All A Man Can Be

Trouble In Eden #3

by Virginia Kantra

Leaving the Losers in Your Life

That was Nicole Reed's goal. And then he opened the door. Long, lean, gorgeous and definitely rough around the edges, Mark DeLucca was everything Nicole longed for - and everything she'd come to Eden to avoid.

Then she started hearing the rumors about Mark. And stumbled across his secret. Seems that Mark had just inherited a son he'd never known about. Now the ex-military man was fumbling with being a daddy and turning to Nicole for help both day and night. But was this newfound need something Nicole could believe was just for her?

Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romance, Harlequin, Romantic Suspense

248 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published March 25, 2003

About the author

New York Times bestselling author Virginia Kantra is the author of thirty books of women's fiction, contemporary romance, paranormal romance, and romantic suspense.

Kindred spirits and Anne of Green Gables fans, look for Anne of a Different Island , coming January 20, 2026.

Her latest release, The Fairytale Life of Dorothy Gale , a contemporary reimagining inspired by Dorothy's adventures in Oz, follows Kansas graduate student Dee Gale as she flees personal heartbreak and public humiliation to enroll in the writing program at Trinity College Dublin (the Emerald Isle!).

Meg and Jo , a contemporary novel inspired by the classic story Little Women, received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist and was a People Magazine pick.

Beth and Amy (May 25, 2021) "continues her delightful 21st-century retelling of Little Women...Kantra’s compulsively readable update will attract a whole new group of readers, as well as satisfy Alcott devotees."—Publishers Weekly

Her stories have earned numerous awards including two Romance Writers of America's RITA (R) Awards, ten RITA nominations, and two National Readers' Choice Awards.

Carolina Dreaming, the fifth book in her Dare Island series , won the 2017 RITA (R) Award for Best Contemporary Romance - Midlength and was named one of BookPage's Top Ten Romance Novels of 2016. Her work includes the popular Children of the Sea series and, in e-book format, The MacNeills stories.
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Reviews

[Deb Diem · Rating 3 out of 5]

All A Man Can Be by Virginia Kantra is a fabulous romantic suspense. Ms. Kantra has given readers a well-written book. The characters are outstanding and make this book fun to read. Nicole arrives in town as the new owner of the Blue Moon. Mark is the manager and was hoping to buy the Blue Moon but it was snapped up before he could get his plan together. Throw in a son Mark didn't know he had and the story just gets better. Mark and Nicole's story is loaded with drama, action, humor, spice and suspense. I enjoyed reading All A Man Can Be and look forward to reading more from Virginia Kantra in the future. All A Man Can Be is book 3 of the Trouble In Eden Series but can be read as a standalone. This is a complete book, not a cliff-hanger.

I read a print copy of this book.

[Susannah Carleton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book with interesting and engaging characters who don't trust easily, but for different reasons. Working through their problems isn't easy, for either of them, but when they do, they realize they are perfect for each other.

[Caro · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was pretty good. Good characters with strength, emotions, a little drama and a good, sweet HEA. This would be good for something to read. An anytime passing-time kinda book.

[Rhyse · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bruh (◐∇◐*)

[Kathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

2 lost souls - both tough childhoods, and both with failed relationships - both damaged.

In Eden - Tess's brother Mark is bartender/manager... and Nicole leaves Chicago and her parents with the money dumped on her by her exboyfriend when he sold the .com business to buy and run the bar.

And though Mark seems to be everything her books warn her against, Tess can't deny her attraction to him, or his vulnerability...

And though Tess is his boss, and is changing things, Mark can't deny his attraction to her, or her vulnerability...

And when he discovers a 6 year old son he didn't know of... and he realixes he has no interest on moving on...

What else but marriage and happily ever after.

[Sabrina Jeffries · Rating 5 out of 5]

More lush heroes from Kantra. Eden is a small town outside of Chicago. The heroes of the first two books are Polish brothers who are cops. One has just become the police chief of Eden, and the second is bound and determined not to marry…until he meets the right girl, of course. You meet the third hero in the first book when he's suspected of murder by the police chief who falls for his sister. Of course, he isn't guilty--except of being criminally sexy! If you want more of a blurb about them, just go to Virginia Kantra's site. The books were so good that I read them at Disneyworld while waiting for rides. I couldn't bear to stop!

[Hilly · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.75 stars. Rounded down because of the squick-factor of having the heroine be just like the hero's young love. I hate 'types', and if I want to be appalled, I'll go watch "Vertigo".

[Lizzie · Rating 2 out of 5]

OK, I guess. Nicole did not seem particularly fleshed out, and the kid had plot-moppet written all over him.