Thousands (Dollar #4) by Pepper Winters-Review & Book Tour

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Sandy

THOUSANDS (Dollar #4) by Pepper Winters-Review and Book Tour

THOUSANDS
Dollar 4
by Pepper Winters
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, dark, romance

Thousands

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 15, 2017

“Love had been stolen from me for reasons entirely my fault. But then a miracle happened, and Pim gave me something I thought was lost forever. She gave me a love I’d earned. Love that ruined me. Love that made me hopelessly hers…”

Once upon a time, I didn’t think I’d ever be normal.
Now, I’m talking and trusting, and it’s all thanks to Elder.
He gave me my life back, and I gave him my heart, but love stories like ours are never simple.
I did something to protect him.
He did something to survive me.
We screwed up.
And now, it’s no longer just about us.
It’s about safety, sanctuary, and sin.

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REVIEW: THOUSANDS is the fourth installment in Pepper Winters’ contemporary, adult DOLLAR dark, erotic, romance series focusing on billionaire Elder Prest, and Tasmin Blythe aka Pimlico. THOUSANDS should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately upon the events of book three HUNDREDS. For fans of Pepper’s series there is a slight cross over with the characters from the author’s Monsters in the Dark and her Indebted Series.

SOME BACKGROUND: Two years earlier Tasmin Blythe was sold to a sadistic Norwegian businessman and in the ensuing time suffered abuse, rape and torture at the hands of Alrik Asbjorn (aka Master A) and several of his friends and associates. Refusing to give Alrik the satisfaction of her pain and turmoil, and in an effort to protect her mind our heroine shut down and opted for selective mutism. This is her story of recovery, healing and falling in love.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Elder and Pimlico) THOUSANDS is the continuing story of Pimlico aka Tamsin Blythe’s recovery, a young woman sold into sexual slavery two years earlier, and her rescuer Elder Prest, a man whose past is dark, dangerous, and looking for revenge. THOUSANDS looks at the growing love between Pim and Elder, and the fall out when not one but two groups are determined to destroy any happiness for our leading couple. While Elder struggles with his growing love and need for Tamsin Blythe, Tamsin will find the power and voice needed to reveal the reasons and pain for remaining silent for so long.

THOUSANDS is a story told through personal introspection, thoughts and self-examination. Elder’s treatment of Pim (Tamsin) is questionable; his emotional stability grows more reckless as threats to their safety loom on the horizon. Love is fragile; broken; without promise, so too is the possibility of a happily ever after when repercussions and retribution from past sins dismantle and crush all hopes for our story line couple.

Pepper Winters writes emotional, dark and disturbing tales that will consume your soul, break your heart, and leave you restless and uneasy, hopeful and desirous. The premise is dark, edgy and dramatic; the characters are broken, flawed and controversial; the romance is intense and heartbreaking. THOUSANDS is a startling and tense installment to the author’s DOLLAR series.

Dollar Series

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Pennies
Dollars
Hundreds
Thousands

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Reviewed by Sandy

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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.

Hundreds (Dollars #3) by Pepper Winters-a review

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Sandy

HUNDREDS (Dollars #3) by Pepper Winters-a review

Hundreds

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 2, 2017

“I’m done hurting her. She’s been hurt enough. It’s time I set her free…”

Once upon a time, I wished to go home and forget.
Now, I’m strong and ready to fight.
Seduced and claimed, Elder no longer just demands my voice, he commands me to be a thief like him.
I refuse.
But he offers me things I shouldn’t want, favours I should run from.
In return for his protection, I’m ordered to steal enough pennies and dollars to buy back my freedom.
Only, we both aren’t prepared for how he changes me, evolves me.
And now it’s my turn to learn about him…

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REVIEW: HUNDREDS is the third installment in Pepper Winters’ contemporary adult DOLLARS dark, erotic, romance series focusing on billionaire Elder Prest, and Tasmin Blythe aka Pimlico. HUNDREDS should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately upon the events of book two DOLLARS.

SOME BACKGROUND: Two years earlier Tasmin Blythe was sold to a sadistic Norwegian businessman and in the ensuing time suffered abuse, rape and torture at the hands of Alrik Asbjorn (aka Master A) and several of his friends and associates. Refusing to give Alrik the satisfaction of her pain and turmoil, and in an effort to protect her mind our heroine shut down and opted for selective mutism. This is her story of recovery, healing and falling in love.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Elder and Pimlico) HUNDREDS continues to focus on Pimlico’s recovery, her tentative first steps back into the public realm, and her building love for a man who is more of a jailer than the hero she knows he could be. Elder Prest struggles with his attraction and need for the woman whose mind and life have all but been destroyed but Elder knows about struggle as he battles demons from the past forging ahead towards retribution and revenge.

HUNDREDS is a story that reveals the ghosts that haunt our story line (anti) hero. Elder’s past is shrouded in betrayal, death, revenge and loss, and with it comes a psychopathic need to destroy any happiness that would place him in a position to lose so much more. Like our story line heroine, Elder Prest is a broken soul whose past controls every aspect of his life including the who, what and where of his personal and business success.

Once again, the story line is told through thoughts and personal introspection, and the reality of present day circumstance. Elder’s Prest back and forth, hot and cold emotional fragility aimed at our story line heroine continues the mind-numbing abuse of a woman whose only sin is to fall in love with a man who believes he is unable to find happiness in this life or the next. Elder’s continues to deny and accept, give and take, destroy and lash out at Pimlico’s growing strength and burgeoning recovery from a past that haunts her day and night. Pimlico is offered the choice to stay or go, and in the end, leaving will be her only chance to survive the man that could destroy her heart.

HUNDREDS is a dark, twisted, intense and dramatic story line. Pepper Winters continues to write alarming, passionate and tragic tales of broken lives, betrayal, and traumatic events that are powerful to read and painful to comprehend. The emotional fall out of power and abuse claims two lives-two people- who are paralyzed by ghost from the past, and haunted by the memories of what was and what could have been.

For followers of Pepper Winters there is a slight cross over with her Indebted series.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Pennies
Dollars
Hundreds

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Reviewed by Sandy

Crown of Lies (Crown of Lies Duet #1) by Pepper Winters-Review and Book Tour

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Sandy

CROWN OF LIES (Crown of Lies Duet #1) by Pepper Winters-Review and Book Tour

Crown of Lies

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 31, 2017

“I met the boy I wanted. But then he vanished and a new man claimed me instead. My father approved, my colleagues congratulated, and behind closed doors, I was bedded by a stranger.”

Noelle Charlston lived a fairy-tale life: a doting father, a powerful job, and a future blessed with financial security.

However, two meetings with two men changed her happy existence forever. First, she met the boy who made her heart sing. Second, she met the man who made her blood quiver.

Noelle’s freedom was no longer hers. It belonged to the man her father believed was the perfect match. The man who pulled his lies over everyone he touched.
Including her.

Seduced and manipulated, Noelle lives two lives. The one everyone sees on the outside and the one no one sees on the inside. The lies he spins, the truth he hides, the mystery he webs—it’s all enough to slowly erode the woman she’d been and turn her into something else.

Until her past collides with her present.
And it’s her turn to lie.
To everyone…including herself.

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REVIEW: CROWN OF LIES is the first installment in Pepper Winters’s contemporary, new adult CROWN OF LIES Duet focusing on heiress and business woman Noelle ‘Elle’ Charlston, and Penn Everett.

NOTE: CROWN OF LIES contains scenes of violence and assault that may be triggers for some more sensitive readers.

Told from first person point of view (Noelle ‘Elle’ Charlston) CROWN OF LIES covers ten years in the life of billionaire heiress Elle Charlston as she navigates the business world for which she is trained. At twelve years of age our heroine’s destiny is mapped out by the only man that she loves; at nineteen, hoping to experience a few hours of freedom in New York, Elle becomes the victim of a sexual assault only to be rescued by a ‘Nameless’ person who demands a few moments of her time. Fast forward three more years and Elle Charlston is now the CEO of Belle Elle- a family owned business passed down through her father’s heirs, and a woman who struggles with the personal side of her life. Unable to forget about the man who ‘saved’ her life, Elle becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth. Enter Penn Everett, a man who demands all that is Elle, but a man so familiar our heroine has difficulty saying no. What ensues is the battle between the past and the present; two men waging war for the affections of our story line heroine; and a darker more sinister struggle for a woman whose naivete perpetuates a series of dangerous encounters, and pathological lies.

CROWN OF LIES is a dark, erotic tale of romance where one woman discovers that the world in which she lives is unlike anything she could have ever expected. A successful business woman who falls into the proverbial rabbit-hole and has a difficult time climbing back to the top. Elle Charlston is a victim of her circumstance that is exacerbated by a father who is caught up in his own problems and thusly is missing the bigger picture. Both father and daughter are manipulated through a series of secrets and lies ; the ramifications of presumptive relationships; and one woman who will be victimized over and over by two men who profess to want the future but a future that entails power and control……but saying that there are some questionable decisions made by our heroine that place her in the direct line of fire where her safety is concerned. Innocent, naïve and too trusting Elle Charlston will become the prey in a game of betrayal, revenge, and winner take all. The premise is dark and intense; the romance is ill-fated: the characters are tragic, hostile and tormented.

CROWN OF LIES ends on a cliffhanger-you have been warned

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Reviewed by Sandy

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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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Dollar$ (Dollar #2) by Pepper Winters-Review and Book Tour

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Sandy

DOLLAR$ (Dollar #2) by Pepper Winters-Review and Book Tour

DOLLAR$
Dollar #2
by Pepper Winters
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark romance
Release Date: November 18, 2016

Dollars

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About the book: RELEASE DATE: November 18, 2016

“I should never have asked for a night with you. This would never have happened if I’d had more willpower.”

A thief met a possession and did what he did best.
Now, he has to live with the consequences.
Including the girl he claimed.

Pimlico was stolen and sold all before her twenty-first birthday.
Two years with a master who almost killed her is over.
She has a new master now.
A master who demands everything, expects everything, and requires ultimate access to her mind.

Elder broke countless rules when he took the girl who wasn’t his.
She confuses and bewitches him, but his fascination won’t save her from his desires.

He wants to know her.
She wants to forget.
Together…they’re doomed.

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REVIEW: DOLLAR$ is the second installment in Pepper Winters’ contemporary, adult DOLLAR dark, romance series focusing on Elder Prest, and Tasmin Blythe aka Pimlico. DOLLARS should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after the events of book one PENNIES.

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

Told from dual first person points of view (Pim and Elder) DOLLAR$ is a story of healing and recovery. Elder Prest is a man determined to ‘own’ our story line heroine-body and soul- but first he must allow Pim the time to recover and heal. Tasmin Blythe aka Pimlico was sold into slavery two years earlier and has suffered unimaginable physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Elder Prest, a complicated and domineering man, is both her savior and her keeper, and the man who pushes Pimlico to fight the demons that control her mind. Elder’s need for revenge, and darkened past of secrets and betrayal control the lifestyle that has made him the man he is today, and it is that darkness that he focuses on the woman that calls to his heart. At times, his treatment and threats directed at our story line heroine were abusive and reviling- a bird in a gilded cage is still trapped behind wires and bars-our heroine traded one type of captor for another. Greed, revenge and an unknown future dictate the paths of our story line couple.

The story is told through the thoughts and memories of a battered and broken woman, and the conflicted ramblings of a man desperate to fix what has been destroyed by deviance and evil. Elder Prest is no innocent; his list of sins is long and corrupt but something about Pimlico calls to his missing heart.

But….I do have an issue with this particular story line and it has nothing to do with the story line content but more so with the lack of any definitive story line progress. DOLLARS is a story of recovery –mind, body and soul-but for all intents and purposes the focus remains on breaking down Elder’s cold-hearted facade, and the recovery of a woman who had lost the will to live-while very little else happened along the way. There were a couple of hints as to Elder’s past, as well as Elder’s association with the people who had stolen Tasmin’s life but nothing has yet to come to fruition. The slow build up and absence of any real development is both frustrating and disheartening.

DOLLAR$, and the Dollar series is gritty, raw and emotional. The complexities of a broken mind are slow to heal; steps must be taken to ensure a recovery that is not destroyed by pushing the boundaries too soon or too fast. The premise is unique and creative; the characters are tragic and passionate; the romance fated and angry.

Click HERE for Sandy’s Review of book one-PENNIES

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Can’t Touch This by Tess Hunter (Pepper Winters) -a review

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Sandy

CAN’T TOUCH THIS by Tess Hunter, Pepper Winters-a review

Can't Touch This

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 5, 2016

I don’t want to touch it. I really, really don’t.

He’s egotistical, crass, and my patient’s owner—which makes him totally off limits.
Yep, that’s right. He owns the wiener I’m currently working on. A wiener dog—get your dirty mind out of the gutter.

I’ve also worked on his spoodle, his cocker-shitzu, and a cheagle—don’t ask. (And no, it’s not a sexual position.) It doesn’t help that he also represents most of my joint-owned veterinary practice’s small clientele. We’d only just opened the doors a few months ago, and in he strode with a yelping Taco Terrier. One haughty look at our sparkling new facilities, he’d demanded royal treatment, even though I was currently finger deep up a squalling tomcat.

Ever since then, he expects me to serve him. Any time. All the time. Him and his revolving zoo of dogs.

One of these days, I’m going to swat him for being such a pompous ass but I can’t deny the way he handles his charges makes me want to see past the ‘do as I say and don’t ask questions’ barking exterior.

But then last week…he caught me staring at his um, cough, package. His bossy commands switched to a cocky smirk. He gave me permission to do something I promised myself I would never ever do.
I can touch it. If I want….

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REVIEW: CAN’T TOUCH THIS by Pepper Winters (writing as Tess Hunter) is a stand-alone, contemporary adult, romantic comedy (rom-com) story line focusing on veterinarian Vesper Fairfax, and animal rehabber Ryder Carson.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Vesper and Ryder) CAN’T TOUCH THIS follows the building relationship between animal rehabber Ryder Carson, and veterinarian Vesper Fairfax. For six months Ryder has been taking wounded and sick dogs to Vesper’s animal clinic hoping that our heroine will take notice of the man that stands before her. Ryder was instantly attracted to the new veterinarian but his frequent visits appeared to be riling up the feisty doc and each successive visit Vesper’s anger towards Ryder grew more intense and dark. Their back and forth banter usually involved Ryder’s sexual innuendos and snarky come backs in the hopes of breaking down the doctor’s barriers. What ensues are Ryder’s attempts to convince Vesper to take a chance on the man and a possible future.

There is plenty of sexual tension between our leading couple; the $ex scenes are intimate and intense. We learn a little bit about Vesper and Polly’s ongoing friendship, and how Ryder started on the path of saving man’s best friend.

We are introduced to Vesper’s business partner and fellow veterinarian Polly Dartford, a woman trying to come to terms with the loneliness when her best friend begins to fall in love; and Ryder’s globe trotting brother Rupert Carson- a man looking for someone to complete his life. Their story will be told next in Can’t Own This.

CAN’T TOUCH THIS is a lighthearted, romantic comedy with very little angst or conflict from outside sources. There are moments of fun and humor mixed with heartbreaking stories of animals in need and rescues. The premise is enjoyable and entertaining; the characters are colorful and fun; the romance is seductive and provocative.

Reviewed by Sandy

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

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Sandy

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

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

Pennies

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 20, 2016

“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 Giveaway Blitz-Review and Giveaway

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Sandy

Pepper Winters Giveaway Blitz-Review and Giveaway

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Want to win a Kindle copy of Unseen Messages and Destroyed by Pepper Winters?

Now is your chance, THE READING CAFE is offering one lucky winner a copy of these two fantastic reads!

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

Destroyed

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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.

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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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Reviewed by Sandy

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Unseen Messages by Pepper Winters-Review and Book Tour

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Sandy

UNSEEN MESSAGES by Pepper Winters-Review and Book Tour

UNSEEN MESSAGES
by Pepper Winters
Genre: adult, contemporary, romance
Release Date: March 30, 2016

Unseen Messages

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 30, 2016

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“There is a message for everything. From handwritten to verbal, seen and unseen. Messages exist all around us.”

But what if you don’t see?
What if you don’t understand?
What if, by ignoring the message, your life is never the same again?
Estelle Evermore morphed from nobody to somebody overnight.
Galloway Oak put his past behind him and endeavoured to make his fortune using his trade.

Two strangers.
One plane.
Multiple unseen messages.

From sky to island, they find neither fame nor skills can save them. Stripped from society and left alone to survive the elements, the very task of staying alive outweighs all other needs.

Until survival turns to desire.
And desire turns to danger.

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REVIEW: UNSEEN MESSAGES by Pepper Winters focuses on survival, love, forgiveness and moving forward.

Told from dual first person points of view (Galloway Oak and Estelle Evermore) UNSEEN MESSAGES follows Estelle and Galloway as they embark on two separate journeys that will merge together when disaster strikes. Desperation and need forced six people to pursue a dangerous trek that resulted in a fatal flight, four lost castaways, and several years of eking out an existence on an unknown island. What ensues is a tale of survival, love, loss and the potential for something more.

At the outset of the story Estelle Evermore battles a series of unfortunate events that begs to keep our heroine from getting on her flight. These ‘messages’ are ignored by Estelle although deep in her mind she knows that something bad is about to happen but chooses to get on the doomed flight-one way or another. Meeting Galloway Oak places Estelle in the company of the man with whom she would share the next several years on an island where their small and mismatched family would struggle to survive. Starvation, dehydration, bugs, poisonous fish, and a lack of shelter find our foursome dependent upon one another to persevere against the elements and one another.

UNSEEN MESSAGES follows four people as they endure heartbreak and loss, pain and suffering, falling in love and letting go. Akin to ‘Castaway’ their rescue comes with more difficulties, the strangeness of big city living, and a media and law enforcement that demands answers now. While Estelle hides a secret about her life, Galloway’s darkened past forces the couple apart upon their return home.

Pepper Winters blends elements of ‘Castaway’, ‘Lost’, ‘Blue Lagoon’, and ‘Swiss Family Robinson’ into a tale that is all her own. Four people who struggle against the odds, focusing on survival and loss, hoping to one day return to the people they love. There are moments of heartbreaking sorrow and grief; life is never easy on an uncharted island. Each evening our castaways would write messages in the sand to be swept away by the tide, never to be seen.

The premise is a journey of the heart and soul; where two people find love and a happily ever after amongst the elements; where one soul will find completion before its time. UNSEEN MESSAGES looks at the strength and resilience of the human spirit; where life continues to blossom with or without the reality of modern man.

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Reviewed by Sandy

About The Author beige

She loves to travel and has an amazing, fabulous hubby who puts up with her love affair with her book boyfriends. She’s also honoured to wear the IndieReader Badge for being a Top 10 Indie Bestsellers, best BDSM series voted by the SmutClub, and recently signed a two book deal with Grand Central. Her books are currently being translated into numerous languages and will be in bookstores in the near future.

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