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

    After we all calm down from the excitement of the engagement announcement, the boys go to SaMo Pizzeria to pick up our dinner, and I sit the girls down and finally come clean about almost everything. Now that their lives are being turned upside down because of me, they deserve to know my story.


    "So, your real name is Gabriella? That's beautiful, and it suits you." Kelsey rolls my name off her tongue just like my family.


    "Yeah, but I don't think I'll be able to call you Gabriella now," Dawn adds.


    "I don't want you guys to change anything."


    "I guess Brie is kind of short for Gabriella as well. Oh, is that why you chose it?" Kelsey asks.


    "Yes. I wanted to choose a new name that was easy for me to remember, so I didn't out myself, and I guess to keep me a little connected to my family. That's why I chose Masters as well. Me leaving was never really about them. I love them. I just had to go," I admit.


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