The Preacher’s Choice

At the heart of the novel is Raina, a young woman whose life is forever altered after a brief but powerful encounter with Jarrod at a harvest dance. When she returns to her small village of Watt Town, she discovers she is with child and faces harsh condemnation. Determined to escape the shame, Raina returns to Kingston, where she gives birth to a daughter. Homeless and desperate, she wanders the city with her newborn until fate intervenes. In a twist that feels destined, she knocks on the door of a tenement house seeking water, only to discover Jarrod, the very man she thought she had lost forever.