From the New York Times Best Selling Author of the Accidentally On Purpose trilogy…
“You were born to be mine and I was born to be yours.”
Donya Stewart’s chest filled with the soft beating wings of butterflies when she first met Emmet Grayne’s green eyes at the ripe age of five. Unable to identify the tugging pressure within her when in his presence, Donya moved through the first several years of her life addled by her feelings for the boy who was her best friend’s brother, and very much like her own sibling. But one cool autumn night in her mystifying teenage years, Emmet erases any ideas Donya has of him being anything like a sibling.
Donya and Emmet, unable to deny the invisible cord that fetters them together on an incredibly visceral level, begin a long journey on a road abounding with challenges, hurdles, and destructive forces. Their love for one another is absolute, and the emotional link between them is strong, but when they make a series of painful decisions and mistakes that pull them apart, the strength of that tether is challenged.
Donya’s career as a model took her around the world and away from Emmet who was working hard for his law degree. When Donya makes a hard decision for both of them, the tether between them stretches beyond what seems possible.
“The tether contorted and quivered and groaned in protest.”
With age comes maturity and hindsight. Will Emmet and Donya have to live apart and with the consequences of their choices? Happy endings aren’t always a guarantee, even for two people who were born into this world for each other. Will the link between them bring them together or prove to ensnare them in heartache?
If you are in search of an angst-filled romance novel, get tied into Tethered…
Note From Author: Tethered is meant for mature readers over the age of 18. This is a standalone novel - reading my other published novels is welcome, of course, but not necessary.
“You were born to be mine and I was born to be yours.”
Donya Stewart’s chest filled with the soft beating wings of butterflies when she first met Emmet Grayne’s green eyes at the ripe age of five. Unable to identify the tugging pressure within her when in his presence, Donya moved through the first several years of her life addled by her feelings for the boy who was her best friend’s brother, and very much like her own sibling. But one cool autumn night in her mystifying teenage years, Emmet erases any ideas Donya has of him being anything like a sibling.
Donya and Emmet, unable to deny the invisible cord that fetters them together on an incredibly visceral level, begin a long journey on a road abounding with challenges, hurdles, and destructive forces. Their love for one another is absolute, and the emotional link between them is strong, but when they make a series of painful decisions and mistakes that pull them apart, the strength of that tether is challenged.
Donya’s career as a model took her around the world and away from Emmet who was working hard for his law degree. When Donya makes a hard decision for both of them, the tether between them stretches beyond what seems possible.
“The tether contorted and quivered and groaned in protest.”
With age comes maturity and hindsight. Will Emmet and Donya have to live apart and with the consequences of their choices? Happy endings aren’t always a guarantee, even for two people who were born into this world for each other. Will the link between them bring them together or prove to ensnare them in heartache?
If you are in search of an angst-filled romance novel, get tied into Tethered…
Note From Author: Tethered is meant for mature readers over the age of 18. This is a standalone novel - reading my other published novels is welcome, of course, but not necessary.
Lesley's Review
If you like the type of romance books that leave you gushy
and warm then this is book is for you but, only if you don’t mind the struggle
through the pain to find the peace. This is a book that’s about a love that
never seems to come first, but yet, it’s their love for one another that drives
this wedge. It’s a love that two people have for each other that never finds
the path to come together as one. It’s heartbreakingly beautiful.
“The road to your
destination is not always a straight shot. Sometimes the road splits off into
different directions and you have to choose”
Donya and Emmett’s story starts in childhood. Donya is the
unofficial adopted daughter to Emmett’s parents. She is his sister’s best
friend. (You know our heroine Emmy, from “Accidentally on Purpose”.) Donya is
considered family. His house is her house. He protects her and watches out for
her as an older brother would. Only as they grow the love changes from a familial
love to a deep all-consuming love. This is where the troubles begin. The age
difference, the strength of the emotions, and the fact that they are to be like
brother and sister. Timing is just as
important as the connection.
“I will always love
you, but this is not our time. Our time is not now.”
It comes down to making sacrifices that are hard and suck
the life right out of you. They truly try make these choices for the best.
However, sometimes doing what’s best isn’t what’s right. Their love shows that soul mates can meet in
life and not come together because free will and outside choices can indirectly
or directly affect the outcome. And just because that’s your soul mate it
doesn’t mean life will go the way of a fairy tale.
BUT in the end these two are tethered together and eventually
those paths run together and not in different directions, right?
“I felt like I was going to vomit out my heart, because I
sure as hell wasn’t going to need it anymore.”
It always seemed as though life was fighting against fate to
keep these two apart. It was painful and tense to watch these two struggle
separately and then sometimes together. I really enjoyed the way LD took us
through their story. My affection grew as theirs came to life on the pages. At
some points in the story I really didn’t know if I was going to end up just as
broken hearted as these two. This story was woven to perfection. We go through
all the ranges of emotions. I have to say that I never hated the decisions that
Donya and Emmett made, I understood them and that made it harder.I saw the
stupidity in a couple of them but that’s what makes it real. I saw the
complexity and confusion.Their story tortured my heart, crushed it a little,
and then made it sing. All I have now are smiles. Another home run for L.D. Davis. 4.5 stars….
“I am the only one who will ever completely own you and you
are the only one that will ever completely own me. Do you understand?”
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