To the world, I no longer exist.The life I live occurs outside the third dimension—a memory, a ghost, the boogeyman, or perhaps simply a figment of the imagination.When I’m passed on the street, there is no connection.No eye contact.I’m the one whose presence leaves a cold chill of uncertainty, quickly erased by minds who don’t want to acknowledge that men like me exist.On the dark web, I’m known … exist.
On the dark web, I’m known as Kader, and for the right price, I will do what others can’t or won’t.
I’ve learned to exist within the hard shell I’ve created—until I see her.
Laurel Carlson.
Her blue eyes see beyond my impenetrable exterior.
Her sensual lips long to be kissed and her hidden curves caressed.
My mind is obsessed and my body ignited.
Though I exist outside her comfort zone, I must enter her world, take the chance, and learn what it is about this beautiful, intelligent, and marked woman that has me entranced—before her time is up.
From New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes her most dangerous anti-hero yet, set in the dark and dangerous underworld of the Sparrow Webs. You do not need to read the Web of Sin or Web of Desire trilogies to get caught in this intriguing romantic suspense saga, Tangled Web.
TWISTED is book one of the TANGLED WEB trilogy which continues in OBSESSED and concludes in BOUND.
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How is it that Aleatha’s stories are exceeding intriguing, and steamingly sexy.
This introduction to Laurel Carlson, a scientist working on a new drug to assist people suffering from PTSD to help alleviate the memories causing pain and anguish. However, the playing field is wide opened, many are interested in obtaining this formula, one doesn’t want this drug to hit the market at all.
Kader, a man with only one name, doesn’t remember a lot of things but he knows that he is attracted to this woman, Laurel Carlson like no woman before her. He is attracted to her, wants her but after he’s had her, will he be able to do his job?
Oh my, so many questions and I have a feeling that we will not find out the answers until the end, OBSESSED might shed some light on to who’s behind the missing colleagues, but the more in depth, the more twisted the whole story becomes and makes you scratch your head while thinking WTF did I just read? Have you been Aleath’d?
What a brilliant start to what I can tell will be a mind blowing series.
Although this series can be read alone I strongly recommend you read Aleatha Romig’s Web of Sin series.
Dr Laurel Carlson and research partner Dr Russ Cartwright have been working years, first a theory then revolutionary formula for a resulting compound. Potential buyers for the university owned research are out in force to bid for financing the rest of the trials before patenting and bring the final product to market.
Dangerous time loom with some people going to great lengths to stop this research from developing any further.
Kader is an employee of someone desperately trying to stop Laurels work, but why? And what lengths will Kader go to to ensure his assignment is for-filled.
As always Aleatha’s work leaves us with 1000 questions, whilst at the same time giving us enough to make the story gripping and consuming.
Can’t wait for the next instalment!
This was such a great start to a trilogy. Laurel, our heroine, is as smart as she is attractive. She’s likeable and relatable and she is no pushover. I love how dedicated she is to her scientific pursuits. Kader is mysterious, dangerous, and quite intrigued by Laurel. Laurel is on the verge of a huge medical breakthrough. Kader is meant to stop the research before that breakthrough happens. There is danger. There is chemistry. And there is an intriguing, fast moving plot that will keep you guessing! I loved it and can’t wait for the next book.
Twisted is another masterpiece by Aleatha Romig! It has a little bit of everything from the anti hero male with a dark past to the seriously intense story line that has you begging for more! This story grabbed me from the beginning and I could not put it down! Every time I was sure I figured out the mysteries I was seriously wrong! With all the twists and turns in this series so far I can’t wait to see what else is in store! I have yet again been Aleatha’d!!
Aleatha Romig has done it again! With the first installment to her newest Tangled Web series, “Twisted,” she spins yet another wickedly compelling and suspenseful tale that had me utterly entranced from start to finish. Once I started, I never wanted to put it down!!
Rather than chance posting any spoilers, let me just say that “Twisted” is a story that’s best discovered on your own. You just need to delve in and peel back the layers one by one. But I can guarantee you one thing… If you are a fan of Aleatha’s darker side, then you won’t want to miss out on this intricately woven, sinfully sexy start to what promises to be one of the best series she’s written to date.
I am blown away once again by the darker side… and I don’t think I ever want to come out into the light! I would give this story a 4.5 stars and highly recommend to others. This book is not your typical love story, it is dark and gritty but ooohhh so much better than a typical hot and steamy romance. Don’t get me wrong there is definitely some hot and steamy, just not the butterfly and rainbows type, which I have to say is a nice change. This is a 3 story series and it ends with a cliffy.. but one I was sort of expecting.. but great all the same! I can’t wait to dive into Obsessed and Bound!
Kader and Laurel’s story is just beginning so sit back and buckle up because your about to be taken on a dark steamy ride that you will want to ride again and again!
Get to one clicking to see what happens!! Get yourself Aleatha’d now!
I. Can’t. Even. Aleatha is the QUEEN of Twisted, dark, romance!! She continues to outdo herself time and time again. Twisted has it ALL… character development, intricate storylines, intrigue, mystery, passion, desire, etc.. I could go on but for now, I’ll be hiding in a hole until I can get my greedy little Aleatha-book-loving hands on book two. Dang cliffy……….
Everything Aleatha writes is GOLD! Don’t miss out on this new release! <3
Dr. Laurel Carlson is working on the development of a drug to help fight PTSD. The good thing about this is that it will help all those soldiers who come back from war so changed and lost after having seen atrocities the human mind cannot handle. This drug will be a gift to those who suffer from these haunting memories by erasing those memories so they can live a normal life. The bad thing is this drug can be used for nefarious uses. Better yet, there are some people who would not want to be available at all. Anyone who owns this drug will enjoy extreme power. Imagine what you can do with a drug that can erase memories?
It all starts as the University and her department heads have a social affair to entice investors/donors willing to help them complete their trial runs and complete the requirements needed to bring this drug to the market. The secrecy under which they have worked is somewhat blown as they must give some details as to the drug’s use and their progress in order to satisfy the money people. This is a fatal mistake. Now their secret is out in the open and danger is unavoidable.
People go missing, some are dying, and in the end, Laurel’s life is in danger. Someone wants her dead and wants the formula. As Kader tries to help her stay ahead of the game, she thinks he is heaven sent. But is her? All is not as it appears to be.
I am voluntarily reviewing this book. Thanks to the author for sharing a copy with me.
What did I read? What a mind fuck of a book. Wow, I am on a high. I am on cloud 9. I am on a type of drug called Twisted. I am on a slippery slope of a dangerous and addictive world that captivated me from beginning to end. Damn, Aleatha Romig is the queen of intrigue. Her books always leaves you gasping for air. Her books take you into a sexy and exciting plunge into darkness. I revel in it. I live for it. Her books always delivers on outstanding plot, brilliant characters and out of this word writing. If you are new to her books, you definitely start on them. She will make you a slave to her words.
Enter the world of suspense and thriller, Twisted is the spellbinding first book in the Tangled Web series that delves into a world of power and knowledge. With an elusive and clever plot, Twisted is a beast of book with a sophisticated story that entranced my heart. My emotions were twisted. My mind taken on an explosive ride. Darkness creeping into my soul, turning it black. Twisted entered my whole being into a dangerous and steamy world. A cunning plot. A page turning dark romance. A unique story with seductive intrigue and heart inducing moments. Aleatha Romig plunges into a brand new world of heart stopping chaos and madness. You will be rocked. You will be mesmerized. You will be captivated. Twisted is twisty. Twisted is a calculating force of nature. Twisted is a brand of drug that will make you addicted.
In Twisted, you will be introduced to two different but exciting new couple you will grow to love. Aleatha Romig comes up with engrossing characters that take you on a whirlwind journey. In Twisted, you will meet an enigmatic antihero, Kader with a complex past and Laurel, a doctor with sweet and yet naive personality. Kader and Laurel will bring into their world full seduction, chemistry and sexiness.
I have truly been Aleatha’d. Gosh, I am so excited for this new world. I know I am going to love every single moment of this series.
ARC provided by author in exchange for an honest review.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher/author to review for Stephanie’s Book Reports.
The underworld of Chicago is far from forgiving. It’s a world where knowledge means power, power money and money everything. While I paid the ultimate price to have it all, its wasn’t my decision to give my life. That doesn’t mean I ceased to exist, only to live. Going where the job takes me and living in the shadows with deadly accuracy I utilize the skills inherent to me, not knowing from where they came, not recalling what I had lost. And then I saw her. Laurel Carlson. I shoudln’t want her, desire her, orneed her, yet with each sighting I know she is exactly what I have to have. Laurel has the ability to do what I thought was impossible. She sees what others don’t. My gut tells me that it’s a deadly mistake to change my plans and ope my world to her. My mind says she will repulsed by my twisted existence. None of that matters, because my body won’t take no far an answer. I’ve made dangerous mistakes before. This time, will the price be too high?
Twisted is the first book in the Tagled Web Trilogy. This book will hook you from the beginning but I can’t say that I closed it without a million questions going through my mind. I need the next book now. This is the story of Kader who is hired to kill and does his job without regret and perfers to live in the shadows. I have so many questions about his back story but in this one he is hired to get rid of Laurel who is developing a drug at a university that could help many people or it good be used for evil equally. Many many people want to get their hands on this formula and Kader comes to Laurel’s resuce. What is exactly going on I’m not sure but I do know that Laurel is not afraid of Kader like most people would be and that instead of killing Laurel Kader is trying to save her and figure out what is going on. I can not wait for the next book Obsessed to find out more about this story and these characters.
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started Twisted. It’s my second trilogy from Aleatha Romig, and I’m not a huge thriller/suspense romance reader. I can say that she is not an author to underestimate. Twisted has a little different feel than my past reads. It’s all kinds of twisty, complicated turns, exciting danger but I still have zero clue where the story is going.
A man, only known as Zader, has taken an assignment related to Dr. Laurel Carlson. Zader is clouded in mystery, only known as someone who lives in the shadows. His past haunts him, it’s turned him into a man that thrives on control in every aspect of life. However, upon taking on his assignment of Dr. Carlson, his immediate attraction to her starts turning his life sideways.
Dr. Laurel Carlson is a bonafide genius. Striving in a male dominated industry of physiological research, she’s developed a drug to assist with PTSD trauma. Somehow this research has made her a target. A target of who and what is still to be uncovered. But let me tell you, this mystery is all consuming! Once you dive into this book, there’s no turning back.
Aleatha Romig certainly knows how to grab your attention hook, line and sinker. While this story is far from over, she’s got me reeling from that last sentence. Bound and Obsessed can’t come soon enough to see where this story goes.
Sweet heart failure of the written word.
Aleatha Romig plops you on a rollercoaster, pulls the lever, and sends you up and down, twisting and turning, lurching and heaving … and that’s before the sexy times begin.
The tension here centers around clinical research into PTSD medication. Laurel is working on it; Kader is trying to protect her from people who want that research (and maybe Laurel) killed.
The suspense keeps you turning the pages, but what invests you in this story are Kader and Laurel. He’s menacing and dangerous, and she’s smart and determined. He wants to do a job; she wants to save lives. When you’re accustomed to working alone, as Kader is, coming up against someone intent on a partnership can be off-putting. For Kader, Laurel represents something he believes is unattainable, yet here she is, making it impossible for him to remain solo.
There are a few plot points that seem incongruent. For instance, in one scene, Laurel tells Kader that she needs to go with him to retrieve something at a different location, claiming that it will take too long to tell him where to find this thing. And then she proceeds to tell him where to find it while they’re on their way. Little things like that pop up every now and then.
The good news is that Kader and Laurel make the sort of couple you want to follow. The cliffhanger is a KILLER. Fortunately, Aleatha Romig won’t make us wait too long for the next installment. I hope.
The latest dark romance from Aleatha Romig!
Drama, suspense, passion, and raw emotion
AUTHOR’S BEST SERIES YET **4.5 huge stars**
Twisted is right. I’m still coming down from this captivatingly sexy and thrilling stunner. Pure Kindle crack. AR remains the consummate puppet master of sex, suspense, and complex mystery. Twisted (Book 1 of the Tangled Web trilogy) had me firmly locked in its hypnotic thrall in a vicarious read with insane attraction between the MCs, and the gift of reading her most charismatic H. It pulled out all the stops in creating a boiling caldron of suspenseful mystery in which the reader is in the dark along with the MCs. Pharmaceutical research, espionage, deception, and murder. Laurel, the scientist and Kader, the enigmatic loner. She’s his “exception”, and he’s her captor. When they come together, it’s combustible, sexual pillage. As if the plot alone won’t leave you breathless enough, that last sentence in the cliffy will make your jaw unhinge. What does everyone want with that formula and what does Kader want with Laurel? I’m dying to find out … This book has definitely jettisoned right to the top of my AR list.
Strap yourself in for one exciting thrill ride. As Kader and Laurel’s story begins to unfold you are very quickly pulled into this world and are fully invested in these characters. Drama, suspense, passion, raw emotion and the many twists will keep you caught up in this book to the exclusion of everything else. These characters a complex and you can already tell that their relationship is going to be really complicated. I just can’t wait for book two!
I loved this it was full of gripping suspenceful mystery on every page not knowing where its going to go and I have to agree the title Twisted says it all. Kader is a mystery with danger all over it but its so much more and I cant wait to find out along with trusting Laurel their connection is sizziling with a big question mark. The stakes are high with danger everywhere full of lies and deceipt but no truths yet and that right there has my interest addicted to this story. The characters are fabulously written and captures your full attention wanting all the answers.
WOW, What a way to start the trilogy! I have to be honest here and say that I don’t think I have read anything by Aleatha Romig that I didn’t enjoy, this one not only had me interested right from the start but I really didn’t want to put it down and if real life didn’t interfere I probably wouldn’t have.
Laurel Carlson is a scientist along with her partner they have come up with a compound which could help people suffering from PTSD. You would think this is a good thing but apparently it isn’t…..
Kader, talk about a man of mystery! If you have read Web of Sins you may know a bit about him if not, I’m not going to spoil anything.
This story was a bit of a rollercoaster ride for me, I was at the highest of highs when I though Kader and Laurel were finally getting somewhere and then I was dropped kicked all the way down to the bowels of hell when the cliffhanger happened. I have read some doozy of a cliffhanger but this one really takes the cake!
I really need to get my hands on the next book, Obsessed, because my mind is just reeling right now.
If you enjoy Dark Romance grab this book but as I mentioned it has a cliffhanger so you’ve been warned!
Happy Reading!!!
Kader and Laurel have me eagerly awaiting the second in this series (is it here yet?!) An intriguing and skilfully woven world with all the brilliant twists and turns created by Aleatha and absorbing characters, Aleatha’d again… five stonking stars