Cover Reveal: With Ties That Bind by Trisha Wolfe
Title: With Ties That Bind
Series: Broken Bonds #1
Author: Trisha Wolfe
Genre: Dark Erotic Thriller
Release Date: February 29, 2016
This series is a spinoff of the Broken Bonds serial which must be
read prior to beginning this first book. Contains spoilers to the
Broken Bonds serial.
Detective Ethan Quinn has questions. The Arlington Slasher
case is closed, the UNSUB no longer a threat—but Quinn can’t
quiet the suspicion he harbors toward his partner and the young,
attractive M.E. Not only does he loathe his uncertainty, he’s torn
between doing his job and protecting his team.
But
burying himself in cases no longer works. He’s restless. On edge.
And tired of fighting his compulsions. Quinn has always viewed the
law in black and white. Only now his world is swirling with a murky
gray that threatens to devour him.
When lead medical examiner
Avery Johnson careens toward a dangerous path, she pulls the
unwitting detective into a dark web of deception and lust, triggered
by a spree of recent killings.
Is this new player linked to
the Bathory murders, or is it another copycat?
Time
almost took Avery from him once before. As the clock ticks, Quinn
will stop at nothing to protect her, refusing to let Avery become a
victim again. Against his uncompromising logic, Quinn can’t deny
his feelings. Avery forces him to acknowledge his darker desires,
tempting his control—which weakens with every second he spends with
the feisty M.E. as they hunt down the perpetrator threatening to tear
them apart.
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Avery
The windowless room is freezing. Florescent lights hum,
echoing off the cinderblock walls and tingeing the too bright, barren
room in a sickly green hue. As soon as I was ushered inside, the bag
was removed from my head and my lab coat was taken.
The
thin blouse I’m left with does nothing to shield me from the frigid
air.
I rub my arms to generate heat, giving myself
something to concentrate on besides counting the seconds. I’ve only
been locked inside for minutes, but panic threatens to pull me under
when I imagine it turning into days.
So very different
than before, but somehow just as frightening. I’m not shackled. I’m
not drugged. I don’t, logically, think these people have the same
intentions as my abductor did when he took me…but I can’t say
that for certain.
As soon as I think I’m going to lose
it and start banging on the steel door, I hear a click, and the door
grinds open against the floor.
The man entering is tall
and thickly built. He wears a mask. A Jason mask like on the horror
movie. And he’s carrying a semiautomatic gun. My stomach plunges,
free-fall. I want the bag back over my head.
He jerks
his head. “Move. It’s ready.”
What’s ready? But
I can’t work up the courage to ask. This man is not manhandling me,
and somehow my feet move me in that direction. I’ve just simply
lost my mind. So many days spent fearing the world after I was
released from the hospital, and what I dreaded could happen—that
which I told myself over and over would never happen again—has, in
fact, happened.
What else is there left to
fear?
Death?
I’m almost relieved. Like
I’m ready to welcome it. Like I can stop dreading it now.
The
masked man stands in the doorway as I cross through. My eyes go wide
when I see what’s on the other side of the room.
A
lab.
But unlike any lab I’ve ever worked in. It’s
dirty, and smells of death. Not like the death in the morgue, where
I’m accustomed to being surrounded by bodies. But a grotesque, sour
stench that soaks my pores.
Tables are full of beakers
and test tubes. A giant syringe station is setup with thin blue hoses
curling down into a large tub. My gaze follows the tubes’ path
along the back wall to a large containment unit.
“Welcome,
Dr. Johnson.”
I whirl around, trying to locate the
source of the deep, gravely voice. Feedback pierces the air, and I
look up to find a speaker in the corner.
The voice booms
through the room again. “Go ahead. Get comfortable. There’s a
coat on the hanger to your left, and goggles on the table.”
I
shake my head. “What do you want from me?” I say to the room,
hoping this unsettling PA system is two-way.
“It’s
what we both want,” the voice responds. “I believe neither of us
want any more dead girls littering up our beautiful streets. So you
should get to work.”
I turn around and see the man
with the gun standing watch at the only exit.
I face
forward, lick my lips. “And if I can’t?”
The silence stretches out, endlessly taunting. I’m sure the
decision to end my life has already been made. Then: “I really
don’t think that’s an option for you, Miss Johnson.” A beat.
“Best focus on the task at hand. You have one hour.”
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Passion and lust ignite. Dark and light battle. This explosive
first installment of the Broken Bonds series sets the exhilarating
pace for a cat and mouse game where no one knows who’s really
pulling the strings.
Criminal profiler Sadie Bonds knows
blood. Her affair with the gruesome, dark world of killers began long
before she started applying her analytical skills to investigate gory
crime scenes. She gets inside the killers’ heads, breaks them down,
relates to them on an arcane level. She prefers it this way—because
it’s safer to ally herself with the villain than the victim. At
least, that’s how she’s coped ever since she was abducted and
tortured as a teen.
She will never be a victim
again.
Now, she’s honed her skills in order to bring
justice to these ritualistic offenders. Working alongside her
colleagues, armed with sharp wit and a SIG, Sadie always catches her
sadist. Until one ruthless serial killer gets inside Sadie’s head,
turning the tables. He knows her secrets. Her obsessions. The
darkest, most deviant part of her soul.
When she meets
Colton Reed, dangerous stakes are raised as he threatens to unravel
her control and reveal her darkest fantasies. The sexy-as-sin bondage
rigger at an exclusive BDSM club pushes her boundaries, forcing her
to acknowledge that side of herself she fears. Plunged into a realm
of torture and suffering, pain and pleasure, Sadie balances on the
razor-sharp edge of two intersecting worlds threatening to swallow
her.
The UNSUB has made contact.
After a rapid string of
grisly murders shakes the usually peaceful city of Arlington,
Virginia, the sadistic killings of young women lull into a deceptive
calm. Agent Sadie Bonds knows the terror isn’t over; serial killers
don’t stop until caught.
And this sadist has targeted
the profiler, revealing pieces of her dark past and weaving her
secrets into each gruesome crime scene. Is the killer someone from
Sadie’s past, her present? Or is he part of a fated future she
brought on herself? The answer lies within the riddle of the copycat
killings, ones mimicked after the infamous Blood Countess.
As
tension brews in the department awaiting the UNSUB’s next move,
Sadie’s more than on edge—her deviant cravings for the possible
perpetrator have ratcheted out of control. She needs the feel of
Colton’s ropes binding her, sheltering her from stark
reality.
Only Colton Reed has his own twisted secrets
that threaten to unravel not only Sadie as they come to light, but
the UNSUB’s carefully constructed web now entangling both the
profiler and her sexy bondage rigger.
Who is the UNSUB?
For Agent Sadie Bonds, finding the
answer to that question means the difference between life and death
for someone close to her. The UNSUB’s latest abduction reaches
right into the heart of the ACPD, forcing every member of the
department to search within their ranks for the sadistic
perpetrator.
Suspicion not only clouds the task force;
it slithers into Sadie and Colton’s bond, challenging their love.
Discovering the truth means facing their past together. Sadie’s
connection to Colton has quieted her inner demons—but is she strong
enough to confront the real monster?
All players take
their places as the stage is set for the final scene. With the UNSUB
manipulating the game, even Sadie and Colton fall victim, spiraling
deep into the darkness that threatens not only their lives, but their
trust. As Sadie navigates a tortuous maze, Colton will do whatever is
takes to protect her.
The truth will set you free. Only for Sadie, her truth will test
the very fabric of her reality. She must silence the threat, or risk
losing everything and everyone she loves.
From an early age, Trisha Wolfe dreamed up fantasy worlds and
characters and was accused of talking to herself. Today, she lives in
South Carolina with her family and writes full time, using her
fantasy worlds as an excuse to continue talking to herself.
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more information on Trisha Wolfe and her works, please visit:
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