A life in one night: The Price of Desire

By Luca Abate

ONE LIFE IN ONE NIGHT - The Price of Desire

Can a single night be worth a whole life?

Sometimes fate places us in front of meetings that should never happen. Moments suspended between reality and imagination, where desire collides with duty and the heart no longer distinguishes what is right from what is inevitable.

"One Life in One Night" is a compelling, romantic novel exploring the fragile boundary between love and betrayal, passion and silence, what we live and what we can only imagine. It tells the irresistible-and forbidden-attraction between two souls destined to meet at the wrong time, unable to ignore each other's pull.

In just a few hours, the protagonists feel what could fill an entire lifetime. Every glance, every word, every gesture becomes a memory etched into the heart-a secret that still burns after returning to reality.

The novel touches universal themes:

- Desire as a force that enlightens and consumes

- The subtle limit of emotional betrayal

- Unconsummated love, often heavier than the lived one

- The tension between duty and personal freedom

Each page invites the reader to reflect on what we are willing to sacrifice to follow an authentic emotion-even if only for a few hours. It is the story of what happens when time narrows and life concentrates into a single night that will never return.

With a voice that is romantic, immersive, and slightly cryptic, the narration blends reality and introspection, creating a rhythm that captivates to the last line.

Genre: Contemporary novel, romantic and introspective fiction.

Perfect for: readers who seek unconventional love stories, enjoy novels that leave open questions, and want to be moved by a tale weaving passion with reflection.

"The Price of Desire" is the subtitle that holds the book's deeper truth: every choice has a cost, every emotion a consequence-and sometimes the strongest love is precisely the one that cannot become real.

If you believe a single moment can change everything, then this novel is for you.

Let yourself be carried into a night that is worth a lifetime.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FTTVLPLL
• ISBN13: 9798268222982
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"