Yumify Books

Building Love Against the Rising Tide. Two architects. A forgotten blueprint. A coast on the verge of change. Maya Omondi is the "iron rule" of design, brilliant, precise, and guarded. Having built an emotional fortress after a devastating betrayal seven years ago, she relies only on the cold, unyielding certainty of concrete and steel. But when a prestigious eco-resort contract in Lamu demands a collaborative bid, her past walks straight back into her boardroom. Juma Ndlovu is the creative tide, fluid, organic, and deeply connected to his Swahili heritage. He is the man who vanished with a single note a lifetime ago, leaving Maya to pick up the pieces. Now, they are forced into the same studio to design the breathtaking Baobab Retreat. As they blend her brutalist structural piers with his organic canopy, the intense professional rivalry reignites an undeniable, long-suppressed passion.