Psychological Twists

He doesn’t guard the gates. He controls every lock inside her mind. Drew Cox didn’t choose Browning Academy. Her mother married a monster, and now Drew’s trapped behind iron gates, cold stone walls… and Brice Browning. Her new stepbrother is cruel, calculated, and obsessive. A sadistic warden with perfect control and a smile that slices deeper than knives. Brice doesn’t shout. He watches. He waits. He infiltrates her routines, her space, her thoughts—until her only escape is fantasy. But even there… he follows. Now he’s assigned her as his “student.” Overseer. Punisher. ...

Read the first book in the Riley Scott detective series, with a twist at the end that you won't see coming, although it was right in front of you the entire time. Atropos will keep you on the edge of your seat and guessing from the opening line until the heart pounding ending. If you’re a fan of Harry Bosch and Alex Cross, make room for the Riley Scott mystery series! If there is such a thing as a routine murder, Detective Riley Scott was hoping that the one he just caught would be exactly that—routine. It turns out to be anything but. He quickly realizes that it is connected to a ...

Five contestants have been chosen to compete for ten million dollars on the game show One Lucky Winner. The catch? None of them knows what (or who) to expect, and it will be live streamed all over the world. Completely secluded in an estate in Northern California, with strict instructions not to leave the property and zero contact with the outside world, the competitors start to feel a little too isolated.

Welcome to The House That Hungers—a gothic descent into psychological terror, memory, and the appetite of places that never truly die. This is not your typical haunted house story. The house doesn’t just whisper. It doesn’t just remember. It feeds. Elena Marrow returns to a long-forgotten ancestral estate expecting closure. What she finds instead is a sentient structure that has waited generations to taste her again. Reality bends. Memory bleeds. Doors don’t just open—they bite. And the more she uncovers, the more she realizes: She didn’t come back to explore the house. She came...

After a betrayal that sent their marriage into freefall, Hannah and Sam are desperate for a fresh start with their eight-year-old daughter Lily—and where better than picture-perfect Owl Cottage in beautiful Cornwall. But something about the holiday home stirs dark memories for Hannah… When she finds dead creatures on the doorstep and hears mysterious knocks at the door, Hannah can’t help wondering whether someone is messing with her—or whether the past she’s been running from has finally claimed her sanity.

What she discovers in the woods will change her life—and her marriage—forever. Sophie’s life is unraveling in ways she can’t explain. Since her thirtieth birthday, a recurring nightmare has taken root—an eerie vision of a strange rock buried deep in the woods. When her husband, Alex, vanishes without a trace, Sophie is left clinging to the frayed threads of her sanity. In search of answers, she turns to her therapist, Carla, whose quiet presence becomes her only lifeline. But the visions intensify. The birds arrive—relentless, uncanny, hurling themselves at her windows like ...

Murderous greed. Shambling corpses. Depraved behavior... It's time for more Twisted Tales. From the far reaches of space, all the way back into shadow-filled closets. This volume of terror and suspense stories has you covered. Have you ever wondered what you might do if you stumbled across a stash of hidden loot? Ever imagine what crimes you would commit to keep it all to yourself? Wonder no longer, and read three horrifying examples of "What if?" right here and now. Also included is a second tale from the Vampire Zombie Ghost Club, for any of the less squeamish readers out there.

In the small, sun-soaked town of Lewisville, Florida, a series of brutal, ritualistic murders has shattered the community’s sense of safety. Detective Jack Rhodes and Officer Grady Reynolds, two unlikely partners, are tasked with unearthing the truth behind these terrifying acts. As they dive deeper into the investigation, their pursuit of the killer pulls them into a shadowy world where nothing is as it seems. For Willow Sullivan, a nurse haunted by visions of a dark presence stalking her, the nightmare is becoming all too real. Her days blur into sleepless nights filled with strange ...

Go Big or Go Dead: A Twisted Psychological Thriller Two girls. One killer. No way out. Bree and her girlfriend want more than love—they want infamy. And they’ve found the perfect monster to help them get it: their former high school biology teacher, now a seasoned serial killer. Oh, their hometown, St. Isidore, will never be the same. With a string of brutal murders, the girls orchestrate a media frenzy and set up the killer to take the fall—literally. He dies in a hail of bullets, and they bask in their moment of twisted glory. But monsters don’t stay dead. The killer’s brother ...

Jae-Young has just left everything she’s ever known, not that it was much: her thankless job, her infested apartment, and her abusive boyfriend—who happens to be dead on the kitchen floor. Murder was never the way she envisioned leaving, but times were desperate. Now on a train to the bustling city of Seoul, Jae-Young is hoping to escape her transgressions and just become invisible—safe. On the train, she meets a chatty mother fleeing with her infant son from an unfaithful husband and hoping to find refuge with the in-laws she’s never met.

I was cast out and exiled to a life of silence and penance. Five years in a convent, paying for sins that weren’t mine. But they can’t keep me caged any longer. I’m coming back, not as the obedient girl they wanted but as the woman I was always meant to be—vengeful, ruthless, and unbreakable. My brother thought he could bury me. Now, I’ll show him just how wrong he was. Twisted Truths takes place days before the start of Beautiful Mistakes, with haunting flashbacks into Raiden and Lucrezia's dark pasts to set the scene for their epic romance.

At an elite private school nestled in the Colorado mountains, Natalie, an office assistant, dreams of having a life like the school moms she deals with every day. Women like Brooke—a gorgeous heiress, ferociously loving mother and serial cheater—and Asha, an overprotective mom who suspects her husband of having an affair. Their fates are bound by the handsome assistant athletic director Nicholas, whom Natalie loves, Brooke wants and Asha needs.

Stella McKinney has a great life. With a Malibu beach house, doting husband, and a flourishing business, everything is coming up roses - until it isn't. When her beloved husband Grant begins behaving out of character and devoting more time to his career, Stella has reason to question his fidelity for the first time in their marriage. As Stella's quest for the truth morphs into a sick obsession, the last thing she expects is a perfect stranger to show up at her door, a beautiful woman who knows intimate details about Stella and Grant that no one else could possibly know.

A small white plane hurtles from the sky, vanishing into the wilderness. Hiker Maggie Roby watches its final descent, certain that no one could have survived. But to her shock, a fifteen-year-old girl emerges from the wreckage, wounded but miraculously, impossibly alive. Maggie approaches with trepidation; she has secrets of her own, a past she can’t escape. Saving the girl means risking her future, but she can’t just abandon her, can she?

Planes, trains, and an automobile or two. Plenty of ways to get to your final, fright-filled destination. Here are five terrifying tales of travel on boats, buses, and spaceships. Buckle up and hang on tight. The rides are gonna be rocky in these Twisted Tales.

They say she killed her sister, but she doesn’t remember a thing… Kayleen was excited to spend a weekend alone with her boyfriend, Scott. She never thought their time away would end in murder. Minutes before leaving for the family cabin, Kayleen’s mom begs her to take along her demanding older sister, Faith—the same sister who once tried to kiss her boyfriend. Guilted into submission, Kayleen lets Faith crash their vacation. Over the next three days, she tries to keep her reckless sibling under control. But the weekend falls apart, and Kayleen ends up in a mental hospital, arrested ...

He’s not her salvation. He’s the serpent in her Garden, who plans to make her fall. Angel Sweets thought her mother’s marriage into high society would be a blessing. A step up. A sanctuary. But when she moves into Byrne Hall and meets Phoenix—her cruel, beautiful new stepbrother—she realizes she hasn’t been saved. She’s been damned. Phoenix is blasphemy wrapped in velvet. A predator in prep school, cashmere threads. He knows her faith. Her rules. Her limits. And he makes it his mission to shatter every single one. From secret gifts and twisted scripture to locked-door ...

With the discovery of the bodies of Caroline Stone and her young lover Reece, Mac begins to unravel secrets of the people she knew and loved. Caroline’s husband Charles, having also mysteriously disappeared along with his Harley Davidson. Leaving no trace. Mac’s team consequently has a double murder to resolve. Bodies then pile up as the dark past unravels, buildings burning, and a mysterious figure appearing with vengeance in mind. The plot delves deep into buried past lives of not only the victims but also reveals the traumatic past of the friends and family. Who are these victims and...

Ex-crime reporter Leonard Blaylock spends his days on an unusual hobby, developing strangers’ forgotten and discarded rolls of film. He loves the small mysteries the photographs reveal to him. Then Leonard finds something no one would ever expect, or want, to see captured on film—the murder of a young woman. But that’s impossible, because the woman is already dead. Leonard was there when it happened five years earlier.

My billionaire boss tricked me into what I thought was a dream marriage -- I have never been more wrong about anything in my entire life. And now that he has me, he'll never let me out of this nightmare. Graduating at the top of my class with an MBA from Yale was supposed to be my golden ticket, and landing a job at JD Berganhoff, one of the most exclusive investment firms, felt like the dream. But it wasn't just the prestige of the firm that had me hooked—it was the enigmatic, drop-dead gorgeous owners, twin brothers Julian and Dane Berganhoff. After two years of proving myself, I ...