One night. One bad decision. One missing sister. Luce was supposed to be looking out for her sister, Sara. Instead, she left her at the Desecrated -a ruined church rumored to be the hunting ground for a local cult [cite: 18, 2025-10-26]. The next morning, Sara is gone. When the police declare it a kidnapping, Luce is trapped. Her only alibi is the dark, terrifying stranger who gave her a ride home . To tell the truth means exposing her own secret-a secret that now makes her the prime suspect in her sister's disappearance. Her only guide is a cryptic note Sara left behind, warning her to trust no one-especially not Leo , Luce's charming, "golden boy" ex-boyfriend. The note points her to the one person she's terrified of: "C". "Corvo". The dangerous, silent outcast who haunts the town's shadows. He was there that night. He saw everything. And now, he's the only one who holds the key to the truth. Caught between the "perfect" ex everyone trusts and the "bad boy" everyone fears, Luce must unravel the town's darkest secrets. But in a place built on lies, who is the real monster? This is the official English translation of my Italian novel, "L'Ombra sul Campanile".

WATTYS WINNER When her fiancé ends up in a coma and his secret mistress, Halley, shows up, Mary feels like her world is falling apart. What she doesn't realize is she's actually falling in love...with Halley. ***** Eight years after a traumatizing accident that killed one of her loved ones, Mary Kincaid is about to marry her childhood sweetheart when the universe yanks the rug out from under her yet again, leaving her fiancé badly injured and in a coma. Of course this is when his secret mistress shows up, a beautiful person whom Mary should by all rights hate - so why does she find herself inviting her to stay in the spare bedroom? She soon learns that sometimes the person you're looking for comes when you're not looking at all. Content and/or trigger warning: This story mentions violence, addiction, and childhood trauma, which may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]