TWISTED TRUTHS / Beautiful Mistakes (Twisted Sisters) by Cora Kent-reviews 

TWISTED TRUTHS
Twisted Sisters prequel
by Cora Kent
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark, erotic, Mafia, romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 8, 2024

I was cast out and exiled to a life of silence and penance.
Five years in a convent, paying for sins that weren’t mine.
But they can’t keep me caged any longer.
I’m coming back, not as the obedient girl they wanted but as the woman I was always meant to be—vengeful, ruthless, and unbreakable.

My brother thought he could bury me.
Now, I’ll show him just how wrong he was.

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REVIEW: TWISTED TRUTHS is the prequel short in Cora Kent’s contemporary, adult, TWISTED SISTERS dark, erotic, MC, Mafia romance focusing on Lucrezia Castiglione and thirty-two year old, Raiden Drake. TWISTED TRUTHS takes place approximately one week prior to BEAUTIFUL MISTAKES

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Lucrezia and Raiden) following several timelines, TWISTED TRUTHS reveals some of the background and dark history for each of our leading characters. Lucrezia Castiglione is the daughter of a Mafia Don, a throwaway object to be used and abused but Lucrezia refuses to hide, to go quietly, and we see the aftermath of years of abuse. Meanwhile Raiden Drake is a young man who has fallen in love with his best friend, a girl whose life will be taken in the blink of an eye. Lucrezia and Raiden have yet to cross paths, and in this life is about to change for both.

TWISTED TRUTHS is a dramatic, and fast paced, quick read of betrayal, power, death and destruction. An introduction to the author’s TWISTED SISTERS series.

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BEAUTIFUL MISTAKES
(Twisted Sisters 1)
by Cora Kent
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark, erotic, Mafia, romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 4, 2025

Branded by betrayal, fueled by revenge—I’m back to destroy the brother who banished me.

The Castiglione name once ruled the Midwest mafia, but Saverio erased me like I never existed. Five years in exile only sharpened my hunger for vengeance. Now, I’ll burn his empire to the ground—but I need the most dangerous weapon I can find: Raiden Drake.

Raiden’s the Destroyers’ enforcer, a ruthless man who bends rules and breaks bones. He doesn’t take orders, but he does take control—of everything. My body. My mind. My soul. And once he claims them, there’s no turning back.

They say never fall for the devil you unleash. Too bad he’s the only one who might save me from myself.

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REVIEW: BEAUTIFUL MISTAKES is the first full-length instalment in Cora Kent’s contemporary, adult TWISTED SISTERS dark, erotic, Mafia romance series. This is Destroyers MC enforcer Raiden Drake, and Lucrezia Castiglione’s story line. There is a prequel novella TWISTED TRUTHS that reveals some of the individual background and earlier years of Raiden and Lucrezia.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Lucrezia and Raiden) BEAUTIFUL MISTAKES follows in the wake of the return of Lucrezia Castiglione. In her teens, Lucrezia suffered at the hands of her now-deceased father, and his men, then upon his death, was banished by her brother where she would spend five years under the tyranny and abuse of the Italian nuns. Fast forward to present day, Lucrezia is determined to destroy her brother Saverio Castiglione, and is hoping to enlist the help of Raiden Drake and the Destroyers, as well as the only siblings with whom she is on speaking terms but all is not as it appears to be, and Lucrezia will once again suffer at the hands of those she longed to trust.

The world building focuses on the building relationship between Lucrezia and Raiden, a relationship predicated upon mutual hatred for our heroine’s brother. Plans are to be made and implemented in the hopes of taking down a man who has destroyed too many lives.

The relationship between Lucrezia and Raiden is a reciprocal arrangement, one in which each will ‘benefit’ from their physical affair but Raiden doesn’t do relationships, having loved and lost, and in this Lucrezia know their time together will come to a close. The $ex scenes are provocative and intense.

The secondary and supporting characters are questionable and charismatic. We are introduced to Lucrezia’s siblings Saverio, Daniela, and half-brother Kristopher, as well as members of the Destroyers MC: club Presidents Priest Whittaker, Bash, Trigger and Vic.

BEAUTIFUL MISTAKES is a story of betrayal and vengeance, power and control, corruption and abuse, acceptance and love. The premise is dramatic, dark and edgy; the romance is spicy and provocative; the characters rebellious, hostile and determined.

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