A Lowcountry Bride

A Novel

By: Preslaysa Williams

Narrated by: Carmen Jewel Jones

""I absolutely adore this book...love story begins slow—like a delicious lowcountry boil—but heats up to the perfect ending."" --Kathleen Y’Barbo, bestselling author of The Black Midnight

A heartwarming Avon debut of love, forgiveness, and new beginnings set in the beautiful South Carolina Lowcountry.

Maya Jackson has worked for a renowned New York City bridal gown brand for years and dreams of becoming Head Designer. She has the talent, she just needs a chance to showcase her unique style. Due to an illness, she’s always prioritized her career over her personal life until Maya’s father fractures his hip and she returns to Charleston, SC. While home for only a few months, she’s thrilled to find an opportunity at the local bridal gown boutique, never expecting sparks to fly with its owner...

A military veteran and widowed father, Derek Sullivan hopes to save Always a Bride from bankruptcy in order to preserve the legacy of his family. He also wants to reconnect with his estranged, twelve-year-old daughter, who is still recovering from the loss of her mother. The last thing he needs is a relationship with a beautiful, smart, complicated woman who will be leaving soon.

When Derek begins to fall for the lovely Maya, he knows there’s no future. But destiny has its own plans, and these two lonely people with big hearts discover that coming home to love is the best gift life can give.

True Priorities

Maya has a successful career on the rise but she must take care of her dad. This was the first choice of priorities she needed to make. So much continues to happen in her life that causes her to think about her priorities. There is a romance in the story with Derek but to me the focus of the story was Maya own internal struggles as she has to reevaluate her dreams and what it really means to be successful. I love the rich voice of the narrator as well. #CMCon25

Hallmark with heft

Hard to find clean books that aren’t saccharine, but this hits the spot! Maya is half black and half Filipina, goes to her hometown in SC to help her father. Meets cute widower, struggles between a promising but soul-draining job and her own ambitions. This book expertly deals with the real-world tragedies that both bring the couple together and keep them apart. Nicely told from both Maya and Derek’s POV. One antagonist has a bit of a light-switch change of heart that didn’t quite work, but otherwise a well-unraveled romance. The narrator is fabulous! I completely forgot there weren’t several people in the studio.

Great Story Line; Editing Would Improve the Writing

I really enjoyed the story line. The writing was sometimes repetitious and simple editing would improve it a lot.

Life's Sharings

It was journey of 2 totally different peoples world and how they came together in love.

Good Read

Enjoyed reading this book and the history in it. So Happy for Mya and her ending. I would love to see what her dressed looked like the stitch.