Ties That Bind (Obsession Book 1)

Ties That Bind Obsession Series Author: Amy Blankenship     Copyright © 2012 Amy Blankenship English Edition Published by TekTime All rights reserved.       Chapter 1 “Sanctuary”   Angel Hart glanced out the thick glass of the window, wanting to cringe at the height of the helicopter as it flew toward the resort where she had grown up. She loved this place to death… but liked it so much better from the ground. Flying was her one phobia and she had been doing it for the last ten hours. Blowing her bangs out of her eyes, she glanced toward her brother Tristian, wondering what had possessed him to meet them at the airport knowing he would have to fly in the helicopter on the way back home. She knew for a fact that Tristian hated flying even more than she did and could see him texting someone on his cell phone to keep his mind busy. Maybe he’d faced his fear because they hadn’t seen each other in almost two years, even though they

Chapter 3 “Jealousy”   It was almost dark when Tristian switched the mellow music out for some alternative rock then grabbed the bottle of wine he had hidden down low inside the Tiki-Bar. As he picked up three glasses, a hint of a smile flickered across his lips. He had recently found his grandfather’s hidden wine cellar within the secret hallways that ran under and through the huge building. Keeping the other family members from knowing about the narrow hallways was the only thing Tristian was glad his grandfather had done. Now he had his own little secret and so far only one other person knew about it, Angel, and she wasn’t the type to go exploring the cobwebbed catacombs. Seeing Ashton come in the side entrance, he called to him and waved him over. “It’s time to start meeting the family.” Tristian led them to one of the upholstered picnic tables where the twins were entertaining Stacey. “Okay. I haven’t even started drinking yet and I’m already seeing double,” As

Chapter 5 “Temptation”   Angel closed her eyes as she laid on one of the upholstered lounge chairs realizing she really should have taken a nap after being on a plane and that stupid helicopter all day. You can only have so many baby panic attacks before it really starts to drain you… that and the fact that it was almost one in the morning. All in all, it hadn’t been a bad night. Tristian had finally loosened up when Hunter and Ray joined them and she was pretty sure Ash had actually gotten slightly drunk. Angel giggled to herself at the thought. She had been dating him for six months and neither of them had so much as touched a glass of wine with dinner… much less hard alcohol. She rose up on her elbows to see if she could locate her missing boyfriend and smiled seeing he was in the middle of a card game at the picnic table with the twins and Stacey. Angel tilted her head realizing it was a drinking game. She watched them as Devin took a shot while the others laughed a

Chapter 7 “Twisted”   Robert Hart sat in his office listening to the intercom he had on his desk. It was connected to a bug he’d left in his mother’s sunroom. He’d found out the most interesting things over the last couple of years by planting microphones and cameras in various places throughout the estate. He had even hired private detectives to take pictures of Malcolm and his various girlfriends while he was in California. His smile was conceited as he leaned back in his chair. He’d left those photos in places Lily would find them, hoping she would finally get mad enough to pack up and leave. Now it looked like he’d finally gotten his way. And with Lily abandoning her children like that… there was no way his mother would keep her in the will. His smile widened, listening to his mother give his brother Malcolm a verbal thrashing. Hitting a button on his laptop, he decided to enjoy the show as the sunroom popped up on the screen. “This is all your doing Malcolm