BEFORE SHE SAYS "I DO"

She has loved her best friend for twelve years. Now she has eight weeks to watch her marry someone else.

Raina Simmons knows everything about Tessara Johnson-her dreams, her fears, her favorite songs, and every heartbreak she has survived. What Tessara does not know is that Raina has been secretly in love with her since college.

Raina has protected their friendship by remaining silent. But when Tessara announces her engagement to a successful real-estate developer and asks Raina to become her maid of honor, hiding the truth becomes unbearable.

As Raina helps plan the lavish Bellshire wedding, a confident photographer begins pursuing her. Tessara's unexpected jealousy soon exposes cracks in her seemingly perfect engagement. Then a violent storm traps the best friends inside a secluded lake house, where twelve years of buried desire erupt into one passionate, life-changing kiss.

By morning, Tessara calls the kiss a mistake-and Raina walks away.

But when the bride disappears on her wedding day, a locked wooden box containing twelve secret letters reveals that Raina may not have been the only woman hiding her heart.

Now Tessara must decide whether she will continue living the safe life everyone expects or risk everything for the woman she has always loved. And Raina must determine whether a confession delivered twelve years too late is enough to rebuild the trust they destroyed.

Before She Says "I Do" is an emotional Black sapphic friends-to-lovers romance about forbidden desire, secret love, jealousy, delayed courage, and choosing an authentic happily-ever-after.