An Artist In Her Basement: Contemporary Christian Romance

On a late cool afternoon, brutally attractive, accomplished painter and musician, Adrian Alejandro knocks on the door of a woman needing to be loved. Sarah Nicole Martin was not expecting him. Newly divorced, grieving her infertile womb, and feeling fat, she opened the door of her new Artist Retreat to a man whose frame filled her door. Shoulders so broad, she couldn't see the large, brown truck behind him-carrying the few things he cherished in life-paint, canvases, motorcycle, Bible, etc. He'd come to make good on a six-month lease he'd already signed. He was a man with pleading eyes, and not the female tenant Sarah had imagined. Her hand splayed across her chest. After what she'd been through, there was no way she'd be taken in by another powerful, good-looking man. But then, she led him to the kitchen. The picture of the woman in Adrian Alejandro's wallet stood before him. Barefoot, wearing a too tight wife-beater shirt, raggedy jeans, and smelling like cleaning products. Sweetness hidden in her eyes. Skin, the color of cinnamon. She was a bodacious, beautiful mess. The picture had done her no justice. He questioned why he'd come. Had God sent him there? A woman couldn't heal his broken mind. Could she? He needed to turn around. To tell her he'd made a mistake. To tell her to keep the money he'd already paid. But then, she let him in. What starts out as a tenant-landlord relationship turns into a stairwell of uncharted feelings for two people with a complicated past. Working side by side, confessions unfold. Sarah learns a startling truth about Adrian-something she's never quite heard of. He has an eidetic memory. It's the stuff made for T.V. documentaries. Unsure of how to handle his condition, but more significantly, how he has coped, she finds herself both repelled and profoundly attracted to him and his condition. Two lives tucked away in a cabin. Each expecting nothing, yet hoping for everything. Can a six-month lease undo a lifetime of abandonment and hopes deferred?

Author: Sonny Hill

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Nov 03, 2016

Number of Pages: 208 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1534738622

ISBN-13: 9781534738621