From the bestselling author of My Lovely Wife comes a reckless, delicious thriller about a young couple that gives a whole new meaning to the dangers of modern dating.
Wes and Ivy are madly in love. They’ve never felt anything like it. It’s the kind of romance people write stories about.
But what kind of story?
Because when it’s good, it’s great. Flowers. Grand gestures. Deep meaningful conversations where the whole world disappears.
When it’s bad, it’s really bad. Vengeful fights. Damaged property. Arrest warrants.
But their vicious cycle of catastrophic breakups and head-over-heels reconnections needs to end fast. Because suddenly, Wes and Ivy have a common enemy–and she’s a detective.
There’s something Wes and Ivy never talk about–in good times or bad. The night of their worst breakup, when one of them took things too far, and someone ended up dead.
If they can stick together, they can survive anything–even the tightening net of a police investigation.
Because one more breakup might just be their last…
Book Info: Page Length: 400 pages. Publisher: Penguin. Publication Date: 17th August 2023
Samantha Downing is the author of the bestselling My Lovely Wife, nominated for the Edgar, ITW, Macavity awards in the US, the CWA award in the UK, and the winner of the Prix des Lectrices award in France.
Her latest novel, For Your Own Good, was released on July 20, 2021 and was an instant USA Today bestseller.
A Twisted Love Story is her fourth novel.
My Review:
Samantha Downing is one of my go-to authors, one I will read immediately and often without even reading the description so I was delighted to get an early copy of A Twisted Love Story which is being published in August 2023.
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Samantha Downing creates some of the best/worst characters in the thriller genre.
A Twisted Love Story is about Wes and Ivy. They’ve been together for 10 years having met at University and have broken up and made up too many times to mention, but there seems to be an invisible, magnetic thread which keeps them tethered to each other despite their volatile relationship.
After a particularly nasty and violent break-up, Wes seems to be getting on with his life without Ivy, but then she starts being stalked and reports it to the police. Detective Karen Colglazier takes her job very seriously, she can spot a victim a mile away, and instantly wants to protect/save Ivy. When she visits Wes at work she gets a feeling he’s hiding something and starts digging into their past which both of them are desperate to hide.
I don’t think I’ve met a more toxic and despicable pair who seem to be confusing obsession with love and really need to get away from each other immediately, but for some unexplicable reason can’t live without each other.
Another twisty, twisted tale of toxic relationships which kept me entertained throughout.
