Shadows: a novella

When he signed up to volunteer at a Romanian orphanage, Daniel Palmer didn't plan on falling in love. Falling in love would feel like betraying his recently deceased wife, but there's something about Elena Cartianu that inexorably draws Daniel to her. Maybe it's her way with the orphans. Or her quiet beauty. Perhaps it's the heartache he always sees in her eyes. Daniel knows a thing or two about pain, but it requires a power much higher than his own to heal a wounded soul.

Elena Cartianu lives with dark secrets—secrets that bind her like chains to St. Nicandru Orphanage. For as long as she can remember, this place has haunted her memories, plagued her dreams, and gnawed at her soul. There's no room for happiness in this orphanage. Definitely no room for romance with a handsome American doctor. Not unless she can unravel the terrible secret that has tortured her for the past twenty years.