she’s as constant as the Tide, the woman I let choose me for Eternity; I don’t deserve her, but it’s done. she’s mine. my Treasure. my wife.// he is my Husband. I belong to him, body and soul. never have I Ever loved a man so fiercely. yet, when we’re Ripped apart, my love is crippling;it only intensifies the Excruciating nightmare of my reality. we said until Death do us part… intensifies the Excruciating nightmare of my reality. we said until Death do us part…
without him, death is what I fear.
I promised I’d protect her. now the absence of her makes me ache–the distance between us tugging at my innermost being.
that is who I am. that is who we are–bound as one. tethered together.
Intended for audiences 18+ years of age, due to explicit sexual content, language, and some violence.
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3,5 stars
After reading the first book (Guarded) in this duet/series I was really curious about the second book ‘Tethered’ that is about the same couple as book one, Leo and Jill. In the first book we saw how they met, how Leo fought their attraction and later his feelings for Jill. But their chemistry was just too big to fight, so they choose be together and even got married in the end. In this story we get to see how their married life is going and we get to see how certain circumstances will put them on a new path to a new future. So you really need to read ‘Guarded’ first before reading this one.
The writer R.C. Martin knows how to write a good story and ‘Tethered’ is a well-written, good developed story and I enjoyed it for the most part but there was also something that I liked a bit less so in the end, I’m left with mixed feelings about the story.
I liked how the story went, it took a few twist and turns that I didn’t expect (I like that in my stories). The main characters stayed true to their character. Leo and Jill have been married for a while now and have established a good routine between Leo’s work and traveling and Jill’s work. But even as a married guy, Leo is still silent, growly and very protective. Jill is still sweet and totally in love with her alpha guy. They are living a very good life but then Jill gets kidnapped by a dangerous man because Leo’s father owes him a lot of money and he himself has no money to pay off his debts so now Leo is expected to pay. Leo is furious and he will do anything to get Jill back safely. He turns to an ‘old’ friend Cruiz to help him save Jill but they don’t have a lot of time. Luckily, he can also count on a new friend Dax to help him. But even when Leo manages to save Jill from that dangerous place, they are still in danger because now Leo’s father is out for revenge. Can Leo protect Jill and himself from danger or not?
In this story you could really feel the love between Jill and Leo. It was deep and all-consuming. Cruiz and Dax, the new secondary character we were introduced to were very interesting guys. They really did everything they could to help Leo. They were loyal and protective. I’m so happy that they will get their own story in this series too. The sex scenes in this story were again very steamy and although I enjoyed them, they are also the reason of my mixed feelings about this book. The scenes itself were no problem but for me personally (and I don’t say this a lot) there were just too many of them. I can understand that Leo didn’t like to talk about his feelings and that he would rather show his feelings physically but now and then I would have liked them to talk to each other or for them to have sex behind ‘closed doors’ (without all the details). Just a few sex scenes behind closed doors I would have like more but that is just my personally view.
I was really happy with the two epilogues that the writer gave us at the end. I loved them!
I will certainly read the next book that is about Cruiz.
This is the continuation of Jill and Leo’s story. I loved them in Guarded and I adore them even more now! In Tethered their love is strengthened by what they go through (if that is possible!). A beautiful story (if I was in tears at times!) and beautiful writing – 100% perfection. Thanks Roslyn, you never disappoint!!