The Ties That Bind (Fraser Crime Syndicate 2) by Jessica Ames-Review Tour
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Elena
My life was planned from the moment I was born. I am to marry for my family, to cement old alliances and create new ones. I know I have no say in who will be standing at the end of the aisle, but I didn’t expect my father to sell me to a monster. Kane Fraser is known for his cruelty and his coldness. In a few weeks’ time he will become my husband and will have complete control over my life.
Kane
The last thing I want is a wife, but my family needs me to do my duty and I will do anything to protect my siblings. Elena is nothing like I envisaged. She’s brash, loud and able to take care of herself. From the moment I put that ring on her finger, I knew this would be a match made in hell, but this is a situation neither of us can escape.
Until death do us part is just a saying, but when someone targets my wife I have to put our differences aside and protect her life. She is a Fraser and no one touches what’s mine.
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REVIEW:THE TIES THAT BIND is the second instalment in Jessica Ames’ contemporary, adult FRASER CRIME SYNDICATE dark, erotic, criminal underworld series, a spin off from the author’s UNTAMED SONS MC series. This is twenty seven year old, heir to the Fraser Syndicate Kane Fraser, and Elena Adam’s story line. THE TIES THAT BIND can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous storyline is revealed where necessary.
WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise including graphic violence, torture, abuse and strong language, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Kane and Elena) THE TIES THAT BIND follows the arranged marriage between twenty-seven year old heir to the Fraser Syndicate Kane Fraser, and Elena Adams, daughter of Hamish Adams, head of the Adams Syndicate. Kane’s mother Charlotte, and Elena’s father Hamish have arranged for the marriage of their children Kane and Elena, in an effort to form a stronger and more powerful crime family but neither Kane nor Elena is happy about their new paths going forward but both have accepted their fate in life. All is not well from the outset as Elena and Kane find themselves targeted and attacked on more then one occasion but the principle target is our story line heroine. As Elena and Kane quickly settle into married life, secrets revealed find Elena on the defensive when Kane is no longer able to trust the woman with whom he is falling in love. An emergency will pull Elena away from the safety of the house, an emergency that finds Elena facing her own mortality in an effort to save someone she loves. What ensues is the quick building relationship between Elena and Kane, and the potential fall-out as the lifestyle of the crime syndicate threatens any peace for our story line couple.
The relationship between Kane and Elena begins as an arranged marriage in which both Kane and Elena knew it was only a matter of time before they were forced to marry someone they did not love. Elena struggled to trust a man whose reputation as a killer preceded his introduction to our story line heroine, and Kane battled between head and heart knowing the marriage was a ruse to usurp the power from the head of the Adams Syndicate. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense.
We are re-introduced to Kane’s brothers: Lucas and his wife Sariah (Fracture Vows 1), and Zeke (Bailey/Untamed Sons MC 7), as well as their sister Aurelia; their parents Anthony and Charlotte Fraser; Kane’s bodyguard Nathan Ford; Elena’s sister Letta and her husband Michael Maloney, their brother Dex, and father Hamish Adams, and step-mother Margaret.
THE TIES THAT BIND is a story of power and control; dysfunctional family values and manipulation; betrayal, abuse, torture and love. The fast paced premise is dark and gritty; the characters are strong willed, dynamic and determined; the romance is captivating, passionate and provocative.
Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one FRACTURED VOWS
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Reviewed by Sandy
Jessica Ames lives in a small market town in the Midlands, England. She lives with her dog and when she’s not writing, she’s playing with crochet hooks.
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