She came at Dawn

<p>When Melissa sees Laila for the first time it is just a moment. A glance - and yet more than that: a crack in the world through which something real and genuine seeps.</p><p>What begins as a fleeting encounter turns into a quiet rebellion against everything Melissa has ever been: a model daughter. Greg's girlfriend. Part of a life that is not hers. It's not love at first sight. It's a stumble. A pause. A quiet inner awakening.</p><p>Between lecture halls bar lights and a city Melissa thought she knew she begins to ask questions for which there are no perfect answers: Who am I when I don't have to please anyone? Who was I before I learned to hide?</p><p>A literary-poetic coming-of-age story about love identidy and the moment when you decide to really live.</p><p><strong>The book has been completely revised in 2025.</strong></p>