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Pennies (Dollar #1) by Pepper Winters-Review and Book Tour

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PENNIES (Dollar #1) by Pepper Winters-Review and Book Tour

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PENNIES
Dollar #1
by Pepper Winters
Release Date: July 20, 2016
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark romance

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“At 18 I had pennies, but money didn’t make me bold. At 19 I had dollars, but it didn’t dull the pain of being sold. At 20 I had hundreds, but then I met him and was found. At 21 I had thousands, but all I wanted was to be bound.”

“At 23 I had dollars, but life changed and made me rich. At 25 I had hundreds, but it wasn’t enough to stop my killing itch. At 27 I had thousands, but my reputation didn’t set me free. At 29 I had millions, but I met her and could finally see.”

Tasmin was killed on her 18th birthday. She had everything planned out. A psychology degree, a mother who pushed her to greatness, and a future anyone would die for. But then her murderer saved her life, only to sell her into a totally different existence.

Elder went from penniless to stinking rich with one twist of fate. His lifetime of crime and shadows of thievery are behind him but no matter the power he now wields, it’s not enough. He has an agenda to fulfill and he won’t stop until it’s complete.

But then they meet.

A beaten slave and a richly dressed thief. Money is what guided their separate fates. Money is what brought them together. And money is ultimately what destroys them.

She was poor.
He was rich.
Together…they were bankrupt.

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REVIEW: PENNIES is the first installment in Pepper Winters’s contemporary, adult DOLLAR dark, romance series focusing on Tasmin Blythe (aka Pim), and billionaire Elder Prest.

WARNING: PENNIES is a dark romance with scenes of graphic and implied violence, rape, sexual abuse and torture. PENNIES and the Dollar series may not suitable for everyone ; there may be some triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Tasmin and Elder) PENNIES focuses on the murder, abduction and enslavement of a young eighteen year old girl named Tasmin Bythe who has been sold to a Norwegian business man – a sadistic, sexually and physically abusive monster-by an unknown source. Two years of abuse, rape and torture at the hands of Alrik Asbjorn (aka Master A) and several of his friends has found our story line heroine selectively mute and gradually falling into a darkness from where they may be no return. Enter Elder Prest, a man submerged into the illegal world of arms dealing, power and control-a man known to be a killer and a thief- who would be both Tasmin’s savior and downfall. What ensues is the struggle for Tasmin to remain quiet in the face of her potential freedom when to speak could mean the end of her life-an end she welcomes in more ways than one.

PENNIES is a story revealed in present time and through written memories of a girl who has, for all intents and purposes, died and been resurrected as Pim. Her thoughts are poured into a ‘diary’ of sorts-she writes to no one, and no one listens-a reminder of who she was and what she has now become. The premise is dark, controversial and tragic. The abuse is humiliating, painful and life-threatening; the heroine borders on the abyss between life and death on more than one occasion. To disobey means reprimand; a reprimand means pain, blood and broken bones.

Pepper Winters has reached into the inky darkness for her latest story. There are moments of graphic violence, disturbing implications, emotional, physical and sexual abuse. The imagery is dark and alarming; the violence is intense and extreme; the pain is heartbreaking and tearful. PENNIES is a complex and impassioned novel of suffering; an all consuming tale about betrayal, revenge and survival; a powerful and violent story of one woman whose freedom was stolen for a million and a half pounds. Give me a ‘penny’ for your thoughts!

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Fuck this.
I stalked forward.
My hand came up.
The urge to soothe her catapulted my fingers to her cheek. My skin erupted from her delicate heat. I’d already had my single touch when I’d petted her hair. I wasn’t permitted a second.
But it didn’t stop me.
One second, she stood close, arching her chin at the door.
The next, she was across the cage, flying into a stack of boxes that tumbled in a clatter of butcher knives, butter knives, and sharp forks.
Her eyes turned luminous in the gloom, locking on mine with rage.
Shit.
I’d forgotten myself by feeling sorry for this beaten wraith, but she hadn’t forgotten her overwhelming hatred of men.
I didn’t look away. But I didn’t explain myself, either.
I’d borrowed her for the night. If I wanted to touch her, I could. The fact that she’d leapt away meant I could report her to her master and have her punished.
Or you could punish her instead.
The distance between us grew thicker as we breathed fast.
I waited…wanting to know just how deep her education in pleasure flowed. Tearing her gaze from mine, she swallowed hard. Piece by piece, she hid her loathing, replacing it with reluctant acceptance.
Inching closer, her toes nudged aside sharp blades as she made her way to me and fell to her knees on the cold concrete.
Half of me jolted with insane lust. Most of me shied away with repulsion as her straggly hair covered her face but not before I saw the twisted disgust and echoing despair.
“Get up,” I murmured. Even though my voice was low, the cavern of the garage amplified it, layering it with bite.
Instantly, she swooped up. The crackle of her joints and misused cartilage in her bones sounded like tiny gunfire.
“Don’t kneel. Not in here.”

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Pepper Winters wears many roles. Some of them include writer, reader, sometimes wife. She loves dark, taboo stories that twist with your head. The more tortured the hero, the better, and she constantly thinks up ways to break and fix her characters. Oh, and sex… her books have sex.

She loves to travel and has an amazing, fabulous hubby who puts up with her love affair with her book boyfriends.

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DESTROYED
by Pepper Winters
Genre: adult,contemporary, dark, erotic romance
Original Release Date: March 7, 2014

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She has a secret.

I’m complicated. Not broken or ruined or running from a past I can’t face. Just complicated.

I thought my life couldn’t get any more tangled in deceit and confusion. But I hadn’t met him. I hadn’t realized how far I could fall or what I’d do to get free.

He has a secret.

I’ve never pretended to be good or deserving. I chase who I want, do what I want, act how I want.

I didn’t have time to lust after a woman I had no right to lust after. I told myself to shut up and stay hidden. But then she tried to run. I’d tasted what she could offer me and damned if I would let her go.

One secret destroys them.

•••••••

REVIEW: DESTROYED by Pepper Winters is a stand alone, dark, erotic romance focusing on illegal fight club owner Obsidian ‘Roan’ Fox, and single mother Hazel ‘Zel’ Hunter.

NOTE: DESTROYED contains scenes of dubious consent, graphic content and physical abuse.

Using present day, flashbacks and memories, told from dual first person perspectives (Fox and Zel) DESTROYED looks at the destructive nature of violence, conditioning, and death for one man whose life has been destroyed by the sins of the past. Fox is a man conditioned to not feel; to absorb the darkness around him; to break that which is not broken. He is damaged beyond repair; a man without salvation; a man possessed by the demons of his past. Zel is his target; a woman who calls to his blackened heart and soul; a woman who sees something that no one else can see. Our heroine believes she can fix the unfixable and when Fox makes an offer she cannot refuse, Zel finds herself a virtual prisoner in a gilded cage.

DESTROYED is Zel and Fox’s story; a dysfunctional relationship; a dark, heartbreaking and emotional tale of life and loss; forgiveness and acceptance; destruction and the chaotic mind. Fox is unable to let go of the past; to deafen the monsters in his mind; to unthink the unthinkable.

The story line contains many acts of a questionable nature that may be triggers for some readers. There is also a big question mark with regards to Zel’s ability to walk away from her life knowing that what she left behind may not be around when she is, once again, able to walk free-30 days is a long time when time is something our heroine does not have. And of course, Zel’s need to return to the scene of the ‘crime’, only to face the same situation time and time again leaves this reader scratching her head but such is the nature of the fictional story line.

Pepper Winters is the queen of dark romance. Her stories are filled with heartache, loss, betrayal and revenge, broken heroes and heroines, damaged hearts and dying souls. DESTROYED captures the essence of a broken, cruel and damaged anti-hero; a man without the ability to feel, to love, to take responsibility for his actions but a man who is so broken, the pieces will never fit back together.

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Pepper Winters wears many roles. Some of them include writer, reader, sometimes wife. She loves dark, taboo stories that twist with your head. The more tortured the hero, the better, and she constantly thinks up ways to break and fix her characters. Oh, and sex… her books have sex.

She loves to travel and has an amazing, fabulous hubby who puts up with her love affair with her book boyfriends.

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Dark Perception (Corde Noire #1) by Alexandrea Weis-Review and Book Tour

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Dark Perception
Corde Noire #1
by Alexandrea Weis
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, romance
Release Date: February 22, 2016

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 22, 2016

Born with a gift, Melinda Harris can see visions of the future.

Nathan Cole is the man who wants to possess her and her power.

A member of the elite Corde Noire Society, Nathan introduces Melinda to his dark world of pleasure and pain. At first, Melinda likes what Nathan teaches her, but then she discovers the terrible secret her handsome Dom is hiding.

Nathan has plans for her beyond his bedtime adventure. He wants her to make her his … completely.

•••••

REVIEW: DARK PERCEPTION is the first installment in Alexandrea Weis’s adult, contemporary, CORDE NOIRE dark erotic, paranormal romance series focusing on the members of the elite and dangerous BDSM Corde Noire Society. This is wealthy businessman Nathan Cole, and pianist/psychic Melinda Harris’s story line.

NOTE: The story line contains questionable sexual situations and triggers that may not be suitable for some readers.

Told from close third person perspective (Melinda) DARK PERCEPTION follows the building relationship between psychic Melinda Harris, and the man who would destroy her heart-Nathan Cole. Melinda is a psychic who ‘sees’ the future (and ghosts), and Nathan is a regular customer who wants Melinda for himself. As a wealthy businessman in New Orleans, Nathan ventures into the property game where he believes Melinda can ‘foresee’ his successes and failures. What ensues is Nathan’s seduction of Melinda-a woman who is about to lose control of her life.

The relationship between Nathan and Melinda is quick to develop. Nathan is a Dominant and he demands submission from Melinda in every aspect of his life, and herein lies the proverbial ‘elephant in the room’. Melinda quickly learns that Nathan is not the man she presumed him to be, and in this, our heroine finds herself in a dark and dangerous situation as it pertains to her safety with the man with whom she is falling in love. The $ex scenes are graphic, intense, and not without some questionable acts of power and control. Nathan’s temper pushes the envelope of consent.

DARK PERCEPTION is a dark, erotic romance where one man’s obsession with power and control is ill-fated, ruinous and tragic. The premise is fascinating but alarming; the characters are controversial including a heroine with questionable desires and a lack of self-preservation. The romance is dark, destructive, and doomed. DARK PERCEPTION is a dramatic look at the ultimate cost of power and control.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Nathan gently removed a stray strand of hair from her face and placed it behind her ear. As he
stared into her green eyes, the images of the two of them came blazing back to life, even more

powerful than before.

“You’re doing that on purpose!” she shouted, and slammed her flute down on the bar.

“What?” Nathan seemed astonished by her reaction.

She backed away from him. “You’re thinking those thoughts.”

“What thoughts?”

Melinda searched his eyes while he inched closer.

Nathan’s mouth pressed into a thin line, adding to the tension in the air. “I think I should go.

You’ve had a long day. We can talk again tomorrow after you get settled in. We will need to go

over my agenda.”

What’s wrong with me? Get a grip.

Running her fingertips over her forehead, she tried to clear her mind. “What agenda?”

Nathan picked up his glass of champagne and downed the contents. “I have meetings

scheduled this week and next about that property development we spoke of the other day.” He

turned his eyes to her. “There’s a formal cocktail party at the home of a New Orleans socialite

next weekend. She’s interested in my plans for that property and wants to talk to me about

funding the project. You’re to accompany me to the party and all my meetings, then you can tell

me what you feel about these people.” His eyes traveled over her T­shirt and torn jeans. “You’ll

need to dress professionally for the meetings, and you’ll need a formal gown for the party. I’ll

have Bob take you to Canal Place for some new clothes.”

“I can’t afford new clothes, Nathan.”

He raised his brown eyes to her. “I’ll take care of that, not to worry.”

“You’ve given me this apartment, furniture, a new television. I can’t have you buying me clothes,

too.”

“Melinda, you’re my assistant now. I can’t have you escorting me places dressed like that.” He

motioned to her clothes. “You need to look the part.”

Melinda wanted to argue with him, but she thought better of it. He wanted to buy her some new

outfits, what of it? After all, this is what she had always wanted, to be taken care of.

“Yes, Nathan.” She gave him a weak smile.

“Good girl.” He abruptly headed for the door. “I’ll come by tomorrow evening and we can go over

my itinerary in detail. I have a new cell phone coming for you tomorrow, as well as a credit card.

Use the card to buy your clothes and anything you may need for your job.”

“A credit card? Are you sure you want to trust me with that?”

Nathan smirked with amusement. “Just make sure you don’t go too crazy. I still have to justify it

all to my accountant at the end of the month as a business expense.”

“Is that why you’re telling everyone I’m your assistant?”

He frowned at her. “What do you mean?”

“If you tell people I’m your assistant, even though you already have a secretary, don’t you think

that will look funny?”

He squinted his eyes, appearing interested in her reasoning. “Funny, in what way?”

“Perhaps everyone thinks I’m not here as an assistant, but as something else.”

“What else?” he questioned with a glimmer of mischief in his eyes.

“You know what else, Nathan.” She turned away, but he held her arm.

“What else, Melinda?”

Melinda gazed into his dark eyes and then she knew. The images she had seen earlier of them

together were his. She could feel it as sure as she could feel the warmth of his hand.

Nathan let her go. “I hired you to be my psychic, that’s all. If others read more into the

relationship than that, it’s their problem.”

Despite what he told her, Melinda knew Nathan wanted her, but something was holding him

back, something she could not see. In her mind’s eye, she searched for an answer, but only

foggy images came through.

“I’m very happy you’re here,” he said, and then he leaned forward and kissed her cheek.

Melinda almost grabbed for the doorframe to keep from falling to her knees. The unexpected

wave of electricity from the caress of his lips was catastrophic.

“Get some rest,” he told her. “We have a big week ahead, and you have your work cut out for

you.”

Confused, Melinda watched him make his way back to his penthouse. Perhaps he didn’t send

those images to her.

Was it me?

Melinda quickly shut the door and threw her body against it. “Oh, I’m in trouble.”

Right after Melinda spoke the words, a wave of fear enveloped her. She turned to her living

room, and as quickly as it had come, the feeling departed. She gazed about the room, reaching

out with her mind to whatever entity had called to her, but nothing came.

Shaking it off, Melinda picked up a box and carried it to her bedroom. When she stepped into

the hall, the doorway to the storage room was wide open and the light inside was on. Setting the

box on the floor, she went to the room and looked around. Nothing appeared to her, and there

were no moans or rattling of chains. But as she stood in the stark square room, the hairs on her

arms stood up. In her mouth, the acrid taste of dread. Melinda fought her instinct to flee, and

instead opened her mind.

“I feel your fear,” she pronounced.

Then a woman’s soft voice whispered in her ear, “Run.”

Melinda’s eyes flew open. She backed out of the room, flipped off the lights, and shut the door.

She stood in the hall staring at the handle on the door as her trepidation faded. There was no

lock on the door, no way to secure it. She had a sudden urge to make sure this door stayed

closed, because what was inside of that room scared her.

 

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Alexandrea Weis is an advanced practice registered nurse who was born and raised in New Orleans. Having been brought up in the motion picture industry, she learned to tell stories from a different perspective and began writing at the age of eight. Infusing the rich tapestry of her hometown into her award-winning novels, she believes that creating vivid characters makes a story memorable. A permitted/certified wildlife rehabber with the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries, Weis rescues orphaned and injured wildlife. She lives with her husband and pets in New Orleans.

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NEVER TEAR US APART (Never Tear Us Apart #1) by Monica Murphy-Review and Giveaway

 

NEVER TEAR US APART
Never Tear Us Apart #1
by Monica Murphy
Genre: new adult,contemporary, dark romance
Release Date: January 5, 2016

 

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Crazy how eight years can disappear in an instant. One look at Katie Watts, and I’m a fifteen-year-old again—the one who risked everything to save a terrified girl from her twisted kidnapper. She’s grown-up now—beautiful, quiet, composed—and telling her story to the world. A story that involves me in more ways than you can imagine. She used to call me her guardian angel. Sure, I risked my life, but she was worth dying for.

I need to make contact with her. Just to ensure that she’s safe.

Somehow we reconnect. We become friends . . . but I want more. I want to make her mine. And she wants me too. Does she know who I am? Has she figured me out? Not yet. But she will. In the meantime, I need to make sure that whatever hold that animal had on her is gone.

So, yeah, I’m stealing these moments with her. Savoring them. Knowing, dreading, that she’ll soon find out who I really am. And everything will fall apart. All because of that twisted, perverted monster sitting on death row. Her kidnapper. A convicted serial killer.

My father.

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REVIEW: NEVER TEAR US APART is the first installment in Monica Murphy’s contemporary, new adult NEVER TEAR US APART dark, romance duology focusing on twenty year old Katie Watts, and twenty three year old Ethan-a graphic designer who knows more about Katie’s past than she could possible realize.

NOTE: Some of the story line content may be sensitive to some readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Katie and Ethan), as well as past and present day timelines, NEVER TEAR US APART follows Katie Watts-a broken and shattered young woman whose twelve year old and present day self are both a victim and a survivor of a serial kidnapper, rapist and murderer. Katie’s guardian angel, a young man she knows as Will, is the only person who can understand what it was she experienced and felt, but Will disappeared from Katie’s life years before, and in the ensuing years Katie has never been able to let go of the past. Enter Ethan-a graphic designer Katie will open her heart to; reveal the truth about herself, and willing to take the next step in her life –but a man who will betray our heroine when his real identity is finally revealed.

NEVER TEAR US APART is a dark story line that skirts around some of the graphic details about what happened to our heroine Katie Watts. The reader is pulled into the mindset of a young woman who constantly reflects on the events of the past-events that she is reminded about when a reporter wants intimate details about what happened years before. The reporter’s timing is circumspect as Katie opens up about the past, and takes the first step in her new journey of recovery only to be broadsided by betrayal and heartbreak, once again.

Monica Murphy writes a tragic, suspense filled, and ruinous tale about one woman’s horrific ordeal at the hands of a serial rapist; an ordeal that comes full circle when the past is opened up like a ‘Pandora’s box’, where secrets are revealed, the truth is manipulated, and an unlikely hero falls at the feet of the woman he loves. The premise is consuming; the characters are somewhat ill-fated, desperate and intense; the romance is a slow build to betrayal and heartbreak. NEVER TEAR US APART ends on a cliff hanger-this is part one of a duology focusing on two people whose lives were destroyed by a mutual evil.

My one concern is the missing eight years-the lack of information and the details about what happened in the ensuing time following Katie’s rescue and subsequent attempt at recovery. Perhaps more will be revealed in book two.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Royal Savage by Victoria Ashley-Review and Book Tour

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ROYAL SAVAGE

I CAN’T CLOSE MY EYES… I refuse to. Every time I do, all I see is blood, death, and pain. I can feel it – almost taste it, bringing me back to that night. It doesn’t matter that I’m still breathing; I no longer need it, I no longer want it. I despise it along with everything else around me. The only thing I long for is to fucking fade away. I’ve given up. Until her at least…

AVALON.

She comes into my world, knocking me on my ass. It turns me on to have her around me. Makes me want to wrap my hand around her tight little throat and fuck her until she feels my pain, feels the monster in me, but also makes me want to protect her from the very thing that she should be afraid of… me. Once she sees the damage that I’m capable of; she’ll look at me like everyone else around me does: with fear.

AVALON KNIGHT

HIS EYES… THE DARKNESS IN them draws me to him, making me want to taste him, feel him… and save him. I shouldn’t have gotten on the back of his motorcycle that day. I know that now. Colton warned me. I was told it was dangerous. I was told that nothing would be the same. He was right.

ROYAL is dangerous, dark, and seductive; the very thing that keeps me hanging on, willing to give my last breath just to touch him… breathe him in. He’s savage, inked, and highly captivating. So different from his brother… He’s hazardous to my health, mind, and body, yet the only thing that I crave. I want to free him. I want to change his mind, but I’m afraid that he’s already too faded…

•••••••

REVIEW: ROYAL SAVAGE by Victoria Ashley is the story about a man who has lost everything that mattered until the day Avalon Knight walked into his life. Royal’s nights and days are shrouded in demons from the past; the dark memories that shatter what little semblance of control our hero possesses, and it is these memories that push Royal to act out against anyone who crosses his path. Royal is the ultimate bad body; the tall, dark, troubled, and tatted bar owner/ tattoo artist who is fiercely protective of the people he loves but those people are few and far between. Royal is a man estranged from his family, who wants to be left alone, to brood in his grief and need for revenge.

Avalon Knight is a reformed bad girl; a hair stylist whose personal life is wrapped up in boredom and a man whose sexual prowess leaves much to be desired. But the day Avalon accidentally walks into the bedroom of a man who exudes danger and power, is the day Avalon begins to reconsider what it is in life she truly wants. Royal is the man who sets into motion a need and desperation so deep that Avalon finds herself falling for a man who is unable to let go of the past. When Avalon gets too close, Royal walks away leaving a trail of destruction and tears in his path.

ROYAL SAVAGE is a heartbreaking story line about a man who has suffered too much pain and loss, and survives only because of his need for retribution and vengeance. The premise is staggering, riveting and dramatic; a roller coaster of emotions that intensify as the storyline and relationship build. The characters are encouraging, tragic, passionate and heartbreaking; the romance is traumatic in its presentation. There are a couple of predictable twists and turns; and the introduction of Blain, Jax and Madison add much needed support and love. Victoria Ashley’s ROYAL SAVAGE will be remembered for a very long time.

And who doesn’t love Josh Mario on the cover !!

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

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As soon as we step into the hall, all I hear are the sounds of a tattoo gun buzzing. It echoes throughout the small hallway, making me nervous now.
I stop and look through the open door at Royal and my heart literally skips a beat at the sight of him. He’s leaned over, concentrating on some middle-aged man’s back piece that he’s working on. Jax is chilling next to him, watching, them both looking just as sexy as the other night.
Madison stops next to me, raising a brow as she sets sights on Royal as well. “Well spank my ass and call me Sally,” Madison says with a moan. “Sexy, sinful, tattoo heaven… I’m never leaving. Just saying.”
Royal glances up with a snarl, but then turns his gun off and sets it down when his eyes land on me, watching me watch him. “We’re done for tonight,” he says to his client. “Jax will call you a cab.”
Looking as if he’s not bothered one bit by Royal dismissing him, he stands up, grabs for a stained up white shirt, and walks past us, almost falling into the wall.
Jax stands up and reaches for a bottle of Vodka, pouring five shots. “Did Blaine here give you guys a tour of the building on the way in? Zip up your shit, dude.”
“Fuck off,” Blaine says playfully, snatching up one of the shots while zipping his fly.
I turn my eyes back in Royal’s direction, but keep my head still so he doesn’t notice me watching him.
He looks conflicted as he starts cleaning his table and chair off. “Didn’t think you’d be back,” he says stiffly. “You change your mind on that tattoo?”
I grab a shot glass when Jax hands one to Madison first and then myself. “Your friend asked us to come and my friend here, forced me to agree.” I throw my shot back, emptying the glass, hoping for some kind of liquid courage. “So here I am.”
With stiff muscles, Royal stands up straight and grabs the last shot glass, slamming it back, before shoving the empty glass at Jax. “Come here,” he demands.
I stand here for a second, not moving, until Madison shoves me forward and calls me a pussy. I look back at her and glower, before stopping in front of Royal.
Grabbing my hand he pulls me to him, and grabs my hips, digging his hands in. “I have the perfect spot for your first tattoo.” Reaching for the bottom of my dress, he lifts the front so only he can see, and runs his thumb over my hipbone. “Perfect.”
Yanking my dress down, I back away and watch him as he starts preparing his tattoo equipment. “I never said I was going to let you tattoo me.”
His jaw clenches as he looks back at me. “You scared that Colton is going to be pissed or some shit?”
I shake my head. “At this point, I could care less about what he thinks. As far as I’m concerned, we’re on a break.”
“Okay…” He sits down and runs a hand through his messy hair, his eyes studying mine. “You don’t want one then?”
“I do,” I say quickly, realizing that I do, but I’m just being a pussy, exactly what Madison called me.
“Come on, Ava,” Madison says from behind me. “We’re already here and from what I can see, Royal is very capable of giving great tattoos. I’ll let Blaine over there tat me up next.”
Royal raises a brow in question, when I turn back to him. “What do you say, babe? Take that damn dress off for me?”
I swallow and look around the room. Having three other sets of eyes on me is making me nervous, extremely nervous.
“Out,” Royal suddenly barks out. “Keep the girl close by and make sure Porter stays away from her. He’s on some shit tonight.”
“Madison can stay,” I say firmly, not wanting to send her away. “I don’t care if she watches.”
Madison looks between Jax and Blaine and bites her bottom lip. It’s clear what she wants to do, and that’s most likely both of them. “I’ll be good with the boys. Plus, I want to check out the party animals in the next room.”
I take a deep breath and watch Madison as she follows Jax and Blaine out the door, shutting it behind her with a wink.
I suddenly feel nervous, realizing that I’m alone with Royal. He’s so damn intense that I have no idea what to expect from him.
“Lay down.”
Swallowing, I sit down on the black, leather chair that is already laid back into a bed. I jump from the coldness on my skin, but then close my eyes and get comfortable, waiting on Royal’s next move.
With my eyes still closed, I can see the shadow from him standing above me, before I feel his rough hands brush my upper thighs as he grips my dress and lifts it, stopping just under my breasts.
“Any certain design? I can do it all.”
“A feather,” I say softly. “Blue with purple highlights; feminine and pretty. Can you do that?”
He lifts an eyebrow while pulling on a pair of black gloves. “I can definitely do feminine and pretty. Like I said, I do it all.”
I suck in a breath and grip the seat, when I feel his hands brush against my skin as he prepares to mark me for life.
Grabbing my hand, he places it on his thick thigh. My heart speeds up from the feel of his muscular leg beneath my palm. “If it hurts, dig into my leg and take it out on me. It will help you feel better.”
I hear the buzzing of the gun and instantly grip his thigh, feeling anxious. When I open an eye to peek up at him, he’s smirking.
“Ready?”
I nod my head. “Mmm hmm…”
I feel my fingers dig deep into the denim of his thigh as the needle hits my sensitive flesh. My stomach instantly sinks and I flinch, more unprepared than I thought.
I do my best to keep my eyes closed through most of it, but then open my eyes closer to the end, when my skin starts to feel numb. It’s a bit of a relief.
Royal’s face is stern, set in a line of concentration. I notice that he even bites his bottom lip once in a while when he really gets into a good spot. I find myself watching him, my legs slightly opening, as I get lost in my own little world. He’s delicious to watch. There is absolutely no denying that.
Royal’s hand gripping my thigh wakes me from the moment, snapping my eyes up to his.
He pushes my legs together. “Keep those things closed, unless you want me between them,” he growls.
I squeeze my legs together, slightly moaning as the thought of him between my legs causes my body to clench and jerk.
“Is it almost done?” I ask, hoping to come back to reality… the one where he’ll never be between my legs.
“Almost…”
Getting lost in the way that his jaw muscles tighten as he adds the finishing touches, my legs relax and slightly open again.
Tossing his tattoo gun aside, Royal stands up and growls, gripping my hips and pulling me down to the end of the chair, until his jean-covered erection is pressed against my pussy. A shock of pleasure runs through my core as he presses against it.
His right hand digs into my hip as the left one tightens around my neck. His eyes meet mine for a brief moment, before his right hand slides down my thigh and he releases my neck, stepping back.
“Keep flashing that smooth little pussy at me… Fuck, Avalon.” His jaw ticks as he looks between my thighs one last time. “Those little underwear don’t cover much.”
“Sorry,” I say in aggravation. “I got comfortable a couple times and wasn’t thinking. I didn’t expect you to get a fucking hard-on over it and freak out.”
Letting out a long breath, Royal sits back down, grabs my hand, and places it back on his thigh. Except this time, I can almost feel the shape of his hard dick above my fingers. I suck in a breath at the near contact.
“This last part might hurt; especially now that we’ve taken an unwanted break. Hold still.”

 

 

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Victoria Ashley grew up in Rockford, IL and has had a passion for reading for as long as she can remember. After finding a reading app where it allowed readers to upload their own stories, she gave it a shot and writing became her passion.

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She is the author of Wake Up Call, This Regret, Slade, Hemy, Cale, Get Off On The Pain, Something For The Pain and Thrust.

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 10, 2015

Raised as a prototype for the Georgian Bratva’s obedience drug, 221 fails to think, act, or live for himself; he’s his master’s perfectly-crafted killing puppet. Standing at six-foot-six, weighing two-hundred-and-fifty pounds, and unrivaled in to-the-death combat, 221 successfully secures business for the Georgian Mafiya Boss of NYC, who rules the dark world of the criminal underground. Until his enemies capture him.

Talia Tolstaia dreams to break from the heavy clutches of Bratva life. She dreams of another life–away from the stifling leash of her Russian Bratva Boss father and from the brutality of her work at The Dungeon, her criminal family’s underground death-match enterprise. But when she stumbles upon her family’s captive who is more monster than man, she starts to see the man underneath. A powerful, beautiful, damaged man whose heart calls to hers. But sacrifices must be made–blood for blood…life for life…souls for scarred souls.

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REVIEW: REAP is the second installment in Tillie Cole’s contemporary, adult SCARRED SOULS erotic, dark romance series focusing on the Russian Mafia, Georgian Bratva criminal underground, cages fights to the death, and two families torn apart by power and greed. This is Zaal (aka 221), and Talia Tolstoi’s storyline. REAP can be read as a stand alone but I recommend reading the series in order for background history and cohesion.

Told from three first person perspectives (Zaal, Talia, Luka) REAP follows the imprisonment, torture and freedom of enslaved killer Zaal ‘221’ Kostava. Kidnapped as a young boy, 221 has known nothing but pain and poison for the past twenty years: trained to kill; drugged into obedience 221 remembers nothing of his previous life only that he is meant to kill both in and out of the arena; freedom is a distant memory. What ensues is the rescue of 221, and his slow rehabilitation where memories of the past begin to consume his entire world until he meets Talia-the woman who would eventually hold his heart and his soul, but a woman who is a member of the enemy family.

REAP is a violent storyline with graphic language; scenes of rape, vicious abuse and gladiator-style killings. The ‘killers’ are victims of kidnapping, abuse, drug-induced mind control, and a need to kill or be killed. Years living in the dark have left the fighters broken and feral, with no hope for freedom or a chance at a normal life. Trained from a young age, killing and torture is all they have ever known.

REAP is also a story about family. As an eight year old child, Zaal, along with his twin brother Anri, witnessed the execution of his entire family. Anri would become best friends with Luka in the pits of hell; Zaal would become the number one killer in the fighting ring. But the Tolstoi’s and Kostava’s are bitter enemies-murder and revenge but a heartbeat away. Ivan Tolstoi-Talia’s father-is the new king-a man who abhors everything the Kostava’s represent.

Tillie Cole writes a story about forbidden love; a second chance at life; and a broken man whose heart and soul have been shattered by years of torment and abuse. REAP is an emotional storyline that will break your heart for the childhood that never was; for the men that never will be; for the yearning of freedom and what is to come.

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

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Madame X (Madame X #1) by Jasinda Wilder-Review, Book Tour & Giveaway

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Madame X
Madame X #1
by Jasinda Wilder
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark romance

Madame X

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 6, 2015

My name is Madame X.
I’m the best at what I do.
And you’d do well to follow my rules…

Hired to transform the uncultured, inept sons of the wealthy and powerful into decisive, confident men, Madame X is a master of the art of control. With a single glance she can cut you down to nothing, or make you feel like a king.

But there is only one man who can claim her body—and her soul.

Undone time and again by his exquisite dominance, X craves and fears his desire in equal measure. And while she longs for a different path, X has never known anything or anyone else—until now.

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REVIEW: MADAME X is the first instalment in Jasinda Wilder’s adult, contemporary Madame X erotic, dark romance series focusing on a woman known only as Madame X or X.

Told from first and second person points of view (Madame X) the storyline focuses on X- a woman who has no memory and no knowledge except for the previous six years, and in this, she relies on billionaire Caleb Indigo-a man whose control over Madame X is virtually master to a slave. Caleb is X’s rescuer, her confident, her protector, and the darkness to her light.

X is a teacher, of sorts, who instructs and coaches the ‘inept sons of the wealthy and powerful into decisive, confident men’. Caleb Indigo is Madame X’s boss and lover (and I use the term lover very lightly), and and the man who controls every aspect of X’s life including who and what she is. But there is a much darker side to Caleb Indigo-a man who hides his true identity from Madame X-but the man who has stolen her heart and her life. X is a beautiful woman who does not know who or what she is; where she came from; or the truth about her past. She is reliant on Caleb Indigo, and in this, she has sold her soul to the devil in exchange for protection-but who and what does X need protecting from?

MADAME X is a psychological study; almost Stockholm Syndrome in nature, the storyline focuses on a woman who knows nothing about the man who claims to be her protector and rescuer, and yet demands everything from the woman who has already suffered in the past. Caleb, for all intents and purposes, is X’s past, present and future. When another man begins to hunt for the truth, Madame X is torn between what she knows and the unknown.

Jasinda Wilder slowly reveals Caleb Indigo’s personality, his character and the truth. The aura of mystery surrounding the details of Madame X’s foray into Caleb’s life leads to many unanswered questions, and Caleb’s purpose and need to control X’s entire life is dangerous and dark. X has been conditioned to do Caleb’s bidding, and in this, she has a difficult time saying no and walking away. The emotional, psychological and physical control of our heroine is masterfully presented.

MADAME X is a story of intrigue, mystery and dark romance. The characters are passionate, intelligent and somewhat sad. There are some $ex scenes of questionable consent and the darker aspect of Caleb and X’s relationship is frightening and heartbreaking.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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A knock on the door, the silent swing of hinges, and then heat and hardness behind me, a faint but intoxicating hint of cologne, the creak of leather. Hands on my waist, lips at my neck. Breath on my skin.
I don’t dare tense, don’t dare suck in a sharp breath of fear. I don’t dare pull away.
Strong, hard, powerful hands twist me in place, and an index finger touches my chin, lifts my face, tilts my gaze. I cannot breathe, don’t dare, haven’t been given permission.
“You are lovelier than ever, X.” A deep, smooth, cultured voice, like the purr of a finely tuned engine.
“Thank you, Caleb.” My own voice is quiet, careful, my words chosen and precise.
“Scotch.” The command is a murmur, barely audible.
I know how to prepare it: a cut-crystal tumbler, a single ice cube, thick amber liquid an inch from the top. I offer the tumbler and wait, keep my eyes downcast, hands behind my back.
“You were too harsh on Jonathan.”
“I must respectfully disagree.”
“His father expects results.”
I bristle, and it does not go unnoticed. “Have I ever failed to produce results?”
“You sent him away after less than an hour.”
“He wasn’t ready. He needed to be shown his faults. He needs to understand how much he has to learn.”
“Perhaps you’re right.” Ice clinks, and I take the empty tumbler, set it aside, and force myself to remain in place, force myself to keep breathing and remind myself that I must obey. “I didn’t come here to discuss Jonathan Cartwright, however.”
“I suppose not.” I shouldn’t have said that. I regret it as soon as the words tumble free.
My wrist bones scrape together under a crushing grip. Hard dark eyes find mine, piercing and frightening. “You suppose not?”
I should beg forgiveness, but I know better. I lift my chin and meet those cold, cruel, intelligent dark eyes. “You know I will fulfill the contract. That’s all I meant.”
“No, that isn’t all you meant.” A hand passes through artfully messy black hair. “Tell me what you really meant, X.”
I swallow hard. “You’re here for what you always want when you visit me.”
“Which is?” A warm finger touches my breastbone, slides into the valley of my cleavage. “Tell me what I want.”
“Me.” I whisper it, so not even the walls can hear.
“All too true.” My skin burns where that strong finger with its manicured nail traces a cutting line up to my shoulder. “You test my patience, at times.”
I stand stock-still, not even breathing. Breath whispers across my neck, huffs hot on my nape, and fingers toy with the zipper of my dress.
“I know,” I say.
And then, just when I expect to feel the zipper slide down my spine, body heat recedes and that hot breath now laced with hints of scotch is gone, and a single word sears my soul:
“Strip.”
My tongue scrapes over dry lips, and my lungs constrict, protesting my inability to breathe. My hands tremble. I know this is expected of me, and I cannot, dare not resist, or protest. And . . . part of me doesn’t want to. But I wish . . . I wish for the freedom to choose what I want.
I have hesitated too long.
“X. I said . . . strip.” The zipper slides down to between my shoulder blades. “Show me your skin.”
Reaching behind my back, I lower the zipper to its nesting place at the base of my spine. Hard, insistent hands assist me in brushing the sleeves from my shoulders, down my arms, and then the dress is floating to the floor at my feet. That’s all the help I’ll get. I know from long experience that I must make a show of what comes next.
I turn my head, and see tanned skin and the perpetual two-day stubble on a refined, powerful jawline, sharp cheekbones, firm, thin lips, black eyes like voids, eyes that drip desire. My hair drapes over one shoulder. I lift one knee so my now-bare toes touch the gleaming teak, curl my shoulders in, let my gaze show my vulnerability. With a deep breath, I unhook my bra, let the garment fall away.
I reach for my underwear.
“No,” comes the purr, “leave them. Let me.”
I let my fingers graze my thighs, wait. My underwear slides down slowly, and where fingers touch, so too do lips, hot and damp, touching my skin, and I cannot flinch, cannot pull away or express how badly I want only to be alone, to even once have the right to want something else.
But I do not have that right.


 

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Jasinda Wilder

 

Jasinda Wilder is a New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and international bestselling author. She is a Michigan native and currently lives there with her family. Visit her official website at jasindawilder.com.

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Fourth Debt (Indebted #5) by Pepper Winters-Review and Book Tour

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Fourth Debt
Indebted #5
by Pepper Winters
Genre: adult,contemporary, dark erotic romance

Fourth Debt

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 11, 2015

Fifth Book in the New York Times Bestselling Series

“We’d won. We’d cut through the lies and treachery and promised an alliance that would free us both. But even as we won, we lost. We didn’t see what was coming. We didn’t know we had to plan a resurrection.”

Nila Weaver fell in love. She gifted her entire soul to a man she believed was worthy. And in the process, she destroyed herself. Three debts paid, the fourth only days away. The Debt Inheritance has almost claimed another victim.

Jethro Hawk fell in love. He let down his walls to a woman he believed was his cure. For a moment, he was free. But then he paid the ultimate price.

There is no more love. Only war. Hope is dead. Now, there is only death all around them.

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REVIEW: FOURTH DEBT is the fifth installment in Pepper Winters’s contemporary, adult Indebted dark, erotic romance series focusing on a six hundred year old debt the Hawk family believes comes due with the first born Weaver daughter-and Nila Weaver is this generation’s payment. FOURTH DEBT is the continuing story of Nila Weaver’s struggles to remain sane and unbroken in the face of her impending death. FOURTH DEBT should not be read as a stand alone as each installment builds upon the events of the previous storylines wherein our heroine pays the price for her ancestor’s sins.

Told from dual first person perspectives FOURTH DEBT follows a grieving Nila as she comes to terms with the greatest loss of her life. No amount of torture or pain can break past the numbness in her heart and her head until a new round of payment extractions finds our heroine facing the worst debt of all.

The premise of FOURTH DEBT continues to be disturbing, dark and demonic. The Hawk family’s need to extract payment comes with it a psychotic need for vengeance and blood. The storyline is awash in graphic details, violent abusive scenarios, and torture all inflicted upon a young woman whose only sin is to be born into the Weaver clan.

FOURTH DEBT reveals some of the Hawk family history: their sickening and violent past; their need for sadistic revenge and payment in blood; their history of forbidden love. The storyline is intense, traumatic and not for the faint of heart.

FOURTH DEBT and the INDEBTED SERIES is an emotional storyline of betrayal and revenge; kidnapping, torture and abuse; love and sacrifice in the face of extraordinary circumstances. The reader is caught in a web of horror; a house of suffering and pain unlike anyone could imagine and through it all our heroine remains steadfast in her love for the man who dropped her into the middle of the unending nightmare.

Pepper Winters’s storylines are controversial and intense; the build up of tension, suspense and anxiety will reach levels of pain and heartache. Her characters are dark, impassioned, and many without a heart or soul. The destructive and twisted nature of greed and revenge lends it focus to a debt where interest continues to grow with each successive generation. No one is safe once the Hawk family demand payment…and payment will be made one way or another.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Cut shook his head, looking at his mother. “They never fucking learn.”
Bonnie laughed. “Neither did you, dear. Not for a long time.”
He wrapped an arm around her brittle shoulders. “I can’t imagine ever being so terrible.”
My fingernails dug into my palm as I witnessed a seemingly normal bond. How could evil have so many layers? How could it be so obvious one moment, then hidden by family ties and hierarchy the next?
Bonnie tapped her cane against Cut’s foot. “You’re not forgetting what you did, are you? Because I have news for you—you were worse. A lot worse.” Moving forward, she dislodged his hold. “But I straightened out the mess you made. I put things right. I have every faith you will, too.”
Cut nodded. “Damn right, I will.” His eyes strained but apart from a few cracks in his smooth veneer, I would never have guessed he’d pulled the trigger on two of his children.
He’s dead.
He’s dead.
All because of me.
Inching closer to Jasmine, I whispered so only she would hear. “He tried to shoot you, but Jethro saved you. Do you have no shame?”
Her eyes zeroed in on mine. Thoughts and emotions flickered over her face but she didn’t reply.
Her betrayal hurt. Jethro and Kes had loved her. They’d died for her. Who could claim to love them in return yet continue to be in the same house as the man who’d shot them?
My stomach twisted. “You make me sick.”
Her hands tightened around the rims of her wheels. Shutters slammed over her eyes, but still no response.
Tears stung but I had nothing else to say. Only one promise that she might as well hear, so she’d know who truly loved her brother. “I’ll kill you for this. Just like I’ll kill them.

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Debt Inheritance
Indebted #1
by Pepper Winters
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotica, dark romance
Release Date: August 18, 2014

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 18, 2014

“I own you. I have the piece of paper to prove it. It’s undeniable and unbreakable. You belong to me until you’ve paid off your debts.”

Nila Weaver’s family is indebted. Being the first born daughter, her life is forfeit to the first born son of the Hawks to pay for sins of ancestors past. The dark ages might have come and gone, but debts never leave. She has no choice in the matter.

She is no longer free.

Jethro Hawk receives Nila as an inheritance present on his twenty-ninth birthday. Her life is his until she’s paid off a debt that’s centuries old. He can do what he likes with her—nothing is out of bounds—she has to obey.

There are no rules. Only payments.

A modern day Dark Erotic Romance

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First Debt
Indebted #2
by Pepper Winters
Genre: adult,contemporary,erotic,
Release Date:November 12, 2014

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“You say I’ll never own you. If I win—you willingly give me that right. You sign not only the debt agreement, but another—one that makes me your master until your last breath is taken. You do that, and I’ll give you this.”

Nila Weaver’s family is indebted. Stolen, taken, and bound not by monsters but by an agreement written over six hundred years ago, she has no way out.

She belongs to Jethro as much as she denies it.

Jethro Hawk’s patience is running out. His inheritance gift tests, challenges, and surprises him—and not in good ways. He hasn’t leashed her but he thinks he might’ve found a way to bind her forever.

Debts are mounting. Payment waiting.

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SECOND DEBT
Indebted #3
by Pepper Winters
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark, erotic romance
Release Date: January 26, 2015

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“I tried to play a game. I tried to wield deceit as perfectly as the Hawks. But when I thought I was winning, I wasn’t. Jethro isn’t what he seems—he’s the master of duplicity. However, I refuse to let him annihilate me further.”

Nila Weaver has grown from naïve seamstress to full-blown fighter. Every humdrum object is her arsenal, and sex…sex is her greatest weapon of all.

She’s paid the First Debt. She’ll probably pay more.

But she has no intention of letting the Hawks win.

Jethro Hawk has found more than a worthy adversary in Nila—he’s found the woman who could destroy him. There’s a fine line between hatred and love, and an even finer path between fear and respect.

The fate of his house rests on his shoulders, but no matter how much ice lives inside his heart, Nila flames too bright to be extinguished.

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Third Debt
Indebted #4
by Pepper Winters
Release Date: April 17, 2015
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark erotic romance

 

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Third DebtABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 17, 2015

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She healed me. She broke me. I set her free. But we are in this together. We will end this together. The rules of this ancient game can’t be broken.”

Nila Weaver no longer recognises herself. She’s left her lover, her courage, and her promise. Two debts down. Too many to go.

Jethro Hawk no longer recognises himself. He’s embraced what he always ran from, and now faces punishment far greater than he feared.

It’s almost time. It’s demanding to be paid.

The Third Debt will be the ultimate test…

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Pepper Winters wears many roles. Some of them include writer, reader, sometimes wife. She loves dark, taboo stories that twist with your head. The more tortured the hero, the better, and she constantly thinks up ways to break and fix her characters. Oh, and sex… her books have sex.

She loves to travel and has an amazing, fabulous hubby who puts up with her love affair with her book boyfriends.

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Her Dark Erotica books include:
Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark #1)
Quintessentially Q (Monsters in the Dark #2)

Her Grey Romance books include:
Destroyed

Her Indebted Series include
Debt Inheritance
First Debt
Second Debt
Third Debt

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