Release Blitz: 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.
For more information on Trisha Wolfe
and her works, please visit: www.TrishaWolfe.com
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