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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 have 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.

Secrets destroy them.

**Pepper Winters is known for her Dark Erotica. This book is more a Grey Romance. It isn't fluffy, and still deals with darker subjects, but it isn't brutal.**

Destroyed is a complicated love story between a man with a terrible past and a woman who holds his cure. A man who finds redemption in love and a woman who loses her heart and reason for living.

Death brings life, and destruction brings new beginnings.

Complete at 144,000 words. No cliffhanger. Stand alone. HEA

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My past was my past, it sculpted me. My actions and wrong doings were my penance. My future and aspirations my vengeance.
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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. She hangs out on Facebook all day every day, so if you want to pop in and say hi, she's always ready to reply. If you enjoyed this book or her others, Pepper would love you forever if you could leave a brief review on Amazon. Her other books include: Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark #1) Quintessentially Q (Monsters in the Dark #2) Twisted Together (Monsters in the Dark #3 Coming May 2014) Debt Inheritance (Indebted Series. Coming Soon)

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00IUNAHZ2
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pepper Winters (6 March 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1429 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 369 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B0BV3TPCY4

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On a career level, Pepper currently has close to 40 books released in nine languages. She’s hit best-seller lists (USA Today, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal) almost 40 times. She dabbles in multiple genres, ranging from Dark Romance to Coming of Age.

On a personal level, Pepper lives on a farm with two minis, four horses, countless birds and wildlife, and a precious little ball of fluff called Mo. Her little house-rabbit sits at her feet while writing all the words, and always seems to know when she’s writing a naughty scene. He’s her muse and the main reason why a rabbit is on her author logo.

Now back to the writing stuff…

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 #1 iBooks bestseller, along with #1 in Erotic Romance, Romantic Suspense, Contemporary, and Erotica Thriller. She’s also honoured to wear the IndieReader Badge for being a Top 10 Indie Bestseller.

After releasing two books with Grand Central, Hachette (Ruin & Rule and Sin & Suffer) Pepper is a Hybrid Author of both Traditional and Self-published work.

Her books include:

When a Moth Loved a Bee

Goddess Isles (5 books)

Monsters in the Dark Trilogy 3.5 books)

Indebted Series (6.5 books)

Destroyed (Standalone)

Unseen Messages (Standalone)

Can't Touch This (Standalone)

Pure Corruption Duet (2 books)

Master of Trickery Duet (2 books)

Dollar Series (5 books)

Truth & Lies Duet (2 books)

Ribbon Duet (2 books)

The Son & His Hope (Standalone)

Fable fo Happiness

Pippin & Mo

Find her on FB: Pepper Winters Books

Twitter: @pepperwinters

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Website: www.pepperwinters.com

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Anne-maree Poke

wonderful read

Reviewed in Australia on 13 August 2023

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Breathtaking read unbelievable story don’t ever stop writing. You are an amazing writer one I can not get enough of and never want to put your books down.

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Demelza Carlton

Darker than the devil himself

Reviewed in Australia on 8 July 2014

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First, let me say that Roan is darker than the devil himself - hands down. Yet he's just as seductive, stealing inside your head because you understand where he's coming from. His violently stolen childhood and subsequent conditioning are nothing short of brutal. Yet he makes you feel that he deserves happiness - or at least the hope of it.

Hazel, whether she knows it or not, is looking for an out from her tragic life. I understand her despair at her circumstances, but I don't understand how she could just walk away from her responsibilities, when time is so important. Yet Roan is such a powerful character that he carries the story from the start.

Ms Winters' vivid writing made this story so real to me I actually had nightmares as a result for about a week afterwards. My almost-eight-year-old daughter having a My Little Pony movie marathon in the background as I read this book probably didn't help the situation.

No, the characters aren't normal people - their circumstances and their pasts mean that they can never be normal. But they do deserve a happy ending.

Superb writing that truly deserves five stars.

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Reviewed in Australia on 11 April 2015

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This book was a bit different to what the other books of Pepper Winters that I have read. Different in a great way. She's an amazing story teller and you can't help but get lost in her books. This book was a lot tamer. The story of Roan and Hazel is a memorable one and one that you can't put down no matter what the emergency!

Reviewed in Australia on 9 October 2021

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I laughed, I cried, loved this book.
I wasn’t sure at the beginning as I got angry but the turn in events had me gripped and I wanted to know more. Love this author

Reviewed in Australia on 10 August 2021

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This book never got boring. The more I read, the more thrilling it became. I could genuinely feel the love radiating off of Zel and Roan. Definitely recommend it to all those who are even slightly interested!

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Kyles

Prepare to be destroyed

Reviewed in Australia on 20 April 2014

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A very apt title because this book destroyed me.
This story broke my heart, mended it back together, then shattered it into tiny pieces.

Fox did a lot of horrible things, but you couldn't hate him because you understood he wasn't willingly choosing to do them. He wanted to protect Hazel, even from himself, but he couldn't stay away either.
Hazel could see the good in Fox and wanted to help him. She pushed him to overcome some of his fears. Even when he warned her of the consequences of trying to do so, she still risked getting hurt to try to save him.
My heart broke at the love between not only Hazel and Clara, but Fox and Clara too.
Beautiful and heartbreaking story with a wonderful ending.

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crashqueen73

Repeats but Enjoyable

Reviewed in Australia on 27 December 2014

Finished!
This one took me a little longer than usual because it is not a novella but also because it was not an easy start for me. The first hundred pages or so I really felt like I was dragging myself through and I made a fair few stops and starts.
When I thought about why I realised it was because it took lots and lots of sentences to say the same thing over and over. I felt like I was on repeat... "didn't I just read that?" It was not concise and what could have been said in one page took about ten. The book could have been about 100 pages shorter and I probably would have enjoyed it even more.
The other thing that I, personally, didn't like was the amount of time it took to find out about what was going on in the hero/ heroine's life. It worked ok for the hero but all the talk/ mind discussions from the heroine I found a little frustrating. She was a strong character and I wanted to know why she had become so tough and yet somehow maintained her need to care for people with issues. This came out as the story progressed but for me I felt a little uneasy about her. I wished that she had been more understandable right from the word go so that her need to help Fox was clearer... I can understand why readers would think she was mad to keep going back to someone that was sooooo disturbed!
My last gripe is the ending. For someone with a lifetime of issues (and SERIOUS issues, supposedly) the rainbow and unicorn ending was a little hard to come to terms with. I think if there had simply been improvements for whatever reason, this would have been more believable.
Other than those three issues I thought the story was very enjoyable. The premise was good, the characters were good, the relationship development was enjoyable. 4 stars

Reviewed in Australia on 6 August 2019

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I was not prepared for this book and it shattered me. So much pain and anguish and then heartbreaking sadness. But then finally out of the darkness came a sliver of hope that bloomed into something beautiful. Loved it but now I need some chocolate.

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Terri T.

A compelling read - Destroyed is a fitting title, another dark brutal read from Pepper Winters !!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 March 2017

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I had been wanting to read this book for ages and just never had got around to it, I'm so glad I made the time. Yes I have given it five stars because the story was an epic one, and raw and emotional and yet very frustrating for me at times, but for the life of me I couldn't put it down. In my opinion the second half of this book was much better than the first part and the writing was impeccable as always.

Hazel is a born fighter in life, but some things just take us down and after some life changing news her life is unraveling slowly. On a night out with her best friend, she meets Obsidian Fox ( Roan) and for reasons she can't fathom she is pulled towards this beast of a man. He has a very dark past with problems no one can help him with, he is conditioned and damaged so badly it actually scared me. I couldn't find a connection to Fox at all, I honestly didn't like his character but Hazel on the other hand I quite enjoyed her, such a determined lady, strong yet loving and with a tragic past of her own I couldn't help but gravitate towards her. Fox felt the same - he wanted Hazel, she had made him "feel" and that hadn't happened in his life for a very long time. He makes her an offer she really couldn't refuse because of certain circumstances in her life at present and from then on she is enveloped into the dark dangerous life of Fox and what a ride of discovery we are taken on.

I really liked that as the book goes along we get to delve into both their pasts and how they have gotten to this point in their lives, it is told in duel perspective so we really get to know these characters very well. My heart finally started to melt a little where Fox is concerned because lets face it no one is immune to the kind of abuse and cruelty- mentally and physically he has been put through, my heart bled for his pain, but at times I really disliked him immensely and I couldn't see or feel any ending to this book, no hope peeked through the pages and this is where the frustration came in for me , and then WHAM - something changed - you will have to read the book to find out what and why but this was the best part for me. Then just as you think you have got this - it all falls down around your feet again and my heart once again was deflated and disappointed. I was angry, sad and immensely frustrated with the whole thing.
Hazel on the other hand was a bloody Saint in my mind to put up with all this and still go back for more, me - I would have run a mile and not looked back - thank god Hazel is a better woman than me !!

I'm not going to lie and say when I first started this book I didn't think was going to like it at all, but this story is so addictive that you have no choice but to read it and get totally involved in the lives of the characters, you HAVE to know the outcome of these conflicted, torturous people, you hold out hope with all your heart that the outcome is a good one but the path that leads to this is a shocking and disturbing one so be warned.

Another great book from Pepper but one that I will not be reading again and certainly not one of my favourites of hers, but on the other hand it is also one I will never ever forget and that says a lot about this author and her work.

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Isabelle morebooksthanlivros

5 stars, contemporary, dark-erotica, non-con

Reviewed in the United States on 23 April 2014

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"It wasn't gentle. It wasn't sweet. It was dirty and cruel and broken. But I couldn't get enough."

Summary

Hazel goes to the fight club only to support her best friend Clue, little did she know, that she wouldn't make back home.
Roan is dark, dangerous and in pain. He only needs to fight tonight to hurt, but he may have found his cure.
Their meeting is explosive, their relationship is hurtful, their journey is cathartical, their ending... you must read to know.

Cover 5 stars

It's hot, it's gorgeous, and if you read the book you will undestand it's Roan. I could see it would be dark, hot and of a fighter.
I love the lack of color, the darkness, once again, so Roan.

Character 5 stars

Hazel is the perfect heroine. Yes, perfect. She makes a lot of bad decisions, but that makes her more human, more like one of us, and makes her perfect. She is so strong at the same time so weak.

Roan is dark, dangerous and twisted. Roan is not perfect at all, and not very human either, but Roan makes you love him nonetheless.

Not easy characters, but I was able to connect, relate, understand and love them. They are the PERFECT characters, IMO.

plot 4.5 stars

I wouldn't consider this book a fast-paced read, because it's not an easy read. It's so intense and emotional that makes you feel like in a marathon. Some parts you relax into the pace, other parts you feel like out-of-air and need to built up strenght to keep going. Don't take me wrong, I never wanted to stop reading, but I cried and I rage along with this book, so I felt I was drowning at some parts and needed sunshine and laughter.

The story was really well crafted and the idea behind it all is amazing and so original that I couldn't believe at times what I was reading.
It's DARK, and I love dark read, but they are not for everyone.

This book kept me on my toes from beginning to end, it was an intense roller coaster ride that kept me guessing all the way. And the twists, yes, Ms. Winters brought us a lot of plot twists, but she never lost her direction and she made everything seems very believable.

heat 5 stars

Yes, it was hot hot hot. It was intense, painful at a times, but I like it dark, so I loved this one.
The description of the scenes were perfect!

freshness 5 stars

I HAVE NEVER READ ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. Really the ideas behind all of this was so originial that I couldn't believe it.

editing 5 stars

I don't remember any major problem and DARK books MUST have almost perfect editing. The stories are usually so hard to follow, that if you have to be battling poor editing, makes it unreadable.
Bravo!

Impressions and Opinion

Some books, you love because it makes you feel goood, happy, light, relaxed. This is not one of these books.

Destroyed, breaks you. Rip you apart! There is not a moment of an easy ride. It is a turbulent flight from take-off to landing.

You are probably thinking that I'm crazy right now, since I've rated this a 5 stars read. But, at the same time it breaks you, it mends you back.
It's not a fight of winning or loosing, but a fight of surviving. It's not a sweet journey, but a road to ressurection, to redemption.

It is a catharsis! It's amazing!

I loved this book so much, that as soon as I finish this book, I bought another book from Ms. Winters.
This was my first book of this author, but it won't be my last!

I would recommend this book if you like dark, gritty and painful, but good with HEA.

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AC

Taken by surprised......

Reviewed in Canada on 18 March 2014

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At first I wasn't sure if I would like it, but I always push through it, because when I'm surprised how much I end up liking a book and can't put it down, you know that author did a good job! This isn't my usual erotic-romance theme type, but the complexity of the characters in this book really intrigued me, and fell in love with them. It's dark and twisted, and so unconventional, and yet you still want to fight for these characters to be with each other, because they need each other. Loved it! This was my first read of the authors, and now I am intrigued to continue to read her other ones.

Chiara Cilli

Invincibile. Impenetrabile. Invisibile.

Reviewed in Italy on 15 April 2014

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Ormai io sono una seguace di primo ordine di Pepper Winters e non ho intenzione di perdermi neanche una sua opera! Così, dopo Q Mercer, è il turno di questo romanzo autoconclusivo--non proprio dark, ma grigio, come afferma Pepper ;) Quasi 500 pagine in cui il mio cuore ha pianto e pianto per il povero Roan, protagonista dai capelli color bronzo e gli occhi così chiari da sembrare incolore. Per quasi tutto il libro, però, lui è Obsidian Fox, proprietario dell'omonimo locale dove si svolgono combattimenti clandestini. Qualcuno ha detto combattimenti?! Oh yeeeeah, proprio il libro per me *.* infatti ho iniziato a sbavare dalla prima pagina xD Non so come, ma la Winters è in grado di toccarmi l'anima--e non con i sentimenti d'amore, ma con quelli oscuri che solo lei è in grado di scrivere come si deve. Con Q mi ha squarciata in due, e con Roan mi ha marchiata. III (Invincible. Impenetrable. Invisible.) Quello che questo povero cucciolo ha dovuto tollerare... oddio, ho sofferto con lui in ogni singolo flashback. Certo che i russi non scherzano proprio, quando devono creare un killer perfetto--e Fox lo è al 100%. Quella poveretta di Hazel, la protagonista, non può nemmeno toccarlo che lui baaaam! La sbatte a terra e per poco non la strangola. Non essendo propriamente dark, questo romanzo è più soft rispetto a TT e QQ, ma molto struggente--tanto che c'è stato un momento in cui mi sono commossa, perché non si può restare impassibili di fronte a una cosa del genere. Finale molto mieloso, ma ci sta ;) Caro Roan, meriti il meglio che la vita ha da offrirti!

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Wuukie

Anders als erwartet...

Reviewed in Germany on 30 March 2014

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Ich hatte das Buch schon länger runtergeladen, hatte aber eigentlich keine Lust auf eine “ dark romance“,
Aber dieses Buch ist kein dunkles bdsm Romänchen. Es ist eine Liebesgeschichte die mich zu tränen gerührt hat auch wenn das Leben von Roman mehr als brutal ist. Das Buch ist absolut empfehlenswert . Es ist die Geschichte eines Mannes, der versucht trotz seiner mörderischen Vergangenheit ein normales Leben zu führen und Liebe zu finden.

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