(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 yourdebts.”
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 debtthat’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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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.
EXERPT TWO
“You think
you’ve got it all figured out, don’t you?” His arm hoisted me onto the tips of
my toes. Breathing was difficult, not fighting was impossible, but I permitted
it. All I did was stare silently into his golden eyes.
“I understand
what you’re doing.” He smiled. “But mark my words. You won’t win.” Shaking me,
he unwound his fingers, then smoothed the front of his jeans. The sun gleamed
on the gold buckle of his crocodile skin belt.
My stomach
clenched, but I held my ground. Raising my chin, I whispered, “Mark my words. I will win. Because I am right
and you are wrong.”
EXCERT THREE
I didn’t look
back.
I should’ve
looked back.
I should
never have placed my hand into that of a monster’s.
That was the
last day of freedom. The last day that was my own.
My life was
never mine.
My destiny was
already written.
My story
began the night he came for me.
BOOK ONE: Debt
Inheritance.
“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.
BOOK TWO: First Debt
“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.
BOOK THREE: Second Debt
“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.
BUYLINKS:
DEBT INHERITANCE (Indebted #1)
FIRST DEBT (Indebted #2)
SECOND DEBT (Indebted #3)
Amazon: TBA / Release 26th Jan
Nook: TBA / Release 26th Jan
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. 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'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.
Author links:
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.
Author links:
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