was so perfect in the way it was executed and BRAVO to Rebecca Zanetti. Then we see the brothers working together, all four of them to survive and live that happily ever after that they have all fought so hard to find and achieve. Now lets talk the romance that we have here with Jory and Piper. It was simply wonderful, what more can I say. It only lasts about a week, but boy what a week. Its fiery hot but powerfully tender. I adored seeing how these two fight for one another, and fight for their lives alongside the other brothers and the women that stand beside them.Jory gripped her chin, turning her to face him. His jaw hardened, and he tried to remain gentle. “Time to make a choice, sweetheart. Please. Choose me.”Things tend to get pretty intense toward the end, with each chapter in this book, the plot escalates in action and dramatic effect, but so many more revealing things….three more brothers or more!! In fact, one of my favorite new supporting characters was Chance, he just won my heart over instantly. He is very much like Matt, which was fun to see the common denominators between them. I love how this family with their spouses and a few others, create this family unit. The ending especially was so fabulous and just had me in tears. If you read the series in order, we see how each book has been building up to this moment and it was…Voila….PERFECTION!! I want more and more of these Sin Brothers. If you love romantic suspense with a hint of paranormal elements….this is a MUST READ SERIES!! Top favorite books of all time.The Cover I love love this cover. I like a good strong back and boy this is too good to look at. And with the blue background…just the perfect touch to a great story.Overall View Total Surrender is a truly magnificent tale, with its fast-paced plot, captivating characters, unique twists to blow your mind, and enough sexy action to keep you flipping those pages!! Highly ENTERTAINING!!

“I love you, Piper. All of you. The smart, the sweet, the lost. Everything you are and whoever you’ll eventually become. You gave me a smile when I was in a cage, and you gave me a kiss when we were running through the woods. Now you’re giving me you, and you’re a gift I hadn’t realized existed.” – Jory DeanAnd we're, finally, at the end of the line! And wasn't that a FANTASTIC journey?! God, honestly, I never like it when I have to finish reading a series I love, and this one wasn't an exception. But I also know when a story has to come to an end, and I can't be too selfish and demand more - well, at least where the characters are concerned. And the Dean brothers have gone through so much already, it wouldn't be fair of me!As proven in the third book, Jory is actually alive. So his older brothers set off on a crusade to save him and re-unite with him. However the youngest Dean has other plans in mind. His chip has been damaged, and can't be reached. There's no saving him - but that doesn't means he's given up on trying to save his family. And here comes Piper Oliver - sweet, kind, smart, hacker extraordinaire, and, unfortunately, someone he can't claim for his own. Piper is hired by the Commander to make sure Jory survives - and stays within his grasp. With only a handful of days left to live, the smartest of the Dean brothers will have a lot to work on if he wants to save his siblings, get free, and protect the girl from a father she doesn't realize is the most evil of them all...I think I talk on behalf of all geek girls out there, when I say, hands down, Jory Dean is a guy I would pull into my bed, no questions asked, at the first chance I got, and then convince him somehow to become my future Baby Daddy! Ok, no, I'm not cheating on Mattie, he's after all my number one book husband, but damn, did Jory get under my skin or what? The guy was tall, hot, tough, full of delicious muscles, a nice butt, and OMG he was a geek! Like, a true, real geek! And he was proud of it! I loved every minute of his story when it focused on him. A soldier and a nerd! You can't be a hot-blooded woman and tell me, honestly, that a man with the brains AND the brawn doesn't make your panties go poof! I refuse to believe it!Sadly, Piper didn't live up to my expectations the way her male counterpart did. After the badassery of Josie, the sweetness of Laney, and the sassiness of Audrey, and all the forgiveness and love and acceptance those three showed, despite having every reason not to, I expected a woman who would be just as awesome and wonderful as them. And I didn't get that. No, instead I got a freakishly smart female, with a very nice childhood prior to becoming an adult, who grew up to be a whiny little girl with daddy issues. That right there is proof enough that a happy childhood doesn't guarantee a clever, intuitive, accepting adult. Because compared to the other three female leads, who lead lives similar to hell on Earth and didn't get HALF the love Piper got from her mother, the female hacker sucked and big time at that. I can't very well accept a woman who sees so many signs that the guy her father has condemned is as honest as they come, that the scum who sired her is a lying bastard (no, seriously, he was lying to her face, and, not even five minutes later, when she cornered him and proved he wasn't honest, he told her, straight up, that yes, ok, I was lying just now, and SHE STILL CHOSE TO TRUST HIM!!!), that her own mother is scared of said scum, and she still doesn't get the message: DANGER! GET OUT! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! PREFERABLY WITH THE HOT SMART GUY WHO KEEPS OFFERING TO RISK HIS LIFE TO PROTECT YOU!!!Other than Piper the smart idiot, the rest of the book was just as perfect as I've come to expect from Mrs. Zanetti's work. It was fast-paced, full of so many surprises I kept screaming at my screen every few chapters, and she ended it in such a way, I wanted more, knew I shouldn't be selfish, and yet couldn't help it anyway. She's a master at leaving you hanging and begging for more, I've come to understand that fully now. The dialogues, the action, the twists and the plot - I'm in love with this series, have been from the beginning, and now it's officially in my go-to list for any time someone dares to ask me "Have any book series to recommend?".This is not the last time I'll be picking a Zanetti book, either. I'm so not stopping here, in fact, I'm getting ready to read other series of hers, too. I'm sure she's not gonna disappoint!“I love you, Jory Dean. The tough, the sweet, and definitely the geek.” – Piper Oliver***I was given an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The opinion stated in this review is solely mine, and no compensation was given or taken to alter it.***

Total Surrender
4 Stars

Kept captive by the commander and plotting his escape, genetically engineered super soldier, Jory Dean, sees an opportunity in the young computer programmer assigned to deactivate the malfunctioning chip in his spine. Piper Oliver is well aware that the man in the cell is a traitor, but the more time she spends with him, the more she realizes that something is not quite right and becomes determined to uncover the truth . . .

A well-executed end to the story arc begun in book #1 with some good twists and turns. Nevertheless, Jory and Piper’s romance is the weakest of the four.

Despite her intelligence or perhaps because of it, Piper comes across as incredibly naive and gullible. She accepts “facts” at face value without questioning actions and motivations. Jory is as hot and sexy as his brothers with an added sweetness to his nature that makes him particularly appealing.

Unfortunately, the attraction between them feels contrived and the sexual tension that would be expected given their circumstances is sorely missing. That said, Zanetti certainly knows how to steam up the pages, and the glimpses into the HEAs of the other Dean brothers adds a lovely extra touch to the story and provides a real sense of closure.

Although the plot is action packed and exciting, there are several elements that detract such as the inclusion of Brian’s character, which serves absolutely no purpose whatsoever, and the secondary romance between Piper’s mother and her neighbor.

All in all, the Sin Brothers is an entertaining series with a compelling premise and Zanetti has left sufficient room for a spin-off with the introduction of three additional “Dean” brothers and the open questions concerning the PROTECT organization and Dr. Madison. It will be interesting to see where she takes it.

I had a great time with this book! I have really enjoyed working my way through this series and have been really eager to read Jory's story and to find out how everything would work out for the Dean brothers. I would recommend reading this series in order if at all possible since some story arcs do carry over from book to book. I thought that this was a wonderful conclusion to the series.Jory hasn't seen his brothers in years. They have actually believed that he was dead and he did have a close call. Since that close call, he has been kept at the facility under lock and key. Piper has just recently met her father, the commander, and has taken a job with the organization that uses her skills. She is tasked with trying to get control of the chips embedded in each of the Dean brother's heads. These chips are set to kill the brothers in a very short time. I liked Jory and Piper. They had fantastic chemistry together and had quite a bit in common. They seemed to understand each other right away and I liked that Piper took a chance and trusted Jory. In addition to focusing on the romance between Jory and Piper, this book also had a big focus on all four brothers and their mission to deactivate the chips and gain control of their lives. I really enjoyed seeing the brothers and their significant others working together to get the chance at a family that they have always wanted.Karen White did a fantastic job with the narration. I loved all of the voices that she used and never had any difficulty distinguishing which character was speaking. I thought that she added a lot of excitement and emotion into the story. I wanted to listen to this book for hours at a time and feel like the narration added to my overall enjoyment of the story.I would recommend this story to others. I really fell for the Dean brothers over the course of this series. Each installment featured a wonderful romance and I loved how strong the bond was between the brothers. I thought that this book wrapped the series up very nicely and I am looking forward to reading more of Rebecca Zanetti's work very soon.

This was a nice wrap-up to the series, although it often felt quite a bit more forced--in terms of story and character both--than the earlier books. So, while it was a satisfying conclusion from the standpoint of the series, albeit a predictable one, it was less satisfying as a book in and of itself, feeling rushed and/or forced by turns, with some plot twists that stretched believability a bit more than usual. I'd recommend readers of the early books in the series follow through on it, but it's not her best.

Reviewed by: Rabid Reads.After three hair-raising installments of wondering whether the fourth Dean brother was alive, or not, we finally have our answer, however their reunion might be short lived because D-Day is upon them. This series has been one gigantic adrenaline rush, and Rebecca Zanetti doesn’t hold back in TOTAL SURRENDER; in fact, she severs the brakes, and pushes listeners off the largest hill she can find with an evil grin plastered on her face. This audiobook didn’t just get an emotional reaction out of me, but a physical one too, and Karen White led the charge with her narration.This series is a great example of nature vs. nurture in that all of the SIN BROTHERS were test tube babies, and received near identical upbringings, and yet they couldn’t be more different. Jory has the highest IQ ever recorded, and Piper is a gifted hacker, so I totally geeked-out over these two protagonists. I also loved that the author filled in the remainder of the gaps by sharing minor details like how the siblings got their last name, and major ones such as who shot the youngest Dean. You might want to strap on a helmet because the blindsides just keep on coming!I’ve heard of close calls, but apparently down to the wire just didn’t cut it for Zanetti because she left no room for error when the deadline on the kill chips was up. Thanks for the gray hairs! I went into this installment thinking that it was the last one, however when Chance & co. showed up, I began to have doubts. I was excited at the prospect of more volumes, although the idea of the Commander living to fight another day brought on a fit of rage. Ultimately, I was satisfied on both fronts, and even more so by the closing chapters, along with each brother’s mini HEA.The blame for my newly found heart condition doesn’t rest solely on the author’s shoulders because even though she brought the grenade, it was Karen White who pulled the pin with her narration. There were so many voices in this audiobook because all of the characters were in it, and yet the reader conquered every single one of them as though it were child’s play. My only beef with this novel was the overuse of the word ‘intense'; I’m tempted to buy the eBook edition so that I can run a search, and tally it up. Nevertheless, Zanite and Romantic Suspense go together like chocolate & strawberries!Sticking with the food theme, TOTAL SURRENDER was the cherry on top of the SIN BROTHERS sundae.