The newly born writer Ria, 29, gets a shock when she discovers that her already finished novel has been stolen. Who is the guilty one? Who can help her? But will help be possible? Is it at all necessary? Is she on the right track? Who is she going to meet? It is a warm and rainy week in August and in the next few days Ria will have to go through much more than she ever could have imagined. Shadows and Fireflies is a short love novel about doubt, guilt, passion, self-awareness and reunion.