Fable of Happiness (Fable 2) by Pepper Winters-Review Tour

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 3, 2021

A valley full of secrets.
A history full of nightmares.
A man who cannot be saved.
And a woman who holds his very life in her hands.

Strange how the villain of a story can so easily become the victim.
Utter lunacy to think the captive might now become the caregiver.
Gemma has a decision to make.
Her life or his.
Follow her heart, even when it’s screaming at her to run?
Or turn her back on the man who could become her everything?

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REVIEW:FABLE OF HAPPINESS is the second instalment in Pepper Winters’ contemporary, adult FABLE dark, erotic, romance series focusing on thirty year old, reclusive Kassan Sands, and professional rock climber, twenty six year old, Gemma Ashcroft. FABLE OF HAPPINESS book 2 should not be read as a stand alone as is pick up after the events and cliff hanger of book one

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line content, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

NOTE: if you have not read book one, there may be spoilers in my review

SOME BACKGROUND: Gemma Ashcroft is a professional rock climber but as she wandered through the forest, our heroine comes upon a run down mansion, a mansion wherein lived a reclusive beast of a man who will take control of our heroine’s mind, body and soul, a control in which Gemma finds herself falling.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Kassan and Gemma) using present day and memories from the past, FABLE OF HAPPINESS picks up immediately after the events of book one wherein Kassan, injured from a fall, is slowly nursed back to physical health by Gemma Ashcroft but it is his fractured mind that is the biggest worry. As Kassan continuously retreats back into the past, Gemma’s future lies in question as Kassan is unable to distinguish between the past and present. While our heroine slowly begins to dismantle Kassan’s numerous walls, Kassan furiously rebuilds with each break through.

Kassan Sands is broken; destroyed by a past mired in horrendous abuse, a past he is unable to escape preferring to remain alone but Kassan’s loneliness may be his ultimate demise, a loneliness that only be filled by our story line heroine. But while Gemma finds herself falling for a man whose breaks she is unable to repair, she is keenly aware that leaving may be the ultimate form of abuse.

FABLE OF HAPPINESS is a heart breaking, revealing story of abuse and survival. We are witness to a past rife in betrayal, power and control, and a present in which Kassan is unable to escape the past. FABLE OF HAPPINESS is another dark, gritty, and raw tale about the depravity of mankind, and the fragility of the human psyche.Haunting and twisted, FABLE OF HAPPINESS ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

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Dropping to my haunches, I grabbed his left hand and inserted it into the rope. Leaning over him, I repeated with his right, drawing the lasso closed and securing a knot.

I couldn’t catch a proper breath as I fell backward, feeling like I’d just betrayed him even though he was the one who’d kept me prisoner for days.

Having him secure gave me a false sense of power and tears came hotter for his situation. Was this the throes of impending death? Was his brain bleeding? Would he have a stroke and pass away?

Needing to touch him, to somehow find a way to breakthrough his pain, I scooted closer to his head and ran my hands through his knotty hair.

I pulled upward gently, raising his neck and shoulders to place him carefully on my lap.

However, he shot upright.

He swayed in the blankets.

He blinked at the library around us.

And then, he did something that ensured, no matter how much time passed, no matter how much pain he granted or blood he spilled, I would never curse him, betray him, or hate him.

I would only love him.

Love a broken beast who’d survived so much.

 

Pepper currently has thirty-one books released in nine languages. She’s hit best-seller lists (USA Today, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal) thirty-seven times. She dabbles in multiple genres, ranging from Dark Romance to Coming of Age.

After chasing her dreams to become a full-time writer, Pepper has earned recognition with awards for best Dark Romance, best BDSM Series, and best Hero. She’s an #1 iBooks bestseller, along with #1 in Erotic Romance, Romantic Suspense, Contemporary, and Erotica Thriller. She’s also honoured to wear the IndieReader Badge for being a Top 10 Indie Bestseller.

After releasing two books with Grand Central, Hachette (Ruin & Rule and Sin & Suffer) Pepper is a Hybrid Author of both Traditional and Self-published work.

For all film and foreign rights please contact Erica Silverman at Trident Media.

Her books have garnered foreign interest and are currently being translated into numerous languages, including already released titles in Italian and Turkish. 

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