If There Is One Without Sin

At forty-five, Hendrix has mastered the art of solitude. A successful electronics dealer in Lilongwe, he glides through life with charm and composure, a man who has seen much and settled for nothing. Until one August evening, he offers a lift to a woman at a bus stage—and everything changes.

Josephine is thirty-five, independent, and wary. She runs a salon from her home and has learned the hard way that men like Hendrix rarely mean what they say. But something in his honesty intrigues her. When he finds her days later under a jacaranda tree, umbrella in hand, she realizes he might be different.

Set against the vibrant streets of Lilongwe, IF THERE IS ONE WITHOUT SIN is a tender, unflinching love story about two people with complicated pasts who refuse to let those pasts define their futures. In confessing their deepest truths to each other—seventy-five lovers, five ended pregnancies, years of emptiness—Hendrix and Josephine discover that redemption isn't about being perfect. It's about being honest.

A meditation on second chances, genuine connection, and what it means to choose someone fully aware of their flaws, this novella asks a simple but profound question: Do two people with messy histories have the right to a straightforward future?

The answer, it turns out, is yes.