Twisted Eros by Aria Skylar
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Fantasy. My oh my. This is the first book I have read by Aria Skylar, and I could not be more entranced by the characters she has created. Primarily told through the perspectives of Kay and Eros (Erik) with a few chapters from Aphrodite, Erik’s mother.
Kay is the chairwoman that brought her mothers company back to glory after her death. Being a workaholic, her two older sisters Clio and Grace get her to agree to a month-long vacation. Not just any vacation, her addiction to work is so great she must be forced to leave so an abduction fantasy vacation was a win-win scenario. Eros, the mystery man, is her abductor and, in many ways, her true vacation. Quickly she finds that she enjoys the mystery around him but in time she hungers for more, more than fantasy things that make him a person. When asked to extend her vacation, to extend her time with Eros she says yes, only for her sister’s words to poison her mind into shattering the fantasy and the illusion of Eros.
A month later all is revealed, can Kay save the pieces that were her life? What will become of Kay and Erik? Why did she hate him Erik before the mask was removed? While the author has the story based in reality, the characters are very relatable it’s the degree to which she makes them multisided. Kay is a strong ambitious woman that longs for love and to feel wanted for nothing more than who she is not what she is in her career. Erik, while having been around more than most, has never had a connection beyond the physical. Both fill the deepest desires of the other without lessening them as a person but empowering them to embrace the darker sides of themselves. I look forward to reading more of her work and seeing what comes next in this new series.

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