“Ted Basel to Jo Nehr, in Required Surrender, He kissed her shoulder. “Forget the rest of the world while you’re here with me. It’s only you and I because no one else matters.” He fisted a hand her hair and the firm tugged got her blood singing. “I’ll never judge you. Everything you do, you do for me. For my pleasure, remember that.”

“I hope you left your modesty at the door because if you didn’t, it will only get in the way of what I have planned for you tonight."Ted Basel to Jo Nehr in my next "Surrender" story.”

“We’re all broken. We all have cracks. It’s not about making it through life in one piece it’s about narrowing the gap between the fissures so we don’t shatter.”Ted Basel to Jo Nehr in my next "Surrender" story”

“Jo Nehr, in Required Surrender, "There is no weakness in being one man’s everything.”

“Normally it’s the tortured who turn the tables on the unsuspecting and become the torturers. Tortured or not, you’ve got talent in this area. No wonder you’re a Dom.”Jaxx Gavin to her hero Aries Taylor in Stare Me Dwon”

“Every time you call me Master, I love you more." Rene Tanner, Reclaimed Surrender.”

“You’re also good at protecting and as such you became the woman you needed to be to protect the best part of yourself. The submissive little girl within who wants to play and trust and love and be loved in return without fear. Rene Tanner, Reclaimed Surrender”