Uncovering the Correttis (Sicily's Corretti Dynasty) by Carol Marinelli Page A

unhidden. ‘I
don’t know.’
    ‘ Fattispecie , ’ Anton said as he confessed to her his lie by omission. ‘Louanna
was pregnant. She had told me just that morning.’
    Ah , fattispecie , Emily thought. Such a sad word.
    ‘I swore revenge that day and I vowed it again at their graves,
but I am letting it go.’
    ‘For now.’
    ‘For good,’ Anton said, and then he said it again but with
different meaning. ‘For good. A good that I do not want to lose.’ He did not
want to crowd her. He did not want her to leave. He did not want another decade
of bitterness. ‘Come back, not for the Corretti Cup. Come back, or I come and
visit you. We can take it slow if you need to.’
    ‘I need to take this.’ It was her phone ringing hot now and she
had to answer because it wasn’t Adam. Instead it was the chief of the newspaper,
calling on a Sunday morning, no less. ‘I need a moment,’ Emily said to
Anton.
    ‘Of course.’
    Her career was not quite so obsolete, Emily realised as she
struggled to keep the nerves from her voice as she took the call.
    ‘Congratulations.’
    ‘Thank you.’
    ‘Have you got more?’
    ‘Alessandro Corretti was arrested last night.’
    ‘That’s already broken.’
    ‘Taylor Carmichael—’
    ‘I saw that she was back.’
    ‘And deliciously misbehaving,’ Emily said.
    ‘Anything else?’
    ‘Plenty,’ Emily said, ‘and it’s not going away anytime soon.’
She told him about the docklands and about Carlo’s illegitimate son, Angelo, who
looked set to make a move against the family that had disowned him. They spoke
for a few moments, then she turned off her phone and looked over to Anton. Then,
taking a deep breath, she wheeled her case over to him.
    ‘That was my boss,’ Emily said. ‘Not Adam—the big one. He said
my two favourite words.’
    ‘Which are?’
    ‘Clothing allowance.’ Emily smiled. ‘They want me to stay on
and find out more. I’m going to be busy....’
    ‘You won’t need to lift a finger. I can tell you anything you
need to know.’
    ‘Which means I’m going to be busy.’ Emily grinned. ‘Hello,
research.’ He pulled her into his arms and buried his face in her hair, not in
grief, just to inhale her scent.
    It was a kiss at the airport but neither a hello nor a goodbye;
it was a kiss of life and taking chances and staying around long enough to feel
your heart again. And as he loaded her case into his car, as she climbed in to
set off on another adventure, there was no need for sirens or flashing
lights.
    They had time.
    Time before they heard their three favourite words.
    But both already knew what they were.
    * * * * *
    The more powerful the family…the darker the secrets!

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Look for all 8 books in the Sicily’s Corretti Dynasty series:

    A Legacy of Secrets —Carol Marinelli
    An Invitation to Sin —Sarah Morgan
    A Shadow of Guilt —Abby Green
    An Inheritance of Shame —Kate Hewitt
    A Whisper of Disgrace —Sharon
Kendrick
    A Façade to Shatter —Lynn Raye
Harris
    A Scandal in the Headlines —Caitlin
Crews
    A Hunger for the Forbidden —Maisey
Yates

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CHAPTER ONE
    S ANTO JERKED awake, his heart racing, and