Twisted (An Intertwined Novel, 3) - Hardcover

Showalter, Gena

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0373210388 ISBN 13: 9780373210381

Publisher: Harlequin Teen, 2011

Synopsis

Sixteen-year-old Aden Stone has had a hell of a week. He's been:

Tortured by angry witches. Hypnotized by a vengeful fairy. Spied on by the most powerful vampire in existence. And, oh, yeah, killed—twice.

His vampire girlfriend might have brought him back to life, but he's never felt more out of control. There's a darkness within him, something taking over...changing him. Worse, because he was meant to die, death now stalks him at every turn. Any day could be his last.

Once upon a time, the three souls trapped inside his head could have helped him. He could have protected himself. But as the darkness grows stronger, the souls grow weaker—just like his girlfriend. The more vampire Aden becomes, the more human Victoria becomes, until everything they know and love is threatened.

Life couldn't get any worse. Could it?

About this title

From the Author

Let me tell you, Twisted was a monster to write.  Take Aden Stone and the three souls trapped inside his head - each with an ability of their own, like predicting the future, raising the dead and possessing other human bodies--add in Victoria, a vampire princess who saved his life . . . only to possibly lose her own, as well as Mary Ann, a human far more powerful than the witches and fairies hunting her, and Riley, a sexy werewolf shapeshifter whose loyalties are about to be tested, and you've got an adventure that nearly killed me.   
 
Okay, okay.  Perhaps I'm exaggerating just a wee bit.  But this book was difficult to write. There's a darkness inside of Aden, and that darkness is growing . . . overtaking him.  He's becoming an indestructible vampire, while his girlfriend is becoming a vulnerable human.  Talk about a cruel twist of fate!  (Yes.  I went there.)
 
On the other end of the spectrum, Mary Ann is on the run and dangerous to everyone she encounters.  Riley is hot on her heels, and determined to protect this girl he's falling in love with.  But.  There's always a "but" with me, isn't there?  Along the way, secrets are uncovered, old enemies resurface, and vicious battles are fought.  And the outcome isn't what anyone expects.
 
Because I'm, what?  Twisted.  (Yep.  I went there again.)
 
Here's a little teaser:
 
       Aden took a menacing step toward her, then another. Victoria backed away slowly, trying not to be obvious in her cowardice. But he didn't stop coming, and she didn't stop retreating, and finally her back was pressed into a thick three trunk.  She didn't know this Aden, and didn't know how he'd react to the things she did and said.  Then he flattened his hands at her temples, his body brushing against hers and making her gasp, and she didn't know anything at all. He'd caged her in, surrounded her, becoming the center of her world.
 
     "Do I have your attention?" he asked.
 
Wishing you all the best!
Gena Showalter

From the Back Cover

What if you defied fate . . . And everything you knew became twisted . . . Including the person you loved?

About this edition

• Publisher: Harlequin Teen
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0373210388
• ISBN 13: 9780373210381
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 576