New York
Milano
A novel · 2026

Love is…Forever

Manuel Catena

An Italian in New York. A city that never forgets.
A love that changes everything — quietly, forever.

The Story

A city. A woman.
A second chance.

Fabio has always wanted New York. When his contract ends and a six-year relationship closes in silence, he finally goes — one month, an English course, a portfolio, and the unshakeable certainty that the city has something waiting for him.

On a subway car between Midtown and Union Square, he sees a woman. Dark hair, a winter coat, perfectly still in a car full of motion. She gets off at his stop. Then she's gone.

Four months later, walking through the West Village, he finds her again.

Love is…Forever is a novel about the courage to change your life — and the love you find on the other side.

"When you're here, I'm home. And I don't want to stop being home."
— from the novel
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New York City
Where the story begins
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Milano
Where the heart comes from
Extract Chapter One — Sunday Morning

No alarm today. But I'm awake anyway — I always am now, early, out of a habit that took years to build and only seconds to keep.

She's beside me. Still asleep, her face tilted toward the pillow, a faint smile on her lips — the kind that only comes to people when they're truly at rest, truly safe. She's more beautiful like this than in any dream I've had of her.

We've been living together for a year now, and every morning I wake up to find her there, I fall in love with her all over again.

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The Author
Manuel Catena

Manuel Catena

Author · Web Developer · Milano / London

Manuel Catena is an Italian author and web developer. He has lived and worked across Europe and the UK, with New York holding a place apart — a city he first visited at twenty-two and has never truly left.

Love is…Forever was first published in Italian in 2013. This second edition — revised, expanded, and now available in English for the first time — marks the novel's international debut.

The book grows from his experience of leaving everything he knew and finding, in an unexpected city, the life he had always imagined.

Editions
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Edizione Italiana
Seconda Edizione · 2026
Self-published
Coming soon
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English Edition
Second Edition · 2026
First international release
Coming soon
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Available on
Amazon · Lulu
Global distribution
All platforms
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