Touched by Fate: Brides of the Lowcountry

By Preslaysa Williams

Analyn Richards likes life the way she likes her wedding planning business—orderly and predictable. All doubts aside, getting engaged to the successful man she's been dating is the natural next step, right?

But on her wedding day uncertainty makes an unscheduled appearance. She finds herself deciding whether to go along with her wedding as planned or whether to make another choice. 

Will this perfectionist find the courage to take a chance on the unpredictable?

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Preslaysa Williams
• Release date: Nov 4, 2019
• ISBN: 9780578552477

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Touched by Fate

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Touched by Fate

A Brides of the Lowcountry Short Story

Preslaysa Williams

Blasian Chic Media

Copyright © 2018 by Preslaysa Williams

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No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

This is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Copyeditor Iola Goulton

Paperback Design Emilie Hendryx

Cover Design & Formatting Lucy Eden

Cover Photo James R. Lowe

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For my children, SW and HW, thank you for showing me how to live with exuberance, laugh with abandon, and love with courage every single day.

Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Dear Reader

Also by Preslaysa Williams

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Chapter 1

Analyn Richards stood on the steps of Charleston Community Church, shook.

Yeah, she’d planned plenty of weddings for other blissful couples, but plan her own wedding? That put a whole lot of extra into an already extra event.

First, it had to be perfect. No questions.

Second, it had to be perfect. No questions.

And third, it had to be perfect. No questions.

No big deal.

Yes, it was a big deal. A very big deal. After her first failed attempt at a marriage, she didn’t want any screw-ups this time around. Second time was the charm, right?

Or was it third time? No third times! Analyn pushed the possibility out of her mind.

She hefted her 220-page wedding plan in the crook of her elbow and pried open the mahogany doors of the church. The sanctuary charged her pulse into a frenzied rat-a-tat-tat. She ignored the sensation and fished her iPhone from her clutch. Miranda, her maid of honor, was late. Surprise, surprise. 

Miranda had promised to help her with figuring out the proper layout for the wedding party, but Miranda had her own relationship drama to deal with. So much for her promises.

Analyn trudged to the marble altar and candelabra. Three pillared candles emitted a burnt odor and evoked memories of wasted wedding vows from her first, unraveled union.

She swallowed the ashen