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THIRD A KISS by Pepper Winters-Review, Excerpt & Giveaway Tour

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THIRD A KISS (Goddess Isles #3) by Pepper Winters-Review, Excerpt & Giveaway

THIRD A KISS
Goddess Isles #3
by Pepper Winters
Release Date: April 21, 2020
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, dark, romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date: April 21, 2020

“There was hate once. Hate born from dangerous attraction and fate’s cruel design.
There was love once. Love destined to kill us if we didn’t surrender to our war.”

Eleanor Grace suffers an awful affliction. She’s falling for a man who doesn’t deserve her affection or her forgiveness. But there is no cure, so she does something reckless, stupid—she throws safety to the sea and leaps into danger.

Sully Sinclair suffers the same affliction. He’s falling for a goddess who will never earn his trust or his heart if he can help it. However, he wasn’t prepared for the lengths she’d go. How far she’d push to either stop such a bond or kill them both trying.

An elixir given to a monster.
A goddess running for her life.
An ending neither of them can survive.

••••••••••

REVIEW: THIRD A KISS is the third instalment in Pepper Winters contemporary, adult. GODDESS ISLES erotic, dark romance series focusing on billionaire Sullivan Sinclair, and his captive Eleanor ‘Jinx’ Grace. The GODDESS ISLES series is set in the same world as the author’s MONSTERS IN THE DARK and the INDEBTED series. THIRD A KISS should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after the events and cliff hanger of book two TWICE A WISH.

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

SOME BACKGROUND: At twenty-one years old, Eleanor Grace was kidnapped, violated and drugged on her way to becoming a sexual slave. A prisoner in a gilded cage, Eleanor, along with several other girls, are either the willing sexual partner in a fantasy island paradise, or find themselves forced into a lifetime of suffering and pain. Purchased by billionaire Sullivan Sinclair, Eleanor is defiant to the end but a defiance that will come with a price. Four years a slave, Eleanor is about to discover that all is not well on the island paradise or with the man who now dominates and governs every aspect of her life.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Eleanor and Sullivan) THIRD A KISS continues to focus on the building relationship between Sullivan Sinclair and his captive Eleanor Grace. Sullivan is a billionaire with a dark and tormented past who believes humanity is worthless, and beneath his feet but Goddess Jinx aka Eleanor Grace, has stirred something deep within Sullivan Sinclair, something he struggles to accept or comprehend. As their relationship turns personal, Sullivan falls for the woman of his dreams; Eleanor falls for the monster that could destroy her life but not all is well in the island paradise when jealousy and betrayal set into motion a series of events meant to destroy them all.

THIRD A KISS is a raw, visceral and dark story of sexual slavery and human bondage; a story of one man’s obsession with a woman he controls body and soul but a woman who is about to control every part of the man with whom she will fall in love. Pepper Winters pulls the reader, kicking and screaming, into a world of power, hatred, hunger and control.

THIRD A KISS ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Once a Myth
Twice a Wish
Third a Kiss

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Reviewed by Sandy

Read the First Chapter HERE!

 

I was afraid of her in that moment.
Afraid of what she’d do to me.
Afraid of what she’d make me become.
Afraid that there was no turning back from this…regardless if I was ready or not.
Adrenaline rushed through my bloodstream as I locked my knees and closed my eyes.
I didn’t know why I was afraid. Why standing before Eleanor with my arm outstretched made me feel defenceless, exposed, and utterly at her mercy.
Seconds ticked past, making me bristle and my stupid heart double-beat.
I needed to see. To look at her. To know what the hell she was doing.
But the softest feather touched my hand, followed by another on my forearm.
I jerked.
Shit.
Heat.
Sizzling.
Crackling.
Potent and powerful and perfect.
 


 

Pepper Winters is a multiple New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today International Bestseller.

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 multiple #1 iBooks bestseller, along with #1 in Erotic Romance, Romantic Suspense, Contemporary, and Erotica Thriller. With 19 books currently published, she has hit the bestseller charts twenty-six times in three years.

Pepper is a Hybrid Author of both Traditional and Self-published work. Her Pure Corruption Series was released by Grand Central, Hachette.

Her books have garnered foreign interest and are currently being translated into numerous languages, including already released titles in Italian and Turkish. Audio Books for her entire back-list will be available in 2017.

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His by Natasha Knight & A.Zavarelli-Review Tour

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His (Ties That Bind #2) by Natasha Knight & A.Zavarelli-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 21, 2020.

I’ve been in hiding for four years. On the run from the man in whose bed I once slept.

I saw something I shouldn’t have seen.
Took something I shouldn’t have taken.

And he’s just found me.

But it’s not just my safety I have to worry about. I have a little boy. His little boy. The secret baby of a Russian mobster.

He told me in no uncertain terms that I’m his. That we would be a family.

But his uncle still wants me dead and I know the man who’s been hunting me is the only one who can keep us safe.

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REVIEW: HIS is the second instalment in the contemporary adult TIES THAT BIND erotic, dark, Mafia romance duopoly co-authored by Natasha Knight and A. Zavarelli. HIS is the continuing story of mobster Levka ‘Lev’ Antonov, and teacher’s aid Katerina ‘Kat’ Blake. HIS should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after the events and cliff hanger of book one MINE.

WARNING: Due to the graphic violence and nature of the story line premise, there may be some triggers for more sensitive readers.

SOME BACKGROUND: Katerina Blake, on her nineteenth birthday, met Lev Antonov, a man who was about to destroy her world. On the run, following the murder of her friend, Katerina left everything behind when her world collides with the Russian mob. Four years will pass before Kat must face the past, the past that will quickly divide into two intersecting paths. Trying to protect the son he never knew, Lev Antonov forces Kat back into his life, only to discover that he has brought the mob back to Kat’s front door.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Kat and Lev) HIS follows in the wake of an attack against Katerina Blake by the Russian mafia. On the run, with Lev Antonov, Kat and her son Josh, will have to face their new reality, as the targets of a powerful man hoping to destroy them all. While Lev goes in search of the truth, his discovery will change the course of their lives, as the past comes full circle, revealing secrets and lies, that will directly affect their path going forward. Vengeance is promised but the price will be high, as Lev, Kat and Josh turn to an unlikely source.

HIS is a dark, gritty, violent and graphic story of vengeance, retribution and betrayal; of family and hatred; revelations, second chances and love. The premise is unforgiving, powerful and raw; the romance is passionate and intense; the characters are colorful, energetic, resilient and strong.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one MINE.

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Reviewed by Sandy

About A. Zavarelli:

Zavarelli is a USA Today and Amazon bestselling author of dark and contemporary romance.

When she’s not putting her characters through hell, she can usually be found watching bizarre and twisted documentaries in the name of research.

She currently lives in the Northwest with her lumberjack and an entire brood of fur babies. 

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About Natasha Knight:

USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance, Natasha Knight specializes in dark, tortured heroes. Happily-Ever-Afters are guaranteed, but she likes to put her characters through hell to get them there. She’s evil like that.

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Twice A Wish by Pepper Winters-Review & Excerpt Tour

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Twice A Wish (Goddess Isles #2) by Pepper Winters-Review & Excerpt Tour

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 24, 2020

“There was a monster once. A monster who bought me, controlled me, and took away my freedom.
There was a man once. A man who dealt in myth and secrets, hiding behind his mask, making me hunger and wish to know the truth.”

Eleanor Grace belongs to the man and the monster, hating them both but unable to deny that something links them. Something she doesn’t want to feel, something that traps her as surely as the sea surrounding the island where she serves.

Sully Sinclair belongs to his past and the black and white script his life has become. He views his goddesses as commodities—possessions to be treated kindly but firmly. The only problem is…Eleanor is different.

She’s jinxed him.
Cursed him.
Awakened him.
She’s a goddess with the power to ruin him.

•••••••••

REVIEW:TWICE A WISH is the second instalment in Pepper Winters’ contemporary, adult GODDESS ISLES dark, erotic romance series focusing on billionaire Sullivan Sinclair, and his captive Eleanor ‘Jinx’ Grace. The GODDESS ISLES series is set in the same world as the author’s MONSTERS IN THE DARK and the INDEBTED series. TWICE A WISH should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after the events and cliff hanger of book one ONCE A MYTH.

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

SOME BACKGROUND: At twenty-one years old, Eleanor Grace was kidnapped, violated and drugged on her way to becoming a sexual slave. A prisoner in a gilded cage, Eleanor, along with several other girls, are either the willing sexual partner in a fantasy island paradise, or find themselves forced into a lifetime of suffering and pain. Purchased by billionaire Sullivan Sinclair, Eleanor is defiant to the end but a defiance that will come with a price. Four years a slave, Eleanor is about to discover that all is not well on the island paradise or with the man who now dominates and governs every aspect of her life.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Sullivan and Eleanor) TWICE A WISH focuses on the continuing turmoil that has become Eleanor Grace’s life. Billionaire and pharmaceutical magnet Sullivan Sinclair owns several islands in the south Pacific but his goddesses, as he likes to call his sexual slaves, live, work and reside on the Goddess Isles. Owning and operating a fantasy island for the uber rich, Sullivan Sinclair ‘procures’ his goddesses through kidnapping and sexual slavery, and in doing so he believes the women he ‘rescues’ are nothing more than prisoners in a gilded cage but Eleanor Grace draws Sullivan Sinclair like a moth to a flame, a flame that is not once, but twice, forced into doing what she has never done before.

TWICE A WISH reveals some of the heart breaking background and history of the man we have come to know as Sullivan Sinclair. The demons of his past drive his present, but with money and power Sinclair turns the tables in an effort to control and punish the people who represent everything wrong in his life.

A dark, gritty, raw and intense read TWICE A WISH, like many of Pepper’s previous releases follows a Stockholm Syndrome premise wherein our heroine will quickly fall for her captor, a man who may be more damaged than anyone could have imagined. The premise is controversial, creative and dramatic; the characters are broken but strong, tragic and colorful; the romance is mired by dubious consent, slavery, ownership and unnatural lust.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one ONCE A MYTH

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Reviewed by Sandy

Read the First Chapter HERE !

 

 

He was undone.
The most ruffled I’d ever seen him.
He was no longer cold-blooded, standing in the tropics without any sign of discomfort. He vibrated with ferocity, boiling with need and fury.
Our gazes locked and whatever minor dregs of dignity and energy I had left siphoned into the ground. My toes grew roots, anchoring me in place. My legs became bark, brittle and unable to bend. I planted myself into the soil, seeking purchase to weather another storm…the storm of Sullivan’s temper.
I didn’t know how this would go.
I didn’t know if I’d be alive after it.
But…I would be brave.
I would not break.
I squared my shoulders and waited.
Without a word, he stepped toward me.


 

Pepper Winters is a multiple New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today International Bestseller.

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 multiple #1 iBooks bestseller, along with #1 in Erotic Romance, Romantic Suspense, Contemporary, and Erotica Thriller. With 19 books currently published, she has hit the bestseller charts twenty-six times in three years.

Pepper is a Hybrid Author of both Traditional and Self-published work. Her Pure Corruption Series was released by Grand Central, Hachette.

Her books have garnered foreign interest and are currently being translated into numerous languages, including already released titles in Italian and Turkish. Audio Books for her entire back-list will be available in 2017.

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Tease Me / Taunt Me (Dark Odyssey 1-2) by Faith Summers-Review tour

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Tease Me / Taunt Me (Dark Odyssey 1-2) by Faith Summers-Review tour

TEASE ME
(Dark Odyssey #1)
by Faith Summers
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark, erotic, mafia, romance

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About the book: Release Date January 21, 2020

An angel like her… and a devil like me.

Was it wrong to prey on the weak?
Especially when the weak came in the form of this beautiful angel on the doorstep of my club.
My club The Dark Odyssey.
The place where people live out their wildest fantasies.
Here, beneath the mask.
Nothing is off limits and just like Vegas, what happens here stays here.

She’s too angelic for the wild masquerade parties I hold.
She couldn’t possibly know she’s standing at the doorway to sin.

It’s clear she’s here for something else.
I smell desperation and fear…
That’s fine, I’ve already decided she’ll be mine.
I’ve found the perfect toy to play with.

I’m Nick Giordano and I always get what I want.
I want her body.
Obedience.
Submission.
Heart and soul.

I’ll claim her. I’ll break her, and possess her

She’s the perfect distraction from my enemies.
And, the darkness of my world.

••••••••••

REVIEW: TEASE ME is the first instalment in Faith Summers’ (aka Khardine Gray) contemporary, adult DARK ODYSSEY erotic,BDSM, mafia romance series focusing on the Giordano brothers who own and operate the exclusive Dark Odyssey Sex Club. This is thirty-four year old, Nikolai Giordano, and attorney Mia Chase’s story line.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be some triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Nick and Mia ) TEASE ME follows the building relationship between thirty-four year old, Nikolai Giordano, and attorney Mia Chase. Mia Chase is desperate for money now that her troubled brother Carter has gotten himself involved with the local drug Cartel but desperation finds our heroine stepping out of her comfort zone in an effort to save the lives of the people she loves. Applying to work at the exclusive Dark Odyssey Sex Club Mia will come face to face with one of the owners, Chicago mobster Nikolai Giordano, the man who wants Mia as his very own personal waitress. Mia has not been honest with Nick Giordano regarding her need for a quick influx of cash, and the ongoing threats against her family find Mia agreeing to be anything and everything that Nikolai wants. What ensues is the highly sexual relationship between Mia and Nick, and the potential fall-out as a debt owed comes due with Mia’s life.

Meanwhile, Nikolai’s best friend Tommy lies in the hospital, after being targeted by an unknown enemy. As Nikolai and his brother’s search for the truth, rumours about Tommy’s connections begin to weigh heavily on the Giordano brothers.

Nick Giordano doesn’t do relationships but something about Mia calls to his heart. Nikolai wants Mia as his own personal ‘waitress’ but Mia finds herself wanting something more than to be used as Nikolai’s nightly sex toy. Mia is willing to go above and beyond in an effort to save her father’s life but our heroine never expected to fall in love with a man whose life revolves around the Chicago mob.

The relationship between Nick and Mia is one of immediate attraction but Mia was hired to be Nikolai’s toy. With limited sexual experience, Mia finds herself pulled into a world she knows nothing about, a world where she will become a pawn to be threatened and abused by Nikolai’s enemies. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic, and intense.

We are introduced to Nikolai’s brothers Gabe , Vincent and Salvatore; their father ; Mia’s brother Carter, and her best friend Chloe. The requisite evil has many faces.

TEASE ME is a story of family, betrayal, power and control. The premise is dark and gritty; the romance is seductive and hot; the characters are charismatic and energetic. TEASE ME is an animated introduction to the Dark Odyssey series

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

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TAUNT ME
Dark Odyssey #2
by Faith Summers
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark, erotic, mafia, romance

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 5, 2020

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She was always mine … whether she wanted to be or not

Ten years ago I allowed another man to take her to pay her father’s debt.
Fighting for her would have started a blood war.

Now she’s back in my life and brings more than I bargained for.
She comes to me scared, helpless, and begging for my help.
Her enemies want to take her again.
Blackmail her and hold her captive.

I’ll help her…but for a price.
Thirty days. Nothing off limits
The years that have passed haven’t changed a thing.
I still want her just as much as I ever did.
I want her for myself.
On her knees before me, in my bed, everywhere.
Every day, forever.
I’ll protect her from everything.
Except me.
Beneath the mask I wear, I may be the devil she doesn’t want, but needs.

I want her to be mine.
My property, my possession.
What I never knew was our second chance may be my end.

________________

About the Author

Faith Summers is the Dark Contemporary Romance pen name of USA Today Bestselling Author, Khardine Gray.

Warning !! Expect wild romance stories of the scorching hot variety and deliciously dark romance with the kind of alpha male bad boys best reserved for your fantasies.

Dive in and enjoy her naughty page-turners.

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The Body Painter by Pepper Winters-Review, Excerpt & Giveaway Tour

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The Body Painter (Master of Trickery 1) by Pepper Winters-Review, Excerpt & Giveaway Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 17, 2019

“Must be slim, able to stand for long periods of time, and be impervious to the cold.”

The headline caught my attention.

“Hours are negotiable, pay is minimal, clothing absolutely forbidden.”

The second line piqued my curiosity.

“Able to hold your bladder and tongue, refrain from opinions or suggestions, and be the perfect living canvas.”

The third made me scowl.

“Other attributes required: non-ticklish, contortionist, and obedient. Must also enjoy being studied while naked in a crowd.”

The fourth made me shudder.

“Call or email ‘YOUR SKIN, HIS CANVAS’ if interested in applying.”

The final made my heart race.

I should’ve kept scrolling past the advertisement.

I should’ve applied for the boring receptionist job at minimum wage.

I should’ve clicked on any other job where I got to keep my clothes on.

But I didn’t.

I applied.

My interview is tomorrow

•••••••••••

REVIEW: THE BODY PAINTER is the first instalment in Pepper Winters’ contemporary, adult MASTER OF TRICKERY erotic, dark, romantic thriller focusing on body painter Gilbert ‘Gil’ Clark, and Olin Moss.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Gil and Olin), using present day and memories from the past, THE BODY PAINTER follows the rekindling relationship between high school friends Gilbert ‘Gil’ Clark, and Olin Moss. Gil Clark was a loner; a young man whose life was spiralling out of control and the only bright light in his otherwise dark work was classmate Olin Moss. Olin knew something wasn’t right at home where is concerned Gil Clark but her heart wanted more for the young man whose aura screamed heart break and pain. But one night would change everything pushing Olin Moss out of Gil Clark’s life, a night that would control Gil’s future, and all that he touched.

Gil Clark’s life has never been easy, and discovering his new ‘canvas’ was the girl he had always loved found Gil caught between head and heart in order to protect the people he loved. As Gil’s life continues to circle the proverbial drain, Olin will be pulled into a nightmare not of her making.

THE BODY PAINTER is an emotional, dark, raw and heart breaking story of one man’s battle to survive in a world that is continuously threatening to take him down. A history tormented by betrayal and abuse, Gil is unable to let go of the chains that bind him to the sins of the past. A bit of a Pollyanna, Olin is desperate to save the boy/man that she never stopped loving but saving herself should be her first priority. Pepper Winter’s writes a gritty, abrasive and tragic tale about an ill-fated friendship with disturbing consequences. THE BODY PAINTER ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

 

“Um, hi? I’m…eh, here for the interview?” I stepped warily toward the noise.
Another curse followed by a loud thump.
“I heard you the first time.” A man appeared from the darkness.
A man with shaggy dark hair, five o’clock shadow, and eyes so maliciously green they masqueraded as body parts but were really well-honed weapons.
A man who was bleeding from his temple, limping, and holding his elbow as if it needed reattaching.
“Sorry, I didn’t know if—” I gulped as something long ago tugged in remembrance.
No.
It can’t be…
Recognition slammed into me as forcibly as it slammed into him.
I stumbled under the weight.
Punched by the unbelievable.
“Gil? Oh, my God. Gil!”
Older.
Darker.
More gorgeous than he’d ever been.
I fought every instinct to go to him.
Did my best not to grab him, kiss him, shake him, slap him.
A gust of air blasted through the warehouse as if the winds of fate woke up, felt a tug on whatever linked us together, and clapped its hands in glee, saying, ‘Yes, this will be fun. Let’s put these two back together again.’
“Olin? Fuck…it’s you.” His gaze tore over me as hungrily as mine tore over him.
Time stood still. It reversed. It plopped us right back in the past where this boy had held my heart, and I’d captured his, and together we knew it would always be about us.
Us.
There is no more us.
I stumbled toward him, desperate to be nearer despite so much pain. “I can’t believe this. What are you doing here?”
“What am I? What are you?” He tripped in my direction, his face etched with lines I hadn’t seen in his youth, his body all angles and threats. As fast as he’d headed toward me, he halted as if yanked back by a rope. His face fell. His shock at seeing me morphed into hardness.
I didn’t understand how he could change so much in a few short seconds.
Goosebumps decorated me as coldness settled like a cloak around his shoulders.
“I’ve been back in Birmingham two years. I—” I stopped talking, unable to share the secrets that followed such a statement. “I…”
He closed his eyes, shutting me out as if battling something deep within him. Deliberately, he took a step back, his chin coming up, his coldness settling into ice.
The silence that’d chased us in our fledgling romance returned, thick and heavy.
My back prickled. My mouth turned dry.
Too much distance existed between us, swelling with memory of how things had ended, why we were strangers now, and just how much heartbreak had been left behind.
Along with silence came shadows, creeping over Gil’s expression, shutting down any remaining signs of his shock and gratefulness at seeing me. Heartbeat by heartbeat, he hid any sign that my visit was a welcome one.
I struggled, not knowing what to say.
His gaze no longer held happiness, just aching emptiness and suspicion. “How did you find me?” He didn’t give me chance to reply. “You can’t be here, Olin. You need to leave. I don’t want you anywhere near me.”


 

Pepper Winters is a multiple New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today International Bestseller.

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 multiple #1 iBooks bestseller, along with #1 in Erotic Romance, Romantic Suspense, Contemporary, and Erotica Thriller. With 19 books currently published, she has hit the bestseller charts twenty-six times in three years.

Pepper is a Hybrid Author of both Traditional and Self-published work. Her Pure Corruption Series was released by Grand Central, Hachette.

Her books have garnered foreign interest and are currently being translated into numerous languages, including already released titles in Italian and Turkish. Audio Books for her entire back-list will be available in 2017.

STALK Pepper: Website | Pinterest | Facebook | Twitter | Blog | Goodreads

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FALLEN SAINT (All the Pretty Things #2) by Monica James-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 14, 2019.

Just as this nightmare began, I once again find myself bound, destination unknown. However, this time, my kidnapper is the man who shattered my world beyond repair.

Aleksei Popov—Russia’s number one mobster, and the man I was sold to.

His intentions for me are clear—submit, obey him, and call him master—but I won’t surrender. I’m not like the other girls. Whether that’s a blessing or curse, I’ve yet to decide. The problem is, my disobedience intrigues my captor all the more.

When we arrive in Russia, the rules change.

Saint, the man who was once a sinner, is my only salvation. What was forbidden now gives me hope that there is light in the darkness. He will risk everything to set me free.

But behind these opulent walls, things aren’t what they seem, and when the fine line between pleasure and pain begins to blur, only one thing matters—saving my soul.

I will lie.

Cheat.

Steal.

I was once an angel, but now… I’m a fallen saint, ready to inflict my own pain and burn this hellhole to the ground.

••••••••••

REVIEW: FALLEN SAINT second instalment in Monica James’ contemporary, adult ALL THE PRETTY THINGS dark, romance trilogy focusing on Willow Shaw, and thirty-three year old, Saint Hennessy. FALLEN SAINT should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after the events and cliff hanger of book one BAD SAINT.

SOME BACKGROUND: Willow Shaw was sold as a means to an end; a payment for a debt but a payment that offered so much more for our anti-hero, Saint Hennessy, who is battling to save not only his sister but the woman with whom he has fallen in love.

NOTE: Due to the story line content, there may be some triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from first person perspective (Willow) FALLEN SAINT follows in the aftermath of Willow Shaw’s abduction, and her subsequent arrival in Russia into the hands of a drug lord known for his dalliances in human slavery, arms deals, and a potential member of a secretive group known as The Circle. With Willow’s safe arrival, and Saint’s meticulous care of his prized possession, Russian mobster Aleksei Popov offers Saint and his sister their freedom, as payment for services rendered. Leaving Willow in the hands of Aleksei threatens Saint’s barely veiled control of his anger, an anger he has directed at the Russian mobster. As Willow is prepared for her ‘coming out’ to The Circle, Saint prepares a surprise of his own. What ensues is the building relationship between Saint and Willow, as Willow slowly succumbs to Aleksei’s charismatic personality when left on her own.

FALLEN SAINT is an intriguing, captivating and seductive story; a Stockholm Syndrome-esque scenario wherein our heroine struggles between her head and her heart, not only with Saint but with her ultimate captor. A bird in a gilded cage, Willow begins to fall under the spell of the people controlling her life, a life that is no longer her own. A dark and emotional forbidden romance; an enemies to lovers relationship; a haunting tale of dark secrets, dangerous liaisons, manipulation, power and control.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one BAD SAINT

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Reviewed by Sandy

Monica James spent her youth devouring the works of Anne Rice, William Shakespeare, and Emily Dickinson.

When she is not writing, Monica is busy running her own business, but she always finds a balance between the two. She enjoys writing honest, heartfelt, and turbulent stories, hoping to leave an imprint on her readers. She draws her inspiration from life.

She is a bestselling author in the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, and the U.K.

Monica James resides in Melbourne, Australia, with her wonderful family, and menagerie of animals. She is slightly obsessed with cats, chucks, and lip gloss, and secretly wishes she was a ninja on the weekends.

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OBSESSED (Tangled Web #2) by Aleatha Romig-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 2 2019

Everything changed the night our eyes met across the room. His green gaze upon me prickled my skin with uncustomary warmth while my peek beneath his cuff—of a riot of color on his wrist—sparked my insatiable curiosity. Tall and mysterious, Kader was a man whose secrets I longed to know.

Little did I realize that the night we met was only the beginning—the beginning to the end of the existence I knew. With my life’s work now stolen and being offered to the highest bidder and friends and colleagues scattered, the future was unclear.

I’d wanted to believe that Kader was my eye in the middle of the raging category 5 hurricane my life had become.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

What will happen as his assignment becomes our obsession?

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REVIEW: OBSESSED is the second instalment in Aleatha Romig’s contemporary, adult TANGLED WEB dark romance, psychological, suspense trilogy. This is scientist Dr. Laurel Carlson, and assassin for hire Mason ‘Kader’ Pierce’s story line. The Tangled Web series is set in the same world as the author’s WEB OF SIN trilogy (Sterling Sparrow) but you do not have to have read the original series to understand or follow Tangled Web. OBSESSED should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after the events of book one TWISTED.

SOME BACKGROUND: Dr. Laurel Carlson, along with her colleague Dr. Russell Cartwright are missing, and part of their scientific discovery is currently on the black market, auctioning off to the highest bidder. Imprisoned by an assassin for hire, Laurel struggles with her attraction to a man whose end game is to take her life.

Told from three first person perspectives (Laurel, Mason and Kader) using present day and memories from the past OBSESSED follows in the aftermath of our heroine’s abduction, and subsequent imprisonment by a man she has come to know as Kadar. With the authorities suspecting she and her university colleague have gone missing or dead, Laurel finds herself trapped in a virtual prison with no possibility of escape. As she and Kadar search for clues as to the who, what and why of her missing research, Laurel begins to break down Kadar’s defenses, walls he has built to protect his mind and his heart. What ensues is the building relationship between Laurel and Kadar, and the potential fall-out as Kadar is not the man Laurel has come to know.

OBSESSED is a story of betrayal, power, intrigue and control. A suspenseful, complicated, multi-layered and intense tale of one man’s personal h*ll, and one woman’s struggle to make sense of it all. Aleatha Romig reveals just enough information to suck you in, make you think, then think again, never forgetting that all is not as it seems.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one TWISTED.

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BAD SAINT (All The Pretty Things Trilogy #1) by Monica James-a review

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BAD SAINT (All The Pretty Things Trilogy #1) by Monica James-a review 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 7, 2019

I was kidnapped on my honeymoon by three masked men.

Blindfolded.
Bound.
Destination unknown.

I was told to stay silent and abide by their rules. But they didn’t realize I wasn’t a victim…not anymore.

The open sea was my backdrop for nine torturous days. During that time, glimmers of my fate were revealed by a man with the mysterious chartreuse-colored eyes. He should have scared me, but he didn’t.

He intrigued me. And I intrigued him.

He punished me when I didn’t listen, which was every single day. But beneath his cruelty, I sensed he was guarding a grave secret.

I was sold.
And in a game of poker, no less.

My buyer? A Russian mobster who likes to collect pretty things. Now that I know the truth, I only have one choice.

Sink or swim.

And when one fateful night presents me the opportunity, I take it. I just never anticipated my actions would leave me shipwrecked with my kidnapper.

He needs me alive. I want him dead.

But as days turn into weeks, one thing becomes clear—I should hate him…but I don’t.

My name is Willow.
His name is Saint.

Ironic, isn’t it? He bears a name that denotes nothing but holiness yet delivers nothing but hell. However, if this is hell on earth…God, save my soul.

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REVIEW: BAD SAINT is the first instalment in Monica James’ contemporary, adult ALL THE PRETTY THINGS dark, romance trilogy focusing on Willow Shaw, and thirty-three year old, Saint Hennessy.

NOTE: Due to the story line content, there may be some trigger for more sensitive readers.

Told from first person perspective (Willow) BAD SAINT follows in the aftermath of Willow Shaw’s abduction while on her honeymoon in Greece. Unaware that her husband had gambled and lost, Willow is the ultimate payment for indebted sins. At the mercy of her kidnappers Willow’s life is threatened on numerous occasions but for not the actions of one of her abductors Willow’s life would be forfeited, her body no longer her own. What ensues is the acrimonious relationship between Willow and Saint, and the fall-out as a storm lands our couple on a deserted island where Willow discovers there is more to Saint then she could have ever imagined.

BAD SAINT is a story of secrets and lies; of sexual slavery, payment for a debt, intimidation, assault, recklessness and death. Frightened yet strong, willing to stand up to her captors Willow battles between her head and heart fearing life as she knows it is spiralling out of control.

Monica James’ pulls the readers into an intense, raw and gritty story of payback and vengeance; of power and control; of repercussions, suspense, danger and more. The premise is tragic, impassioned and fascinating; the characters are strong, resilient, animated and energetic. BAD SAINT ends on a cliffhanger-you have been warned.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Monica James spent her youth devouring the works of Anne Rice, William Shakespeare, and Emily Dickinson.

When she is not writing, Monica is busy running her own business, but she always finds a balance between the two. She enjoys writing honest, heartfelt, and turbulent stories, hoping to leave an imprint on her readers. She draws her inspiration from life.

She is a bestselling author in the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, and the U.K.

Monica James resides in Melbourne, Australia, with her wonderful family, and menagerie of animals. She is slightly obsessed with cats, chucks, and lip gloss, and secretly wishes she was a ninja on the weekends.

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