An artist who’s never truly known home. A bored computer guy with a fixer-upper. While opposites attract, too much stands in the way. Will they ever figure out what truly makes a home?
Jobie Everett is building a life around teaching art to senior citizens, a boutique job to fund her passion, living green(ish), social media, and wild pursuits that inspire her Muse. When her roommate introduces … wild pursuits that inspire her Muse. When her roommate introduces her to a God who personifies Love like she’s never known, she begins to see the shallowness of her life and searches for greater meaning.
Surely there’s more for Caleb March’s lackluster life than work and his computer hobbies. Desperate for change, he buys a run-down house near an old friend and her pretty roommate. Ready for more than “just friends,” Caleb will first have to reconnect with a God he’s been ignoring for too long.
As Caleb and Jobie bond over renovations, a new development forever changes her and pulls the rug out from under him. Jobie needs a godly man who will support and pursue her. Caleb must break himself free of the friend zone and become the man she needs in order to finally give her heart a home.
The Everyday Love Series is a contemporary romance series set in Albuquerque, featuring ordinary people in lifelike stories that inspire, uplift, and share hope. Stories in which a very real God shows Himself in everyday ways to carry His people through any circumstance.
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I really enjoyed this one. I got into the story sooner than with the first book in the series, so that’s a plus! The characters are great as usual!
What do you do when life happens out of order? You meet the man NOT of your dreams, but even better!
This is the third book in the Everyday Love series but it can be read as a stand alone. It is a wonderful christian romance that you will read more than once. I really enjoyed this book.
What Makes a Home is the third book in the Everyday Love series, however, it can definitely be read as a stand alone novel.
I enjoyed this book so much! The two main characters, Jobie and Caleb, both finished the story as very different people than when the book started out. When the book began, Jobie was not a Christian and lived life in the moment, doing what felt good at the time. She had no problem hooking up with guys and moving from one man to the next.
Caleb was stuck in a rut. When things didn’t work out like he thought they would in his personal life and he realized that his job wasn’t bringing him joy, he decided to take on a home renovation project to give him something worthwhile to pour his energy into. Caleb was a Christian who had stepped away from truly worshipping the Lord and didn’t even go to church anymore.
Jobie and Caleb both ended up discovering the power of living for Christ, while also developing a friendship that they each wished could turn into more. I loved the chemistry between these two characters and the way Caleb worked to show Jobie how he felt. This was such a great book and I plan to re-read it in the future.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. All opinions are my own.
Super addition to the series
Author Jaycee Weaver made Jobie so lovable, even before she got saved. Her casual attitude of doing what feels good is so opposed to the way I believe we should live and yet there was not an emphasis in the story on what she did – it was just enough backstory to explain why she needed salvation. Though I did not have like her life choices, I saw her as someone I would like as a friend.
There was so much to enjoy in this story. I can say unequivocally that my favorite part is Jobie’s conversation with her roommate Jenna as she tried to understand more about what the Bible says about love and her naive yet brilliant interpretation and application of I Corinthians 13. And how her salvation journey resulted from her meditations on verses about God’s love and the fruit of the spirit.
Nerdy Caleb was a gem! I loved his awkwardness and insecurity. The way he was convinced he was vanilla. Loafers. Boring. And yet this sweet man had so much to offer. Even Jobie underestimated him – at least at the beginning.
The author says so much with subtle comments and hints. She clearly didn’t feel obligated to make long explanations as she confidently shows you through the story. One example is when Jobie is contrasting two roommates in her mind. While both are Christians, one was very judgmental and the other full of grace.
…[Jobie] could recognize a Bible when she saw one. Her first roommate had left one prominently displayed on a bedside table, though it hadn’t looked nearly as worn as this one.
The rich spiritual truths in this touching story will stay with me for a while as I look at how I can better applying them to my life.
If you enjoy reading Christian fiction with flawed characters who learn the redemptive power of Jesus, you won’t want to pass this one up!
Read my review of What Makes a Home by Jaycee Weaver at AmongTheReads.net
I was given a copy of this book. I was not required to give a favorable review nor was any money received for this review. All comments and opinions are my own.