Vows Fulfilled

Love is a Commitment

Synopsis

Love Is A Commitment

Salma DuBois-Arazi, the strong-willed and fiercely independent last born of the DuBois-Arazi clan, keeps herself busy with her role as the Director of Guest Services at the family’s luxurious resort, Grand Amour. Work and family provide the perfect distractions to drown the painful memories of a time when she believed she could have it all. Her mission has been to keep her secrets buried deep within and her heart shielded from the past. She’s been successful in her endeavor—until her grandmother’s eightieth birthday celebration, when Qasim’s return threatens to shatter her meticulously constructed world.
Qasim Adesina, the enigmatic and charismatic ex-footballer turned CFO of Ilẹ Oloro Farms, is a man on a singular mission: to reclaim his lost love, Salma. His friend’s baby sister and his guiding “Star.” Years ago, he had grievously underestimated the shadowy Brotherhood his family had once been a part of. The underground organization found “his heart” and tampered with it. For a woman who swore off second chances, Qasim’s secrets become a fatal miscalculation that cost him everything.
After giving Salma the space, she deserved and diligently tying up loose ends, the moment has come for him to remind her of the vow they once made. But before they can even glimpse at a semblance of a happily ever after, they must navigate the labyrinth of secrets and treacherous waters that make up their shared history. To love is to commit. Can their commitment withstand the secrets they’ve kept hidden, family discord and a past alliance that refuses to be severed?

Excerpt

Over the years, she had let go, but wasn’t quite sure she forgave him. They were still in an awkward place that she had no clue how to navigate. Their issues were a wedge between them and the last she checked, nothing had changed.
Salma had furrowed her brow when two men pulled up in a sleek black SUV outside Grand Amour. Qasim opened the back door for her, and she hesitated, glancing at him skeptically. “Did you really have to bring them?”
“Yes, and you know why,” he responded firmly.
“It’s a small town. Nothing is going to happen here.”
“Small towns equal unwanted gossip. Please don’t fight me. Get in, I’m exhausted.”
Salma scoffed and entered the car. “You wouldn’t be so exhausted if you weren’t beating your chest like King Kong back there.”
He tipped his head back against the leather headrest and shut his eyes. “I had to. You were giving that man the illusion that he can have what’s mine.”
“I haven’t been yours in years.”
Qasim didn’t respond.

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