The Shadow's Secrets

Nunzio is an idealist at heart. His heart swells with passions.Nunzio's early years consisted of traveling and developing an appreciation for thepeople, the nature, and the culture of Italy. His father immersed Nunzio in literatureso that even an ordinary day could remind Nunzio of a poem.While serving as the priest of a small parish in the countryside of Italy, Nunzio'sadmiration of beauty gets him into trouble. Mariella, a beautiful woman with greatstrength and an appreciation for all of the things Nunzio cares about, enters his life, and he calls his holy vows into question.Although their love is pure and strong, Nunzio is married to the church, and Mariellais wedded to Paolo, a man with a violent temper who is capable of heinous abuses.Amidst the romantic scandal, a string of children go missing, and when their bodiesare discovered, they are horribly maimed. The townspeople begin to suspect thattheir young priest, from out of town, could be responsible for the grotesque deaths.When a witch-hunt, organized by Paolo, turns the parish against the priest, Marielladiscovers an even greater secret is growing inside of her.In their clandestine hours together, Nunzio and Mariella marvel at nature's resilienceto the harshest of conditions, but e Shadow's Secrets proves that no creature suffersquite like a man and a woman in love.