In the heart of the Lombard Prealps, among ancient trails and quiet woodlands, a love story unfolds—unexpected, delicate, and profoundly revolutionary.
When Love Finds You tells the story of Enrico and Marco, two souls who meet when neither expects it, and nothing in their lives will ever be the same.
Enrico, a seasoned doctor, lives surrounded by the certainties of his profession and solitude he’s grown used to. Marco, a university student with a well-ordered life of studies and sports, has never questioned what lies ahead—until a chance encounter in the woods of their small town disrupts everything.
What begins as an encounter turns into a connection.
Their bond grows with the quiet tenderness of an old film, reminiscent of Visconti or the sensitivity of Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice.
Without drama or excess, their love challenges assumptions, rewrites destinies, and reveals what it truly means to belong to someone.
Even if life will eventually lead them down different paths, what they share cannot be erased—because it was born in truth.
When Love Finds You is not just a celebration of love in all its forms, but also a reflection on its transformative power.
Is it an educational novel? Perhaps. Because telling a story like this means dismantling prejudice, showing that love needs no justification—only space to exist.
A novel for anyone who believes in authentic love.
For those who are willing to be surprised.
And for those who know that sometimes, the most beautiful stories come when you least expect them.
This is a newly completed novel, currently in the early stages of distribution. While it hasn't yet reached a wide readership, it has received very positive feedback from early readers for its emotional depth, literary tone, and universal message. I'm looking for passionate translators who believe in the power of stories that move hearts.
Love was uncharted territory for Enrico. Not because he despised it, but because no one had ever taught him how to live it without shame or hesitation.
Raised among the mountains, his path had seemed mapped out since childhood: seminary, faith, and devotion to an ideal life that felt natural to him.
But the seminary hadn’t only been a place of spiritual formation.
It was also a stifling environment, where the body was seen as an obstacle—a threat to overcome. He had been taught to mortify himself, to view desire as a disgrace, to repress every impulse as though the goal of life was to become an angel without human longings.
He left with deep-rooted insecurities, and with a difficult relationship both with himself and others.
Emotional connection became uncertain ground, filled with hesitation and subtle fears.
During university, Enrico tried to rebuild a healthier sense of self.
He experienced a meaningful relationship, his first attempt at something “normal.”
But he ended it himself, convinced love was a luxury he couldn’t afford—just a distraction from his single goal: earning his medical degree.
Now, as a respected doctor in a quiet valley in the Lombard Prealps, Enrico seems to have found balance.
But something inside still feels missing.
