“Dark, delicious, and fit to be devoured. Yummy.” CJ Roberts“This author is one to look out for. The writing – excellent. The story – raw, gritty, sexy and intense.”Bonny BennettA regular Sunday night in a Las Vegas strip club is rocked when a local oddball dies mysteriously, during his private dance. Amber falls immediately in lust with the hot paramedic who arrives, and follows him outside, … arrives, and follows him outside, anticipating sizzling romance. But, her casual encounter quickly descends into a terrifying, twisted nightmare from which she is
unable to escape.
Five days later, and it’s Lana’s next shift at the club; she’s a fly-in-fly-out stripper paying her way through law school – she’s also Amber’s best friend.
Where is Amber? And what about the dead client? Was it an accident? Suicide? Or murder?
Finding neither the police, nor the club are taking much interest, Lana conducts her own inquiries, even though she finds herself the victim of a social-media hate campaign, and an ex-boyfriend who is sending her death threats. She’s desperate to uncover the truth about the death, but the person she most needs to speak to is Amber, who has failed to show up for her shift yet again…
Lana is thrust into a web of lies and deceptions she is determined to unravel, in which everyone is a suspect.
An addictively dark, psychological thriller laced with steamy romance, mystery, action and suspense; Twerk exposes the working lives of Las Vegas dancers behind the glamor – the challenges, the rewards, and the deadly risks.
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4 Stars
Steamy and dark!
Twerk by Blackthorn is a wonderfully steamy and dark story. It’s a wildly hypnotic story that brings the reader in, not wanting to look away. The story brings the reader into Amber’s and Lana’s life, things unravel from there. Blackthorn writes a good story, and gives the characters some depth. It’s a great journey into the night life of a psychopath. I look forward to reading more by this author.
This story starts out with a lap dance. You get to the action early. Lana and Amber are the two main point of view characters. Amber is drawn to a hunky paramedic and leaves with him. Lana remains at work trying to solve the mystery and wonder why Amber isn’t returning her calls and texts. A good portion of the story takes place in the topless club. You really get a feel of the place and how the strippers feel about their job. Although the instigator is identified at the end of the story, not every single detail of mystery is revealed. The one that comes to mind, without giving away anything is: Who was the original target? Some may say it was Lana, but she wasn’t working the night the story opens. Why did the instigator go through all this if the desired target wasn’t there? It is a good story, but it doesn’t answer all the questions.
There are grammatical errors and missing punctuation. Also, the page numbers / percentage read / minutes left in chapter are not configured for a Kindle. This is a basic feature to have and it was distracting at times not knowing how much of the chapter / book is left to read. A few other unresolved situations:
1. When Amber leaves the hunky paramedic, he doesn’t even offer her a chance to go inside and throw on some clothes. She leaves in her skimpy lingerie. In my opinion, that should have set off some warning whistles in Amber’s head. But they never popped in there. I don’t understand why a dancer / stripper would willing leave the club in her skimpy lingerie and nothing else.
2. While Lana is trying to get a hold of Amber via texts and calls, why doesn’t she here Amber’s phone ding or chirp? It’s in her purse / locker right there in the same room with Lana. Couldn’t figure out why Lana did hear Amber’s phone, or see her things still there.
3.Near the end Lana is told to tie up her co-workers. In her mind she reflects that she has to use “Pa’s twine.” However, it is Amber’s Pa’s twin, not Lana’s. Amber repeatedly referenced the twine as she grew up on a sheep farm. Didn’t understand why Lana would think she is using her own father’s twine to tie up her co-workers.
3.5 stars
When this book started out, I thought where is this going? It got interesting pretty quick. For me though there was something missing in the story that didn’t keep me as engaged as it could have. There were a couple of dark parts in the book, that may be uncomfortable for some.