Sin & Suffer

Publisher's Summary

"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."

SIN & SUFFER

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....

©2016 Pepper Winters (P)2016 Hachette Audio

IT'S ALL HERE.. THE SINS THE SUFFERING & THE LOVE

This second roller coaster ride into the tumultuous world that Arthur (aka Art/Kill) and the once lost but now found love of his life Chloe was just as dark, mysterious, suspenseful, sexy, romantic and cluttered with secrets as the first book was as they desperately grabbed and hung on to each other through a nightmare of despair in the hope of getting their second chance at a HEA.

It was sometimes violent, often nerve wracking, had surprises, shocks and revelations as each unpredictable Chapter unfolded and the War between rival MC's pitched a no good evil and deadly Father against his vengeful Son Kill who was determined to seek revenge, free his torment, gain absolution from past crimes and protect Chloe.... the woman he loved beyond all else and would gladly die for. But in doing so Kill put his life in terrible danger, lost MC brothers and temporarily severed the soul-deep connection between himself and Chloe that had been forged in childhood. However, the biggest life altering secret would be revealed when Wall Street, Kill's Mentor, the Puppet Master and once his cell mate, was released from Prison and all the Chess pieces were finally in place to fit the last piece into this crazy, all consuming and addictive puzzle.

This was a riveting listen from beginning to end, it had lots of intense sex, a beautiful yet tragic love story, thrills, chills, danger, kidnapping, blood lust, blood loss, nail biting suspense and some touch and go life threatening scenes but through it all Chloe and Kill loved each other fiercely. Told from alternating POV's with each Chapter starting off with a brief glimpse into their pasts and giving an insight into their feelings and young love. Great narration - there was never any doubt as to who was talking - with good male voices too.

Worth a credit? YES, but it's been an emotional, tense and exhausting listen.... and I wouldn't change a thing because this gifted Author and Narrator combo have given me a very enjoyable, haunting, memorable, addictive listen and, in the end, I was rewarded with a wonderful HEA too.

10 of 11 people found this review helpful

Loved it but....

I really enjoyed the book but got extremely frustrated with Art being injured and they were still having sex all the time even though it endangered his life/mental faculties. I would think a man so smart and a woman who loved said man so much one would look out for Arts life.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Totally engaging!!

I read this book before it came out on audio and I bought the audio just to hear it read to me. I often enjoy a read when the author takes a run of the mill book idea and finds a way to keep it fresh and interesting which is what Pepper Winters does with the book.

This book does have mature themes and is dark at times, graphically violent and of course foul language is abundant.

This book is tragic, about surviving and over coming hardships (and of course love). The first part of the book gives insight into the feelings of Arthur (Kill) and Chloe. I found the story to be very well written albeit a little drawn out .... but loved the ending! I believe this story and author to be more than credit worthy ..... the performance narration was very good!

3 of 5 people found this review helpful

Sin at Its Best

Great story, fast moving and hot sex. Story moves along and stays true to the theme. Good read. # romance # anguished # sex # heartfelt # happy ending # Tagsgiving # sweepstakes

Single Narrator

Just as with her past books, the story is excellent. However, the performance is lacking compared to previous audio performances. I missed the dual male and female readers of her past books.

An HEA Labyrinth! I loved every turn.

I don’t even know where to start. I almost didn’t finish the first book because it started out so dark. I soldiered on because it came highly recommended. When I got to the end, I had no choice but to continue with this one. How the author went from dark human trafficking (it really wasn’t) to the HEA that is the end of this book is beyond me. I’m still trying to wrap my brain around it. Please tell me there’s going to be a third book!!!

Long Winded

OK, I'm sorry to say that I did not like this book as much as others by Pepper Winters. This first book was a better story and I was hoping that this one would pick up with even a better story line but alas it fell short. It was just a lot of the same scene over and over. He loves her, she loves him, he's keeping secrets, she wants to know....blah, blah, blah. Honestly you could tune out and pick back up and think you were at the same point. She could have gone in 100 different directions with this story line but it just did not happen. I'm a little sad as I love Pepper Winters. Narrations was not good either. At times I had trouble telling characters apart. Male voices needed to be stronger. Not my favorite as she has picked better narrators for her other books. I won't give up on Pepper Winters. Try her Dollar series if you have not.

Buttercup, his Old Lady

Got to give an extraordinary review ... maybe later but you can guess I loved it!

OK, just breathe! Let's do it!

Vengeance was close, it was time! But even with all the equations sorted, no one can't know for sure, if all of this will end well.

Math is always right but math can't fight the real truth and right the wrongs in life.

We can use the bad and get better, do better...

But vengeance or justice can come with some damage.

Don't know if I believe it, if wanting justice will give me closure, could I forget my past, could I believe it was just a bad dream? Could I go away and never look back? Can we be safe from it all?

The past made them who they are today. Not sure if their memories were better before than now!

Sacrifices and loss, come together, when we want more.

Damn! Kill and Cleo went through a lot!

Hard work and stories in common, friends or guardian angels hang together.

Good or Evil stand out. We choose.

At last, free from the nightmares, only scars stayed, they still had to bare them but after all, they found peace and together, life couldn't be better. Oh that was a ride... deep breath...

They could smile again and remember they once smiled together.

Don't miss out this story!

I'm left with a complete loss for words!

If you could sum up Sin & Suffer in three words, what would they be?
disarray, passion and broken

Who was your favorite character and why?
Kill!! He's the perfect alpha male! Strong, relentless, pertinent, sexy, alpha male to the max and compassionate.

What about Kelsi Nesser’s performance did you like?
Swoon-worthy and brilliant!

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Pulls you into a web with of complex tale of broken hearts, passion, soul and grit. Then are brought back together.

FOR THE LOVE OF PETE- TOO LONG

What would have made Sin & Suffer better?

Too long for the story. Shorten it by a few hours and it may have been better. Too much for cry eye get to the point.

Would you ever listen to anything by Pepper Winters again?

not sure, she needs to stop rambling

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

narrator was ok

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

no, I should have stopped with the first one.

Any additional comments?

she could have consolidated it and made it much better. Too many details, too many extras.

So many things I struggled with here!

I really had a hard time finishing this series. I kinda hate not knowing how something ends once I start it, but this one was almost painful to finish!!! The main characters weren't quite up to scratch (disappointing given I picked up this book because of Killian's little role in the indebted books, where I found him interesting and I was exciting to learn more about him!), an issue which was compounded by a narrator who made Cleo sound too cute and Kill sound too childish. The story didn't often totally make sense or feel in any way possible. And it was *nothing* like the indebted series, to be clear. I also felt it was more of a sappy romance with some dark bits stuck in there, than anything even heading towards the dark side of erotica. I just couldn't connect with it and having finally reached the end, it was so uninteresting that I genuinely wish I had just given up. Its a shame as it had a lot of potential at the beginning. :(