About SIN & SUFFER
"Some say the past is in the past. That vengeance will hurt both innocent and guilty. I never believed those lies. Once
my lust for revenge is sated, I'll say goodbye to hatred. I'll find a new beginning."
She came from a past Arthur "Kill" Killian never forgot. She made
him sin and made him suffer. She tugged him from the shadows and showed
him he wasn't as dead as he thought. And with her resurrection came
betrayal, deceit, and war.
But then they took her. Stole her. Imprisoned her.
Now Kill's carefully laid plans for vengeance are complete. He
craves action, retribution-the blood of his enemies. War has begun. War
is all they'll know until they've paid their penance. He will get her
back-and rewrite their destiny
. . .
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Excerpt
There hadn’t been a single moment in the past eight
years when I’d awoken and wished I could forget.
Every morning had been a struggle to remember.
Every night a battle between needing to know and
needing to forget.
I’d tried to trick my mind into remembering, but
either I was too stubborn or too afraid, because it never worked. And . . . as
the days turned from hell to heaven and Arthur fell back in love with me, I
didn’t really mind that a chunk of my life was missing.
I had him back. Larger than life and even more perfect
than any recollection could do justice.
I was content with that.
But living in the silver haze of amnesia, with no past
or present, came with its own burdens and trials. It meant I couldn’t find my
true self, but it also granted unusual freedom. Freedom because I couldn’t find
my true self. I had the latitude to be stronger, braver—all because
I had no notion of who I’d been or what I was risking
by choosing
certain
paths.
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t like that indulgent
laxity . . . that power.
It’d granted me silent strength to chase Arthur even
when he seemed unchasable. And it’d helped me find the truth that I’d been
missing all these years.
But now, pinned to a table with men gawking at my
half-naked form, I wished I could disappear into the void where my mind had
vacationed for so long.
I wished I could delete whatever was about to happen.
I struggled against the fingers around my wrists,
unable to look up at the men holding me down. My cheek squashed against the
table; my toes ached as I dug into the tiled floor, trying to stop myself from
sliding and becoming completely helpless.
Rubix stood behind me. The heat of his thighs against
my T‑shirt and the roughness of his fingers
sent my heart spiraling.
Please,
don’t let this happen.
Rubix was many things, but a rapist? Would he stoop
that low?
The unequivocal answer reverberated through my head.
Yes.
Especially if such a thing would hurt the one person
he hated above all. Arthur would never be able to forgive himself if I was
violated so terribly.
It will
kill him.
My heart shattered into kaleidoscopic pieces at the
thought of destroying Arthur in such a way. Me? I could brave it. I could heal.
But him? He’d never be able to look at me again without suffering such awful
guilt.
“Why do you hate your son so
much?” I whispered, fearing his answer.
Rubix chuckled. “You never
guessed?”
Never
guessed?
“No.” How would I ever guess something so wrong?
“He was supposed to be like
me. Instead, he was like her.”
“What?” My forehead furrowed.
“Like her . . . your wife?”
“Yes,” he snarled. “So
fucking soft. She was always so meek—riddled with indecision and then later
with disease. Arthur was supposed to make me proud—but all he did was make me a
laughing stock.”
“All because he preferred to
use his brain over his fists? Because he chose to go to school instead of
smoking crack with the rest of the lowlife prospects?”
Rubix tucked my hair behind
my ears. “No, pretty Buttercup, because he chose your family over his own.”
My stomach ruptured. “He
didn’t choose us over you. You gave him no choice. Arthur wanted to be good
rather than follow morals he didn’t believe in. That doesn’t make him soft.
That makes him strong.”
Stronger
than you’ll ever be
Excerpted from SIN & SUFFER by Pepper Winters.
Copyright © 2016 by Pepper
Winters. Used with
permission of Grand Central Publishing. All rights reserved.
About Pepper Winters
Pepper Winters is a New York Times and USA Todayinternational
bestseller. She loves dark romance, star-crossed
lovers, as well as the forbidden and taboo. She strives to write a
story that makes readers crave what they shouldn't, and delivers complex
plots and unforgettable characters that keep readers talking long after
the last page is turned.
On a personal note she loves to travel, has an addiction to creme
brulee, and is married to an incredible Canadian who puts up with her
endless work hours and accompanies her on signings. She's also a firm
believer that the impossible
can become possible.
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