{"id":27348,"date":"2021-06-17T08:39:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T12:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=27348"},"modified":"2022-10-18T23:27:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T03:27:22","slug":"review-a-lowcountry-bride-by-preslaysa-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/17\/review-a-lowcountry-bride-by-preslaysa-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f A Lowcountry Bride by Preslaysa Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-27348\" data-postid=\"27348\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-27348 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_bbbcac8 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_49667e8 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7036296 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/a-lowcountry-bride-preslaysa-williams.jpg?resize=332%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-29588\" title=\"a-lowcountry-bride-preslaysa-williams\" alt=\"a-lowcountry-bride-preslaysa-williams\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/a-lowcountry-bride-preslaysa-williams.jpg?w=332&amp;ssl=1 332w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/a-lowcountry-bride-preslaysa-williams.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/a-lowcountry-bride-preslaysa-williams.jpg?resize=400%2C602&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a1982ef customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Maya Jackson has worked for a renowned New York City bridal gown brand for years and dreams of becoming Head Designer. She has the talent, she just needs a chance to showcase her unique style. Due to an illness, she\u2019s always prioritized her career over her personal life until Maya\u2019s father fractures his hip and she returns to Charleston, SC. While home for only a few months, she\u2019s thrilled to find an opportunity at the local bridal gown boutique, never expecting sparks to fly with its owner&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">A military veteran and widowed father, Derek Sullivan hopes to save\u00a0<em>Always a Bride<\/em>\u00a0from bankruptcy in order to preserve the legacy of his family. He also wants to reconnect with his estranged, twelve-year-old daughter, who is still recovering from the loss of her mother. The last thing he needs is a relationship with a beautiful, smart, complicated woman who will be leaving soon.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">When Derek begins to fall for the lovely Maya, he knows there\u2019s no future. But destiny has its own plans, and these two lonely people with big hearts discover that coming home to love is the best gift life can give.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_23787e9 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2d1ea91  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16470 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2-hearts.jpg?resize=95%2C44\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> Jun 1, 2021<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Warm<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0HarperCollins<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Avon Books<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $10.99<\/p><hr \/><p><br \/><br \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I normally can appreciate when an author sprinkles in a bit of realism in my romance novels. It takes away from some of the fluff that is presented but there are times when the subject matter and how it is handle can be a bit daunting or too heavy to absorb. This is one of those rare cares where there was too much to take in and it didn\u2019t help me with the storyline.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Maya Jackson<\/strong> suffers from sickle cell anemia, a debilitating disease. She has her own life goals and aspirations but she puts that on hold mainly to return home to take care of her father. Now is not the ideal time as she wanted to be the head designer at her company. Maya is strong and use to handling difficult life situations.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Derek<\/strong> is struggling to maintain his bridal boutique but he has so much to juggle with the shop, his daughter and the pain from losing his wife in a violent church shooting. He in introduced to Maya and can\u2019t help his attraction to her. The author barely scratches the surfaces of Derek\u2019s character so I didn\u2019t connect with him outside of his own tragedy.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I kept waiting for all the warm small town romance elements to kick in. Instead, the two constantly circle each other while staying in their heads. Maya kept saying she had only a certain number of years to live. As someone who knows this disease up close and personal, I wanted her to be stronger than that. There is no guarantee how long she would live.\u00a0 Her harping on it so much made the romance felt slighted.\u00a0 There are so many adults living longer with the illness so the author\u2019s use of \u2018life expectancy\u2019 in this way to stress the severity of the disease took away from the romantic arch.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I felt like Maya\u2019s own internal struggles took focus of the story and while I had initially enjoyed it. After a while, I no longer cared what Maya was trying to figure out. I wanted to see more of her and Derek in a romantic way.\u00a0 Bottom line, the warm and fuzzies was not here and I didn\u2019t want to be bogged down with their inner dialogue.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Samantha<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_eb0616c customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3vzkZN5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/a-lowcountry-bride\/id1529862526?itsct=books_box_link&amp;itscg=30200&amp;at=11l88k&amp;ct=books_a_lowcountry_bride&amp;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/a-lowcountry-bride-preslaysa-williams\/1137570182?ean=9780063040304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/a-lowcountry-bride\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Preslaysa_Williams_A_Lowcountry_Bride?id=hDf6DwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maya Jackson has worked for a renowned New York City bridal gown brand for years and dreams of becoming Head Designer. 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She has the talent, she just needs a chance to showcase her unique style. Due to an illness, she\u2019s always prioritized her career over her personal life until Maya\u2019s father fractures his hip and she returns to Charleston, SC. While home for only a few months, she\u2019s thrilled to find an opportunity at the local bridal gown boutique, never expecting sparks to fly with its owner...<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A military veteran and widowed father, Derek Sullivan hopes to save\u00a0<em>Always a Bride<\/em>\u00a0from bankruptcy in order to preserve the legacy of his family. He also wants to reconnect with his estranged, twelve-year-old daughter, who is still recovering from the loss of her mother. The last thing he needs is a relationship with a beautiful, smart, complicated woman who will be leaving soon.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Derek begins to fall for the lovely Maya, he knows there\u2019s no future. But destiny has its own plans, and these two lonely people with big hearts discover that coming home to love is the best gift life can give.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2-hearts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> Jun 1, 2021<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Warm<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0HarperCollins<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Avon Books<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $10.99<\/p><hr \/><p><br \/><br \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I normally can appreciate when an author sprinkles in a bit of realism in my romance novels. It takes away from some of the fluff that is presented but there are times when the subject matter and how it is handle can be a bit daunting or too heavy to absorb. This is one of those rare cares where there was too much to take in and it didn\u2019t help me with the storyline.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Maya Jackson<\/strong> suffers from sickle cell anemia, a debilitating disease. She has her own life goals and aspirations but she puts that on hold mainly to return home to take care of her father. Now is not the ideal time as she wanted to be the head designer at her company. Maya is strong and use to handling difficult life situations.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Derek<\/strong> is struggling to maintain his bridal boutique but he has so much to juggle with the shop, his daughter and the pain from losing his wife in a violent church shooting. He in introduced to Maya and can\u2019t help his attraction to her. The author barely scratches the surfaces of Derek\u2019s character so I didn\u2019t connect with him outside of his own tragedy.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I kept waiting for all the warm small town romance elements to kick in. Instead, the two constantly circle each other while staying in their heads. Maya kept saying she had only a certain number of years to live. As someone who knows this disease up close and personal, I wanted her to be stronger than that. There is no guarantee how long she would live.\u00a0 Her harping on it so much made the romance felt slighted.\u00a0 There are so many adults living longer with the illness so the author\u2019s use of \u2018life expectancy\u2019 in this way to stress the severity of the disease took away from the romantic arch.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I felt like Maya\u2019s own internal struggles took focus of the story and while I had initially enjoyed it. After a while, I no longer cared what Maya was trying to figure out. I wanted to see more of her and Derek in a romantic way.\u00a0 Bottom line, the warm and fuzzies was not here and I didn\u2019t want to be bogged down with their inner dialogue.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Samantha<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3vzkZN5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/a-lowcountry-bride\/id1529862526?itsct=books_box_link&amp;itscg=30200&amp;at=11l88k&amp;ct=books_a_lowcountry_bride&amp;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/a-lowcountry-bride-preslaysa-williams\/1137570182?ean=9780063040304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/a-lowcountry-bride\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Preslaysa_Williams_A_Lowcountry_Bride?id=hDf6DwAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27348"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29590,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27348\/revisions\/29590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}