Chasing the Dream: An American Immigrant's Elusive Romance

by J.C. de Melo

Ben and Silvio are best friends from a remote island in the Azores with big dreams of coming to America. They each marry an American woman in order to emigrate. Margaret and Charlotte, niece and aunt, offer the young men a home, and they establish a loving extended family. Ben and Silvio's lives in California, that land of mild and honey, are entwined through both family and business connections.Yet even as they make their fortunes, a rift grows between them. Driven apart by ambition, jealousy, and accusations of betrayal, both men lose their careers, the women they love, and their trust in each other.When Ben returns to California, he finds Silvio a changed man. Both men are older, and perhaps wiser. Can they overcome the past, make their peace, and find happiness and love in the future?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1500332690
• ISBN13: 9781500332693
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 474 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.1" x 6.0"