Press: The Time of a Hug

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The book in brief

Ginevra lives by control and planning. A work project takes her to a city by the sea, next to Andrea, the colleague she can’t stand at first. Over six months of meetings, work trips and stolen hugs, a love grows that neither of them can afford, because both have a life waiting at home. A bittersweet love story, told from his side too.

Biography

Veronica Helena Cortez collects stories: the whispered ones, the ones left hanging, the ones that could have gone differently. She writes love stories that are intense and bittersweet, the kind that stay with you long after the last page, and she loves the sea, jazz and endings that don’t console you, but make you think. The Time of a Hug is her debut novel.

Book details

Title

The Time of a Hug

Author

Veronica Helena Cortez

Illustrations

Beatrice Mosca

Genre

Contemporary romance, debut novel

Paperback

221 pages, ISBN 9798173387745, published September 11, 2026

Ebook

Kindle, published August 31, 2026, included in Kindle Unlimited

Publisher

Independently published

Where to find it

Amazon (paperback), Amazon (Kindle)

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