All for Me

Forever Mine, Book 2

De: Deborah Garland

Narrado por: Auri Alden, Stephen Borne

I never thought I’d see her again. Considering she left me at the altar...

After five years since the disappearance of my fiancé, I’m still looking over my shoulder. When she shows up back in our small town, I’m shocked, to say the least. But I need answers in order to put the past behind me.

But one kiss changes everything. Just when I’m a heated powder keg ready to blow, Faith announces she’s moving to London. That means she’s off-limits. I survived her leaving me once. I doubt I’ll survive again.

Every attempt to keep distance between us fails when her smile draws me in all over again. Keeping Faith close to me might end in disaster, but I can’t get enough of how she makes me feel.

When the chance to make her mine again is within my reach, will the truth she’s hiding about why she really left ruin any chance we have to make it work this time?

If you love small towns, good cops, and runaway brides with heart-pounding endings, All for Me is the second-chance romance for you.

No cheating. No cliff-hangers. HEA Guaranteed.

Previously published as Must Have Faith. It has been extensively rewritten and is now in first person.

©2018 Deborah A. Garland (P)2023 Pink Flamingo Productions

Book 2 - Forever Mine series, can be standalone

This is book 2 in Garland's Forever Mine series and can be read as a standalone. Our main characters in this book are police officer Greg and his runaway fiancé Faith. Childhood sweethearts, these two have a long and detailed past and while there were times, I was yelling at my audio book for Faith to come clean already about why she left him, overall, I very much enjoyed this romance read / listen. I thought our dual narrators, Auri Alden and Stephen Borne were brilliant. Alden's vocals were exactly what I thought Faith would be and Borne's gruff vocals were perfect for the alpha cop that was/is Greg's character. So much hurt these two experienced unintentionally more times than not to overcome and the realization of what priorities come first. A lot of "what-if's" in this book and time and time again it looks as though finally these two will find their HEA only to have another curve ball thrown into the mix. A book of love, devotion, patience and forgiveness that will make you crazy while giving you a satisfying and heartwarming HEA! Sweet, steamy and well written / narrated - I can't wait to see what Garland will give us next!

This book was given to me for free at my request and I voluntarily provided this review.

Great read

The story is a little slow but all and all, I enjoyed it. Auri and Stephen did an awesome job at narrating

Second Chance Romance.

Overall the story and development of the characters were pretty good in this second chance romance. The two characters had known each other for 20 yrs, as long as Faith can remember she has loved Gregory. She tried to win him over when she was 16 but he was 21 yr old cop and turned her down. She continued to pin away for him until the day he finally saw her as a women. they spent 7 years together, until tragic end right before their wedding. Regretting choices she made sent her running, now 5 years later they are back in their small town and reconnecting. Will this runaway bride spill her secrets and have a second chance at love?

The development of this couple was great and seeing glimpses of their past together as they created a future was done well. I am not always a fan of second chance, it can be one of those that are not always done right. This author did a good job. My main issue with this story line is a spoiler and I will put it down below. Only read the spoiler if you want to know! Just myself personally I do not enjoy story lines with this included. I know these are fictional but I see it too much in real life and I just really don't love having it in my books!

The narration was great, they both did a good job at showing emotion and really bring the characters to life.

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This may be a trigger for some and think it is important to know this book does involve cheating.

Secrets & Lies

Auri Alden and Stephen Borne brought to life this second chance romance. Deborah Garland delivers a well written story with great character development. It takes you on an emotional ride that will have you wanting to shake some people in the story.

All for Me

omg, this book was so good, I couldn't stop listening to it. it kept me on the edge of my seat. it's a tear 😢 jerker, so much happens in this book from and bride 👰‍♀ running away from her groom, to cheating, to finding love again. and so much more. you guys are going to love it. it's so good.

3 stars

this was a touch of a slow burn second chance romance that sounded good but then had difficulty keeping my attention especially when there was in between the lines possible reasons for the bride to have left the groom at the alter. When the truth is revealed it further upset me because it's not something that i approve of and find hard to accept even in fictional worlds. I already didn't like the mfc and further disliked her by the end. The male lead was ok for me but overall the story was not for me. I did enjoy the talent behind the story which was provided the narrators.

second chance romance

Faith left three days before her wedding, and devastating Gregory. she left town for a photojournalist position in Iraq.
When she returned 5 years later, not knowing how she would be received in her small town.
Faith and Gregory has unresolved feelings they both needed to get through. Does he hate me? Does she still think of me?
I love second chance romances and this didn't disappoint.
Auri Alden and Stephen Borne narration is fantastic. Their voices capture the emotions and personalities of all the characters
#the flock

The melodrama is strong with this couple.

   I adored the first book in this series, and during that book, I had already become invested in Greg and Faith.  This is the steamy second-chance love story of executive producer/journalist Faith and her jilted groom Greg, who is a small-town policeman on Long Island.  I really like this couple and cheered them on.  They are good but imperfect people who are really made for each other. 

   I think this second book is not quite as good as the first one because the author’s drawn-out obstacles to romance felt more forced in this book than in Gwen and Andrew’s story in book 1.  Greg and Faith kept going one step forward and one step back for too long, in my opinion.  In addition, the melodrama was okay for me for most of the book, but the last 25 percent ramped up the melodrama too much for me.  For example, a 6’2” veteran cop and a tough woman who had been a war correspondent both became physically dizzy when their emotions became too much for them!  That’s a little much in my opinion.

   I did really enjoy the short suspenseful subplot.  Also, the couple’s back stories and internal dialogues were very well written.  I also enjoyed getting to know the fictional Long Island town of Darling Cove.  The sensory details and geography made it seem very real. 

   The pair of narrators (the same as in Book 1) did a marvelous job.  Stephen Borne and Auri Alden are both very versatile with men’s and women’s voices.  They are experts at conveying emotions and at bedroom scenes.  Auri Alden’s gorgeous and expressive alto voice reminded me of Julia Whelan.  Stephen Borne sounded very sexy as the hero.  They both really brought this romance to life. 

   I requested and received a free audio copy, and I voluntarily wrote this honest review.  #PFPAudio #PinkFlamingoProductions #TheFlockVIPReviewTeam

All for Me

This is the second book in the Forever Mine series. Faith and Greg finally got their happily ever after. It was definitely a bumpy ride. I enjoyed this second chance run away bride romance. Auri Alden and Stephen Borne did a fantastic job narrating this book.

Greg and Faith finally get their HEA

I was wanting Greg and Faith's second chance story after listening to book 1. I do have to admit it wasn't quite what I expected. I wanted to smack them Gibbs to DiNozzo style more than once, and tell them to grow up a few times, pull their big boy and girl pants up, etc... guess you get the hint. Lots of angst and honestly at times seemed like 'high school' drama as they went through second, third, etc chances to FINALLY get their baggage out in the open and get their HEA. There was lots of emotional turmoil in between and moments of them being the bigger person and I was invested in finding out all the secrets. The grand finale gestures were pretty good I have to admit. The narration was good at bringing their characters to life.