Review for Hold Me (Twist Me #3) by Anna Zaires
Title: HOLD ME
(Twist Me, #3)
Author: Anna
Zaires
A Dark Erotic
Novel
Release Date: June 9,
2015
Blurb
Captor and captive. Lovers. Soul
mates.
We’re all that and more.
We thought we were past the worst of it. We
thought we finally had a chance.
We thought wrong.
We’re Nora and Julian, and this is our story.
My Review
Anna Zaires’ “Hold Me” is the awesome conclusion of the Twist Me series! I've been waiting to see if Julien finally says the big three words...and (no spoilers) you do find out in this book. Just like #1 and #2, #3 is dark and smutty and delicious. My favorite quote is "We come together in pain and pleasure, in violence and passion. We come together in our kind of love." I think that quote just sums up Nora and Julien's love story so completely. Whatever will I do now that Nora and Julien's story is complete?
4.5 out of 5 stars
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Excerpt
“What did you dream about?” I ask softly. “Was it
Beth?”
“No.” She shakes her head, and I see that her
breathing is beginning to return to normal. Her voice, however, still holds echoes of
horror as she says hoarsely, “It was you this time. Majid was cutting out your eyes,
and I couldn’t stop him . . .”
I try not to react, but it’s impossible. Her words hurl
me back to that cold, windowless room, to the nauseating sensations I’ve been
trying to forget for the past several days. My head begins to throb with remembered
agony, my half-healed eye socket burning with emptiness once again. I feel blood
and other fluids dripping down my face, and my stomach heaves at the recollection.
I’m no stranger to pain, or even to torture—my father believed that his son should
be able to withstand anything—but losing my eye had been by far the most
excruciating experience of my life.
Physically, at least.
Emotionally, Nora’s appearance in that room
probably holds that honor.
It takes all of my willpower to wrench my thoughts
back to the present, away from the mind-numbing terror of seeing her dragged in by
Majid’s men. “You did stop him, Nora.” It kills me to admit this, but if it weren’t for
her bravery, I would probably be decomposing in some dumpster in Tajikistan. “You
came for me, and you saved me.”
I still have trouble believing that she did that—that
she voluntarily placed herself in the hands of psychotic terrorists to save my life. She
didn’t do it out of some naive conviction that they wouldn’t harm her. No, my pet
knew exactly what they were capable of, and she still had the courage to act.
I owe my life to the girl I abducted, and I don’t quite
know how to deal with that.
“Why did you do it?” I ask, stroking the edge of her
lower lip with my thumb. Deep down, I know, but I want to hear her admit
it.
She gazes at me, her eyes filled with shadows from
her dream. “Because I can’t survive without you,” she says quietly. “You know that,
Julian. You wanted me to love you, and I do. I love you so much that I would walk
through hell for you.”
I take in her words with greedy, shameless pleasure.
I can’t get enough of her love. I can’t get enough of her. I wanted her initially because
of her resemblance to Maria, but my childhood friend had never evoked even a
fraction of emotions Nora makes me feel. My affection for Maria had been innocent
and pure, just like Maria herself.
My feelings for Nora are anything but.
“Listen to me, my pet . . .” My hand leaves her face to
rest on her shoulder. “I need you to promise me that you will never do something
like that again. I’m obviously glad to be alive, but I would sooner have died than had
you in that kind of danger. You are never to risk your life for me again.
Do you understand me?”
The nod she gives me is faint, almost imperceptible,
and I see a mutinous gleam in her eyes. She doesn’t want to make me mad, so she’s
not disagreeing, but I have a strong suspicion she’s going to do what she thinks is
right regardless of what she says right now.
This obviously calls for more heavy-handed
measures.
“Good,” I say silkily. “Because next time—if there is
ever a next time—I will kill anyone who helps you against my orders . . . and I will do
it slowly and painfully. Do you understand me, Nora? If anyone so much as
endangers a hair on your head, whether it’s to save me or for any other
reason, that person will die a very unpleasant death. Do I make myself
clear?”
“Yes.” She looks pale now, her lips pressed together
as if to contain a protest. She’s angry with me now, but she’s also scared. Not for
herself—she’s beyond that fear now—but for others. My pet knows I mean what I
say.
She knows I’m a conscienceless killer with only one
weakness.
Her.
Twist Me (Twist
Me, #1)
Kidnapped.
Taken to a private island.
I never thought this could happen to me. I never
imagined one chance meeting on the eve of my eighteenth birthday could change my
life so completely.
Now I belong to him. To Julian. To a
man who is as ruthless as he is beautiful – a man whose touch makes me burn. A
man whose tenderness I find more devastating than his cruelty.
My captor is an enigma. I don’t know who he is or
why he took me. There is a darkness inside him – a darkness that scares me even as
it draws me in.
My name is Nora Leston, and this is my
story.
Just in case you missed it, here is my review for #1:
Anna Zaires’ “Twist Me” is amazing! It’s dark and smutty and delicious. If you liked RAW by Belle Aurora, you’ll love this book – it’s everything RAW is without the crummy mindgame ending. The leading man, Julian, is hotter than Twitch, plus, he’s just a better man. The sex scenes are plentiful and hot, hot, hot! The leading lady, Nora, is very believable and you really find yourself alternating between empathizing with her predicament and being jealous of her hot hookups with Julian. I can’t wait to hear the rest of Nora and Julian’s story in “Keep Me” and I’ve already looked up some of Zaire’s other writings as well. Overall, a great read – I’m addicted – keep it coming Anna!
5 out of 5 stars
Keep Me
(Twist Me, #2)
Abducted at
eighteen. Held captive for 15 months.
It reads like one of those
headlines. And yes, I did it. I stole her. Nora, with her long dark hair and silky skin.
She’s my weakness, my obsession.
I’m not a good man. I
never pretended to be one. She can love me, but she can’t change me.
I can, however, change
her.
My name is Julian
Esguerra, and Nora is mine to keep.
Just in case you missed it, here is my review for #2:
Anna Zaires’ “Keep Me” is the second book in the Twist Me series. Another amazing read. Very sexy and a lot of pleasure/pain boundaries get crossed. I love how Nora and Julian are growing and changing within this relationship…two incredibly broken people who come together to form a whole. There’s a reason I’ve bought every single book by Zaires! I can’t wait for #3 to come out later this month!
5 out of 5 stars
About the
Author
Anna Zaires fell in love with books at the age of five,
when her grandmother taught her to read. She wrote her first story shortly
thereafter. Since then, she has always lived partially in a fantasy world where the
only limits were those of her imagination. Currently residing in Florida, Anna is
happily married to Dima Zales (a science fiction and fantasy author) and closely
collaborates with him on all their works.
After graduating from the University of Chicago with
a degree in Economics, Anna spent eight years on Wall Street analyzing stocks and
writing research reports. In 2013, she became a full-time author, pursuing her
lifelong dream of writing romance novels.
Dima Zales is the love of her life and a huge
inspiration in all aspects of her writing. Every book Anna writes is a product of their
unique collaborative process.
In addition to reading and writing, Anna enjoys
drinking tea (coconut oolong, anyone?), watching addictive TV shows, and
discussing book ideas during long walks with her amazing husband.
She loves hearing from her readers, so please don't
hesitate to contact her through her website or connect with her on Facebook, where
she hangs out way too often. Also, please visit her husband and collaborator, Dima
Zales, at www.dimazales.com and check out their fantasy & science fiction books.
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