Beneath the Magnolia Moon: A Southern Love Story (The Southern Love Story #3)
Kianna Smith

A Southern Love Story – Book 3
By Kianna Smith
Some love stories never fade—no matter how long you try to forget them.
After the sudden death of her husband, Celeste James returns to her quiet hometown of Willow Creek, Georgia, hoping to find healing in the soil, the silence, and the arms of her grandmother. But what she doesn’t expect is to come face-to-face with the man she left behind—the one who still haunts her dreams.
Marcus Langston is the town’s beloved high school coach, a loyal husband… and the only man who ever truly knew Celeste. When their paths cross again beneath the magnolia tree that once held all their secrets, memories bloom and truths buried by time begin to rise.
But Marcus is married. And Celeste didn’t come back for love—she came back for peace.
As tensions simmer and the past refuses to stay silent, both must choose between the life they built and the love that never died.
Set in the deep South and steeped in faith, grief, longing, and renewal, Beneath the Magnolia Moon is a tender second-chance romance about the courage to claim your truth and the healing that blooms when you stop running from your roots.
Perfect for readers who love:
✓ Soul-stirring Black love stories
✓ Southern charm and spiritual wisdom
✓ Second chances, emotional depth, and poetic prose
✓ Magnolia trees, moonlight, and the kind of love that lingers