Review: The Mercer Curse by Pepper Winters

Title: The Mercer Curse
Author: Pepper Winters
Series: The Jewelry Box #0.5
Publication: February 11, 2024
Genre: Dark Romance
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Rating: 4/5★

From New York Times Bestseller, Pepper Winters, comes a brand new Dark Romance.

This 13,000 word prequel is recommended to be read before RUBY TEARS (Book One of The Jewelry Box Series). It’s short but it’s spicy.

 

I’ve fought a curse all my life.

A curse inherited by my sick father.

There is no cure.

No antidote for what I am.

For years, I existed alone. Fighting the urges, doing my best to stay good.

Until Esclave 58 entered my life and I didn’t have to fight so hard.

She makes me better, she makes me human, but then he arrives on my doorstep.

He says he’s my half-brother.

He shares my blood. Our father’s blood.

That makes him dangerous.

That makes him like me.

He wants me for his family?

First he has to prove he has control over his darkness.

If he does…fine.

If he doesn’t?

I’ll kill him.

Series TW: BDSM, Kidnapping, Noncon, Dubcon, Master & Slave, Bondage, explicit sexual acts, trafficking, bloodplay, breathplay

“What you are is mine. My monster. And I want to get mauled.”

No matter how short the novella or how brief their appearance is, I will always love reading about Tess and Q. And once again Pepper Winters sucked me in like no other and set the scene perfectly for a brand new series with this time Q’s half brother Henri featuring.

In The Mercer Curse we meet Henri who shows up at Q and Tess’ home, desperate to connect with the only family he had left. After a deathbed confessions, Henri’s mother told him about Q’s existence. Protective of his family as ever, Q certainly didn’t like Henri showing up out of the blue so he made a deal with Henri. If Henri can get an invitation to the a sex club called the Jewelry Box and lead Q to it so he can destroy its owner, only then will Q welcome Henri in his family.

From the little bit that Pepper revealed about Henri, he seems just as dark as Q is, even a little more if that’s possible. He’s fighting his urges every day and even tried to kill himself but after meeting Q and Tess he wonders if he also could be happy and find someone, just as Q has found Tess. My heart absolutely broke for Henri. He wants to belong so badly that he’ll even risk his life to find the Jewelry Box and try to get an invite, but this means giving in to his dark side and he might not come back from it.

I’m really excited to read Ruby Tears and read more about Henri and meet the woman who’s going to end up with him. I just know it’s going to be a dark, sinfully wicked read and I can’t wait to dive in!

About the author:

On a career level, Pepper currently has close to 40 books released in nine languages. She’s hit best-seller lists (USA Today, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal) almost 40 times. She dabbles in multiple genres, ranging from Dark Romance to Coming of Age.

On a personal level, Pepper lives on a farm with two minis, four horses, countless birds and wildlife, and a precious little ball of fluff called Mo. Her little house-rabbit sits at her feet while writing all the words, and always seems to know when she’s writing a naughty scene. He’s her muse and the main reason why a rabbit is on her author logo.

Now back to the writing stuff…

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 #1 iBooks bestseller, along with #1 in Erotic Romance, Romantic Suspense, Contemporary, and Erotica Thriller. She’s also honoured to wear the IndieReader Badge for being a Top 10 Indie Bestseller.

After releasing two books with Grand Central, Hachette (Ruin & Rule and Sin & Suffer) Pepper is a Hybrid Author of both Traditional and Self-published work.

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