Affairs of the Heart Series | Book 1

My name is Julianna. My family and close friends call me Jewels. I, along with my sisters, Lisa and India, have an event planning company and we specialize in weddings. I am a wedding planner. Most women spend their whole lives dreaming of their wedding day, and it’s my job to make that dream come true. Our company, Affairs of the Heart, has a slogan, Happily Ever After… Begins with Us! and it is so true. Happily Ever After does begin on the wedding day. That I can guarantee. The cold reality is that there is no real guarantee that it will last. It’s all based on this thing called love. What is love? Does anyone really know? We know a mother’s love, the love you have for your siblings and your friends. What about love for a significant other? Is it like we see on television or like we hear in the love songs? Who really knows—Google, Dr. Phil, Steve Harvey, or Luther Vandross? Google says that love is an intense feeling of deep affection. Dr. Phil says that you have to love smart by loving yourself first. Steve Harvey says that you have to act like a lady and think like a man. And Luther told us that It’s So Amazing, it’s Here and Now, Love Won’t Let Me Wait and it’s Always and Forever. Hmm, all those definitions sound good to me. I used to think that there was only one true love for each of us. I thought that if you really loved someone, they MUST be The One. 

The truth of the matter is that while I can put together a fabulous wedding, I don’t know any more than anyone else when it comes to understanding love. My quest for love has been rough, to say the least. It took me a long time to figure out who was the right one for me. I dated in high school, but my search really began at my sister’s wedding.