Ties That Bind

In the second book of this Vermont-based series from up and coming author, Vanessa Aprilliano, twenty-something Amelia Birch deals with the aftermath of being left in a kill or be killed situation. While Amelia heals from a gunshot wound, the new patriarch of the local mob family presents her with a comforting and confusing life-line.

As she begins to dance with some of the skeletons in her closet, Amelia tries to choose between the darkness and the light, in more ways than one. At the same time her mind if playing it safe, her heart is leading her closer to the man everyone warned her about. Running from the voices in her head, brings her even closer to the one person who pulls all the strings.

The broken little girl inside of Amelia clings to every chance for love and acceptance, leading to a valuable lesson about other people's motives. After realizing she is in the line of fire, Amelia tries to prove to the local mob boss that he isn't wasting his time protecting her. While reeling from the experience of almost dying during an impromptu initiation, Amelia almost lose it all, as she speeds into the night to rescue the one person who holds all her broken pieces together.