Broken Bonds

J Bree’s The Bonds That Tie series is a six-volume dark romance series that takes place in a paranormal, urban fantasy world and follows the trope of “reverse harem,” romantically or sexually pairing one woman with several men, or vice versa. The series focuses on the fated romantic relationships between Oleander “Oli” Farrows and her five Bonds: North Draven, Nox Draven, Atlas Bassinger, Gabriel “Gabe” Ardern, and Gryphon Shore. The series begins as a college romance and a bully romance; it goes on to address various other common genre tropes, including enemies-to-lovers, friends-to-lovers, and chosen-one narratives.

Throughout the series, Oli progresses from combative to romantic relationships with all five of the men to whom she could be Bonded. The series addresses themes of moral subjectivity, betrayal and loyalty, and the value of friendship in times of peril.

All six installments were released between 2021 and 2022 and were independently published by Bree. They saw popularity on Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited platform, though this was later bolstered when the book became popular on “BookTok,” the book-centric community on social media platform TikTok.