title: Twisted: A Novel
author:  Tracy Brown 
description: Brown (<i>Criminal Minded</i>) packs her latest New York street fable with titillation, betrayals, violence, sex, histrionics and an amazingly improbable redemption through true love. An extremely fed up Celeste Styles sets her beloved salon, Dime Piece, on fire in an attempt to head South and start her life anew, away from her married boyfriend Rah-lo, a dealer. Meanwhile, Ishmael, Rah-lo's business partner, best friend and confidante, tries to forget his feelings for Celeste with a relationship with Ninaand a rekindled affair with Robin. Brown keeps the drama flowing and the pages turning as the love triangle converges explosively in Atlanta. <i>(May)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  Copyright© 2019 Sam Crescent
   
   
  ISBN: 978-1-77339-938-6
   
  Cover Artist: Jay Aheer
   
  Editor: Karyn White
   
   
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  WARNING: The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal.  No
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  This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, and places are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual
  events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
   
  
   
   
  DEDICATION
   
  To never giving up no matter what.
   
  
   
   
  TWISTED IN CHAINS
   
   
  Sam Crescent
   
  Copyright © 2019
   
  Be Warned: This is a dark book with many triggers.
   
  PART ONE
  Chapter One
   
  Pain exploded behind Skye Carver’s eyes. She closed them and tried to open them again. A
  bright light distracted her, and as she tried to sit up, the entire room swam. 