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Anything and Everything #2
Everything You've Got
A girl, a guy, a set of handcuffs… What more could happily ever after possibly need?
Anything & Everything, Book 2
Luke Hamilton’s requirements for the perfect woman are live, work and play in his beloved hometown—and get along with his mother. Dr. Kat Dayton’s got it all. And Luke’s noticed. It’s obvious to him that his long-time friend belongs with him, especially after the world-rocking kiss she lays on him at his birthday party.
While Kat can’t deny she’s imagined a kiss like that—and more—for years, she’s less convinced they’re destined for happily ever after. Still, Luke figures that’s nothing a friendly kidnapping and a three-day road trip won’t fix.
Kat would love to let Luke in, but if he discovers the truth—that committee meetings bore her to tears and she’d rather have a root-canal than go to another potluck—his white-picket-fence dreams will be crushed.
Being stuck in an RV with Luke should be three days of flirtatious fun, but for Kat it’s heavenly hell. The close confines and good old-fashioned lust are making a mockery of her perfect-woman façade, and if he finds out about the mistake that might cost her job— and force her to leave town for good— it’ll take more than a sexy pair of handcuffs to keep him close.
Product Warnings
Contains a man who's willing to do anything for the perfect woman, an RV and surprise road-trip to help him prove it, and a woman who's wondering just what the hell she's gotten into.
Anything & Everything, Book 2
Luke Hamilton’s requirements for the perfect woman are live, work and play in his beloved hometown—and get along with his mother. Dr. Kat Dayton’s got it all. And Luke’s noticed. It’s obvious to him that his long-time friend belongs with him, especially after the world-rocking kiss she lays on him at his birthday party.
While Kat can’t deny she’s imagined a kiss like that—and more—for years, she’s less convinced they’re destined for happily ever after. Still, Luke figures that’s nothing a friendly kidnapping and a three-day road trip won’t fix.
Kat would love to let Luke in, but if he discovers the truth—that committee meetings bore her to tears and she’d rather have a root-canal than go to another potluck—his white-picket-fence dreams will be crushed.
Being stuck in an RV with Luke should be three days of flirtatious fun, but for Kat it’s heavenly hell. The close confines and good old-fashioned lust are making a mockery of her perfect-woman façade, and if he finds out about the mistake that might cost her job— and force her to leave town for good— it’ll take more than a sexy pair of handcuffs to keep him close.
Product Warnings
Contains a man who's willing to do anything for the perfect woman, an RV and surprise road-trip to help him prove it, and a woman who's wondering just what the hell she's gotten into.
302 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 5, 2013
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About the author
Erin Nicholas
152 books3,807 followersErin Nicholas is the New York Times bestselling author of over sixty sexy contemporary romances. Her stories have been described as toe-curling, enchanting, steamy and fun.
She lives in the Midwest with her husband who only wants to read the sex scenes in her books, her kids who will never read the sex scenes in her books, and family and friends who say they’re shocked by the sex scenes in her books (yeah, right!).
You can find Erin on the web at www.ErinNicholas.com, on Instagram at ErinNicholasBooks, Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ErinNicholas... and on BookBub at https://www.bookbub.com/profile/erin-...
She lives in the Midwest with her husband who only wants to read the sex scenes in her books, her kids who will never read the sex scenes in her books, and family and friends who say they’re shocked by the sex scenes in her books (yeah, right!).
You can find Erin on the web at www.ErinNicholas.com, on Instagram at ErinNicholasBooks, Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ErinNicholas... and on BookBub at https://www.bookbub.com/profile/erin-...
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January 20, 2020
Everything You've Got is the second in Erin Nicholas's Anything and Everything duology. Luke Hamilton and Kat Dayton have been friends forever. And Kat's been in love with Luke for nearly that long. And she's been making sure she's someone Luke could love back.
Kat's caught Luke's eye for quite some time. So when their mutual friends ask them to do them a favor and move their RV for them, Luke sees this as the perfect opportunity to sweep Kat off her feet and take them both on a little vacation.
Erin Nicholas's friends-to-lovers is warm and hot and gripping. Luke and Kat are real and messy and complicated, even when it seems pretty simple that they are great together and should live happily ever after, right? Well... not quite so fast...
Ms Nicholas does a terrific job with these two. A roadtrip and some handcuffs give them and us a chance to get to know each other even better, and remind us all that being known and loved really can't be topped. Kat's fears of what others and especially Luke might think of the REAL her are so easy to understand--we all want others to see us at our best. And Luke's determination to get to know the many layer to his beautiful friend make sense too--we cherish those we love and want to know EVERYTHING about them!
Everything You've Got is a fantastic read. Kat and Luke made me laugh and sigh and fan myself. They're definitely going on the keeper shelf!
Kat's caught Luke's eye for quite some time. So when their mutual friends ask them to do them a favor and move their RV for them, Luke sees this as the perfect opportunity to sweep Kat off her feet and take them both on a little vacation.
Erin Nicholas's friends-to-lovers is warm and hot and gripping. Luke and Kat are real and messy and complicated, even when it seems pretty simple that they are great together and should live happily ever after, right? Well... not quite so fast...
Ms Nicholas does a terrific job with these two. A roadtrip and some handcuffs give them and us a chance to get to know each other even better, and remind us all that being known and loved really can't be topped. Kat's fears of what others and especially Luke might think of the REAL her are so easy to understand--we all want others to see us at our best. And Luke's determination to get to know the many layer to his beautiful friend make sense too--we cherish those we love and want to know EVERYTHING about them!
Everything You've Got is a fantastic read. Kat and Luke made me laugh and sigh and fan myself. They're definitely going on the keeper shelf!
April 6, 2012
Dear Ms. Nicholas,
Perhaps I wasn’t the best choice to review your latest novel Everything You’ve Got. I’m married to a physician and have worked in and around the medical field for most of my adult life. Your heroine, twenty-seven (I think) year old Dr. Kat Dayton, struck me as unbelievably immature and the problems she faces in her medical practice seem to be in large part of her own making. For most of the book, she annoyed the hell out of me and I couldn’t see why your hero, the literally heroic Luke Hamilton, put up with her.
Kat and Luke have both grown up in the small town of Justice, Nebraska. Everything You’ve Got is the second book in the series Anything and Everything. I didn’t read the first book, Anything You Want, in which Luke and Kat are introduced, but that wasn’t a problem for me. Their back-story is clearly explained in Everything You’ve Got. Kat has been hung up on Luke for years but he spent most of that time stuck on the heroine of Anything You Want, Sabrina. Sabrina is now happily married to Luke’s best friend Marc and Luke has realized the woman he really loves is Kat. The two share a highly charged kiss involving handcuffs the night of Luke’s birthday party and immediately become a couple. As Luke says to Marc after he walks in on the two of them making out madly,
Kat’s never had a really serious relationship with any man although she’s had many a fling. Not only has she been crushing on Luke for years, Kat has serious intimacy issues. For years, Kat has kept the world at bay with her kick-ass attitude and her physical presentation.
Kat thinks maybe she could let Luke in, but then, something bad happens. As she’s admiring her new boyfriend’s butt at his surprise party, her phone rings. A patient Kat saw in clinic earlier in the day—he came in complaining of arm weakness and a headache after working in the yard—whom she then sent home has just had a massive stroke and is unconscious. Kat realizes she misdiagnosed him—his symptoms were those of someone who had a mild stroke. Kat begins to freak out. Had she realized that Tom, the patient, had a stroke, she would have sent him to the hospital for testing and treatment which then, possibly, might have prevented the huge stroke he subsequently had. Kat doesn’t tell Luke about the issue that night nor does she tell him about the discussion she has with the senior partner in her medical practice who, the next day, essentially forces her to take a leave of absence, and begins the process of forcing her to quit practicing in Justice.
In the meantime, Luke, who always has a plan, decides what he and Kat need to do to take their relationship to the “we’re getting married and having six babies” stage is to kidnap her and take her on a trip in an RV to Nashville—it’s a favor, in part, for Sabrina, a musician, who will be performing in Nashville and needs the RV there, but is pregnant and wants to fly rather than drive. So, Luke handcuffs Kat and off the two go—Kat with her secret career problems and intimacy issues, Luke with the conviction she’s perfect for him and everything’s going to be great.
This is a partial review. Please go to DearAuthor.com to read the rest of the piece.
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Perhaps I wasn’t the best choice to review your latest novel Everything You’ve Got. I’m married to a physician and have worked in and around the medical field for most of my adult life. Your heroine, twenty-seven (I think) year old Dr. Kat Dayton, struck me as unbelievably immature and the problems she faces in her medical practice seem to be in large part of her own making. For most of the book, she annoyed the hell out of me and I couldn’t see why your hero, the literally heroic Luke Hamilton, put up with her.
Kat and Luke have both grown up in the small town of Justice, Nebraska. Everything You’ve Got is the second book in the series Anything and Everything. I didn’t read the first book, Anything You Want, in which Luke and Kat are introduced, but that wasn’t a problem for me. Their back-story is clearly explained in Everything You’ve Got. Kat has been hung up on Luke for years but he spent most of that time stuck on the heroine of Anything You Want, Sabrina. Sabrina is now happily married to Luke’s best friend Marc and Luke has realized the woman he really loves is Kat. The two share a highly charged kiss involving handcuffs the night of Luke’s birthday party and immediately become a couple. As Luke says to Marc after he walks in on the two of them making out madly,
“And we’re both about to have a love life.”
“You’re getting a girlfriend?” Marc asked with a smirk.
“Yep. Terrific gal. You’ll love her,” Luke said.
“And Kat’s getting a boyfriend?”
“Guy who’s crazy about her.”
Marc chuckled and Kat rolled her eyes as she took Luke’s hand. “Let’s go. Dining room.” Luke sighed and followed her into what could only be his surprise birthday party.
Kat’s never had a really serious relationship with any man although she’s had many a fling. Not only has she been crushing on Luke for years, Kat has serious intimacy issues. For years, Kat has kept the world at bay with her kick-ass attitude and her physical presentation.
She knew that most people saw her as a tough, confident, no-bullshit kind of woman. And that was absolutely the image she worked to project. Most of the time it was easy and most of the time it made her feel that way. But there were days like this, when even the boots, the makeup, the piercings and body paint didn’t make her feel tough.
It had always fascinated her how outward appearance colored the way people perceived things. She’d chosen her battle armor back in junior high. She changed the color of her hair and the body jewelry and paint she used, but her general look was the same— don’t mess with me.
It had worked like a dream in junior high and high school to keep the mean girls away and the cocky boys at arm’s length. A guy had to really want to get close to make a move. She admired those that tried.
The look had followed her to college and even med school. She was very comfortable with it by then and liked seeing how people responded to her. Some avoided her, feeling intimidated, some labeled her a rebel, some a bad-ass slut.
Some found her intriguing, some figured she was just trying to be odd, still others assumed she was disturbed and felt sorry for her….
She was more than a little fascinated by the whole thing. She’d grown up in small-town Nebraska, so she knew she was an anomaly. After all, it was completely on purpose.
No one knew that behind closed doors she preferred baggy sweats, no makeup and that nothing was pierced or painted anywhere others couldn’t see it.
It was armor, a costume, a Spiderman suit for the Peter Parker that lurked inside her—awkward, unsure, and breakable.
Kat thinks maybe she could let Luke in, but then, something bad happens. As she’s admiring her new boyfriend’s butt at his surprise party, her phone rings. A patient Kat saw in clinic earlier in the day—he came in complaining of arm weakness and a headache after working in the yard—whom she then sent home has just had a massive stroke and is unconscious. Kat realizes she misdiagnosed him—his symptoms were those of someone who had a mild stroke. Kat begins to freak out. Had she realized that Tom, the patient, had a stroke, she would have sent him to the hospital for testing and treatment which then, possibly, might have prevented the huge stroke he subsequently had. Kat doesn’t tell Luke about the issue that night nor does she tell him about the discussion she has with the senior partner in her medical practice who, the next day, essentially forces her to take a leave of absence, and begins the process of forcing her to quit practicing in Justice.
In the meantime, Luke, who always has a plan, decides what he and Kat need to do to take their relationship to the “we’re getting married and having six babies” stage is to kidnap her and take her on a trip in an RV to Nashville—it’s a favor, in part, for Sabrina, a musician, who will be performing in Nashville and needs the RV there, but is pregnant and wants to fly rather than drive. So, Luke handcuffs Kat and off the two go—Kat with her secret career problems and intimacy issues, Luke with the conviction she’s perfect for him and everything’s going to be great.
This is a partial review. Please go to DearAuthor.com to read the rest of the piece.
http://dearauthor.com/book-reviews/ov...
February 22, 2025
The romance plot was fine, but (no spoilers) where it lost me was the professional woman facing professional problems. Less reality in my escapism, please. If you don’t have professional stress, this book may be for you. For me? *New fear unlocked*.
February 22, 2012
This is one of my favorite stories from Erin. She has a wonderful way of pulling you into her books that you can picture all the details as you are reading. I loved the relationship between Kat and Luke.
Kat has lived in her small town all her life with a dream of being the town’s doctor. She’s also kept a secret that she’s been in love with Luke for years. She has watched him drop everything whenever her best friend Sabrina calls and asks him for help, but never said anything about it. Now that Sabrina is married will she be able to make him realize she’s the right woman for him, or will her one mistake on the job cost her everything?
Luke knows what he wants in a woman and the main things are that she has to want to live in his home town and love it as much as he does. But after the feelings he had for Sabrina and not getting her will he be able to move on and trust his gut with someone else? He has always had feelings for Kat, but never knew what she felt for him. She has always showed a guy if she was interested in him, and if she didn’t give the signs they stayed away from her. Luke has never received these signs from her, but he has decided he doesn’t care because he’s going after her with everything he’s got.
He has agreed to drive the RV to Tennessee for Mark and Sabrina, and he is taking Kat with him if he has to handcuff her to something inside it. Well, Kat puts up a fight, so it turns out that’s the only way she’s going with him. Her career is on the line and as much as she loves Luke, she doesn’t have the time to worry about her feelings if she may not have a job to stay in town for. She knows if things don’t work out she will leave and there’s no way Luke will go with her. Can she trust that love is strong enough to help Luke decide he is willing to give up his dreams of living the rest of his life in their home town or will she lose what she finally has after all these years?
Kat has lived in her small town all her life with a dream of being the town’s doctor. She’s also kept a secret that she’s been in love with Luke for years. She has watched him drop everything whenever her best friend Sabrina calls and asks him for help, but never said anything about it. Now that Sabrina is married will she be able to make him realize she’s the right woman for him, or will her one mistake on the job cost her everything?
Luke knows what he wants in a woman and the main things are that she has to want to live in his home town and love it as much as he does. But after the feelings he had for Sabrina and not getting her will he be able to move on and trust his gut with someone else? He has always had feelings for Kat, but never knew what she felt for him. She has always showed a guy if she was interested in him, and if she didn’t give the signs they stayed away from her. Luke has never received these signs from her, but he has decided he doesn’t care because he’s going after her with everything he’s got.
He has agreed to drive the RV to Tennessee for Mark and Sabrina, and he is taking Kat with him if he has to handcuff her to something inside it. Well, Kat puts up a fight, so it turns out that’s the only way she’s going with him. Her career is on the line and as much as she loves Luke, she doesn’t have the time to worry about her feelings if she may not have a job to stay in town for. She knows if things don’t work out she will leave and there’s no way Luke will go with her. Can she trust that love is strong enough to help Luke decide he is willing to give up his dreams of living the rest of his life in their home town or will she lose what she finally has after all these years?
March 27, 2012
Oh Luke and Kat...I've been waiting for you. I horked down the companion book to this one, and here's my review if you care: Anything You Want. GOD, I just loved the characters. I felt really bad for Luke. Not bad enough to have Marc screw up the AWESOME thing he had with Sabrina...but bad. Because obviously he's a great guy. And I hate how the world perpetuates that nice guys finish last.
Okay, so I love a bad boy. I DOOOOOOOOOO. But man, someone like Luke? He deserves his happily ever after and Kat was perfect for him. I'm so glad he had to fight for it though. Luke's been the golden boy of their small town for far too long. So long, that he's forgotten how to really have to work for something. And believe me, Kat requires some work!!
She's a great character. I have to admit I wanted to swipe her upside the head a few times because she wouldn't confide in Luke, but when she did. Whoa boy. Talk about a wild ride of awesome, and conflict and the best kind of love. In the end, I got my HEA and the character growth made me sit there and cheer. (And possibly a booty dance. Just sayin'.)
Thanks so much, Mz. Nicholas, for letting these guys have such a perfectly perfect happy ending.
I can't wait to see what else you have up your sleeve.
Okay, so I love a bad boy. I DOOOOOOOOOO. But man, someone like Luke? He deserves his happily ever after and Kat was perfect for him. I'm so glad he had to fight for it though. Luke's been the golden boy of their small town for far too long. So long, that he's forgotten how to really have to work for something. And believe me, Kat requires some work!!
She's a great character. I have to admit I wanted to swipe her upside the head a few times because she wouldn't confide in Luke, but when she did. Whoa boy. Talk about a wild ride of awesome, and conflict and the best kind of love. In the end, I got my HEA and the character growth made me sit there and cheer. (And possibly a booty dance. Just sayin'.)
Thanks so much, Mz. Nicholas, for letting these guys have such a perfectly perfect happy ending.
I can't wait to see what else you have up your sleeve.
March 20, 2012
I was so excited about this book. I was captivated by Luke and Kat in Anything You Want and could not wait for Erin Nicholas to write this book. It DID NOT disappoint!!
Going into this book I thought Kat was a tough girl who never sweated the small stuff. She was a great actress. Behind that tough girl exterior was the real Kat.
I wasn't quite sure what to think of Luke going into this story. Even though I was captivated by him, I really wasn't his biggest fan. I wondered how Erin Nicholas would make me love him, and she did. Luke is a driven man who strives to be everyone's hero; A fixer.
Luke has high hopes for a future with Kat. Kat isn't so sure that Luke will want that future if he knows the "real" Kat. A road trip and then nearly two months apart makes Kat realize that some things are just meant to be. But Luke already knew that.
I love the writing style of Erin Nicholas. This book, as well as her others, have "real" people. You can imagine yourself hanging out with her characters. Laughing and stressing about all the same things.
I highly recommend this book. I also highly recommend reading Anything You Want first.
Going into this book I thought Kat was a tough girl who never sweated the small stuff. She was a great actress. Behind that tough girl exterior was the real Kat.
I wasn't quite sure what to think of Luke going into this story. Even though I was captivated by him, I really wasn't his biggest fan. I wondered how Erin Nicholas would make me love him, and she did. Luke is a driven man who strives to be everyone's hero; A fixer.
Luke has high hopes for a future with Kat. Kat isn't so sure that Luke will want that future if he knows the "real" Kat. A road trip and then nearly two months apart makes Kat realize that some things are just meant to be. But Luke already knew that.
I love the writing style of Erin Nicholas. This book, as well as her others, have "real" people. You can imagine yourself hanging out with her characters. Laughing and stressing about all the same things.
I highly recommend this book. I also highly recommend reading Anything You Want first.
April 20, 2013
Since the first book was a dnf for me, I decided to give the second in the series a chance. I liked Kat but wasn't much impressed with Luke. He just seemed too good to be true than normal in contemporary romance novels like these. Enjoyed their story though.
April 6, 2012
I liked this one - I wish Kat would have been more honest with Luke upfront and stop assuming that he wanted the "perfect" Kat. But once they got together, it was a really nice romance.
April 30, 2012
This was really closer to a 3.5 star.
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August 6, 2012
3.5 stars
May 9, 2013
I'm so sad the book is finished!! loved both books & will miss both arts of characters.
May 26, 2013
Disappointing.
May 29, 2013
Enjoyed, will continue to read her books
June 30, 2014
Did not finish!!
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