I hovered…waiting. Waiting for one tiny sign that he was still alive beneath whatever fear had struck him mute.
Bonnie sidled up to me, bringing the sickening scent of rosewater and biscuits. “Goodbye, Ms. Weaver. You’ve earned your freedom today at the cost of another.” Leaning closer, she whispered, “You’re free, but this is far from over, girl. Mark my words; you’ll pay for what your family has done.”
I stood taller, ready to fight even if Jethro wouldn’t. “Stop it, I’m stay—”
Jethro suddenly yelled, “Go! Just fucking go.”
The room froze, all eyes pinned on him.
He pointed at the door, shattering my heart into dust. “Leave.”
His eyes screamed the truth.
If you love me at all, you’ll go.
I need you to go.
“You can’t ask me to do this,” I said, wiping away a fallen tear.
“I can and I will.” Striding forward, he grabbed my face and kissed me in front of everyone. His hands shook, his lips trembled.
He broke me completely.
“Please, Nila. Do this for me. Let me make this right.”
Pushing me gently to the door, he commanded, “Go and don’t look back.”
My world crumbled.
My legs didn’t want to move.
My heart didn’t want to beat.
His eyes begged me to obey.
Please…go.
Stumbling, I did the impossible.
I didn’t look at Jasmine.
I didn’t look at Jethro.
I kept moving.
I would honour him.
I would obey him.
Even though every inch of me bled.
Even though every part of me was dead.
I would go home.
I would find a way to fix this.
It wasn’t over.
Two seconds later…
…
I was gone.
“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 of all.
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Pepper Winters is a NYT and USA Today International Bestseller. She 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.
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Her Dark Romance books include (click for buylinks from numerous online sites):
Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark #1)
Quintessentially Q (Monsters in the Dark #2)
Twisted Together (Monsters in the Dark #3)
Debt Inheritance (Indebted #1)
First Debt (Indebted Series #2)
Second Debt (Indebted Series #3)
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Destroyed
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Je Suis a Toi (Monsters in the Dark Novella)
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Seven books and acknowledgements down, and they still don’t get any easier. Along with the typical gratefulness, I’m going to answer a few personal questions that relate to the creation of the Indebted Series. First, the acknowledgements.
Thank you to Ari from Cover it! Designs. I’m still awed by the covers for this series.
Thank you to Aussie Lisa and Nina for being so amazingly supportive and awesome friends. I seriously couldn’t have done this without you. From our daily PM’s to just knowing you’re there for my mini-breakdowns. Love your faces.
Thank you to Katrina, Kiki, Mandi, Yaya, Vicki, Tami, Vickie, Ellen, and Natasha for reading the first copy of Second Debt, typos and all. Especially a big thanks to Yaya for being brutal even when she doesn’t want to hurt my feelings, Mandi and Tami for inviting me into an incredible friendship, and Kiki for searching the world’s music for the best songs.
Thanks to Jenny from Editing4Indies. You have my back and put up with my crazy deadlines and urgent emails. I love knowing you’re in my corner.
Thanks to Nadine for running my street team and the amazing girls who help spread the word, and for organising one of the best events in 2015 in San Francisco.
Thank you for my Pepper Pimpettes who do a fabulous job sharing and reviewing.
Thank you to The Rock Stars of Romance for hosting the review and blog tour and for getting me drunk one night so we could finally gossip about the good stuff.