New York Times Bestselling Author of The Summer Girls
Wedding season has arrived in New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe’s newest novel, A LOWCOUNTRY WEDDING (Gallery Books; on-sale May 3, 2016; Trade Paperback, $16.00), the next installment in the “distinct, complex, and endearing” (Charleston Magazine) Lowcountry Summer series.
Nothing could be more enchanting than a summer wedding—or two!—in storied Sullivan’s Island. A centuries-old plantation, an avenue of ancient oaks dripping moss, a sand dune at sunset… it’s all picture perfect, and half-sisters Dora, Carson, and Harper, and their grandmother Marietta “Mamaw” Muir couldn’t be more excited. Venues are booked, favors selected, and delectable cakes tasted. What could possibly go wrong?
The answer, the Muir clan is soon to find out, is everything. Carson can’t wait to be Blake’s bride, until she realizes it means giving up her freedom . . . Harper makes a discovery that will change the course of her and Taylor’s lives, not to mention their impending wedding . . . and a newly unfettered Dora has no plans to walk down the aisle at all—but she just might, if Devlin has anything to say about it.
Just when it seems things couldn’t get more complicated for the Muir sisters, a stranger arrives bearing a long-held family secret that has the potential to upend even the most carefully laid-out plans. With the weddings mere weeks away and the sisters in flux, it’s up to Mamaw to come to the rescue and see her Summer Girls through to their very own happily-ever-afters.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Mary Alice Monroe is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen novels, including The Summer Girls, The Summer Wind, The Summer’s End, Last Light Over Carolina, Time Is a River, Sweetgrass, Skyward,
Known for her intimate portrayals of women’s lives, Mary Alice Monroe’s writing has gained added purpose and depth with her books set in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. An active environmentalist, Monroe draws themes for her novels from nature and the parallels with human nature, thus drawing attention to various endangered species and the human connection to the natural world.
Mary Alice is involved with several environmental groups and is on the board of the South Carolina Aquarium, the Leatherback Trust, and Charleston Volunteers for Literacy. Her volunteer work with these and other groups provided the inspiration for her novels, The Beach House Trilogy.
With the same heart of conservation, Monroe has written two children’s picture books, TURTLE SUMMER and A BUTTERFLY CALLED HOPE.
The Lowcountry Summer series is her newest endeavor and is set against the backdrop of the Atlantic bottlenose dolphins. THE SUMMER GIRLS, the first book in the series, was released summer 2013 and introduces the complex relationships between three sisters of the Muir family at Sea Breeze, their historic home on Sullivan’s Island, S.C. The second installment, THE SUMMER WIND was released in 2014 and book three, THE SUMMER’S END was published in summer 2015. The last in the series, A LOWCOUNTRY WEDDING will be released May 2016.
Mary Alice Monroe is the author of nearly two dozen novels, several non-fiction titles, and children’s books. Her body of work reflects her commitment to the natural world through literature. Monroe has served on the faculty of numerous writer’s conferences and retreats. She is a featured speaker at events, both literary and conservation.
Her books have achieved several best seller lists, including the New York Times, SIBA, USA Today and are sold worldwide. Her children’s books received several awards, including the ASPCA Henry Bergh award. Monroe was awarded the SC Center for the Book Award for Fiction and the International Book Award for Green Fiction. In May 2014, she was awarded the Career Achievement Award for mainstream fiction by RT Book Reviews, SW Florida’s Distinguished Author Award, and the South Carolina Book Festival Literary Excellence Award.
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