Five years ago, the world changed. Cities were replaced with mystical forests, fields with devastating mountains, and deserts with marshlands–and all of them came with beings that used to live only in fantasy novels.
Cat, a political science PhD candidate who lives in Princeton, New Jersey, has been fascinated by the world’s newest inhabitants since the day they first appeared–strictly in an academic sense, of course. Not taken in by the reality TV shows, social media presences, or general cult obsession, she wants to learn everything about the new creatures. So when she attends a summit between the angels and humans as part of her studies and receives a surprise invitation from an angel to visit their nearby mountain, she accepts.
Zariel is an angel and an archivist, devoted to preserving the texts inside the mountain that serves as both a library and a prison. Like the rest of his kind, he’s convinced that their ancient library and its archaic magic has the answer to how to return home. But when he sees Cat at the first summit between angels and humans, he is shocked to discover that she is his mate, an unheard-of occurrence between an angel and something other. Unable to leave her behind, he manages to convince her to visit their home in the Ashen Mountain, to give him a chance to uncover this latest mystery. No matter how the other angels feel about it.
However, some of the angels have their own plans to return home, and they are not afraid to turn to chaotic blood magic. Cat and Zariel are quickly drawn into a conflict between these angels, their own desperate need to discover the truth about the worlds, and their unexpected bond. As their relationship grows, they will have to fight to stay together, even when others are literally trying to tear the world apart.
Twisted Worlds is a series of stand alone romances that contains an interconnected plot with characters that are referred to and/or appear in multiple books. This novel is the second in the series, and focuses on a romance that can be read and enjoyed on its own. However, reading the series out of order may result in missing some context about the books connecting threads and potential spoilers for the earlier books.
