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 amount of security that has made a sudden appearance in my life is ridiculous. I swear, men sleep in a car across the street from our apartment building every night. Two days ago, a new state-of-the-art alarm system was installed, replacing the perfectly good one we already had. To Kelsey's credit, she has taken it all in stride and hasn't let it freak her out. She and Dawn both know about Dante, and they know that his sudden presence in Santa Monica scared me. I'm sure Nicco has filled in the parts I didn't tell her. At least, some of them. At this point, I'm just thankful the two haven't asked me to find other living arrangements. They didn't exactly sign up for all of this.


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