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

    I am startled back from my memories when Cross's phone starts to ring. He releases me and reaches in his pocket to retrieve it.


    He walks into his office, and I stand and warm myself in front of the fire.


    Dawn calls down the stairs, "Brie, we have pajamas for you if you want to change."


    I follow her voice. It's been a long time since I have been in this house. I finally take a moment to look around me. To look at the house Cross and his brothers grew up in. I barely recognize it. The decor is so different. It is every bit Adriana, top to bottom. From the glittering chandeliers to the marble staircase. The crystal palace she always dreamed of. There is no trace of Cross here. Not the Cross I knew and loved anyway. I wonder if he is happy in this grandeur.


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