All Your Loving

Bachelors & Bridesmaids #3

by Barbara Freethy

From #1 NYT Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes Bachelors & Bridesmaids, a fun, romantic series about a group of female friends who start out as bridesmaids but end up falling in love!

With the purchase of her third bridesmaid's dress in a year, Julie Michaels is beginning to wonder when she'll find her Mr. Right but so far everyone she meets is Mr. Wrong.

In between planning bridal showers and bachelorette parties, Julie needs to find a celebrity for her charity's fundraising cook off! Matt Kingsley, the ace hitter for the San Francisco Cougars would be perfect. He's rich, sexy and single... If only she didn't have a good reason to hate professional baseball players. Julie is determined to keep Matt at arm's length, but Matt has never backed away from a challenge. And the beautiful woman who hates him makes him want to do just about anything to change her mind.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Chick Lit, Sports, Novella, Sports Romance

192 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 15, 2014

About the author

Barbara's love of writing developed out of a love of reading. Growing up in an all-boy neighborhood, she spent quite a bit of time reading through her mother's large library, many of which were romantic novels. After graduating from the University of California at Santa Barbara, she went into Public Relations, but soon discovered that writing was her true passion.

Barbara was traditionally published for many years, then formed her own publishing company FOG CITY PUBLISHING in 2011 and has since sold over 10 million books! She has published 75 novels ranging from mystery thrillers to romantic suspense and contemporary romance.

Her book SUMMER SECRETS was a #1 New York Times bestseller! And twenty-five other novels have also appeared on the New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Lists. She is currently writing two ongoing series, a contemporary romance series set in Whisper Lake and a romantic suspense series: Off The Grid: FBI Series. She is also known for her bestselling Callaway Family Series, which offers up fourteen books and two novellas.

When Barbara isn't writing or publishing, which isn't very often these days, she is playing tennis, hanging out with friends and family in beautiful Lake Tahoe or reading books!

For a complete list of her books, visit her website!

Reviews

[Marisela M. Chavez · Rating 5 out of 5]

The story between Julie and Matt was absolutely adorable. I enjoyed this story so much. ❤

[Linds · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

[Patti Lucas · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved All Your Loving; it is an incredible enemy to lovers love story. It is the third book in the Bachelors and Bridesmaids series. Each book in the series keeps getting better and better, but I think that All Your Loving is my favorite story in the series so far. I love that they series is based on the lives of eight women who met in their college freshman dorm, became best friends, and promised to be bridesmaids in one another’s weddings. Barbara Freethy has once again shown that she is an amazing storyteller. All Your Loving did not disappoint, I could not put it down and I loved every page. I really enjoy how the book is told from the perspective of the main characters. I love getting the insight and feelings from the different characters. All Your Loving is a second chance at first love story and is filled with heartbreaking and heartwarming moments. I love the lighter moments where I find myself smiling and laughing out loud and the bittersweet moments that cause me to sigh, say aww to myself with tears filling my eyes. All Your Loving is filled with such moments, and with so much emotion. It is filled with all those things that we have come to love and expect in a love story, especially the poignant and bittersweet moments that filled this page turner. All Your Loving is the story of Matt Kingsley, superstar shortstop for the San Francisco baseball team and Julie Michaels, who works California Children’s Foundation, a non-profit supporting afterschool programs for underprivileged children, children with food insecurities, and homelessness. Julie needs to find a replacement for their celebrity chef fundraiser. Matt Kingsley was suggested, Julie called the appropriate contacts and no one has responded. She takes matters into her own hands and heads to the ball park. While waiting at the players exit, she sees Matt getting into his car. Matt thinks Julie is a groupie, and kisses her, but does not agree to be in the celebrity cook off. Matt changes his mind and heads to the foundation offices in search of Julie. Julie is not a fan of baseball players, since her father Jack played for the same team that Matt, but was not a perfect husband or father. As they spend time together getting Matt ready for the cook off, things change between them. Julie lets her walls crumble and allows herself to fall for Matt, a baseball player. I love that they were both so vulnerable and that Julie changed because of Matt’s love. I loved that All Your Loving is a more than just a romance, there are dilemmas that both Julie and Matt are facing that need to be resolved. I love that there were multiple storylines: Julie’s relationship with her father, Julie’s dealing with Matt’s career, but most importantly Julie and Matt’s story. I love Julie’s heart to heart conversation with her father regarding that was made possible by her mother revealing truths about what happened in the past. I love how Matt tells Julie that he is not her father, and that she shouldn’t judge him because of her father’s sins. I love how all the storylines get so beautifully resolved. I love all the descriptions of the California area setting that Barbara Freethy detailed. All Your Loving is filled with the poignant and bittersweet moments in the story as well as the plot twists, that I have come to love and expect in Barbara Freethy's stories. I love the cast of characters in All Your Loving and I am looking forward to reading the other books in the series. Who doesn’t love family and friends that always have each other’s backs? Reading All Your Loving felt like a family reunion, because the reader was able to catch up with the other characters in the series. I thoroughly enjoyed All Your Loving, who doesn’t love a enemies to lovers love story. Highly recommend this wonderfully written story. 

[Anne Blyth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Julie hates baseball after her father left her mother years before so when she is asked to approach Matt Kingsley, star player for the Cougars she would rather be anywhere else. After a somewhat tricky start she convinces Matt to do a charity cooking show to raise money for her organisation. Matt can't cook so while she is trying to teach him she gets to know the man behind the celebrity and finds herself falling For him. Matt can't believe he's found someone who isn't in awe of his celebrity status and finds her completely adorable and wants more than a fling.

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Julie needs a celebrity chef for her cook off for charity. Matt Kingsley would be perfect, but he’s a baseball player and she just can’t get past that. She’s been hurt so badly in the past. Can he overcome her prejudice and win her heart? Julie is one of the seven college friends with a pact to be each other’s bridesmaids. This is her story and her chance at love. A really nice feel good series.

[Mary Shreffler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Julie does not like ballplayers but needs Matt's help for the fundraiser. Matt tries to tell Julie he and all ballplayers are not her father. Also Matt gets Julie to admit she needs to let her father back into her life. There are 2 sides to the divorce. Finally Julie calls her father and begins to heal!!

[Sally Marquardt · Rating 5 out of 5]

All Your Loving

This is a wonderful book about a woman who was deeply hurt and damaged by her baseball playing dad’s divorce from her mom and his seemingly indifference. Then she met an amazing baseball player who changed her mind and her life.

[Nancy Skillin · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.75 stars

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok. Will read the next

[Judith Levis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book !

[Marianne Potter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Baseball

The positive about this series is the reader knows the ending, but there are twists and turns that makes it worth reading. A theme is a person is not his/her job.

[Pam Avant · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book

Loved the whole book couldn't put it down.can't wait to read the next book in the series.very good author loved her style of writing

[Lauren · Rating 2 out of 5]

“____ said dryly” count: 8

[Janine · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short sweet read.

[Sjoe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute read.

[Meg · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really am enjoying this series. The romantic in me is loving the characters and the stories. I can’t wait to read the next one in the series.

[Kim Beck · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is number 3 in the series and each book gets better then the last. This is Julie Michaels story and she has a huge hang up about baseball players, well the sport in general. So when she is tasked with winning over Matt Kingsley to get him to participate in a charity function she has to try and get past it. Can Matt get past the walls and make her see that not all baseball players are like her father or is he fighting a losing battle. This book brings you the emotion of a lady hurt by her father, a mother making a choice that just enforces that and a one man willing to take a chance. This book is my favorite of the series so far. I like how the author doesn't make any of her females lead just give in to the male characters they have to earn it. This one made me tear up a little because seeing Julie going through that envelope is hard but it helps her make a decision she wouldn't have otherwise. It's a very good book that just makes you ready to read more. Can't wait for book #4. If you haven't read any of this series its definitely a series that you should pick up.

[Mindy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this story. If you have read the other 2 this is a must read. If you haven't read any of the others in this series this one is sure to get you hooked and you will have to go and find out about the other friends and their relationships. I think I found my new book boyfriend in this one. We all have hangups in real life and its nice to see a character in a book that has some real ones that people can relate to. I didn't want the book to end.

[Lorie · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great story of love and forgiveness!! This is the 3rd book in a series and each story gets better. Julie is so tied to her hurtful past with her broken family that it makes it hard for her to have a future. When she is faced with a part of her past that she'd rather not visit she makes it hard to move on in her life but sexy MLB star breaks down all her barriers that allows her to forgive and have the future she deserves.

[Julie Post · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was good until the end.

This was a pg romance which was a nice change. The story was moving at a nice pace then came to an abrupt ending. Her father and Matt resolved itself in like 2 seconds. The way the issues were resolved felt unrealistic and rushed so the wedding ruined a good story for me.

[Norma E. Scarborough · Rating 5 out of 5]

Julie took the hit of divorce with her Mom,

Julie's experience hurting from the effects of her parents divorce reminds me of what my daughter went through because of how I reacted when her Dad and I divorced. I really enjoyed the ending.

[Cindy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Matt and Julie

This is a story about a baseball player who meets a woman who doesn't like baseball players due to her dad leaving her and her mom.

[Rosemary Terryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

Barbara is one of my favorite author's. Her books are so great that you feel like your are experiencing what the characters are experiencing.

[Kate · Rating 2 out of 5]

I did 't dislike this book it is more that I loved the book I read before it and this one felt flat in comparison. I didn't really feel for the heroine, she was just being a bit OTT.

[Rachael Ruddick · Rating 2 out of 5]

I did 't dislike this book it is more that I loved the book I read before it and this one felt flat in comparison. I didn't really feel for the heroine, she was just being a bit OTT.

[Lisa · Rating 2 out of 5]

A plane/beach book

A quick easy to read predictable romance
Same format as previous two in the series don't think I can actually cope with another 4 of these (1 book for each bridesmaid !!!)

[Michele · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 and 1/2 stars really. Another quick holiday read. Good story and likeable characters.

[Laurel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love Barbara Freethy books. Good romances