Twisted Fate

Fate & Flame, Book 1

De: Liz Hambleton

Narrado por: Angelina Rocca, Walker Williams

I denied my fated mate, but that's not the end of my story. Our story.

This love will defy all odds until we find our happily ever after.

When you touch, the bond awakens, but only for a chosen few.

In this world, you're a settler or a searcher. Settlers pick a partner of their choosing, but the searchers spend their lives seeking out the person made for them. Most die without finding the one.

Emry Crowe's a settler and happy in her life with Sebastian. When a chance encounter causes Theo's hand to graze her skin, destiny has other plans.

Theo's neither a searcher nor a settler, knowing his journey will be shorter than most. When the bond brings him to Emry, he has a second chance at life.

Emry's devotion to her husband never sways, but the pull between her and Theo may be too much. The three of them battle the laws of nature, wanting a happy ending on their own terms. When challenges arise that threaten everyone's future, both men decide their love for Emry might just change the rules.

This story is polyamorous, and there is no cheating in this completed duet.

The Bond

It was spontaneous—the discovery of the bond. One couple first, and then a dozen, all of them granted youth and health because they touched the skin of their one true person. Their love for each other was immediate but true. Once bondmates found each other, they were never apart.

As the world watched in awe, two groups formed amongst its inhabitants. Searchers and Settlers.

Searchers spent their lives looking for their bonded, and since the only way to find their fated partner was by skin-to-skin contact, everyone within reach was a candidate. It became the norm, people brushing against your body everywhere you went, but the bond was rare, and very few were granted the spark of its existence.

Settlers opted for a traditional life, finding a partner and settling down to enjoy their family. Wedding bands were replaced by tattoos, symbolizing the permanency of their choice in the face of a world obsessed with bonding.

Years went on, and the business of the bond became the most lucrative enterprise. As greed often does, it bred sinister endeavors. The Genome theory fronted as a research facility, capturing and holding lost youths and using them for torturous scientific research in desperation to find the key to the bond.

After years of going undiscovered, a competitor, NeXus, uncovered the kidnappings and infiltrated Genome's operation, rescuing hundreds of children who had undergone years of abuse.

To this day, no one knows why bondmates exist or how they find one another.

©2023 Liz Hambleton (P)2024 Podium Audio

😱 what on earth was that ending

Make sure you buy the 2nd book immediately after reading or listening wow I’m just amazed it’s divergent/hunger games with spice I’m addicted and wanting more! I love Theo and a great love triangle!

I lost interest

I wanted to like this, but the weeping and gnashing of teeth got old really fast.

Obnoxious MFC

The story is a cool idea, there are parts of it I really like. But the main female character is atrocious. She’s mean, she’s reckless, she’s stupid, and of course she has two men in love with her.

3 stars may be generous

So I almost stopped listening a few times but decided each time to give it time. Regardless of the time I gave to this book it just wasn't it for me. I tried to like it because it feels like there is something there but it is just taking too long to get to it. I cannot imagine reading the other books but I will leave myself open to it but not something I will start immediately.