Twisted Lies By Ana Huang

Description

Lila Montclair was the golden-haired sweetheart of Manhattan’s most prominent family. She grew up wearing luxury silks and ancestral diamonds. But when an anonymous cyberattack steals $45 billion from Montclair Holdings and throws the family business to its knees, Lila’s name becomes a byword for scandal. She had to start over with Parallax Security, a small company that specializes in corporate espionage and digital forensics, after losing her title, money, and reputation.

Lila encounters Elias Quinn, Parallax’s top security architect, there. Elias is tall, has black eyes, and is colder than liquid nitrogen. For the past ten years, he has been pursuing hackers and strengthening vault-like networks for Fortune 500 companies. People believe he doesn’t trust anyone and never sleeps; data is the only thing he cares about. When the Montclairs hire Parallax to find out where the terrible breach came from, Lila and Elias have to work together. They don’t want to, but they both really need to.

As soon as Elias tells Lila about the case, the air is charged with electricity, and every short word exchange is full with tension. Lila knows the Montclair vaults like the back of her hand; her photographic memory can map out every IP gateway and shadow server. Elias can tell when code is lying and when an email looks harmless but has a concealed payload. During the day, they go through log files in candlelight server rooms, following ghost IPs across countries. At night, they go through encrypted chat logs in Lila’s small studio apartment, where the city lights create long shadows through her floor-to-ceiling windows.

Lila and Elias discover that the breach is not just a random hack; it’s a warpath to take over the city’s whole financial infrastructure as their investigations reveal a trail of shell firms and digital weapons. Worse, the person behind all the confusion is someone Lila used to trust. Every fresh hint makes things worse: whistle-blower suicides that look like murders, offshore financial accounts linked to Montclair board members, and even threatening notes written on Lila’s own private art projects.

Their business relationship turns into something far more dangerous. Lila’s strong will breaks Elias’s cold professionalism; her weakness breaks his lone-wolf resolve. They kiss breathlessly in secret stairwells and make shaky confessions in the quiet of concrete-walled datacenters when they can steal a moment away from the city. Every touch might reveal Lila’s dangerous secret: her DNA is accidentally written into a backdoor that, if it gets into the wrong hands, could destroy every server she’s ever touched.

Lila and Elias face terrible decisions as the clock counts down to the last data dump, a digital bomb that would destroy Montclair Holdings forever. Lila loves a family member, but does she have to betray them to save the company? Does Elias have to give up his strict moral code to keep her safe? In a heart-pounding ending set in the New York Stock Exchange’s camera-lined corridors, they pull off a high-wire act: planting a counter-virus, revealing the mole in real time, and showing that love may be the best hack of all.

Twisted Lies by Ana Huang has sharp writing, fast-paced suspense, and a slow-burning romance that will make your heart race. This book will keep readers interested because it has both high-tech intrigue and emotional stakes. It has both heart-stopping action and the raw heat of forbidden passion. When the city’s lights go out and the truth comes online, will Lila and Elias change their own fates, or will their falsehoods destroy them both?

About the Author

Ana Huang is a #1 New York Times and international bestselling author known for her emotionally charged and suspenseful romances. Her novels praised for their vivid characters, rich emotional depth, and electrifying tension have been translated into multiple languages. When she’s not plotting corporate conspiracies or writing impassioned love stories, Ana explores tech innovation and urban legends for inspiration.

Product Details

• Title: Twisted Lies
• Author: Ana Huang
• ISBN-13: 9781735056664
• Publisher: Lake Union Publishing (BookBaby imprint)
• Published: May 15, 2025
• Pages: 350
• Binding: Paperpack