
Twisted Pawn
Your new favourite dark and steamy romance series
L.J. Shen(Author)
Hodder Paperback (Publisher)
Published on 31. March 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-1-3997-5253-4 (ISBN)
Description
From New York Times bestselling author L.J. Shen comes a dark romance about an assassin Mafia heir and the villainess who refuses to become his next victim.
Tierney
There's a bullet with my name on it. And Achilles Ferrante is the man who'll pull the trigger. I'd always known one of us would kill the other. I'd just hoped to do the honor.
Twice I betrayed him. First, I broke his heart. Then, I sold him out to the Feds. Even if I hadn't, I doubt he could spell mercy, much less spare me any.
The Camorra prince promised he'd make a spectacle of my death when he caught me. Let him try. He could chase me until the end of Earth.
I will always run faster.
Achilles
To love is to destroy, and I'd loved Tierney Callaghan far too long, and far too much. She's a fatal weakness, but unlike the Greek mythology warrior - I will remain undefeated.
My little flame can run fast, but my bullet is faster.
Once upon a time, she was the only person who saw my humanity. She's about to meet the monster everyone else knows.
READERS ARE ALREADY OBSESSED WITH L.J. SHEN:
'The way this book had me in a chokehold'
'I'm honestly speechless'
'New favourite author! I could NOT put this book down'
'This book was everything . . . GRAB THIS BOOK NOW'
'All emotions covered'
'Five stars all day long'
Tierney
There's a bullet with my name on it. And Achilles Ferrante is the man who'll pull the trigger. I'd always known one of us would kill the other. I'd just hoped to do the honor.
Twice I betrayed him. First, I broke his heart. Then, I sold him out to the Feds. Even if I hadn't, I doubt he could spell mercy, much less spare me any.
The Camorra prince promised he'd make a spectacle of my death when he caught me. Let him try. He could chase me until the end of Earth.
I will always run faster.
Achilles
To love is to destroy, and I'd loved Tierney Callaghan far too long, and far too much. She's a fatal weakness, but unlike the Greek mythology warrior - I will remain undefeated.
My little flame can run fast, but my bullet is faster.
Once upon a time, she was the only person who saw my humanity. She's about to meet the monster everyone else knows.
READERS ARE ALREADY OBSESSED WITH L.J. SHEN:
'The way this book had me in a chokehold'
'I'm honestly speechless'
'New favourite author! I could NOT put this book down'
'This book was everything . . . GRAB THIS BOOK NOW'
'All emotions covered'
'Five stars all day long'
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
B&W illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
320 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3997-5253-4 (9781399752534)
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E-Book
04/2026
Hodder & Stoughton
€6.79
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Person
L.J. Shen is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, and #1 Amazon bestselling author of contemporary and NA romance. Her books have been translated in over twenty different countries. She hopes to visit all of them. She lives in a picturesque beach town with her family, pets and inner demons, and enjoys reading, traveling, cooking and spending time with her grumpy cat