Tied to Life
Book 3 of Monsters of Brimrey Island
He has the keys to save her…and me.
When I get the news that my cat Melody is dying, I know there’s nothing I can do but watch her suffer…
Until one night I wake up to a hand reaching for me from inside a tomb.
Oliver St. James should not be alive, but he is here and begging me to get him out of the mausoleum that’s been his prison for the past twenty years.
I will—with one condition: he has to tell me how he came back to life.
The problem is that he doesn’t remember what happened to him, and his family has put their millions behind keeping it a secret.
Press-backed lies, bought silence, NDAs.
All to pretend their heir never existed.
The more time I spend with nerdy, charming Oliver, the less I understand what he could’ve done for his family to hate him like they did.
And the more pieces of the puzzle I find, the more scared I get of the price I will have to pay to save Melody.
Tied to Life is an MM monster romance with a trans main character, a couple of nerds falling in love, lots of angst, and bad science. Though best enjoyed as the third book in the Monsters of Brimrey Island series, it can be read as a standalone and has a HEA. Check out the rest of the series for more queer characters finding love in this small town on a haunted island.
Content Warnings
Read at your own risk. Some of these may be considered spoilers.
A character being the result of an unwanted pregnancy, beheading, deadnaming, explicit sex scenes, homophobia (external and internalized), on-page violence against animals, parent-child verbal and physical abuse, pressure to medically transition, self-harm (scratching), terminal illness of a pet, and transphobia (external and internalized).
This is for you if you want...
🏳️⚧️ Transmasc main character
🏳️🌈 Gay love interest
🪲 Nerds falling in love
🩹 Angst, angst, angst
🩰 He was a punk AND did ballet
💰 Rich family secrets
What readers have to say
It has been a long time since a book has moved me this much. I laughed, I cried buckets, I wanted to crawl into the book and fight everyone who had ever given these guys a rough time. I also cursed everything that took me away from it during the day and stayed up into the wee hours to finish it.
Goodreads Review of Tied to Life
In the category of “f***ed up, but in a good way,” that first sex scene was probably the most f*ed up sex scene I’ve ever read. Vee Debras is hella talented.
Goodreads Review of Tied to Life
Joining Cherry as he comes to terms with death, loss, grief and life itself has been one of the most cathartic experiences I’ve ever had. And Cherry and Oliver’s dynamic is just perfect. It was impossible for them not to fall in love, as it was for me not to fall in love with both of them.
Goodreads Review of Tied to Life