title: Duke Shannon: A Tale of Love and Redemption
author: Rich, Sid
description: Duke Shannon owned three thriving Austin restaurants, lived in a $1.35 million high-rise apartment, drove a Mercedes, was a published author, traveled the world, and enjoyed near celebrity status doing exactly what he wanted to do, whenever he wanted to do it. He loved the smell, touch, and the company of beautiful women. But he had yet to meet one he couldn't live without. He loved romance, but truth be told, he had no interest in matrimony. Why should he? After all, his lifestyle was exactly as he had planned it and his total independence suited him nicely. Love was not a word he ever used and frankly, it was not a word he wanted to hear. Carla Callegari made him rethink everything.