The Line That Binds (The Line That Binds #1) by J.M. Miller - Starting November 12th 2014

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Stained with heartache and cursed with vengeance, a stone well lies on a nineteenth-century estate, waiting for the Stockton line to wish again.

When seventeen-year-old Lila Wayde's father loses his high-paying job in Las Vegas, the family relocates to a Pennsylvania estate bequeathed by an estranged aunt. Lila begins a new life there, one not corrupted by wealth and fake friends. She soon meets Ben, the groundskeeper's gritty grandson, and experiences the kind of happiness her life's been missing. But as she settles into the ancient house, she learns information about her ancestors and the old stone well that may make her wish she'd never come.

Ben Shadows has lost enough in life. So when Stockton Estate's owner, Janine, wills the land to her great-niece Lila, Ben fears for the fate of the property. He decides to find out Lila's intentions as the new owner, but his grandfather wants him to protect her from Stockton Estate's alleged curse. As Ben helps Lila dig through the estate's history, they grow closer than he ever intended. Now, along with concerns about the property and the reality of the curse, he struggles with feelings he can't ignore.

Will the secrets of Stockton Estate bring them together or will knowing the truth rip them apart?

[Abi]

Starting now. :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Prologue (view spoiler)[ he was sleeping with her when he was going to marry someone else the next day?! That's awful! If I was his wife-to-be I would not be impressed! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "Prologue [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ So bad! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Chapter 5 - This is a little slow, but it's alright so far.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

not a great deal going on yet.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 7 (view spoiler)[ having your jaw wired like that would be awful! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Chapter 9 - Starting to feel bored now. Something needs to happen.

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "not a great deal going on yet."

It's been really uneventful.

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 7 [spoilers removed]"

It would be really horrible.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 10 (view spoiler)[ Finally! The Well! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 14 - still really slow.

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 10 [spoilers removed]"

Finally!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Took long enough!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 20 (view spoiler)[ those pick-up lines were funny! Hearing voices is not good! I'd be a bit nervous to get on a motorbike too. especially with someone who just broke his jaw on a bike! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 25 (view spoiler)[ I have to say that I expected to have heard more about the well and the curse by now. I'm at 75% and ir's barely been mentioned! other than the nosebleeds there hasn't really been all that much activity contributed to it, and it's just not featured as much as the blurb would suggest at all. Ben hasn't even been all that worried about it and he supposedly knows all about it! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 14 - still really slow."

Yep.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

It still hasn't changed and I'm at 75%

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "It still hasn't changed and I'm at 75%"

That sucks.

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 20 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I'd be nervous too. (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 25 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I expected to hear more about the well too. (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

This is so darn slow!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

It really is slow.

chapter 29 (view spoiler)[ so they've finally decided to discuss the well. I'm glad LJ told us what she thought was happening because it was way too subtle to tell what it was as the book went along! I think she was a bit harsh in having a go at Ben the way she did though! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

95% (view spoiler)[ I just realised that when Genie left her the house she WISHED her a long and happy life in the house that would always be hers. did she wish for LJ to have immortality or something? is that why she left her the house? (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

98% (view spoiler)[ bloody hell. after all that we don't even get a proper ending?! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "95% [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ Would be horrible for her if she had to put up with the voices for hundreds of years! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "98% [spoilers removed]"

Really annoying!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Abbie wrote: "Sarah wrote: "95% [spoilers removed]"

[spoilers removed]"

HAdn't thought of that!