TITLE: Crown of Lies
AUTHOR: Pepper Winters
SERIES: Truth and Lies Duet
GENRE: Dark Romance
DATE OF RELEASE: 31st January 2017
From New York Times Bestseller, Pepper Winters, comes a delicious sinful hero.
“I met the man I wanted. But then he vanished, and a new man claimed me instead. My father approved, my colleagues congratulated, and behind closed doors, I was bedded by a stranger.”
Noelle Charlston lives a fairy-tale life: a doting father, a powerful job, and a future blessed with financial security.
However, two meetings with two men changes her happy existence forever. First, she meets the man who makes her heart sing. Three years later, she meets the man who makes her blood quiver.
Broken-hearted from a teenage romance, Noelle’s freedom is no longer hers. It belongs to the stranger her father believes is her perfect match. The stranger who pulls his lies over everyone he touches.
Including her.
Seduced and manipulated, Noelle gives into the mysterious Penn Everett. The lies he spins, the truth he hides, the mystery he weaves—it’s all enough to slowly erode the woman she is and turn her into something else.
Until her past collides with her present.
And it’s her turn to lie.
To everyone…including herself.
“I met the man I wanted. But then he vanished, and a new man claimed me instead. My father approved, my colleagues congratulated, and behind closed doors, I was bedded by a stranger.”
Noelle Charlston lives a fairy-tale life: a doting father, a powerful job, and a future blessed with financial security.
However, two meetings with two men changes her happy existence forever. First, she meets the man who makes her heart sing. Three years later, she meets the man who makes her blood quiver.
Broken-hearted from a teenage romance, Noelle’s freedom is no longer hers. It belongs to the stranger her father believes is her perfect match. The stranger who pulls his lies over everyone he touches.
Including her.
Seduced and manipulated, Noelle gives into the mysterious Penn Everett. The lies he spins, the truth he hides, the mystery he weaves—it’s all enough to slowly erode the woman she is and turn her into something else.
Until her past collides with her present.
And it’s her turn to lie.
To everyone…including herself.
OMG! My heart is racing. THAT ending! Oh. My. God!
I haven't read a book by Pepper Winters for ages as I've been patiently waiting on her Dollars Series to be complete. So when this one came up in jumped in as soon as I could I was not disappointed. It is fantastic.
Pepper's writing always has me turning pages and this was no different.
Elle has been protected all her life, so she craves freedom, like all teenagers. One night changes everything for her.
As she grows older her main focus is her work. She has no time for men or partying. Enter Penn...
Penn is a strange mixture of mysterious, dark and caring all rolled into one very complex character. He commands your attention and makes you love And hate him in equal measure.
Elle and Penn make an explosive combination together in so many different ways. Pepper's pure genius keeps you hooked, desperate to know how things will turn out for them.
Penn leaves more questions unanswered than answered. For every one he does answer, there are even more that form as a result of that answer.
Elle goes from a naive teenager into a strong no nonsense young adult. She finds her backbone and stands up for herself.
The end of the book is left on a serious cliffhanger but thankfully it's not long to wait for answers. Until then, I may just have to read this again as I can't seem to get enough of Penn.
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