This book cleared up all doubts that I didn't like dark romance. I'd read dark erotic romance before, but I'd never loved the characters so much or wanted to read more. I ended up giving this book 5 stars. There's an excerpt and a chance to win copies of this book and other in this series. You don't want to miss it!
Debt Inheritance by Pepper Winters
(Indebted #1)
Publication date: August 14th 2014
Genres: Adult, Romance
Synopsis:
“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.
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Excerpt
Jethro
Excerpt
Jethro
THE WORLD WAS
a dangerous place, but I was worse.
The human race
left the dark ages behind—technology improved and ruined our lives in equal
measure, and the devils in society hid with better camouflage.
As the years
rolled by, and we left our barbaric ways behind, people forgot about the
shadows lurking in plain sight. Men like me morphed into predators in sheep’s clothing.
We preyed on the weak with no apology, and everything landed in our fucking
laps. Civilization cloaked us, hiding the animals at heart.
We traded
caveman mentality and murder for suits and softly spoken curses. I hid my true
temper beneath a veil of decorum. I mastered the art of suave.
People who knew
me said I was a gentleman. They called me distinguished, accomplished, and
shrewd.
I was all of
those things, but none of them. We might live in a civilized world, but rules and
laws didn’t apply to me. I was a rule-breaker, curse-maker, life-stealer.
The
projection was a farce—but even the worst of us had someone who owned us. Whether
family, honour, or duty.
I’d embraced
my inner barbarian, yet was governed by a hierarchy and when the Hawk matriarch
snapped her fingers, we all came running.
Including my
arsehole of a father, Bryan Hawk.
There, in the
cigar and cognac laced library, I learned a truth that forever changed my life.
And hers.
My family
owned another.
An IOU on
their entire existence.
To this day,
I didn’t know why, and I didn’t bother asking.
Who gave a
shit why a wealthy family called the Weavers were indebted to us? Who gave a
damn that they’d royally fucked off my family and earned the wrath of my ancestors?
All I cared
about was the news I’d inherited something more than just money, possessions,
or titles.
My
twenty-ninth birthday gave me a pet. A toy.
A responsibility
I didn’t want.
Debts I had
to extract from unwilling flesh.
A job to
uphold our family honour.
Nila Weaver.
One mistake
six hundred years ago put a curse on her entire family.
One mistake
sold her life to me in a mountain of unpayable debt.
I inherited
her.
I preyed on
her.
I owned her
life and had the piece of paper to prove it.
Nila Weaver.
Mine.
And my task…
…
…
devour her.
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AUTHOR BIO:
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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This looks so steamy
ReplyDeleteIt's steamy, but it was a great first installment of the series. It's detailed and I got emotional while reading it. You can't help but connect with Nila. The first book was free a little while ago. I hope you grabbed it then!
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