#Contemporary #Steamy #destination #woundedwarrior #Romance #multicultural #Tampa #pirate #CubanAmerican #ItalianAmerican #pitches Pitch for ONE NIGHT IN TAMPA: Blended Worlds Are Better Worlds Tampa Bay is famed for pirate Jose Gaspar burying his treasures in the sprawling bay area. Every year, massive Gasparilla Krewe balls, parades, festivals, tall ships, and races take over the city. Award-winning cinematographer, Mariposa “Mari” del Pilar Fuentes is running her first 5K Gasparilla race and dreading the charity date auction. If she makes enough money for the film commission, they’ll have another grant to offer. Mari is also dreaming about what she’ll do with the grant when she discovers a fellow racer—former ordnance soldier and wounded warrior—sidelined. This Cinder-fella is loaded with deadly Italian sex appeal and an abundance of confidence. Finishing the race together is just the start to their day. Salvatore Convivio "Viv" Ricco is new to the Tampa area, and it’s most precious treasure in the form of a gorgeous Cuban-American woman has come to his aid when the prosthetic he wasn’t supposed to be running on snaps off at the foot. Mari offers him a ride home and agrees to spend the day with him to show him around, but she won’t back out of her event. Her determination for the grant is paramount. And admirable. Even as their passion crackles as they spend the day visiting the bay’s most enticing beach and the sponge docks, he can’t convince her to stay with him. She has an exclusive heritage community event to attend, and he is not a member of that krewe. Nevertheless, Viv embarks on a new mission to become the most important celebrity Tampa has ever embraced. Disguised as Jose Gaspar, he barges into the ball and steals Mari away from the auction. They spend the rest of the night together eating and drinking in Ybor City, Tampa’s original Cuban neighborhood.

Posted by angelique.migliore.author at 2023-03-21 18:40:28 UTC