Sweet Surrender Maya Banks Novels & Stories

They found her almost dead, thrown to the alligators in the deep bayou, by her own father. Chloe awakens to find herself a pawn in the vampires' cruel game of hearts, their favorite diversion from immortal tedium. When forced to select a companion, she chooses Hunter, another soul plucked from death's threshold. His initial curiosity blossoms into something far more perilous. "Love worth dying for," murmurs Callum, their master. Six couples. Six challenges. Six days. Victory demands genuine affection. The game unravels when wolf-shifters interrupt the proceedings. Their alpha, Liam, a black wolf, declares Chloe is his destined partner. Callum cautions him against violating ancient covenants, and Liam retreats temporarily. During the penultimate challenge, coinciding with her birthday, Chloe's dormant abilities surface. Liam returns, claiming her and abandoning Hunter to Callum's wrath. The vampire lord transforms Hunter and dispatches him to retrieve Chloe. Now married to Liam, Chloe longs for peace, but the game never truly ended. It has spilled into the enchanted bayou where it all began, where love, betrayal, and ancient secrets entwine. Who is Chloe really? And what price will she pay when she uncovers the truth about her bloodline?

On my birthday, my husband of five years accompanied his childhood sweetheart to celebrate her dog's birthday. Avery Simpson published a loving post: [The happiest baby in the world. Mom and Dad will be with you. I hope you're always happy.] Seeing the words "Mom and Dad", I commented a question mark with confusion. The next moment, I found myself blocked. Charles Logan called me and lashed out at me. "Why do you always have to mess things up at the worse possible time? You're worse than a dog. How despicable!" Shortly after, Avery changed her profile picture to one of her and Charles, hands intertwined. When I saw the obvious provocation, I didn't get angry like before. That's because I had already made up my mind to get a divorce.

Where desire burns and nothing is off-limits. Forbidden lust, stolen kisses, and passion so intense it can’t be tamed. Whether it’s a dominant lover who knows just how to break you or the sweet surrender of a love so intense, these are the stories of lovers who crave, fight, and fuck until lust becomes obsession, control becomes surrender, and desire remakes them both—forever. From sizzling encounters in the dark to the sweet torment of knowing they’re everything you shouldn’t want—each story leaves you breathless, craving more. These are the lovers who burn with a hunger so deep, it consumes them. The kind of love that’ll make you surrender to every whispered command, every touch that has you begging for more. Can you handle the heat, or will you fall into a love that’s too hot to handle? In this steamy collection, desire takes no prisoners.

When sweet and shy Ava Banks meets mysterious Tobias Aetós, she was swept off her feet. Literally. She had no idea he'd turn out to be the infamous Reaper who plagued the streets. Just a whisper of the name Reaper would make a grown man tremble. Tobby had lived his whole life as an assassin and he never questioned his life's choices... Not until a ray of sunshine in the shape of Ava, waltzed into his life. Through the ups and downs, the killings and the torture, the crime and the thrill...has Tobias gone past redemption? Or will Ava be just what he needs to make him whole again?

When her body is branded as a mere commodity... and her heart is shackled by two powerful female Alphas. Merin, a broken Omega, is dragged into a world where pain is the primary language. She is possessed by Aries, a raging blizzard who uses violence to assert her ownership, and trained by Lisena, a seductive flame who uses sweet punishments to melt her heart. Beneath the shadow of chains and the tip of a whip... amidst whimpers held back until her body trembles, fear transforms into burning desire, and submission becomes the only way for her to feel ‘valued.’ When the cage that confines her is not of steel, but the embrace of the two Alphas, and the only freedom left is to surrender her whole heart to this twisted ‘love’... how will this three-way bondage end? “Whose body is this... Speak your owner's name.”

In a shattered world teetering on the brink of extinction, survival is brutal. Werewolves rule the wild, humans cling to scraps, and women are the prize both sides fight to claim and breed. Emily, a survivor with no past, was raised by hidden women. She knows only endurance, not identity. When she ventures out for food, everything changes. Ambushed by men, she is saved and claimed as Luna by Hunter, a powerful Alpha wolf. But the pack doesn’t accept her. Emily is human. Torn between loyalty and power, Hunter makes a gut-wrenching choice. Pressured by his pack, who distrust outsiders and fear a human Luna weakens them, he feels forced to choose Isabella, a wolf with strong allies, as his mate to protect his rule. Cast aside, Emily questions her place, Hunter’s betrayal, and her continued pull toward him. As tensions mount and Hunter's half-brother Kaden seeks the Alpha title, Emily becomes entangled in a game of power and survival. Her past emerges, along with dreams and her strange link to wolves, hinting at a secret lineage that could shift the balance in unexpected ways. In a world where love is not an option and power seals fate… who will she become when her heart and future hang in the balance?

Rejected, hunted, and reborn in exile—an omega mother must return to the kingdom that broke her to protect a child destined to end a centuries-old war. Eira was nothing but a powerless omega raised in the shadows of the Ashbane Pack, until a single night in the royal palace changed her life forever. Betrayed by the one man fate chose for her, the cold and ruthless Alpha King Cassian Vael, Eira vanished... along with his unborn child. Five years later, war consumes the realm, and whispers of a prophecy resurface of a child born of moonblood, destined to shatter the Alpha throne. When Cassian crosses into rogue territory hunting rebellion, he finds more than he bargained for: Eira, alive… and a boy who carries his scent. Dragged back into the palace she once fled, Eira is thrust into a brutal game of power, lies, and survival. As enemies rise and kingdoms fall, a bond once severed will be tested by war, prophecy, and choice. Will they find redemption or repeat the same mistakes that doomed their world?

In a world torn by war and ruled by wolves, love can be both a weakness and a weapon. While hiding behind enemy lines as a child, Victoria met a boy named Makarius. In the chaos, they formed a bond they didn’t fully understand, a promise born from innocence and bloodshed. Years later, everything changes when Victoria’s mother marries the powerful Alpha Malachar. Victoria finds comfort in her new stepbrother, Drystan, who is fierce, loyal, and destined for greatness. Their friendship grows into forbidden love. On the night she is sent away to an academy for troubled she-wolves, Drystan promises, “I will return and make you my Luna.” But fate has other plans. Her pack is destroyed. Her parents are gone. Drystan disappears without a trace. Alone and hardened by betrayal, Victoria faces rivalries, heartbreak, and manipulation. She saves an injured wolf named Thane, only to get caught in another power struggle. Damian uses her. Cadmus betrays her. Even her own wolf turns silent. When Drystan finally returns, he is no longer the boy she loved but the ruthless Alpha King of four packs. He turns away from her, saying it is for her own protection. As a rare total eclipse rises, an omen spoken of in prophecy, Victoria must decide who she truly is and where her heart belongs. Will she choose the boy from her past who first touched her soul? ...Or will she choose the Alpha King who once promised her the world? The eclipse falls, the choice she makes will not only decide her fate… but the fate of every pack.

As an intern at a prestigious marketing firm, Dahlia had briefly dated a lawyer from her building, only to discover he merely wanted arm candy for his family's holiday gathering. Her friends Todd and Jason whisked her away to Germany to lift her spirits, where she encountered and freed a wolf caught in a hunter's trap. Now back home, she faces pressure to submit her "perfect Christmas" letter for the company's annual auction. At their post-Thanksgiving holiday party, three eligible bachelors will each select one woman to accompany them for a week-long getaway in the Swiss Alps. At the holiday party, one of the bachelors selects Dahlia, while the other two choose her workplace tormentors. The six of them travel to the Swiss resort, where Dahlia has a shocking encounter, the wolf she rescued in Germany has followed her, and he's no ordinary animal but a shapeshifter named Lupin. When her bachelor companion Hunter discovers Lupin's true nature, the two men clash violently. As Dahlia struggles to process this supernatural revelation, her phone buzzes with an urgent message from Todd: a mysterious stranger is searching for her, someone who knows exactly who she is. Who is Dahlia and who is her true mate?

She signed the contract because she had no other choice. One year as the wife of a ruthless billionaire. Smile in public. Stay quiet in private. Never expect love. To everyone else, their marriage looked perfect. The money. The mansion. The headlines. The golden couple everyone envied. But behind closed doors, she was just a name on paper. He didn’t kiss her unless someone was watching. Didn’t hold her unless cameras were near. And every time she started to forget it was fake, he reminded her exactly where she stood. Then one night changes everything. A secret is exposed. A betrayal cuts too deep. And the quiet wife he thought would always stay finally walks away. Only then does he realise the woman he never wanted has become the one woman he can’t lose. But she is done being his convenient wife. This time, if the billionaire wants her back, money won’t be enough.