Some stories begin with a collision. This one begins with six books scattered across a Chicago park path and two people who were not supposed to meet - until they did.

Joshua Reed has rebuilt his life the right way. After losing everything at thirty-one to misplaced trust and his own unchecked ambition, he started over with God at the center of every decision. Now at thirty-five, he has a career he is proud of, a faith that is tested and true, and a quiet awareness that something is still missing. When a woman walks into him in a Chicago park and drops her books across the path, he is not prepared for what he feels when he looks up.

Cynthia Johnson has built her life exactly the way she intended - carefully, precisely, and with one hand always on the door. A rising attorney with a promotion she earned and a faith she returned to slowly after a man who used the church as a weapon nearly destroyed both her heart and her relationship with God. She is not looking for love. She is not sure she trusts her own judgment about it anymore.

But God has been preparing both of them for longer than either of them knows.

What unfolds between Joshua and Cynthia is not a fairy tale. It is the slow and serious work of two people learning to trust - not just each other, but the God who brought them to the same park on the same September afternoon and left the rest to grace.

Set against the backdrop of modern-day Chicago, Falling in Love with Jesus is a clean Christian romance novella that explores the intersection of faith, healing, and love. Joshua's unwavering patience and Cynthia's guarded heart create a tension that is both deeply human and deeply spiritual - a story about what happens when surrender stops feeling like defeat and starts feeling like the bravest thing a person can do.

This is a story for every woman who has ever prayed for a love so clear that even she cannot talk herself out of it. And for every man who has learned that patience in God is not the absence of longing - it is longing, faithfully held.

Falling in Love with Jesus is the debut novella from Pastor Peggy Filossaint and the first title published under Filossaint Press. It carries the heartbeat of her pastoral life - a deep conviction that God is orchestrating things we cannot yet see, that wounds can become doorways, and that faith and love, properly understood, are not in competition but in conversation.

Perfect for fans of Francine Rivers, Deborah Raney, this novella will resonate with readers who believe that God is present in the details of everyday life - including the ones that begin with six books scattered across a park path.

Key Words:

• Christian romance
• Inspirational romance
• Clean romance
• Seventh-day Adventist fiction
• Faith based romance
• Contemporary Christian romance
• Healing and love
• Spiritual romance