“DeBellis crafts a story of one man’s rise and fall with remarkable empathy and sharp often lovely prose.” -Kirkus Reviews (a starred review)

Surviving an accident that takes his mother’s life, Santiago DeAngelo succumbs to an opiate addiction and receives inspiration from his late mother for a song to redeem him. As he struggles to write it, he falls into a love triangle with two women who inspire the music, one of which seduces him into a rare shot at fame. But when both relationships suffer betrayal, DeAngelo must decide the value of his life in a moment that may end it.

The Music We Make explores the power of love and music to overcome our demons and live from our hearts.

FROM THE AUTHOR: Imagination fueled my childhood and love enriched it. When I was 10years old my teacher gave us a writing prompt about an empty room, and I wrote about the abstract things that made it empty. There was no love, there was no light, there was no friendship… Although she scolded me for not having described a physically empty room, I knew I had done well! When I took the piece home to my mother she exclaimed, ​ “You are a writer!”

From then on, I wrote poetry, short stories, plays, essays, and novels while reading every genre known to man to find my style. Meanwhile, I lived out a beautiful romance with my husband, built a business that would support our artistic endeavors, and experienced the most creative effort of my life; the birth and raising of our two children, all amidst the struggles we call “life”.

In those experiences, I found the compelling substance for my novel The Music We Make.