Book Review for The Ties That Bind by H.L. Packer

Title: The Ties That Bind

Series: The Fated Series

Author: H.L Packer

Genre: Mafia Romance/Romantic Suspense

Release Date: January 26, 2022

Elena

He was the devil without the disguise.

He never pretended to be anything other than the wolf he was and I fell for it. Hard.

Now I’m tangled in a web of deceit not only of his making, but mine too.

A favour. Something owed.

A promise that would come back and bite me on the ass.

Anton

I don’t know when it happened. When it changed.

When that initial combination of mild infatuation and burning hatred somehow morphed into my obsession.

When did it spiral out of control?

Was it when she first let me hold her hand? Or when my lips graced the reverence of her skin? Was it when she was naive enough to let the wolf into her inner sanctum?

Hard to say, but now I’m there. I’m not letting go.

Can I keep the girl I should have let go? Or does fate have other things in store for us?

NOTE: La Famiglia MUST be read prior to The Ties That Bind

Loving Elena and Anton's story, the forbidden romance, the banter between characters, the betrayals running a muck through the La Famiglia.

Anton and Elena relationship is twisted, and it seems to be hurting one party in particular. What is wrong with these men and their obsessions with their callous words and deeds, one minute and totally opposite the next. Why Elena puts up with the push and pull astounds me, how can you call that love?

The story had tons of mystery and suspense and a cast of really great characters. Anton is a character you want to take out behind the shed. He acts like the devil

Overall, we really enjoyed this story, I will be rooting for Elena and Anton even though Anton doesn't deserve her but, beneath all the darkness in that man heart I believe he loves this woman and if he doesn't get with the program soon and claim his woman he may just lose her forever.

The mystery and suspense intensified yet still needs solving, looking forward to finding those answers next time around. Elena and Anton have some intense chemistry, twisted as it is it also nothing but, fire and flame, who can walk away from that?

H.L Packer is, quite frankly, a busy bee.

An avid reader as a child, her love for all things written waned into adulthood, the excitement of real life things taking over. But when her life slowed down as she finished her office job for maternity leave, her husband purchased her an e-reader, and that obsession was rekindled.

Quickly she went from reader to reviewer, and then from reviewer to blogger; street teams and promo tours galore. When she began collating her own book boxes over at Romance Readers Book Box UK and had the opportunity to include her own words and worlds, the characters began talking.

Those cheeky characters quickly found themselves written down on the page, and her first series was in progress.

When she is not coordinating her worlds, you can find her running around after her free-spirited three children, and husband, or tending to the dogs, bearded dragons, and snakes that also reside with them.

A break can be found soaking in a bubble bath or enjoying a glass of wine, often still with a book in her hand.