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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

Length: 772 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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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) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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ASIN : B00IUNAHZ2
Publisher : Pepper Winters (6 March 2014)
Language : English
File size : 1440 KB
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Text-to-Speech : Enabled
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Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 772 pages

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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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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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Destroyed .... indeed!

Reviewed in Australia on 24 June 2014

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I feel like I have been pulled apart and put back together. Not sure what draws me to Pepper's dark stories, but I am ensnared by her imagination and her story telling abilities. I abhor violence, however, there is such redemption and rebirth in Pepper's stories that I am captured by her characters. Just like Tess and Q have become embedded in my heart, now Hazel and Roan have also. Thank you Pepper, you are amazing.

Being an Aussie, I liked that this story was set down under.

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Christine

Completely mesmerising!

Reviewed in Australia on 28 June 2014

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Well I don't know how she does it but Pepper Winters has weaved her magic yet again. What a story and thank you for giving us Hazel. I fell in love with her determination and unwavering strength. Finally a true heroine. Fantastic book. I am now severely sleep deprived because I couldn't put the damn thing down. I would give it more stars if I could.

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Soul Consuming xx

Reviewed in Australia on 24 May 2014

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Completely unexpected!
My first Pepper Winters book, certainly not my last as I will be downloading every book available.
I cried tears of pain as though I was living through the grief.
I never re-read books but this one I know I will.
I can honestly recommend this read.
Thank you Pepper xx

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Theresa Parker

This book really did Destroy me! IT WAS AWESOME!!!

Reviewed in Australia on 10 October 2014

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This is an amazing book. I loved that it was from both points of view. I love the depth of the characters and how well they were formed. Any questions I had during the story were answered by the end. And when the end came, I was speechless, I had finished it and can't say a negative word.

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Enthralling tale

Reviewed in Australia on 26 August 2016

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Wow! A story full of love, lust, pain and tragedy. Incredibly well written. A book that's a pleasure to read. Wow!

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Destroyed!!

Reviewed in Australia on 11 March 2014

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This book is in so much detail that I felt what these characters felt. It destroyed me and was the first book that made me a blubbering mess!!! It may have been heartbreaking but the ending definitely made up for it! It was a dark read about a broken man but what else do you expect from the amazing Pepper winters!!

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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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C. Halford

Another dark masterpiece!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 March 2014

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Originally published at Rookie Romance.

It's no secret that I'm a big fan of her Monsters in the Dark series and Pepper Winters has proved, once again, why she has a spot on my go-to author list.

Destroyed is one of those books that just reaches into your soul, twists it into pleasure-pain knots and then leaves its echo for days. I freaking loved it. I can't stop thinking about it and telling everyone about it, whether they want to listen to me or not!

The characters are absolutely fascinating, and so complex and well developed. Hazel is a fighter but after some devastating news, she's feeling adrift and without her usual fighting spirit. Then she meets Obsidian Fox (Roan) and her world is thrown upside down.
I loved Hazel. She's tenacious, determined and with an inner strength that helped her survive a brutal childhood. She doesn't take any rubbish, but she has still has an incredible compassion for others.
Roan is...complicated. The dude has issues, like huge gigantic mountains of issues. An ordinary woman would never have been able to handle him, but Hazel isn't ordinary. He has a past that sends shivers of horror down your spine, and leaves your heart bleeding for him. When I think about how he suffered and how it affects him still, it just breaks my heart. There's more I'd love to say about Roan, but I don't want to ruin anything- trust me though, he does not disappoint.

I always expected a dark, tempestuous journey and frankly there were times when I couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I couldn't believe Pepper would be so cruel as to leave use without a HEA! All I'll say is that I was left happy- after a devastating, painful and gut-wrenching journey.

This book will make you sob (you're a cold, cold person if you don't) and leave you shattered, but sated. I can't emphasise enough how much I love Pepper Winters' writing. She has a magical touch when it comes to dark, soul-consuming stories and breathes life and energy into her characters. Seriously, if you haven't already got this to read, I don't know what you're waiting for.

*I received a review copy for my honest opinion. Thank you!

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DonnaC

I enjoyed the story but wanted more connection to the characters

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 April 2014

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Destroyed by Pepper Winters
3.5 stars!!

“I thought she was a saint. She thought I was a sinner. Too bad we didn’t try to find the truth. We both paid the price.”

This is a hard one for me to review, I have read quite a few Pepper Winters books and have absolutely loved them. However, this one I liked, but it didn’t pull me in like the others. For me this one lacked character connection, I didn’t feel this one and I love to feel.

The story though is not what I would call dark, it is more a dark grey, but it is unique and intriguing. I do love a “broken man” and Obsidian Fox is definitely that. Obsidian Fox is the owner of an underground fight club, he was a man to be scared of, he was intense, scarred, extremely strong and highly trained. His past was that of an assassin, the training from a young child had left it’s marks both emotionally and physically, to the point that he could not be touched, only in one to one combat. If you did touch him, not many people lived to tell the tale. He was ruthless, lethal, extremely tortured, but deep down we got the inkling that all he ever wanted was to be loved, but he thought that was never a possibility due to his past. After all, how could you love, when you couldn’t even bare to be touched.

“I was obsessed with finding redemption. Destroyed by love. Possessed by hope. Consumed by a past I couldn’t shake.”

Hazel was another with a troubled past and still had personal problems that were eating her alive. All consuming and not seeing an end in sight she was left desperate, she needed money and fast, after all her daughters life depended on it. Hazel is taken to Fox’s club by her friend, she didn’t expect to meet anyone, neither did Obsidian Fox.

“Life ended.
Then began again.
Noise ceased.
Then came again.
Heat froze.
Then enveloped again.
Sorrow disappeared.
Then settled again”

The instance their eyes met they felt the pull, totally alien to Obsidian Fox as he has never felt anything like this in his life, it was frightening, he was highly trained, trained not to feel, feelings put you in danger, but he was intrigued, who was this woman and why the hell did she make him “feel.” All that he knew was that his life would never be the same again and this led him to make Hazel an offer she couldn’t refuse. How would this work, after all he couldn’t be touched, unless Hazel could do the impossible?

Hazel was incredibly strong and resilient, having been on her own for so long she relied on no-one and was not going to start now. However, Obsidian had made her that offer that could save her daughter and she was willing to put her own life at risk to do it. Even though her common sense is telling her to run, she also can’t help the pull that she feels towards Obsidian Fox, there is that connection, but could she be the one to make Obsidian feel? Could she warm that frozen heart, or would it take a child’s love to do that? After all, there must be a cure, right?

I loved the way that both their pasts were slowly revealed throughout the book, it helps you understand Obsidian so much better, but by being drip fed, you are also left wondering why until you get that eureka moment. The way that Obsidian punished himself was painful to read but yet I felt like I understood to some degree. Their relationship does give you whip lash, however having it any other way would not have read right. It was like walking on egg shells, but it needed to be that way and sometimes we do have to go back, to enable us to move forward.

“We destroyed each other.”

In summary this was a great read, I thoroughly enjoyed it, but I just wish I could have connected to them that bit more, it wasn’t far off, but I just wanted that emotional connection. There were times I should have cried but I didn’t and being a blubberer I noticed.

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Author Heidi J Thomas

Wow

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 November 2018

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I read Destroyed after reading the Ribbon Duet. Not sure what I expected but this wasn't it.
Destroyed is dark and a bit twisted (OK, more than a bit) but I really, really enjoyed it. Hazel is strong and smart and Roan is just how I like my male characters in a way - messed up, complicated and damaged. It makes for chemistry and passion off the chart.
And there were even tears. I couldn't put it down and I'm off to read more of Pepper's books now :)
So, in summary. If you're queasy about blood, violence etc don't go there. But if you like stories where you want to hate the guy, but find yourself fiercely rooting for him, dive right in. You won't regret it x

Awesome book! I love the dark tortured hero and ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 February 2016

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Awesome book!

I love the dark tortured hero and this hero cannot get any darker than he is. He literally cannot be touched because of his hellish past. I wanted the heroine to see through all that and she did. I loved them both and their story grabbed me by the throat.

Hero is a fighter as that is the only way he can be touched and to feel. One night he see's the heroine and instantly feels for her, which never happened before. He comes up to her and makes a proposition.

Heroine is in a dark place in her life (my heart just broke for her when we finally see why). She wavers but in the end accepts the proposition as she is also intrigued by the hero. What then follows is about two people reaching out across dark, broken life to make a connection that their souls felt instantly. I loved how, despite everything, they never gave up even when it looked like all hope is shattered between them.

This author was new for me but I am happily downloading her other books to read.

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