Sempre
Aleka Nakis
Highland Press
Samantha Law is a beautiful and successful travel writer
spending a lonely sunset at the top of the Empire State
Building on Christmas Eve. The handsome and influential
Italian of her heart, Marco Tamburi, is near.
Responsibilities and fear of a love too great to control
have kept them apart for two decades, but once these
issues are addressed, there is no denying their love.
Will they choose a different path the second time around
and love each other for a lifetime of forever, sempre?
Excerpt
Stopping by the fort on the western part of the park,
Gio turned to look at Marco. Marco nodded and stood.
“Come bella. Let us walk a bit.”
Taking his hand, she stood and stepped off the wooden
platform. Walking along the lit path in the still
darkness of the park intensified her desire to fill her
world with him. He’d proposed in this spot. And this was
where she’d told him it wouldn’t work. So why were they
here?
Amanda turned and raised her eyes to find him watching
her. He stopped and pulled her against him. Placing a
finger on her chin, Marco tilted her face up, and slowly
kissed her temples, searing a path across her forehead,
then down her nose, before finding her lips.
Marco’s lips burned with anticipation as he sought
entrance to her warm mouth. When she opened to welcome
him, he delved deep with the hunger of a starved man. He
wanted to taste her sweetness, to feel her softness
under his hands, and to let her scent surround him.
Marco ran his lips along the length of her neck, nipping
at tender skin at the top of her blouse leaving his mark
there. Feeling like a teenager who couldn’t control his
hormones, his hands sought the curve of her breast under
her coat, and his breath hitched when his fingers felt
her taught nipple over the silk of her blouse.
She didn’t protest. Amanda’s fingers sprawled into his
hair. Her eyes closed and her head fell back exposing
more skin, and presenting the most enticing picture he’d
ever seen. She arched closer, causing him to close his
own eyes and pray for some physical control.
