Hot Shade

by Tamara Lush

  “Amore, we don’t have to get married anytime soon, so don’t feel any pressure to plan a wedding. We can do it anytime and any way you want. You just focus on your new job and I’ll focus on taking care of you.”

  She pulled back to look at him, cradling his face in her hands. Her eyes went from him to the ring, then back to him. She kissed him sweetly.

  “Is this our fairytale ending?”

  “Amore mio, I love you. This is our fairytale beginning.”

  As the diamond sparkled in the firelight and Skylar covered his face with kisses, Luca knew that risking everything for love was the best story of all.

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  Thank you to Christopher Keeslar and Michelle Klayman of Boroughs Publishing Group.

  Also to Carol Druga, my friend, journalism colleague and early editor on this book. I miss you.

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Tamara Lush was born in California and raised in Vermont. She graduated from Emerson College with a degree in broadcast journalism. For the last several years, she’s worked as a reporter and is currently a correspondent in Florida with The Associated Press. She lives with her Italian husband and two dogs on the Gulf Coast.

  Published in September of 2015, her debut novel HOT SHADE received four stars from RT Book Reviews. Her most recent novel, a five episode serial called TELL ME A STORY, has “an engaging voice, sexy heroes and heroines and a wry sense of humor,” according to New York Times bestselling author Beth Kery.

  Tamara is a fan of vintage pulp fiction book covers, Sinatra-era jazz, 1980s fashion, tropical chill, kombucha, gin, tonic, beaches, iPhones, Art Deco, telenovelas, coloring books, street art, coconut anything, strong coffee and newspapers. Find her on Twitter @tamaralush or on Facebook at facebook.com/tamaralushwrites.