Dollars

This book a whole cliffhanger, all of it! You’re on the edge of your seat the entire time. I feel for both of the characters’ emotional battle. Can’t put down this book and just when you are rewarded with more it ends......

Life Changing Story

The story is dragging. Unnecessarily long and getting nowhere.

That ending made me hard but at the same time shed tears! I didn’t even know such an emotion existed until this author demanded it from me. How Pepper Winters is able to do this is beyond me. While the first book is pure tragedy in its rawest form, Dollars is all about redemption. This book deserves every recognition I can give it for bringing me to my knees with desire and then somehow feel guilt for wanting it. Just amazing. I’ll be continuing my journey as I read the series. If you’re reading this, what are you waiting for?

I felt like this second book I was just waiting for something to happen. Anything. It never came until the end and even that was, meh... I'm still buying the third to see if the story picks up but I have a feeling it's going to be slow and predictable.

Theme song: "Just One Yesterday" by Fall Out Boy Elder came back for Pim, but not for her--for him. Her silent strength seized his attention, drew him in without her consent, and overpowered their will for distance. But now that he has her, the entire game has changed. Pimlico belongs to him now, but he is not her sordid master. He is her rescuer, her care provider, her saint sheathed in shadows and secrecy, and a complete conundrum. To Elder, she is an antidote to his aloofness but the poison to it too. Regardless, her fortitude and brokenness seep into his veins, corrupting and confounding Elder. Trapped together at sea, there's nowhere to run or hide. For either of them. While Pennies presented the physical horrors of Pim's captivity in Crete, the second installment centers the repercussions of having lived in constant purgatory. In Dollars, we venture into Pimlico's long road to recovery and integration back into society. It lagged a little for me in certain parts, but that is probably because I prefer intense scenes. The ones that make you have to turn the page to see what happens next. This book is also sincerely dark. It is not an erotica, so if that is what you're looking for, I'll direct you to the Tears of Tess. Comparing the Monsters in the Dark series to Dollars, the former seems grayer in comparison. They both have intensity, a dump load of sexual tension, but split between committing to the physical act. Dollars nor Pennies get hot and heavy in the way MitD does; it is deeply character-based. It explores how two damaged people must steal each other's secrets while sorting through conflicting internal emotions and trying to cling to their sanity. All that said, Dollars is an amazingly written novel! Compact with description and depth while steadily evolving the characters, I loved the prose and structure of the book and the emerging romantic dynamic between Pim and Elder's complicated relationship. While I preferred the first novel over this one, Dollars introduces the goal of the following books while withholding enough to pique interest. It leaves off with a semi-cliffhanger, allowing the reader a satisfying ending if they choose to discontinue the series or a push to dive in with Hundreds. 🍉🍊🍍 Hero rating: 5 stars Heroine rating: 5 stars Writing mechanics (literary elements/devices usage included): 5 stars Plot rating: 4 stars Dialogue rating: 5 stars Storytelling rating: 4.5 stars Story ending rating: 5 Sexual tension rating: 4 stars Sex scenes rating: 5 Sex scenes frequency: 2 (not good nor bad, just occurrence rating) ********************************************** Overall rating: 4.7 stars Would I recommend this series: Yes. Would I re-read this series: Yes. Would I read future books by this author: Yes.

Love this series. This book is so intense yet page-turning. I love both Tasmin/Pimlico. She's a head-strong person. But I love Elder equally, especially when he plays cello. I love cellos (that's why my Goodreads name is Lovecellos. I'm still playing cello on a daily basis.) With cellos as an instrument in the story just makes this series to be one of the best series this year. Can't wait the next book, Hundreds!!

I love this story and I can't wait until the next book to come out... Pepper Winters so such an amazing author!! The stories that I have read by her are so amazing!! Even though all the darkness and rawness of the lives in the story!!! I feel in love with Elder and Pim from the beginning. But as the story goes on it's like I came falling!! I seriously can't wait for the next book!!

When I know one of your books is being released. I know better than to start the first chapter unless I have NOTHING scheduled the following. I was so excited that Dollars came out the day after my birthday. This was my present to myself. As usual I get lost in the tale you weave and hours disappear.So here it is 1am..I'm sniffling like I have a cold, but I'm just so blown away. Please release Hundreds early I'm not sure I'll last teetering on this cliff till May. Blessings~Devon

This book was everything I hoped it would be and then some! You learn so much about elder and you will fall in love with him!!!! Leaves you wanting SO much more! I'm saddened I have to wait to read the next book! I need it now!!!