Fourth Debt – Indebted # 5

Indebted Series – Book 5

Release Date- August 11, 2015

By Pepper Winters

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Synopsis

“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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PROLOGUE

 

FUNNY HOW LIFE plays practical jokes. 

The past few days—that had to be a fucking joke, right?

There was no logical answer that would make sense to what I’d seen, heard, and lived the past seventy-two hours.

My sister.

My best-friend and twin.

This was what she’d been living with? This was how she’d been treated?

This was what she wanted to return to?

Motherfucking why? Why would she ever want to return to this insanity?

We’d been raised in a broken home, chained to an empire that absorbed us right from birth. But we were kept safe, warm, and loved. We grew up together. We shared everything.

But now…I had no fucking clue who my sister was.

But then she came to me.

A woman I never knew existed.

The most stunning creature I’d ever seen.

Only she didn’t come to me on feet or wings of an angel. She rolled into my life and demanded my help.

And for better or for worse.

I helped her.

 

 

CHAPTER ONE

“LET ME GO!”

Daniel cackled like a mad hyena, his fingers stabbing into my bicep. Without breaking his stride, he stole me further away from the parlour and into the bowels of the house.

I didn’t want to go. I didn’t want to go anywhere with him.

“Take me back!” I squirmed, doing my best to return to Jethro.

He can’t be dead!

Just because he lay unmoving and bloody didn’t mean he’d left me behind.

That’s exactly what it means.

I shook my head, dislodging those awful thoughts. He’s alive. He had to be.

I couldn’t tolerate any other answer. I refused to live in a world where evil triumphed over good. That wasn’t right—life couldn’t be that cruel.

It’s always been that way.

My mind filled with images of my mother. My father’s desolation. My broken childhood. Evil had puppeteered us from day one. Why should now be any different?

He’s not dead!

I swallowed a sob.

Please don’t be dead…

I fought harder. “Let me see him. You can’t do this!”

Daniel cackled louder. “Keep begging, Weaver. Won’t do you any good.”

He’s not dead!

I locked my knees, fighting him every step. “Stop!” Looking back the way we’d come, the door to the parlour seemed so far away—a bright beacon at the end of a festering corridor. “They were your brothers, you insane psychopath. Don’t you feel anything?!”

Please let me go to him. He has to be alive…

Please let my twin stay alive…

Let all of this be a nightmare!

I couldn’t cope with Jethro murdered; I’d go clinically insane if they killed V, too.

“I feel relief. I no longer have to put up with their simpering bullshit.” He flashed his teeth. “Cut did us all a favour.”

Cut will die.

He was evil incarnate. He deserved to die in excruciatingly painful ways.

I refuse to believe they’re dead.

“I said stop!” I wriggled harder, only succeeding in Daniel’s fingers tearing into my flesh. Goosebumps covered my skin while ice steadily froze my veins. Every second was endless torture. I couldn’t live without Jethro.

It can’t end like this!

“You won’t win, Weaver.” Daniel tugged harder. “Accept what’s fucking happened and obey me.”

Michel’s Review

Almost one year ago ( shy 11 days) I started the Indebted Series by Pepper Winters.  The first book, Debt Inheritance, drew me in like a moth to a flame.  I was that moth.  I became enamored with this dark thriller and anxiously awaited each release.  I counted the days, cursed Pepper Winters for leaving me hanging, dwelled upon the fate of Nila and Jethro, and plotted how to kill the Hawk family.  As each book released in the Indebted Series it has became more complex, darker, and twisted.  Each book finished with a major cliffhanger that left the reader dumbfounded.  The fourth book, Third Debt, was a doozy.  It redefined the direction of this story.  The key antagonist, Jethro Hawk, switched sides.  The secondary antagonists, the Hawk family, took over.  The Weavers were drawn further into the deadly web that would lead to their deaths.  By the end of the book the Nila Weaver was left in an utterly hopeless situation.  Not only was her life on the line but also her twin brother, Vaughn.  The readers were left trembling in fear for Nila and Vaughn.  They were left mourning the loss of Jethro and Kes Hawk.  They were terrified by the possibilities of what would come next in the Indebted series.  The third debt was not paid and the fourth debt was looming in Nila’s future.

I stalked my kindle by the minutes awaiting for The Fourth Debt to appear.  The moment it was live I was devouring this book.  I read it one sitting and needless to say I finished it with shock and despair.  My stomach was in knots.  My thoughts were crazy.

 On one hand I was thinking “What kind of person am I ? How can I be addicted to such dark twisted stuff?  Where is my moral decency ?  How can I condone this kind of behavior? When is the next book releasing and can I handle it?”

On the other hand I was thinking “OMG!  This was such a good book!  Those Hawks are twisted arseholes!  When is the next book releasing? I need it now!  I need answers!”

Then my rational mind took over.  I remembered that this is FICTION.  This has nothing to do with me personally, it’s pure entertainment.  Another way to feed my mind and let me escape my truly ordinary world.  A world that is beautifully peaceful, predictable, happy, and untouched by the monstrosities of life.  It made me reflect about how talented Pepper Winters is as a writer.  She created a story that took over my ordinary life and created something that is holding me hostage.  Not only was her character Nila Weaver a victim that was held hostage, I too became a victim of the Indebted Series.  My time and thoughts were being held for ransom in an extraordinary way.

Fourth Debt picks up where Third Debt left off.  Jethro and Kes are dead.  Vaughn has been beaten badly.  Nila has been handed over to the psychotic Daniel Hawk.  What comes into play is more shocking than all the books combined.  It left me with extreme anxiety.  Nila’s time is running out.  The clock is ticking down to the last second.  It looks like she is going to become another headstone in the Weaver plot on the Hawk’s estate. There is no longer any hope.  There is no one to save her in time.  Not only is her life on the line, Vaughn is facing the same fate.  The Weaver legacy is coming to an end.

My deepest fear was that the Third Debt, the Hawk rape would come into play.  It was much worse than that.  They RAPED her SOUL.

Here are a few quotes that will give you an idea of how desperate the situation has become for Nila.

” I swallowed another tsunami of tears.  My soul didn’t believe.  But my circumstances said otherwise.  This was my life now- this endless misery.”

“You’re already a corpse, and there is nothing, absolutely nothing, you can do about it.”

“But there was something monstrous inside me…slurping me deeper, telling me my time was running out.  I didn’t know where the countdown beast had come from, but it was louder and louder.”

“He’s truly slipped from malicious to insane.”

“My life wasn’t mine anymore.”

“Daniel had morphed from man to monster, shadowing my future, my soul, my hope.”

“They were stealing everything.”

As I finished Fourth Debt by Pepper Winters I was in a very dark place.  The few snippets of hope that may have played out are hopeless.  Nina’s fate is in peril.  She is about to become immortal.  Whether she lives or dies, Pepper Winters has made Nila Weaver immortal.  The readers will never forget this remarkable woman that showed compassion, fortitude, and unbreakable strength.

I am still that moth drawing closer to the flame. It’s getting hotter and I am ready to jump into the fire.

The Final Debt is coming soon!

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Indebted

Indebted Series

By Pepper Winters

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.

A modern day Dark Erotic Romance

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First Debt

Indebted #2

Series: Indebted

By Pepper Winters

Synopsis

“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 Series – Book 3

By Pepper Winters

Release Date: January 26, 2015

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Synopsis

“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.

 

Third Debt – Indebted # 4

Indebted Series – Book 4

By Pepper Winters

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Synopsis

Fourth Book in the New York Times Bestselling Indebted Series.

“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…

 

Fourth Debt – Indebted # 5

Indebted Series – Book 5

Release Date- August 11, 2015

By Pepper Winters

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Synopsis

“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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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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