Katrina de Milano
Author of YA fiction
Katrina de Milano is a writer of emotional, atmospheric YA fiction. Her stories blend mystery, romance, and supernatural elements with a focus on personal transformation, resilience, and inner fire.
She began writing "WINGED: The Legend" during a long recovery from a neurological illness, using the process to turn physical fragility into emotional power. Her work reflects the belief that stories can help us survive, heal, and remember who we are beneath the silence.
Katrina writes in English, and her background in psychology and visual storytelling informs every page.
WINGED: The Legend
Logline
Torn between two brothers—one seeking redemption, the other falling into darkness—Emma must uncover the truth about her parents’ deaths and the legend that changed their lives forever.
Short Description
"WINGED: The Legend" is the first book in a supernatural YA trilogy filled with hidden grief, dangerous love, and the kind of power that only awakens when everything else falls apart.
Synopsis
When seventeen-year-old Emma Calligan loses her parents in a tragic accident, she’s sent to live in a quiet coastal town where no one knows her name—or her pain. Determined to keep a low profile, she focuses on survival: school, silence, and pretending she’s fine. But everything changes when she crosses paths with the Blackborn twins. Eli is magnetic but guarded. Sebastian is beautiful and brutal. And both are impossible to ignore. As Emma becomes entangled in their world, she senses that something is deeply wrong beneath the surface—of the town, the boys, and herself. Strange dreams begin. Symbols appear. And when a forgotten ritual draws her to a lake no one dares to speak about, the truth begins to surface. Emma isn’t just a girl trying to outrun grief. She’s part of a legacy bound in feathers, blood, and silence. And some wings don’t grow. They break through.
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