thriller books with a twist

Once, as a girl of seventeen, beautiful, headstrong Portia Cabot saved the cursed life of the dashing vampire Julian Kane—who marked her forever, then left to go in search of his soul. He returns five years later to find the enchanting young girl he left behind grown into a bewitching woman with a woman's heart . . . and a woman's desires. Portia quickly discovers that Julian's seductive and forbidden kiss can still make her crave the night . . . and his touch. But the Julian who has returned to London is not the vampire she remembers. His fruitless pursuit of his stolen mortality has reduced him to drunken debauchery. And a recent spate of murders makes Portia fear that the man she has always adored may truly be a monster. Julian knows he must drive Portia away—but his passion and hunger for her grow more irresistible every time they touch. For years he has fought the temptation to embrace his dark gifts, never realizing that Portia's love may give him the most dangerous gift of all . . . a reason to live.

Alexis is your typical university kid who enjoys parties, clubbing and most importantly-men. She meets the gentle, innocent-looking, cute nerdy man in plaid shirts, glasses and skinny jeans. He sparks up a conversation with her and little did she know that a sex-god lies underneath. How possible is it for a guy you've just met to make you wet in just a minute? What happens when the one guy you want an encore with turns out to be your new professor who happens to teach neuroscience and is also the alpha of a wolf pack? All hell breaks loose.

Jane, a hybrid werewolf born to a werewolf Alpha father and a vampire mother, becomes the Alpha of her pack suddenly at the young age of twenty-one when her father is struck by a plague and dies. Jane does her best to be a good Alpha and protect the pack to the best of her abilities. Everything seems to be going well when suddenly her pack is affected by the same plague that was responsible for killing her father. Jane couldn’t stand back and watch half her pack being wiped out. After the investigation she finds out that another pack has the cure to saving her pack from the plague that is attacking them. The problem is that the pack in question is shepherded by Killian, a ruthless and cold and ruthless Alpha who is nicknamed the devil himself. Torn to her duties as the Alpha of her pack, she decides to strike a deal with the rival pack in exchange for the cure that can save her pack from the plague. Stepping down from her position as Alpha, she surrenders herself and her back to Alpha Killian and swears the loyalty of her pack to his. Alpha Killian keeps his word. He gives the cure to her pack, but he wants more than just her stepping down from the position of Alpha. In offer for the cure, he wants her body too. June, willing to do anything to save her packagrees. She goes through bullying and taunting from Alpha Killian’s pack by his betas and becomes Alpha Killian’s plaything in the bedroom at night while planning on how to take revenge and take back her pack from his clutches. Things begins to go south when they both end up falling in love with each other.

After failing a bomb disposal mission, my wife, who's also a bomb disposal expert, gives my shield to her true love. I grab her hand and plead with her not to do it, but she shoves me away. "You're so selfish! You have a system that can revive you—why do you even need the shield? Jeremy is already weak, to begin with. He can't handle any impact and needs two shields to keep him safe!" She doesn't know that the system has only given me two chances to be revived. I used the first chance when she begged me to save Jeremy Sawyer. During a mission last year, I used the second chance to save her from the brink of death. It looks like I'm going to die today.

"I said, what if I want to spend unnecessarily on you and your daughter?" Sebastian whispered, placing his hand on the small of my back and drawing me closer to himself. My breath hitched, my blood catching fire the moment my body hit his and my toes curled. His eyes pierced into mine as if they were searching my soul, wanting to see past all my guards and defences. "What if I want to spoil you? What if I want to give you everything you want? What if I want to make sure you don't lack anything you ever desired? What if I want to place the world at your feet? Will you let me, Aurora?" ~~~~~ Divorced and disowned on the same day, I simply decided to end my life.   But I didn't think I'd save a man from doing the same, nor did I expect him to give me a reason to live.   Five years later, my life hasn't gotten better. I'm drowning in debt and trying so hard to give my daughter a healthy life, but it's not enough.   Everything appears to be grim until the enigmatic billionaire Sebastian Warners unexpectedly enters my life and offers me everything I want on a silver platter for nearly nothing.   Why?   Why is a stranger so insistent on helping me? And what will I do when the past I had frantically tried to bury reappears?   Can true love, in which I had lost all hope, save the day, or will my entire life go up in flames again?  

They made a deal... He would act as her boyfriend to defuse the scandal that went on about her while she wouldn't reveal his vampire identity to everyone. But little did she know that she'd start falling for her fake boyfriend who couldn't reciprocate her feelings for him because he was a vampire that was placed under a curse to kill anyone he falls in love with.

"Is this your first pregnancy?" the doctor asked, prompting Marco to adjust his sitting position. "So, she's really pregnant?" Marco asked to confirm, causing the doctor to nod, while Letta tried to close her eyes. It seemed she couldn't escape from the man next to her who was now staring at her intently. "Yes, your wife is indeed pregnant. And if this is your first pregnancy, it seems I should provide some explanations so you won't be in the dark about this pregnancy," the doctor said, leaving Letta only able to nod. After all, she really needed knowledge about this pregnancy, and the doctor's explanations seemed like they would help. But, somehow, what initially made Letta excited because Marco was by her side might make her slightly unfocused in listening to the doctor.

Aria Abrams, an innocent, uneducated girl is the works for the devil in disguise in his mansion as the house help. She is the gardener's grand daughter and she has no idea her life is about to change when she accepts a deal with him for something she wants in return. A life changing opportunity! Xavier Hudson, the grumpy businessman and the only heir to his entire family line is ready to do anything to get a wife, even if it means asking the first girl he sets his eyes on to marry him right after swearing off on all women. Is the deal worth all the trouble that comes along with it? Will they be able to fight the growing attraction despite the lies surrounding them? What happens when the lines get crossed and the truth comes out? Read more to find out in this steamy slown burn novel!

On the day of her bridal shower, Katrina Amara Velasquez accidentally slept with a man who had a dragon tattoo on his back. She ended up getting pregnant by him, which led to her having a scandalous affair on the day of her wedding. Katrina thought that she was the one who sinned but it turned out that her best friend, Brenda, planned everything because she was screwing her longtime boyfriend behind her back.Katrina felt betrayed and abandoned as her father kicked her out of their family, which led her to live on the street, and she almost died while she was pregnant. She gave birth to fraternal twins named Adam and Adeline.Adeline was born weak; she had heart problems that led her to work hard to finally save money for her surgery. She ended up applying to the McWealth Company, where she met her cold and brutal boss. However, something unexpected happened that led her to marry her boss in exchange for the money that she would use for Adeline’s surgery after she got a heart attack again.What would happen to Katrina once she found out the true reason why her boss asked her to marry him? Would Katrina choose to stay with him despite the fact that he was harsh and merciless to her?What would she do once she discovered that the man that she married was the uncle of her ex-boyfriend who hurt her badly? Will Katrina decide to use him for her revenge? What would Katrina do once she found out that her boss was the mysterious man that she had a wild sinful night on her bridal shower.

Forced by life's tragedy to be a stripper Samantha embraced her new life as a club dancer. Until one day while she was performing her beauty caught the attention of a ruthless billionaire who was popular amongst the ladies. He wanted Samantha but she embarrassed him even going as far as slapping him. Alexander swore to her that she would regret her actions and come begging him. But Samantha didn't feel threatened by his words until she lost her job, and even her house. Worse her sister got sick and really needed surgery. What would she do when confronted with things that made her anxious?