Gabby Mastreoni has been in love with Christoff Scutari since she was four years old. Their fathers are in the same dirty business, and nearly twenty years later, their families remain close. With four older brothers, Gabby leads a protected and sheltered life—until she and Christoff cross a line, and she discovers that love can hurt people.

With no other choice, she runs to California, and start life anew as Brie Masters. 

Brie has found herself a home surrounded by loving friends and her brother, Nicco, who comes to keep her safe, but she soon learns that she can run away from her past. No matter how many miles she puts between herself and her former life, she is still running: Danger followed her and when it starts to effect those around her, she is forced to flee back home, to Gabby’s life and the last person she wants to ask for help. There all of her secrets will be exposed.

The Cross My Heart Duet was written by Amber Kelly, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author.

The Cross My Heart Duet

    The disruption in both our families has been excruciating. We buried Cross's oldest brother last week. His father is still recuperating from a gunshot wound with bullet fragments lodged in his spine, which have left him paralyzed from the waist down. Atelo has left the country and will probably never resurface. Neither Cross nor Papa will tell me the details on what happened to cause this domino effect. All I know is that Papa has taken Cross under his wing, and the two are constantly in meetings. I have barely laid eyes on Cross in weeks.


    After the shootings, he had my things moved back to my parents' house. I protested, but he said that he was going to be away a lot, dealing with the aftermath, and he did not want me staying in the loft alone. So, for his peace of mind, I relented.


    Now, from the kitchen, I hear his voice in Papa's study, and I go to him.


    "Hi," I say as I softly knock at the entryway to the study. "I didn't know you were here."


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