"You're really making me work for this, aren't you?" I crane my head over my shoulder, "what's your name?"
"I'll see you at the wedding," I call back.
"That's three weeks away."
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Taking place in 1989, Our Old Roman Roads is the story of a sudden and tumultuous romance that buds between twenty-one year old journalist, Ambrosia Collette, and a tall, blond, and curt New England native in the beautiful south of France. Each entirely unprepared for the consequences of their desire, a magnetic attraction forms between them as they verge toward passion, knowing that once summer ends, it will all be over. Are the ties that bind us stronger than love?
A great love story filled with passion, turns at every corner, and an unforeseeable ending .
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
*****
Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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