Rage of Love

By Stephen DeCesare

Set against the backdrop of 1950s Newark, Rage of Love is a powerful literary novella that explores love, jealousy, class tension, and moral collapse within an Italian-American community bound by tradition and pride.

Gian Moretti has worked his way into wealth and respectability, carrying the expectations of his immigrant family on his shoulders. Julie Russo believes marriage will offer her safety and a way forward. But when a figure from Julie's past reappears on their wedding night, Gian's carefully constructed identity fractures.

What follows is a spiral of suspicion, violence, guilt, and irreversible loss-played out over one fateful evening and the decades that follow.

Written with emotional intensity and tragic inevitability, Rage of Love blends mid-century realism with operatic scope, examining how love curdles into possession, how pride silences trust, and how a single choice can condemn multiple lives.

This novella will resonate with readers who appreciate:

Literary tragedy

Psychological drama

Italian-American family stories

Stories of moral consequence and emotional reckoning

Rage of Love is not a crime story.
It is a human one.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G927JD64
• ISBN13: 9798279016686
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"