{"id":14917,"date":"2016-06-04T11:00:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T16:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.twinsietalk.com\/?p=14917"},"modified":"2016-06-03T07:08:07","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T12:08:07","slug":"review-wotr-my-favorite-what-if-by-lyssa-layne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=14917","title":{"rendered":"#review #WOTR &#8211; My Favorite What If by Lyssa Layne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wotr-attendingauthor.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9591\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wotr-attendingauthor-300x204.jpg?resize=300%2C204\" alt=\"wotr-attendingauthor\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1417739275l\/23677329.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"My Favorite What If\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/synopsis.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6165\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/synopsis.png?resize=156%2C54\" alt=\"synopsis\" width=\"156\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One year after Jacob &#8220;Smitty&#8221; Smith is stood up at the altar, his good friend Jules encourages him to redeem his honeymoon package before it expires. Reluctantly, he agrees, and finds himself sitting beside free spirit Sloan Talbott, who is attending her sister&#8217;s destination wedding at the same resort. Both have been hurt. Neither is looking for love. Will one week in paradise be a fling to remember or could it possibly lead to something more?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TBR.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6166\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TBR.png?resize=113%2C51\" alt=\"TBR\" width=\"113\" height=\"51\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/23677329-my-favorite-what-if\">Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/angies-review.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6154\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/angies-review.png?resize=230%2C50\" alt=\"angies review\" width=\"230\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>AWWW Smitty!!\u00a0 Lemme tell ya..this man stole my heart is Jules book.\u00a0 Then to SEE he was getting a book\u2026.Imagine me being a crazy girl jumping up and down.\u00a0 Yes I wanted Smitty to find love.\u00a0 SO imagine my shock when I SEE that the beginning of the book he is getting married.\u00a0 *Insert wrinkled eye brows*\u00a0 Unless her name is Angie, this won\u2019t do!!<\/p>\n<p>Smitty has found his one love.\u00a0 I mean I was even shocked to hear about their whirlwind courtship and pending nuptials but it just SEEMED right.\u00a0 It seemed he found his one\u2026until Jules dropped the BOMB that Caroline isn\u2019t coming.\u00a0 My heart was breaking for my man in the first chapter.\u00a0 NO NO NO not my Smitty!!!\u00a0 Why would this woman leave.\u00a0 He is perfection \u2026in my eyes anyway.<\/p>\n<p>So fast forward a year later and Smitty is still hurting.\u00a0 He hasn\u2019t had the heart to remove Caroline from his life so to speak.\u00a0 He looks at her photo every morning and is still hurt by her departure.\u00a0 Jules has had enough.\u00a0 She FORCED Smitty to go on his trip\u2026..errr\u2026..his honeymoon because the trip hasn\u2019t yet expired.\u00a0 She packs his bag and ships him off to Jamaica for the week.<\/p>\n<p>Sloan is going to Jamaica to see her little sister get married.\u00a0 But before she can leave she has to go and visit a grave sight of someone she loves dearly.\u00a0 Her husband.\u00a0 She hasn\u2019t been able to move on in over 5 years since he died.\u00a0 Her love for Cooper is so strong and she is happy, or so she thinks, with her life the way it is.<\/p>\n<p>A simple seat assignment on a plane has the two meeting and forming a connection.\u00a0 I gotta say there was something SO RIGHT about Sloan and Smitty the more and more we saw them together.\u00a0 They were like two missing puzzle pieces.\u00a0 They just FIT!<\/p>\n<p>When the story starts to unfold and we learn what happened to Coop and then why Caroline doesn\u2019t show for the wedding.\u00a0 OMG I dunno which story made me sadder.\u00a0 But the things that REALLY BROKE Me was when Sloan leaves Smitty because of her involvement with Caroline\u2026OMG\u2026.DESTROYED!!!<\/p>\n<p>I was a bit mad at my man Smitty but loved when how he owned his heart and feelings.\u00a0 I loved how he never gave up on Sloan and even assisted is getting her family to help him get his woman back!!<\/p>\n<p>I am so going to miss this guy and these characters but trust me you won\u2019t be disappointed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Buy-Links.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6156\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Buy-Links.png?resize=158%2C45\" alt=\"Buy Links\" width=\"158\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/My-Favorite-What-Lyssa-Layne-ebook\/dp\/B00U85B0ZQ\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/about-the-author.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6153\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/about-the-author.png?resize=231%2C55\" alt=\"about the author\" width=\"231\" height=\"55\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lyssa Lane is first, and formost, the\u00a0 proud momma to her precious daughter, AR. In addition to working full-time and being a mommy to AR, she is also an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan, a runner, blogger, and an infertility survivor.<\/p>\n<p>Having watched one too many medical dramas and being inspired by author Rachelle Ayala, who introduced her to the world of indie writing, Lyssa decided to try her hand at writing a romance story. Her attempt turned into the Burning Lovesick series. You can find Lyssa\u2019s own interests throughout her stories although all stories are fictional.<\/p>\n<p>You can visit Lyssa\u2019s writing blog at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.authorlyssalayne.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.authorlyssalayne.blogspot.com<\/a>You can also follow her on Twitter @layne_lyssa or check out her Facebook page at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lyssalayne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lyssalayne<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Feel free to contact her regarding blog reviews, giveaways, or blog book tours authorlyssalayne@gmail.com Happy reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One year after Jacob &#8220;Smitty&#8221; Smith is stood up at the altar, his good friend Jules encourages him to redeem his honeymoon package before it expires. Reluctantly, he agrees, and finds himself sitting beside free spirit Sloan Talbott, who is attending her sister&#8217;s destination wedding at the same resort. Both have been hurt. Neither is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=14917\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#review #WOTR &#8211; My Favorite What If by Lyssa Layne<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paSW8H-3SB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14918,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14917\/revisions\/14918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}