Sixteen years is a long time to carry a torch for an ex-husband, but Lisa has been through a lot with Rick, including a rocky marriage, a divorce, raising a daughter together, and developing a solid friendship with him in the wake of it all. But she has to admit—to this day, no other man has ever been able to replace him in her fantasies. Lisa’s not alone in her desires. Rick has not only wanted to reignite the flame that he and Lisa once had together, but maybe even throw a few new kinks into the fire. On a tropical island getaway, they plan to test the waters—which means risking a hard won friendship for something more. For something wild. For something that could totally be worth the risk. Ties That Bind previously appeared in Unlaced Includes a preview of Thrown by a Curve

Six years ago, Qui-Gon Jinn and Tahl helped the people of the planet Apsolon choose their first free leader. It seemed that peace had arrived at last. Now the leader has been killed. His daughters have been kidnapped. And Qui-Gon and Tahl have returned to Apsolon with Qui-Gon's apprentice Obi-Wan--against the wishes of the Jedi Council. The ties that bind Qui-Gon and Tahl are about to experience their most powerful test yet.

Although acceptance of difference is on the rise in America, it’s the rare gay or lesbian person who has not been demeaned because of his or her sexual orientation, and this experience usually starts at home, among family members.Whether they are excluded from family love and approval, expected to accept second-class status for life, ignored by mainstream arts and entertainment, or abandoned when intervention would make all the difference, gay people are routinely subjected to forms of psychological and physical abuse unknown to many straight Americans.“Familial homophobia,” as prizewinning writer and professor Sarah Schulman calls it, is a phenomenon that until now has not had a name but that is very much a part of life for the LGBT community. In the same way that Susan Brownmiller’s Against Our Will transformed our understanding of rape by moving the stigma from the victim to the perpetrator, Schulman’s Ties That Bind calls...

Elle is an innocent college girl who walks into the wrong bar. Alec is a desperate man trying to rescue his wayward sister from her drug dealer. A dealer who happens to be Elle's respectable doctor father. When their paths cross unexpectedly, Alec kidnaps Elle to use as leverage in a last-ditch attempt to save his sister.What starts out as a hostage situation quickly evolves into something more as both Alec and Elle fall hard for each other, their growing feelings and off-the-charts sexual chemistry impossible to fight. But with both their families on the line, will they choose their blood? Or each other?

Teacher doesn't always know best.Dr. Alexandria Black fell into bed with Chief Surgeon, Dr. Daniel Greyson. Their affair is as illicit as it is steamy.She doesn’t care if their forbidden workplace romance is a ticking time bomb, or that it has the potential to destroy both their careers.She's ready to take their sexy-school-girl bedtime game to the next level with cuffs, collars, and chains.Oh my!He doesn't think this is the right time.Her chance to convince him otherwise presents itself in the form of Auction Night, the annual charity event at The Ties that Bind.It’s the perfect place to test their limits. She'll give up one night, one week, one month, or one year of her life for the right price.Daniel decides how deep they'll explore their fantasies.The Auction decides for how long.Alexa is ready for more.But will Daniel bid on a chance to see if his intern is ready to surrender control? Can she be the submissive he needs?

Lily Bellum keeps many secrets, even from those she loves the most. With a determination and mindset that only she can help the demon Telal Demuzi—she sets off to join him in his cause for demon's rights, whether he wants it or not. But things don’t seem to go right from the beginning. To say he’s resistant to her charms is putting it lightly, but Lily is not one to back down or give in easily. She pursues Telal, slowly breaking down his incredible defenses one smile, kiss, and touch at a time.Telal’s years of planning are finally coming to fruition—to open the rift. Once a betrayer of his people, now he’s determined to fix the past. But one man stands in his way; one man who’s turned out to be a dark and sinister version of the boy he once knew. His plan to open the rift is met with hostility, resistance, and bloodshed unlike he’d ever thought possible. Telal finds that losing himself in the sweet body of Lily Bellum proves an excellent treatment to the chaos around him. Together, Telal and Lily get wrapped up in a world of dark magic, love, betrayal, and murder in the greatest journey of their lives.

When taking things to the next level means cuffs, collars, and chains instead of a wedding ring…Deeply submissive, Michelle is perfectly happy in her role as Tank's submissive, but he wants more. He wants to take their D/s dynamic to the next level which will test the limit of her submission.She's not convinced she's slave materiel, but he believes this is the right time, the right step, and exactly what she needs to shine. He asks her to take their D/s dynamic for an M/s test drive at The Ties that Bind's annual charity event. He knows her submissive heart craves his domination and if he can get her to commit to a single night, maybe he can show her this is the right path for them as a couple.Michelle is riddled with doubt.Tank is assured this is exactly what she needs.For one day, one week, one month, or one year, Tank's bid will determine how long their Master/slave test drive lasts.Can Tank prove to Michelle this is their destiny? Or will Michelle's self-doubt keep them from discovering what they can become together? 

When two is better than one.Penny loves two men. It's her wildest fantasy, being with both at the same time. Eric and Thomas are two dominants who not only know about each other, but are the best of friends. The one thing they won't do is take her together.  She's lucky enough they're okay sharing her between them, but Penny wants more. It's not her fault she fell in love with them both, and she's determined to get what she wants.Her chance presents itself in the form of Auction Night, the annual charity event at The Ties that Bind. All she's asking for is one night. One night with them both.Will Eric and Thomas bid? Will they fulfill her fantasy? 

The Ties that Bind is more than a nightclub. It’s an exclusive posh, members-only club which has become my second home.Funny how I call the club my home. Although, if you understand my past, it makes a lot of sense.I feel alive in The Ties that Bind.Really alive.It’s a place where I shed my skin and become that other, more secretive, part of myself.The real me shines.And tonight is the night of the big auction. A charity event which never fails to bring in millions.No surprise.Not when the prize items up for bid are women willing to sell themselves for a good cause.

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You journeyed with Jint and Lafier through three volumes of interplanetary-scale action and intrigue in CREST OF THE STARS. Through pain and companionship, they forged their way through an impossible ordeal unscathed. But that adventure, though grand, was just the introduction to a larger, decades-spanning chronicle of galactic war. Join our two heroes, now bona fide starpilots appointed to a warship in an Abh Empire fleet, as they participate in their very first official military operation. They are tasked with helping defend a strategically crucial star system from the Three Nations Alliance. Complications arise, however, when they learn that their commanding officer is none other than the sister of the Abh baron they killed three years prior!

The Ties That Bind is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Walter M. Miller is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Walter M. Miller then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

This volume contains five short stories about family dynamics. These stories are fictional examples of varied family relationships.This volume contains five short stories about family dynamics. The core of any culture is the family. It is into this core of family that a newborn first connects with the world. It’s where that baby learns about love—feels love from family members and later, sees examples of how he or she can love others. Harmony in a family unit is the bedrock of a thriving society. Indeed, the building of character or lack of such building begins within the family. These stories are fictional examples of varied family relationships.

The search for answers continues...Barely escaping the Mahze clan compound with their lives, Issai and Hahri sneak back into Kairash, hoping to meet Korin as planned. The last thing they expect is to run into the very teenager Issai is determined to find while the boy is trying to protect Korin's missing little girl from a group of city guardsmen. In the ensuing chaos, both the boy and girl escape them, running off in opposite directions. They choose to pursue the girl, and Hahri ultimately manages to convince her to go with them to meet Korin.Once together, the four Old Souls delve deeper into the strange and sometimes frightening true nature of an Old Soul, discovering abilities Issai and Hahri have only glimpsed before, while also in pursuit of both the fugitive boy and Soujin, a man rumored to have become a god-like being with the power to grant true immortality after successfully consuming a thousand Old Souls.However, they soon learn...

SUMMARY:When the Albuquerque paper reports that an unidentified white man was found dead along a remote stretch of road on the Navajo Reservation in northwestern New Mexico, UNM sociology professor K.C. Fontero thinks she might be able to use the case as an example of culture and jurisdiction in one of her classes. But it's soon apparent that this dead man might have something to do with a mysterious letter that River Crandall, brother of K.C.'s partner Sage, recently received from the siblings' estranged father, Bill. What does the letter and Bill's link to a natural gas drilling company have to do with the dead man? And why would Bill try to contact his son and daughter now, after a decade of silence? From the streets of Albuquerque to the vast expanse of the Navajo Reservation, K.C. and Sage try to unravel the secrets of a dead man while Sage confronts a past she thought she'd left behind. But someone or something wants to keep those secrets buried, and as K.C. soon discovers, sometimes beliefs of one culture jump the boundaries of another, threatening to drive a wedge into the relationship she's building with Sage.

This series is a spin-off of the Broken Bonds serial. It is strongly recommended to read the With Visions of Red serial prior to beginning this book. This 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.

Erotica/Romance. 73023 words long.

Three short months ago Caspian Grey was a loner, with a family that regretted adopting him, no friends, and little idea of what his life would be. He was a soul lost in the world And then everything changed. His life has a purpose, a reason for being. He has his girls and a family, of sorts, that loves him. He has friends that will stand with him. But even this new road will have some some sharp curves to navigate. There is a secret that he and his family must keep. New additions join his family bringing with them new challenges while current members of his family need help facing old challenges. Caspian’s destiny lies ahead, but it won’t be an easy road. **

Six years ago, Qui-Gon Jinn and Tahl helped the people of the planet Apsolon choose their first free leader. It seemed that peace had arrived at last. Now the leader has been killed. His daughters have been kidnapped. And Qui-Gon and Tahl have returned to Apsolon with Qui-Gon's apprentice Obi-Wan — against the wishes of the Jedi Council. The ties that bind Qui-Gon and Tahl are about to experience their most powerful test yet.

From strangers to lovers, from enemies to family, from mafia princess to . . . mafia wife?Ava Moretti is a mafia princess with a fiery personality and an aversion to doing what she's told. Nick Caponelli is next-in-line to lead the Caponelli mafia—he's used to getting exactly what he wants. When they meet by chance one night, neither has any idea they are from rival crime families. After a night of passion, they are supposed to part ways and never see each other again. But fate has bigger plans and soon Ava is faced with a decision that will change her life forever . . . for better or for worse.For fans of Rhenna Morgan, JL Shen, and JJ McAvoy, Nicole Knight's steamy, intense, and action-packed mafia romance that begins the Caponelli saga where Ava Moretti must face both her dreams and her fears as she weds boss Nick Caponelli. What comes first: love or family?

Third Sister in the Tao family, Ailin has watched her two older sisters go through the painful process of having their feet bound. In China in 1911, all the women of good families follow this ancient tradition. But Ailin loves to run away from her governess and play games with her male cousins. Knowing she will never run again once her feet are bound, Ailin rebels and refuses to follow this torturous tradition. As a result, however, the family of her intended husband breaks their marriage agreement. And as she enters adolescence, Ailin finds that her family is no longer willing to support her. Chinese society leaves few options for a single woman of good family, but with a bold conviction and an indomitable spirit, Ailin is determined to forge her own destiny. Her story is a tribute to all those women whose courage created new options for the generations who came after them.From the Paperback edition.

Officially, it doesn't exist. Off the books, Room 59 is mandated to disrupt and terminate threats that bury official channels in red tape. Driven, dedicated and extremely efficient, the elite agents recruited for the ultimate spy game ply their trade below the radar and on the razor's edge of action.and sudden death. New recruit Jason Siku is ex-CIA, a cold, calculating agent with black ops skills and a brilliant mind - a loner perfect for deep espionage work. Using his Inuit heritage and a search for his lost family as covers, he tracks intelligence reports of a new Russian Oscar-class submarine capable of reigniting the Cold War. But when Jason discovers weapons smugglers and an idealistic yet dangerous brother he never knew existed, the line between his mission and a secret hope collide with deadly consequences. Special thanks and acknowledgment to Garrett Dylan for his contribution to this work.

It all started in college, in the turbulent sixties, when Randolph and Jenna became lovers. Randolph knew the moment he saw Jenna Haywood that he had to make her his. But the path to love is not an easy one. His wealthy Grandmother Julia disapproves of the match and unbeknowst to him, his brother's seemingly docile fiancee has a few plans of her own that she would like to set in motion. Betrayal and devastation lurks in unexpected places and tests the bond they believed was unbreakable. As they struggle with love and passion, secrets and lies the question is: Is love enough to help them see each other through the storms that await them ahead?

The lives of two strangers are about to be irrevocably intertwined as a result of a dying woman’s last words. Kate finds herself pondering a name that escaped her mother’s lips just before death. Was it the name of her father? Determined to find out, she moves to San Francisco to find a man who is a complete stranger—a stranger she hopes will be a connection to the mother she lost.

Are the ties that bind them about to be ripped apart? The Tempest family and friends are gathering for Cassie's eighteenth birthday party. But as they come together, a series of explosive events will threaten everything they hold dear. Cassie's sister Jess is about to fly to Italy on holiday, but can she forget the horror of what she saw in her flat that afternoon? Family friend Jenny Barlow has been keeping a devastating secret for years... but for how much longer? And does the discovery of a dead body on the beach spell danger for one of the Tempests? Grief, fear, desire and deception all collide as the ties that bind the family are strained like never before. Can they withstand the ultimate stress test?

Margot Matthews loves her job at the Cobbled Court Quilt Shop and the life and friendships she's made in New Bern, Connecticut; she just never thought she'd still be single on her fortieth birthday. And Margot's friend, Abigail, is trying to match-make even though Margot has all but given up on romance. When Philippa, a new female pastor arrives in town, truth be told not everyone is happy about it. Yet despite a rocky start, Philippa begins to settle in - finding ways to ease the townspeople's burdens, joining the quilting circle, and forging a fast friendship with Margot. When tragedy threatens to tear Margot's family apart, Philippa's friendship - and the help of the quilting sisterhood - will prove a saving grace. And while she untangles her feelings for another new arrival in town, Margot realizes that it is the surprising detours woven into life's fabric that provide its richest hues...

Rebekka and Mark Face Their Biggest Challenge Yet (Rebekka Series Book 2)Rebekka Massoni and Marc Perrault have waded through thousands of miles of separation and years of uncertainty about their true feelings for one another. But now they are happily, blissfully together, anxiously awaiting the day when they will be married for all eternity.When Marc's ongoing health problems become serious, he pushes Rebekka away, convinced that his time is short and that she should be free to find a life with someone else. Even worse, when Rebekka asks his brother, André, to speak with Marc, André agrees that she should move on. Yet, as Rebekka rejects their pleas and rallies around her fiance, she begins to wonder if Marc is right. Can Rebekka risk marrying and then losing him? Or can she indeed move on to try to find happiness with another?As this thought provoking-novel by Rachel Ann Nunes guides the reader through the meaning and perspective of eternity, one thing is clear: you will not...

The Ties That Bind is an emotionally riveting debut novel about the power of a mother's love and the bonds among family that, though severed, can never be fully broken. On opposite sides of the world, two lives are changed forever. One by the smallest bruise. The other by a devastating bushfire. And both by a shocking secret . . . Miami art curator Courtney Hamilton and her husband David live the perfect life until their ten-year-old son Matthew is diagnosed with leukaemia. He needs a bone-marrow transplant but, with Courtney being adopted, the chances of finding a match within his family are slim. Desperate to find a donor, Courtney tracks the scattered details of her birth 15,000 kilometres away, to the remote town of Somerset in the Victorian bush. Meanwhile Jade Taylor wakes up in hospital in Somerset having survived the deadly bushfire that destroyed the family home and their beloved olive groves. Gone too are the landmarks that remind her of her mother,...

WarningThis book contains sex, nudity, hilarious situations, general oddness, a lesbian werewolf, more hot steamy sex, fairies, references to World of Warcraft, the flirtatious ghost of a nun, a disturbing discussion about Pluto, zombies, weapons, butter sauce, muppets, torture, more werewolves, a really sexy vampire with a serious video game addiction, chupacabras, sniper rifles, evil plots, bad song parodies, witches, furries, even more sex, a military base, the greatness of B.O.B., dullahans (fairy headless horsemen), and an adorable stuffed skunk. You've been warned.Now on to the description:Hi, I'm Daphne Dinkly. All of my friends call me DD. My fans call me a hero, but that's really not true. I'm a coward, and to be honest I'm also a traitor. The real heroes are my friends. They saved the day. I'm just the girl that switched sides at the last possible second. I had my reasons for why I betrayed them, and under the same circumstances I'd probably do it all again. I'm not proud of that. The reality is that I should be rotting in a Supermax prison right now as a terrorist, but my best friend Joseph stepped in and convinced everyone that I was some sort of double agent. He's the big scary looking muscled up guy with the cute butt that you want to just grab with both hands and squeeze for all your worth. That booty of his tempts me almost as much as leftover cheesecake, but unfortunately for me his booty already belongs to Penny. She's that gorgeous redheaded vampire that you might have seen doing commercials for energy drinks, and that new line of lingerie. When she's not making commercials marketing Midnight Squad clothing, drinks, ice cream, and even condoms. She's either playing World of Warcraft, or doing sexy things to Joseph that we probably shouldn't discuss here in this introduction.We weren't always famous. The world didn't even know about vampires, werewolves, witches, and ghosts until my friends showed up and saved the day from an evil jinn's attempt at taking over the United States. After my friends saved the day the world learned about Joseph "Grim" Reaper, the newest member of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. He's actually become The Death. He's got a horse and everything. He even lets us ride it. Then there's Penny, his beautiful vampire girlfriend. Danika, the lesbian werewolf dating Joseph's sister Niki. Janine, the very flirtatious ghost of a nun. Finally there's Katy. She's this super powerful gothic witch. Together we used our newfound fame to form Midnight Squad. Joseph and the girls do all the commercials, and meanwhile in my free time I get to do research and development projects for anything that suits my fancy. Money, fame, and great friends. Now if I could just get a date everything would be practically perfect.Of course there is a reason why no one knew about vampires, werewolves, and all the stuff that goes bump in the night. That reason is an organization that calls itself The Darkness. They want to keep the world ignorant of things like my friends, and they'll do whatever it takes. When The Darkness comes after you, they don't leave survivors...they leave examples. This is a full length novel. It is an erotically charged comedic urban fantasy. Grab yourself a copy, and hop on for the ride.

Ties that bind is one women's quest to find out the truth. Secrets can't remain hidden forever, can they? How far would you go to uncover the truth? Although the author has taken her creative liberty to enhance the story, Ties That Bind is based on a true story.

Leah’s used to starting over, but this time, she isn’t running away. Her daughter is in college, she’s got a fresh start, and a new business—in Miami, with Jagger Holiday. The second chance is an opportunity to do things better, but soon Leah realizes that they’ll always be far from perfect.Jagger can’t tell the love of his life his darkest secret. It’s the reason he started escorting, and why he's spent the last decade running from his broken heart.  When he’s on the brink of getting everything he wants—his photography business and a family—he must make the confession that could take it all away.Things will be different this time. But only if Leah and Jagger can face their fears about themselves--and each other. 

When the Albuquerque paper reports that an unidentified white man was found dead along a remote stretch of road on the Navajo Reservation in northwestern New Mexico, UNM sociology professor K.C. Fontero thinks she might be able to use the case as an example of culture and jurisdiction in one of her classes. But it's soon apparent that this dead man might have something to do with a mysterious letter that River Crandall, brother of K.C.'s partner Sage, recently received from the siblings' estranged father, Bill. What does the letter and Bill's link to a natural gas drilling company have to do with the dead man? And why would Bill try to contact his son and daughter now, after a decade of silence? From the streets of Albuquerque to the vast expanse of the Navajo Reservation, K.C. and Sage try to unravel the secrets of a dead man while Sage confronts a past she thought she'd left behind. But someone or something wants to keep those secrets buried, and as K.C. soon discovers, sometimes beliefs of one culture jump the boundaries of another, threatening to drive a wedge into the relationship she's building with Sage.

When Rain Medici was taken, she never thought in a million years that her captor would be the man of her dreams, but he was. Dominick Kane kidnapped his enemy's daughter. He had no idea that his victim would be the one woman to capture his empty heart, but she did. It’s been one full year since the kidnapping that brought Dominick and Rain together. In that time, they struggled with many emotions and fought constant obstacles. They discovered new identities, faced ghosts from their pasts and attacks against their family, that to this day remain unsolved. Yet, regardless of the unexpected challenges, some self-inflicted, Dominick and Rain always knew that their undying love for each other had gotten them through everything. But then… the unimaginable happened. Dominick was arrested. The charge? The apparent kidnapping of his wife, Rain Medici. Now, the couple faced a whole new set of challenges. Challenges that brought their pasts forward once again and others which forced each of them to examine who they really were and what they had become. Dominick and Rain’s future hung in the balance. They were in the fight of their lives. Would it make them even stronger than before? Or would the delicate threads that held them together…in the end, ultimately pull them apart?

One young woman is about to learn what tough love is all about. . .Thirty-three-year-old Kendra Richards just can't escape her reckless mother's endless requests for money that will never be repaid. Again and again, Kendra rescues Ginny despite the advice of her own father—a man who left Ginny and her cheating ways long ago. Kendra knows her mother is troubled—what she doesn't understand is why she can't tell her no—until she happens to meet psychologist Sam Hughes. . .Smart and sexy, Sam offers Kendra the answers—and the love and romance—she's been looking for. She's finally happy—until Ginny turns up for another handout. But this time the situation is desperate, and the stakes are higher than ever. Now, Kendra must finally decide if she's willing to lose everything for a woman who has nothing to give. . .Praise for the Novels of Gwynne Forster"Wise and wonderful as it points out, once again, the importance of honesty and...

Fiona FitzGerald, senator's daughter turned Washington, D.C., homicide detective, is called in to investigate when the daughter of a prominent lawyer is found murdered. All clues begin to point to a revered Supreme Court Justice with a sadomasochistic fetish.The Ties That Bind is the sixth book in Warren Adler's Fiona FitzGerald series. The first mystery, American Quartet, was on The New York Times list of top ten crime novels of the year. Try the other Fiona mysteries: American Quartet, American Sextet, Senator Love, Immaculate Deception, and The Witch of Watergate.

Amanda Jaffe was a rising star in Portland's legal community until her well publicized battle with a brilliant sociopath—ironically the trial that made her famous—left her traumatized, filled with self-doubt, and wary of the limelight. But now she's agreed to handle a case no one else will touch. Her client, Jon Dupre, runs an upscale call-girl service and stands accused of murdering a high-profile U.S. senator. To Amanda, Dupre's story of an ultra-secret society of extremely powerful, dangerous, politically motivated men sounds like a criminal's desperate attempt to escape justice. But suddenly too many important people are pressuring her to drop the case . . . and too many people are dying. But Amanda will not surrender again to her fear. To get her life back, she'll follow this deadly juggernaut of an investigation wherever it leads her: to the graveyard, into the depths of hell . . . or to the highest office in the land.

Forced to return to her hated hometown to work, Christina Martin, lawyer and ex resident bad girl, finds herself questioning her life choices. Reunited with her former husband, Nicholas Riley, their tenuous and complicated relationship is tested when secrets from the past and present are revealed. Riley, a man with explosive secrets and penchant for psychological games, faces the dilemma of keeping the woman he loves through lies by omission or potentially losing her with the truth. This isn’t just their second chance for happiness, it’s their last chance and there may be some things that love can’t conquer at all. Equal parts helped and hindered by a colorful cast of supporting characters, ‘Ties that Bind’, Book Two in the Complicated Love Series, continues the dysfunctional relationship of Riley and Dina introduced in ‘Lost in Flight’. Warning: This book is not about bondage. I have nothing against books about bondage. Heck, I’ve been known to read a few works myself, but it’s just this book isn’t one of them. Unless, of course, you’re referring to the tangible and intangible bonds of human relationships, ties that bind and ties that can be broken. Then, this book is definitely about that.