Cee Cee Houston's Reviews > Twisted Truth

Maria has kind of gone back to her roots with this one. If you read her Entwined Hearts series, you’ll know what I’m talking about. The kids are all grown up now and it’s Olivia and Isaac who take center stage here. The first chapters show Olivia’s early childhood from 6 to 16 and they are funny, endearing and just too cute.
But, then the story starts to get more grown up, just like the characters. On Olivia’s 18th birthday, she finally gets what she wanted with Isaac, but it’s short lived. Isaac’s actions for him to leave for over five years and when he returns, he won’t talk to her.
Why won’t he talk to her? That’s what Olivia struggles with and feels she is to blame for even though she knows differently. Isaac’s problems are his own, not hers.
Via, as Isaac calls her, has enough worries of her own too. Her charmed life spiralled out of control when she lost Isaac, she went kinda crazy and lost all the options ahead of her. Now all she has is her night time at clubs, dancing.
There’s plenty of twists in this story that leave you gasping for more, but the overall sense of family and righting a wrong, shines through. It’s intense and angsty at times, I found myself getting frustrated a little too, but that’s not always a bad thing. It wasn’t the writing, or the story, just the characters, lol, mostly Olivia, as she is the beautiful stubborn, determined but troubled lead in this tale. I wanted to bash their heads together and tell them to just flipping well talk to each other.
It was nice seeing little glimpses of the older characters from the previous series, and word to the wise. Although it’s not necessary, if you haven’t read the Entwined Hearts series, you should, just to get a better feel for this one. You won’t be sorry, I assure you. It won’t stop you getting lost in this book though, it’s a page turned all by itself with some serious subjects being handled with Maria’s usual aplomb.
As to the sexier aspect of the story… well I told you about Via, but Isaac isn’t hard on the eyes either. He’s one hot, tough guy with a single-minded resolve to keep Via safe and protected. From everyone, including him. He’s guarded, sexy and tries to fight what they have together, but it’s impossible. Those scenes were full on steamy. I needed a long cold drink to cool down. That’s how powerful their chemistry is. Its sexy, sensual, off the charts hot.
So, if you want a steamy, suspenseful read to warm you up this autumn, grab a copy today.