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 stand here and let Mamma fuss with my dress. It's an off-the-shoulder, flowing white chiffon gown. I bought it off the rack. I walked into a boutique in Malibu last fall, and it just called to me. Simple, elegant, and perfect for a beach wedding. Dawn calls it my hippie gown. I think it's the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. I love the way it floats around me like a gossamer-winged butterfly when the wind catches it.


    Mamma stands behind me and runs her fingers through my long hair. I left it down in a cascade of curls, only braiding the crown at the top. She takes the headband of wildflowers and places it on my head. It's a threaded branch of eucalyptus and baby's breath with white daisies and tiny cornflower-blue roses and pink-bells. The sweet aroma envelops us.


    She helps me attach the locket around my neck, and then she stands back with tears in her eyes as we both look at the final product in the mirror.


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