THE EXPECTED NIGHT Romance | 2025 Every year on the same spring night, lovers gather beneath the lanterns of the Grand Masquerade to dance, confess, and vanish. And every year, Contessa Livia Bellini waits in the shadows—not for love, but for a man she met only once.Ten years ago, on a rain-soaked night she cannot forget, a stranger saved Livia from disgrace and disappeared into the fog. She never learned his name. But he made her a promise: “On the night the stars fall twice, I’ll return.”Now, with Venice on the brink of political upheaval and her family pressuring her into marriage, Livia clings to the fading hope of that vow. When a masked violinist appears at the masquerade—playing the same melody he played that night—Livia’s heart stirs. But the man behind the mask carries secrets that could ruin her reputation, her inheritance, and the fragile dream she never dared speak aloud.The Expected Night is a lush, slow-burning romance about missed chances, masked identities, and the kind of love that waits—for the right moment, and the right night.