The Ties That Bind

Everyone wants to be seen for who they really are.

14-year-old Zoey Thompson is no exception. Problem is, no one does. At least, not since the death
of her dad two years ago. Everyone seems convinced she’s either some tragically sad, lost child, or a troubled
kid hurtling down a dark and dangerous path. Whatever the reason, nobody wants her around anymore.
Not even her own mom.

Enter Zoey’s great aunt and uncle. They’ve got a big old Victorian with tons of room, and are happy to take Zoey
off her mother’s hands. It doesn’t matter that Zoey hardly knows them, or that they live three states over.
She doesn’t have a lot of other offers.

Her new life is going as smoothly as can be expected, until strange things start happening around the house.
It would be easy to write them off as quirks of an unfamiliar setting, if not for Aunt Carol’s insistence that there are
spirits all around us.

Is it possible that the only person who can recognize Zoey for her true self is someone that no one else can see?

PRAISE FOR THE TIES THAT BIND:

“The only book I’ve ever had to stop narrating mid-sentence because I got too choked up. Cozy, bittersweet, and magically haunting — if you loved The House in the Cerulean Sea, this one’s for you.”
— Tawny Platis, audiobook narrator

“The emotions and actions of MC Zoey read very real life — a young teen who has already experienced so much — the death of a parent, neglect, uprooting from home — who is still so young, needs guidance, and most of all, LOVE and SUPPORT.”
— ARC Reviewer

“Halliwell captures the kind of connection that we all long for, the kind that binds and forever changes us.”
— Reader Review