Friday 15 February 2019

BLOG TOUR and EXCERPT from THE SON and HIS HOPE by PEPPER WINTERS

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The Son and His Hope by Pepper Winters
Release Date: February 12th
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The Son and His Hope, a sweeping standalone from New York Times Bestselling author Pepper Winters.
“Things you should know about me from the very beginning:
I was born to true love, witnessed the destruction it causes, and vowed never to let such agony happen to me. I am not a story-teller like my father. I am not a writer like my mother. I am just a son—their son.
I am happy being alone.
And that is all I ever want to be.”
JACOB
The day he was born, Jacob learned his hardest and longest lesson.
It wasn’t a lesson a boy should learn so young, but from his earliest memories he knew where happiness lives, so does tragedy. Where love exists, so does heartbreak. And where hope resides, so does sorrow.
That lesson carved him from the kid to the teen to the man.
And nothing and no one could change his mind.
HOPE
I first met him when he was fourteen at a movie premiere of all places. A movie based on his parent’s life.
He was stoic, strong, suspicious, and secretive.
I was only ten, but I felt something for him. A strange kind of sorrow that made me want to hug and heal him.
I was the daughter of the actor hired to play his father.
We shared similarities.
I recognised parts of him because they were parts of me.
But no matter how many times we met. No matter how many times I tried.
He stayed true to his vow to never fall.

EXCERPT 
It’d been a long time since I’d seen her, and this new woman in front of me didn’t compute with the waifish girl I’d done my best to scare off. “I couldn’t sleep.” She blinked with eyes too hooded to be innocent. She spoke with a voice too rich and feminine to belong to the annoying Hope Jacinta Murphy. My hands curled, fighting away sick appreciation. For years, I hadn’t bothered mingling with anyone other than family. Back when I’d attended school, the girls showed off their newly formed bodies and flaunted their sexual preference. Their obvious flirting turned me off rather than on. They all seemed so desperate to impress, so eager for a connection that would end up destroying them. Hope, meanwhile, was none of those things. She was shy beneath strength. Quiet beneath conversation. And when she’d hugged me? God, she’d shown me pain had multiple levels. A hug from family could sear and sting. But a hug from her? It drew blood. “It isn’t safe to wander around this late on your own.” My hands balled, my voice thickened, and I did my best to keep my eyes on her face because there was no way I could look at her body. No way I could permit myself to see the change in her, the growth, the knowledge that she might drive me to rage and disturb my carefully perfected world, but she was the most beautiful creature I’d ever seen. Soft but sharp. Trusting but careful. Fragile but brave. All the things that drew out the best and worst in me. I wanted to be kind, so she was happy. I wanted to be cruel, so she’d leave. I didn’t have the strength to fight both instincts or convince myself I was content with being alone. My phobia of getting close to anyone ordered me to back up and point at Mom’s house. “Go back, Hope.” She bit her lower lip, looking at where I pointed before capturing my stare again. I didn’t stand a chance with the way she studied me. The same way she’d watched me as a child with a certainty and calmness that made me fidget and bristle. Only now, a deeper element was there too. A terrifying welcome. A petrifying invitation that had nothing to do with the years we’d danced around each other and everything to do with this new torturous existence. “I don’t want to go back yet.” Her voice whispered through the grass, sounding part breeze, part shadow. “What do you want?” My jaw clenched. What the hell sort of question is that, and why did I ask it? She cocked her head, hair tumbling, eyes searching. “To walk.” Taking a hesitant step toward me, she smiled softly. “Want to walk with me?” “What I want is for you to get off my property.” Her smile warmed instead of cooled. “Can I walk on it first? Then I’ll get off it.” I couldn’t understand her. Was she joking with me? Teasing? Being plain exasperating? Crossing my arms, I raised my chin. “Walking it would take hours. It’s big.”

A beautiful, powerful tale of love and loss, fight or flight, death and life. Pepper Winters never fails to disappoint. This poignant continuation of the Ribbon Duet delves deeper into the lives of the Wilds.  
We follow the journey from boy to man. Jacob Wild. The Son. Created from a soul burning love, a love that transcends our realm on Earth and never truly dies, but connects those souls into the after life and guides them to on another again, Jacob has watched what happens when you a crudely ripped from your soul mate. 
The utter devastation left behind were a young boy must swiftly grow up. However, his struggle to deal with his grief was so difficult to read. It tore my heart to shreds to see him close himself off from everyone. Burrowing deeper into his own head, torturing himself, pushing away his loved ones. Determined that if he is alone, then it will not hurt when inevitably death comes knocking.

She was the bright eyed child who loved everything and everyone. A wide eyed innocence that drew everyone to her with her charming personality and zest for life. She loved Jacob from their first meeting, there was just something about him that called to her. His pain and suffering was plain to see and all she wanted to do was take it away. 
As the years pass Hope falls further under the spell of Jacob Wild. He is magnetic, fighting the draw is impossible no matter how hard he pushes her away. His demeanour is cold and aloof, completely indifferent and that treatment hurts more than his anger.
This story of heartbreak and healing truly touched my heart. The Ribbon Duet completely drained and destroyed me, I cried for what seemed like days after finishing that story. The Son and His Hope invoked those same feelings.  
This book will make you think. It made me challenge everything I thought I knew about love, life and death. We a book makes you reevaluate your views, you must sit up and take notice.

You must be prepared for the long haul this is no short read but an in depth tale of self preservation, determination and how true love comes for us all no matter how much we fight it. You will not be sorry that you picked up this book.
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About Pepper:
Pepper Winters is a multiple New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today International Bestseller.
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 multiple #1 iBooks bestseller, along with #1 in Erotic Romance, Romantic Suspense, Contemporary, and Erotica Thriller. With 19 books currently published, she has hit the bestseller charts twenty-six times in three years.
Pepper is a Hybrid Author of both Traditional and Self-published work. Her Pure Corruption Series was released by Grand Central, Hachette.
Her books have garnered foreign interest and are currently being translated into numerous languages, including already released titles in Italian and Turkish. Audio Books for her entire back-list will be available in 2017.
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