Falling for the Shoemaker

Opposites Can Attract...

Malakai and Melia were as different as winter and spring. When tragedy struck, they switched seasons. Malakai didn't believe in God. Melita believed with all her heart. What could the two possibly have had in common?

A love of poetry. Finely made shoes and a Quickie Marriage.

Forbidden love is thrown into utter chaos when a devastating event leaves Melita blind and destroys her faith in God. Convinced by her family and friends to marry a man who just days before was a confessing atheist, she sinks into utter despair. And yet, Melita cannot deny the comfort her new husband brings lying next to him in bed each night.

Malakai wasn't sure if he loved Melita the day he laid eyes on the expensive boots she resoled for him or the moment he caught a glimpse of her beauty speeding away on a scooter. All the famous author knows is that a trip home to settle his deceased grandfather's estate lands him in a marriage he did not see coming. His vow to never marry for love seems like a puff of smoke in a laughing wind when he becomes obsessed with trying to convince his once spunky young bride that her life is not yet over.

Burying themselves day and night in candlelit lovemaking, navigating Melita's new normal with superficial conversations and light-hearted jokes can only last so long when issues of racism, ageism, and sexism are hidden in the hearts of two people just trying to make it day-to-day.

Will Malakai's new faith be enough to give this new marriage a fighting chance? Or will Melita have to join her husband in the fight of faith if she ever hopes to live a life of honesty and purpose again?

This is an emotional sweet romance filled with endearing multi-generational smalltown folks, all looking for an opportunity to get it right.

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll leave better than before you read it. Time beautifully spent.

Reviewed in the United States

Verified Purchase

You will be blessed! This book inspires hope, faith, and love. A beautifully written story that is so real you don't want it to end. I love how this book reminds us of the truth...Jesus perfectly and unconditionally loves imperfect people. You will leave better after reading this book than when you started it. You will be reminded how much you are loved perfectly and unconditionally RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE and that there is nothing too hard for God. Love is possible, that issue or thing that seems impossible, hopeless, or too hard...give it to Jesus and watch Him work. Doesn't matter what it looks like, Your Daddy is bigger, Don't give up, instead lift it up! Prayer is where we and God meet, no certain place no certain time no certain words:) You'll be SO blessed by this book. Grateful for this beautiful author Sonny Hill and the amazing way God is reminding people of His unconditional love boundless grace and power through her:)

Kindle Customer

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful

Reviewed in the United States

I highly recommended this book! What a blessing to see love in it's rawest form! I just love the purity of the characters. I am a little hesitant to read stories about the characters being unequally yoked. I don't want Christian's to think they to can win someone to the lord after marrying. It could be that I married that way and it's been forty years and I'm still trusting and waiting on God! Don't get me wrong I believe in his promises! I just know that waiting on God ways is so much better. However, great job Mrs. Hill.