The Gullah Land Lawyer
A Lowcountry Second-Chance Romance

About this book:

Maya Simmons traded the salt marshes of St. Helena Island for a corner office on Peachtree Street, building a high-stakes career defending the very developers who devour places like her hometown. But when a predatory LLC exploits archaic heirs' property laws to force a partition sale of her family's forty-two acres—land bought by her great-great-grandfather in 1868—Maya has twelve days to save a legacy she thought she'd escaped. She returns to the Lowcountry armed with the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act and eight years of litigation experience, ready to wage war in a Beaufort County courtroom.

She doesn't expect Trent Walker waiting at the end of the family dock.

Fourteen years ago, Trent begged her to stay. Now he's broad-shouldered, battle-hardened, and leading the St. Helena Preservation Coalition—a united front of forty Gullah Geechee families refusing to sell. He doesn't trust her corporate pedigree, her city polish, or the firm she represents. But as depositions loom and Apex's machinery grinds toward a sheriff's auction, Maya and Trent are forced into an uneasy alliance. In the shadow of live oaks and rising tides, the law becomes a weapon, the land becomes a lifeline, and the boy she left behind becomes the only man who knows the true value of what they're fighting for.

Rooted in the rich culture of the Gullah Geechee Corridor, *The Gullah Land Lawyer* is a smart, steamy second-chance romance where legal strategy meets ancestral memory. From the courtroom to the creek, Maya must decide if she's come home to win a case—or to reclaim the life, the love, and the land she was born to protect.