Playing with Surrender

Erika Wilde

Mar 2026 · Players Club Sinners Book 3 · Erika Wilde

About this ebook

He’s the man I can’t forget. I'm the client he can’t touch. But some rules are meant to be broken.

 

I’ve spent my whole life being a good girl, and where has it gotten me? Nowhere. So I do something reckless, just for me. I let my best friend drag me to The Players Club where I taste freedom for the first time…and a dark, intense stranger catches me watching what it looks like to truly surrender. With nothing but his voice and hands, he gives me the most explosive night of my life.

 

It was supposed to be one night of pleasure, until Tate Holland walks back into my life as my full-time bodyguard. Now, he’s professional. Controlled. Off-limits. But every look ignites me. Every command makes me ache. Every moment alone feels like one breath away from breaking every rule just to touch him again.

 

While keeping me safe, Tate sees the real me beneath the privilege. He challenges me. He believes in me even when my own family doesn’t. And I see the truth behind his walls, the darkness he’s too afraid to unleash, the guilt he carries. The man who thinks he’s too dangerous to love.

 

But I crave that primal side to him, and I want every piece he tries to hide.

 

When the danger escalates and betrayal strikes from someone close by, Tate becomes the one man I can trust with my life…and my heart. Now, all that’s left is for him to trust me with his. 

 

Playing with Surrender is a steamy, high-stakes romance featuring a protective alpha hero, a defiant dreamer, and a love story where surrender becomes the most powerful kind of love. 

Ratings and reviews

Stella wants to open her own fashion boutique.She has designed clothes for high end clients and wants to launch a new line for men.Her parents think its just a hobby she will grow out of,once she finds the right partner from their social circle.She has had enough of playing the obedient daughter and goes to the players club with her best friend. She meets Tate and he gives her a night to remember.It is one night only. Tate has a dark past and doesn't do relationships.He has built walls so high no one can get in.Then he meets Stella and the emotional and physical connection he has with her is different.Then she flees without a single word. Stella finds out she is in danger when one of her father's enemies targets her.He hires a bodyguard for her,it turns out to be Tate. They try to keep their relationship professional,but the chemistry they share makes it impossible. Tate is also not someone her parents will approve of,but Stella doesn't care.She breaks down all the walls Tate has built and they both fall in love.The threat is still out there and Stella is still in danger. They eventually sort everything out and get to their well deserved happily ever after. Loved the friendships.Tate and Stella were amazing in their support for each other. Cannot wait for the next book in the series. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

PLAYING WITH SURRENDER is the 3rd instalment in Erika Wilde’s contemporary, adult PLAYERS CLUB SINNER erotic, romantic suspense series. This is former US Marine turned security specialist Tate Holland, and 26 year old, fashion designer Stella Hayward’s story line. PLAYING WITH SURRENDER is a story of secrets & lies, betrayal & vengeance, power & control, family & relationships, acceptance & love. The fast paced, character driven premise is dramatic & intriguing; the romance is seductive

Playing with Surrender is book 3 in the Players Club Sinners series by Erika Wilde and they only get better… Up next is Tate Holland and Stella Hayward of growing up in completely backgrounds, totally instant chemistry when they meet at the Players Club just expecting once and done but fate has other ideas…filled with steamy scenes, suspense, body guard (protection and pleasure) seeing friends from prior books and can’t wait for the next book! I voluntarily read a copy of this book from