USA Today Bestselling Romance from Pepper Winters… “I’m done hurting her. She’s been hurt enough. It’s time I set her free…” Once upon a time, I wished to go home and forget. Now, I’m strong and ready to fight. Seduced and claimed, Elder no longer just demands my voice, he commands me to be a thief like him. I refuse. But he offers me things I shouldn’t want, favours I should run from. In …
I refuse.
But he offers me things I shouldn’t want, favours I should run from.
In return for his protection, I’m ordered to steal enough pennies and dollars to buy back my freedom.
Only, we both aren’t prepared for how he changes me, evolves me.
And now it’s my turn to learn about him…
Third Book in the Dollar Series. All full-length books.
This book was chockfull of filler. Aside from a few key pieces of new information, the rest of this instalment consisted of repetitive thoughts and redundant scenes. I’ve read so many titles by this author and have never encountered this. While I skipped and skidded my way through a lot of chapters about nothing, I kept wondering if there was a point to all of this. There must be a method to this madness, right? I still haven’t found the reason and I’m hoping, if I continue with this series, that it either becomes clear or doesn’t happen again. It was bad enough that it took every ounce of patience I had to get through everything Pimlico had to offer. To endure her utter blandness and what ended up coming across like a long run-on sentence that made a book, I was at the end of my rope. The only way I was able to keep on going was because each page gave me more of Elder Prest.
I felt guilty for doing nothing.
I felt ashamed for expecting everything.
Why is Elder still made to feel that he’s the bad guy? It couldn’t be more obvious to readers that he’s neither good or bad. He makes the most out of every situation and sometimes he has to do the ‘wrong’ thing. It only endears me more to his humanity. But then there’s Pim constantly treating him like a villain. Then she sends mixed messages because she throws words like ‘love’ and ‘trust’ around, without knowing what those words really mean. If you love and trust someone, you don’t constantly second guess their motives. You don’t constantly condemn them or liken them to the monster they saved you from. For everything that Elder has done for this chick, why is she still allowed to give him nothing? He humbles himself for her, humiliates and embarrasses himself for her, gives into and compromises for her, cares and considers her, and she gives him… what? Judgment? Disgust? Fear? Ignorance? He deserves so much better than her and for everyone who has praised this female or lauded her in any way, I’m wondering if we’ve been reading the same story.
I don’t think I can take much more of Pimlico. She keeps putting herself in Elder’s way, trying to learn every little thing about him, and yet she won’t even give the man her name. She gives him NOTHING!! Nothing about her past, none of her real thoughts and feelings (barely), nothing real. But she wants to know the inner workings of this man’s mind, his hopes and dreams and wants, his every desire and thought. I hate her so freaking much!! I’m probably going to read the next book, with A LOT of hesitation, because I adore Elder. This book also mentioned one of my first loves, Jethro Hawk, and I think he might be making an appearance. For these two men alone, I’ll continue with this series. However, I really hope Pim gets a major personality adjustment because, with the way I feel about her right now, this character could drown in the ocean and I’d feel absolutely nothing.
Ohhhh!!! This series is turning into so much more than I was expecting. I absolutely love Pim’s strength and resilience. Even though she’s been broken/abused in the past, she’s so determined to have a normal life that she’s starting to take risk and pushes her own boundaries. I love how she starts trusting Elder, how she start something unique with the help of that strong, yet broken man.
I love a troubled, complex characters and Pepper did a great job delivering us truly fascinating character. Fighting his own demons and trying to stay in control in order to protect himself and Pim, he has his reasons for doing what he does. Finding out more about his troubled past made me understand and love him even more.
I dipped, dipped and dipped into the book, not wanting to let it go till I finished it and I was sooo consumed by it, I couldn’t sleep, think straight… The emotions… they were so high and so strong I coudn’t get past Pim and Elder’s pain, it was like my pain. I am soo proud how PIm is improving, how she overcomes her fears. I hope Pim and Elder will find their way together and with the help of each other will overcome all the obstacles in their way!!
Thank you Pepper Winter for the chance!
Pepper Winter’s has a wonderful way with words. She has to be one of my favorite authors.
Book three was just as intense mentally as her other books. I love the depth and the passion. Pim is getting stronger but Elder is facing his own demons. It’s so hopeless you want to cry.
This book emotionally broke me. My heart is fractured and seized up. I was happy and so elated when this duo, Pim and Elder, started to come together as one, and the I was ugly crying and blubbering like a basket case.
Both of these characters have endured so much loss, so much devastation, that I am hoping and wishing for their HEA. How much more can each of them endure before enough is enough?
I absolutely love this series!
This series is one of those you just can’t put down.. Amazing!!
Unfortunately, there are only 5 stars for this book.
“Now that I’ve felt you, I need you so gd much my joints hurt because of it. My heart hurts. My body hurts. Everything Fing hurts. Being this close to you is torture because all I want to do is bend you over the railing and eff you.” OH HOLY HOTNESS!! SWOON!!
I just can’t…wrap my head around what I read. I loved it, it seemed hopeful, then a wide left turn left me silent. Quiet like a little mouse. I don’t know what happens next, and I’m angry that I’m going to have to wait and find out. There are so many scenarios running through my head. So many questions were answered, but it led to so many MORE new questions!!
One of my favorite quotes, that was unexpectedly funny to me: “His body would go inside mine. Was there anything more odd than one’s body penetrating another. Was I overthinking it?” and it just hit me just right, where I was thinking “Yeah, totally true! Absolutely odd!”
This left me screaming and needing so many answers, so Pepper, if you’re reading this…GET BACK TO WORK! (please)
I Love Me Enough For The Both Of Us: MY BABY TOOK BACK HER LIFE
*self-purchased on Amazon. No need of sugar daddies called promo teams*
What’s this book about? (I’m trying to give as little spoilers as possible)
This is the third book in the Dollar series. The previous books must be read in order to understand what is going on. This is a dark romance with two leads that have a lot of hurdles to overcome. Go in with an open mind.
Song I listened to while interacting with this book: From Time – Drake feat. Jhené Aiko and Furthest Thing – Drake
When it rains, it POURS. My two little stubborn lovebirds were so stubborn in this instalment. I felt all the feels. Our girl went off here. SHE WENT OFF. I was so impressed with her. Everything she housed inside of her, just poured out and it showed not only us but everyone that SHE IS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH. She has balls.
Elder… What can I say about this man and his heart? I think his heart has gone missing, but you should ask a certain someone about its location. Meanwhile, my heart was racing and going crazy over him and our girl. Their communication skills were a big fat zero at times, but what did we expect after what happened in the first two books.
Our girl transformed into a goddess in this book. (I think Eleanor from Goddess Isles would be jealous, OH SNAP). There were some major hints in this book and they weren’t fully unveiled. Pepper has two more books to lay it all out on us and I trust that it will be explosive.
I recommend this to readers that want a story of perseverance, strength, love, loss and pain. This is very dark and readers should proceed with caution. This is Pepper Winters at her finest dark moments.
ORIGINAL COMMENT:
My babies…… so stubborn.
Ugh! This series just gets better and better! I get so sucked in I don’t even hear when someone tries to talk to me lol! Elder and Pimlico’s relationship just got so much more complicated and twisted. Pepper Winters writing is so deep and passionate. I loved every second of it!
Elder’s secrets are unveiled. His control is slipping. Pim is stronger everyday. But fighting is getting her nowhere.
Hundreds continues the story of Pim and Elder and I love that we learn more about Elder in this instalment. He intrigues me and gaining a greater understanding of the man has been enlightening. I enjoyed seeing the couple’s relationship develop and also witnessing Pim slowly moving on from her horrific ordeal.
Sadly, there are things that I haven’t enjoyed as much. Although I do appreciate spending time with Elder and Pim, I do feel that for me the pace of this story is too slow. I would have preferred Dollars and Hundreds to be combined in one book if I’m honest and I may have been inclined to stop reading the series at this point but in true Pepper Winters’ style Hundreds has a cliffhanger, and it is also indicating a change in the direction of this story. I can’t not carry on reading now and I hope this change will have me fully enjoying this series like I did in Pennies.
Speechless with Hundreds!!!
Hundreds continue with the story of Pim and Elder, in this book we get to dive deeper into their lives and minds..
Hundreds show us the struggle between Elder and Pim to find a common ground where they can feel safe and comfortable together.. not only Elder has to move around Pim with caution as he doesn’t want to hurt her farther but also Pim is dealing with the changes on Elders moods and attitude.. she is trying to figure him out not knowing how to do it when he continuously raise up his walls.
“Elder wasn’t just a man. He was more than human. He’d transcended into fantasy. He was the beast locked in a castle. He was the hero battling inner demons. He was more than just mortal because he’d already done so much more than any other roguish storybook prince would do. He’d rescued me. He’d awakened me. He’d kissed me awake like Sleeping Beauty and removed the poisoned apple from my soul like Snow White. He was my happily ever after.”
This series is getting better and better, if you thought the first two books kept you on the edge, Hundreds will keep you on a cliff lol I mean it is intense and sexy with so many emotions that not even the characters know how to describe..
“He was gravity. He was the moon, and I was the ocean, and together we couldn’t look away for a moment.”
The Things that I love about this book are, that we get to see a stronger and more assertive Pim, trying to overshadow that side of her that is trying to keep her to come alive.. she is bolder and more curious about Elder, about life.. Elder in the other hand is also exploring more his feelings, letting go of any previous rule or fear that is keeping them just apart. He has a constant battle in his body and soul but love is stronger than any doubt and sooner or later he will have to come to terms with his past before he loses himself and her forever.
“You’re way too much of a romantic for these times. You should’ve been born six hundred years ago if you want men who kill and women who swoon.”
I started this series not knowing where it will take me or what was all about, and I have to say it was really worth it!! I fall in love with Pepper Winters writing more and more..
I can’t wait to read more of Pim and Elder story!!
“I want to smother you with my body and thrust inside you. I want to do such things to you. Things you aren’t and will never be ready for. It’s because of that that I’m going to let you go. Don’t you dare say I’m scared of you. I’m not.” He sucked in a breath. “I’m scared of myself.”
Yet another chapter… Pim and Elder relationship had grew to another level.. with so many secret from the darkest part of Elder… this couple definetely had so many hi and low..
Raw.. sexy seductive.. Pepper… you did it spectacularly on how Elder character should be…
His charismatic.. hard.. stubborn yet his feeling for Pim is beyond everything …
Pim and Elder found each other with broken soul that maybe beyond repaired.
All I can say is “Give me Thousands NOW”!! What an ending and what a cliffhanger!! I am seriously left hanging after this!! Pennies and Dollars were good but Hundreds has gone above and beyond. This series is compelling and is developing into something so much more than I ever imagined it could be, this is like nothing I have ever read before and I am in awe of Peppers imagination, originality and creativity to bring us a strong, powerful couple in Pim and Elder; “He dominated, ruled and mastered me”.
Pepper is definitely queen of dark reads, she spins a long tale of secrets and this book really begins to develops Pim’s and Elder’s characters. I grew to like Pim in Hundreds; here she finds her voice and her inner strength. Her character has grown from being a scared, naive child into a strong woman who knows her own mind as is willing to stand up to her new captor.We also get a glimpse into Elders past; see the past that he is running from and damn I want to know everything now. The dominance of Elder Prest leaves my ovaries exploding, my knees weak and my heart skipping several beats. This character exudes raw unadulterated power. He also has a tortured soul “He was light in a dark fog. But I knew better than anyone how bad the gorgeous flames in him could burn.”
Told from a dual POV, the book has a steady pace and Pepper’s writing is poetic, strong and defined. It’s scorching hot too. Elder Prest is fast becoming my new obsession.”He disorientated me. He perplexed me. He shoved me into a storm with no coat or umbrella and expected me to survive the icy needles of reality”. There is no way I can tell the direction this book is going to take sufficit to say there are definitely a lot more secrets to come.
This series is outstanding and I thoroughly recommend it.
Pimlico has survived, but has she been saved ?
Elder & Pim have a huge gauntlet of unspoken questions and to cross before they can truly find peace and love.
There’s newly found words, but hesitation holds back
There’s love but guilt holds back
There’s trust and desire but secrets hold back
It seemed our voices were becoming drowned out by our bodies and their demands. Until we’d satisfied a physical conversation, I doubted we’d be able to have an intellectual one.
They needed a neutral territory to stand as equals to become compatible, but Elder had such dark secrets , that he constantly pushed Pim away , for the fear of destroying her and endangering her. He was a marked man. A ghost . NO ONE abandoned, crucified, stripped of his existance.
Pim was a victim who was rescued. Her body was on the mend, her spirit on the way there and her new found voice empowers her day by day to stand taller, demand answers, assert her self-will.
I slowly cracked the chrysalis off and spread newly minted wings. Those wings were wet and useless, though, still drying in the sun and not quite ready to fly.
It’s a great tale of Human kindness, righteousness and sacrificial love
We’re just midway so it’ll be really interesting to see the course chart of this Phantom Voyage.
There are no set boundries. The possibilities are limitless like the ocean and knowing pepper’s flair for shocking twists, this story , as of now, is any characters’, for the taking. That’s the beauty of Pepper’s work. It takes a life form of its own. The story is always more powerful than the characters.!!!
Elder has saved not only her life but her soul as well. He provides a safe place for her to nurture back to health , physical & emotional. I loved their nuanced budding “relationship”. It couldn’t be called love yet , but trusted enabling. She starts to find her feet and stand …..and dictate terms
He shattered me but held me together in equal measures. My nemesis and saviour.Elder had scattered all parts of me, ransacked my heart, and decimated my survival mechanisms. But what was left was so much better.I’m beginning to understand you, Elder Prest. He wanted my body. But he wanted something else more. And he couldn’t earn that until I was cured.
It’s a game of Dodge and Parry . Elder guiding her but stays hands off. His body tells him otherwise yet head pushes her away .it’s a torturous conflict of overpowering desires and the morality of doing right by her, that’s tearing them apart.
He couldn’t let himself go because he would go past sanity. And I couldn’t let myself go because I honestly didn’t know how to be a woman who wanted a man’s touch and not want to scream and die at the same time. We were fated for disaster before we’d even begun.Elder was my right, but I was his wrong. As I healed, he succumbed. As I got better, he got worse. We couldn’t survive together because I fed off his charity and protectiveness while he drowned under my fledgling sexuality and hope.
Very deep thoughts find their way on paper. Pepper is a master of passion and turmoil. She brings this part of the story to a conflicted end that will leave you gasping for more. The writing is so philosophical and delves deep into human behaviour, but at times becomes repetitive and the inner monologue seemed endless. There’s four and half page to describe one sexual encounter and one line of conversation with four pages of internal musings.
Don’t get me wrong, it was very essential for the story , but few places it strayed. And that’s why I take half a star away..
Other than that, nobody beats pepper in creating unbelievable ORIGINAL stories that hook you from the first word ……and never let go
4.5 Stolen stars
“Her tears were my dishonour. Her questions were my punishment.”
I am loving Elder and Pim’s story. Just like with the previous book, Pim is going through some major changes. If you have read the previous books, you know that she has gone through some of the most violent and horrific things possible. It is just amazing to see her coming out of the dark and finding her new self. Character development is essential in a book, and in my opinion I need to see the characters grow. Pepper does such a great job in showing the reader how Pim is coming out of her shell step by step. Both Elder and Pim are unlocking feelings they didn’t know they could ever feel.
“Steal me something, Pim. After all, you’re already stealing something of me.”
They are both still struggling with so much. I was glad that we finally got more information on Elder’s past. It was very heartbreaking and it is obvious now why he is the way he is. He doesn’t want to let people come close to him, but Pim is pretty hardheaded and doesn’t listen to his warnings. The dynamic between these two was very complicated but sometimes also very pure and honest. I was glad that Pim stood up for herself, and I just can’t wait to see what else Pepper has in store for them. The ending of this book, like the previous one, left me wanting more, and I can’t wait to get my hands on Thousands.
“Her complex blend of vulnerability and courage made me battle with monster and hero.”
I’m not even sure how to write this review. There’s so much I want to say but I can’t. I can say this. Yet again, Pepper Winters drags us into that crazy spiderweb inside her head that we are all dying to get caught in. Hundreds leaves you utterly twisted in the most delicious way.
In my review for Dollars, I mentioned that it was a story about healing, strength and empowerment. I raved about how strong Pim was and how I couldn’t wait to see where Pepper would take her and what we get in Hundreds is just as powerful. She’s even stronger and really showing just how unbreakable she is. Her strength is something to admire.
But here’s the thing. Without giving anything away, we learn so much more about Elder. The complex man that has stolen our hearts from the beginning now has us begging for more. If that was even possible. We finally get to see a bit of vulnerability from him and learn more about what makes him tick. And it melted my heart.
On top of being a story about strength, healing and empowerment, Hundreds is a captivating story with raw and vulnerable emotions that will devour your heart and soul. Pepper keeps us enthralled from start to finish and has us begging to give us more from these two beautifully haunted lovers. This is one series that you will regret if you don’t read it.
This has been an eye opening journey. Pim and Elder have never had the easy road. It seems life will only give them challenges. Still having difficulty with the concept of good and bad combined, Pim doesn’t understand Elder’s pain.
It’s hard to not cry for things lost- innocence, family, and love. It’s hard not to feel for their humanity. It’s downright heartbreaking learning a history that has tainted the life of her savior. The world is never black and white. Pim is finally learning that. She sees in shades of each. She’s finally opening her eyes but will it be enough.
I hate that this is a five book series. I hate having to wait. I just binge read them all in less than two days but now I need more. I need to know what happens next.
I will be rocking in the corner, pulling my hair, and begging for the next one. When!?!?!?!
Ugh, I need to know now! Darn Ms. Winters and her incredible writing. Curse her and her characters that make you feel them whether you want to or not. And most of all some one tell her to hurry!
reviewed for Sweet Spot Sisterhood
Obsessive, Compulsive, Disaster
Holy Heaven and Hell on Earth!!! And that’s one of the cleaner, least profane expletives I uttered as I finished reading this latest installment in Ms. Winter’s “Dollar Series”. This work is sheer genius! The beauty in the language is lyrical, nothing short of stunning. A large part of the genius in this book, is the sheer poetry in her descriptions…from the scenic vistas to the depths of soul deep pain and longing. Her storylines are like no other story I have read. This read is no exception. Nothing in this story is predictable, no markers for the reader to spot and anticipate the next turn in this angst-filled, deeply dark, psychological …and lest I forget so sexually hot and electric, I almost fainted from the pleasure/pain described, book.
This chapter begins with Elder, wrought with self-loathing for sexually violating Pimlico, who has finally found her voice. He rescued her, bound up her wounds (to put it mildly) and helped her heal from horrific sexual torture and abuse. We became acquainted with Elder Prest and know he is a beautiful man with raven’s wing hair and almond eyes. He is brilliant, well educated (mostly self-driven), maestro with the cello, and wealthy. He is a man with fierce presence, regal bearing and a sexual centrifuge. He is an enigma. He is also a mystery. He seems to simultaneously want her close as a lover and in the same breath, need to push her far away.
Pim is drawn to him not only in gratitude for his care but in desire for him as a man. She wants to heal sexually and she wants to heal with him as her lover, guide and teacher. Let’s face it, she has fallen in love. And yes, I believe Elder has fallen in love with her, yet this is not so plain.
“Sensuality had nothing on him. Elder was the dictionary definition of sensual from the way his muscles clenched in need, his nostrils flared in want, and his lust wound tightly in constraint. He kissed me hard and deep but with respect and affection, too. His taste and spicy flavour sent my head swimming as choppy as the ocean from our propellers. A drench of attraction and nerves activated every sense until I sparkled and crackled inside. Whatever previous kisses he’d bestowed were no longer relevant. Whatever touch or activity we’d partaken in didn’t matter. This kiss was everything. It was truth. It was honesty. It was terrifying. He kissed me with nothing barred. He dropped a disguise, letting me taste what he’d never say. He was violence as well as tenderness. He was obsession as well as rationality.”- Pim
I chose this particular passage to highlight the beauty, lyricism and poetry in the description of their first meaningful kiss. So much is revealed in this kiss.
When you read this book, I promise you that you will yearn for Elder and Pim to find their HEA. Despite their imperfections and miscommunications you will see how perfect they are for each other. It is this “yearning”, created by the exquisite emotional and sexual tension, that is the pleasure of the reading. To reveal more of the details of this tension and the ending that had me profane and in tears, would spoil “your” pleasure/pain and discovery of soul-deep truths about which I can go on and on.
It’s far better you read this beautiful language in this moving and awe-inspiring, albeit darker erotic story and come to your own revelations and conclusions. You will have many. The ending does not leave you hanging but it will keep you guessing. The next book cannot come fast enough. I am sure you’ll agree.