What You Won’t Do For Love by Keleigh Crigler Hadley

Genre: Christian Fiction
Book releases nationwide August 18, 2015
Publisher: Brown Girls Publishing
About The Author

Keleigh Crigler Hadley is an author, speaker, and teacher who is thankful God can use her messes for His glory.
She has always loved stories, and she believes the story of the Bible contains the biggest, the most redemptive dose of grace humankind has ever, and will ever, experience. She is the Christian Fiction author of the Preacher’s Kids series, Revenge Inc., and What You Won’t Do for Love with Brown Girls Faith.
If she were to define herself in one sentence, she would say, “I’m a girl who loves to see God working.” Keleigh writes soul-stirring fiction, with real characters that stay with readers long after they have closed the book, (or turned the e-reader off.) The only thing she loves more than writing is reading, so contact her on social media and let her know what you’re reading!

About The Book

Eden Price, an unlucky-in-love nurse finds herself in the midst of a heated love triangle. Globe-trotting missionary, Gabe Clark ignites her soul. Who doesn’t want a man with a connection to God? Hard-working, Nemo Gates speaks to her heart. His past has caused a rift between him and God and Eden wants to help him heal.
She ultimately chooses the man that makes her passions come alive, but did she make the right choice? Her husband stuns her with a desperate plea; to prove her love for him in the most unthinkable way – to help him die with dignity.
Excerpt
“There goes that Price girl again.” Verdeen Washington exclaimed to her hard-of-hearing sister, Pearleen. They rocked in unison, in the twilight air on their front porch.
Eden Price noted the puzzlement in Verdeen’s booming voice as she steadily passed them by. Heck, the whole neighborhood could hear it.
“She’s a strange bird, if I ever saw one.” Pearleen looked over her thick glasses and pursed her wrinkled lips.
“Good evening, Washington sisters.”
Eden smiled, nodded and kept her legs pumping. She knew they shook their gray wigs as she passed them, but her jogging pace didn’t diminish and she kept on singing.
She knew she was a sight to see and hear.
“Wishing, and hoping and thinking and praying…
planning and dreaming each night of his charms…”
That’s it, Dionne.
Eden sang the tune to Dionne Warwick’s 1950’s classic song. The lyrics had been stuck on repeat in her head all day and the only way to get a song out, is to sing it. So in between breaths, she belted out the infectious tune.
So Dionne, is this the formula for catching a man?
The cushion in her Nike trainers flattened and rebounded as she reduced her pace from a slow jog to a brisk walk. She was two blocks from home and needed to start her cool down.
“…do the things he likes to do… wear your hair just for him… ’cause you won’t get him,
thinking,
and praying,
and wishing,
and hoping…”

Her worn out sports bra allowed too much jiggle and wiggle room for her girls. She could never hope to get a good run in anymore wearing three year-old running shoes and a five year-old bra, but budget constraints did not allow for such luxuries.
Eden adjusted ‘Ben and Jerry’ again to the safe confines of her bra, before she was arrested for exposing herself. Eden hunched over for a moment to catch her breath. Just a few more feet to go. She righted herself, hit her corner, and turned at the intersection of Third ave and 33rd place.
Three threes. The number meant something to her father, God rest his soul. It was his favorite number and one of the reasons he purchased a house on this block. But today, the number three held relevance to Eden too.
This was her thirty-third year of life, she was suffering from her third night of insomnia, and on March third, in three days her life would change – “for better or worse.

 Book Review:

What would you do for love or for a love one? Do you  show love based upon what man states is love or do you  love with all your heart ,but discipline your flesh to follow God’s standard?  Keleigh Crigler Hadley’s book  ” What You Won’t Do For Love ” kept me engaged with its crisp, simple yet  elegant language that flowed from page to page.  The characaters were real, enchanting and funny. I loved this book , although I must admit that I did not want to read  another romance love story.  This story is not just another love story. It’s  about what  true unconditional love is about  in the face of  unbearable challenges and pressures. It addresses a real relevant  issue that causes you to question whether you believe what the Word of God states or do you follow situational ethics where  morals change depending on the situation such that  the end justifies the means .

 The story demonstrates the power of prayer in dealing with our circumstances and relationships and how prayer does  make a difference. Mrs Noy, an elderly Jewish lady shares words of wisdom with the main character Eden about  how “prayer can change natural laws…. and can change things in the future”. An intercessor, I plan to quote the full quote becasue it blessed my soul Hadley.  This book is delightful in the midst of real relevant issues about heartache and challenges and is a real love story.  I love the wit of  the girlfriends when Eden decides to let a potential suitor know  that she is barren.  I hollered and agreed, sorry to say , although Eden in the end was right, when  the girlfriends told her never  to tell a man about “women issues” and the sister told Eden  who is a nurse, you need a “secretectomy”.  Now I do have a few things I  question  in the book , but they don’t outweigh the essence of the wonderful creative book to me . I highly recommend it. Linda Fegins
Connect With The Author
Twitter: https://twitter.com/khadley11
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorkeleigh
Amazon author profile: http://www.amazon.com/Keleigh-Crigler-Hadley/e/B002C1JDPI/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?qid=1438718461&sr=1-2

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