Published by Self-published Genres: Dark Romance, Thrillers
Format: eARC
I’d spent my life as a plaything. A toy to be used by powerful and deadly men in whatever way they pleased. So I was just as surprised as anyone else that I had feelings left. Feelings that lead me to fight for true love while damning myself.
And that’s just where this story begins.
Desperate and alone I turned back to my childhood home. The first wicked place I’d known with the darkest villain among them. My stepfather. But I could weather his storm in exchange for safety. I had to.
What I didn’t expect to find was Niall McDonough. The only man I’d ever really loved had reappeared only to become one of them. Someone ruthless and cruel. He wants to ruin me. As my stepfather’s savage soldier he might just do it.
But then again, twelve years ago a fortune teller predicted I’d need just such a soldier to save both my heart and soul.
****This book contains graphic sex, violence, uncomfortable sexual encounters, and dub con. It’s intended for mature audiences, over 18 only****
I’d spent my life as a plaything. A toy to be used by powerful and deadly men in whatever way they please. So I was just as surprised as anyone else that I had feelings left. Feelings that lead me to fight for true love while damning myself. And that’s where this story begins. Desperate and alone I turned back to my childhood home. The first wicked place I’d known with the darkest villain among them. My stepfather. But I would weather his storm in exchange for safety I had to. What I didn’t expect to find was Niall McDonough. The only man I’d ever really loved had reappeared only to become one of them. Someone ruthless and cruel. He wants to ruin me. As my stepfather’s savage soldier he might just do it. But then again, twelve years ago a fortune teller predicted I’d need just such a soldier to save both my heart and soul.
This is the fifth book in Ace Gray’s Twisted World. If you have not read the previous books that is ok. This book can be read as a standalone. However if you have not read those books you will want to after reading this book. These are some seriously dark and twisted tales and I loved this one just as much as all the others. This is, like I said a dark story so it may contains triggers for some people. Drea and Naill do not have a super sweet love story to tell. This is rough and dark and I just had to question how in the world she survived some of the things she did and didn’t lose her mind. These two had a relationship that was amazing until it wasn’t and she disappeared and he was framed and sent to jail only to be offered a deal from her stepfather and was released from jail and turned into one of his soldiers.He has not idea what happened to her but he is about to find out and it will be life changing. I am so afraid to tell you anymore of this story. I do not want to give a thing away about this book. I didn’t even read the description when I saw this book was going to be coming out. I just knew that I love anything that Ace writes and that I had to read this one too. I have read the previous books and knew what I was getting myself into. If you like dark and twisted stories that are going to have you one the edge of your seat the entire time then you do not want to miss this book. These two have one heck of a story to tell and I personally loved every single second of it.
“This dark masterpiece by Ace Gray couldn’t have a better name. Because Something Twisted delivered a story that’s fascinating, raw, angsty, maddening and beyond my wildest imagination. Ace Gray proved that my limits can be stretched and crossed.” ~PP’s Bookshelf review
“Oh my gosh, I seriously don’t know where to start. This book was everything! Ace has a way with words, she makes you really connect with the characters. Deirdre and Niall have a complicated love story. This book is not rainbows and butterflies. It is dark and raw, and I loved every minute of it.” ~Shayla, Goodreads review
“Ace Gray…oh Ace Gray!!!! I can’t tell you how much I love this world she has created. A world filled with villains..monsters…dark heroes and soul deep love. Ace Gray speaks to my dark little heart..I fell in love with the very first book and she did not disappoint with Something Twisted!!” ~Paperback Princess review
“It is dark and twisted and depraved. It will hurt your heart and soul constantly, to the point where even breathing becomes painful at some points. It’s hard and brutal and yet these little rays of light peek through even now and again to allow you to breath a little easier.There will be points where you want to give up but don’t, it’s worth it all in the end.” ~Tamara, Goodreads review
“What the shit is going on here?” My mind was clearing. Sort of.
“I’m reading your future, darling. Your dismal and sorrowful future.”
I felt like I’d been hit. Hard. And I knew what it was like to be punched, slapped, kicked… I tried to shake off the list.
“What does it say?” My words were shaky, no matter how I tried to steady them.
“You will cause much unrest in this little corner of the world.”
The hair on the back of my neck stood up. No, was on the tip of my tongue. My mom had gotten me out of a life of mobsters and murderers. I wasn’t an Ulster anymore. I wouldn’t be. I was just another teenaged girl wondering about her future.
“Rivers of blood. Chaos and pain. Betrayal all at your hand,” she mused in partial phrases. “You will need a soldier at your side if you wish to be free of it all.”
“A soldier?” I swallowed, sorrow swelling in my heart.
“Someone to wage war. Someone ruthless and brutal and savage.” She arched her eyebrow. “If you don’t find him, you both end up dead. Just like the legend.”
I rolled my eyes with a wild grunt and shoved up from the table. “Convenient legend,” I snarked under my breath.
“Heed my words or don’t, it makes no matter to me. It’s your fate and your fate alone that you have to face.” She shrugged before unwinding to stand. Incense swirled around her again as she walked toward the back corner of the room.
I shoved up from the stupid pillows on the stupid floor of the stupid Irish gypsy and started to stomp off.
“Today, lightning will strike, Deirdre of the sorrows.” Her voice seemed far away, too far away. “Take that as a sign of what’s been set in motion.”
When she’s not writing, she owns a taco truck in a ski town in Colorado even though she can’t cook a lick (that’s all her husband). She loves paddle boarding, snowboarding, camping, basically anything outside… and hosting dinner parties (though she’s only in it for the drinks). Oh, and of course, writing more words.
Ace is the author of Strictly Business, Bad For Business, Family Business, Twisted Fate, Twisted Death, A Twisted Love Story, Twisted Secrets, Of Smoke & Cinnamon: A Christmas Story, Pretty Young Things, All The Letters I’ll Never Send You and All The Letters I’ve Ever Read. These titles are available on Amazon.
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