Mitch has been a respectful friend for over 15+ years to Ella & Andrew. He was best friends with her former ex & knows the situation needs a delicate touch. However, as the author states, " You can't show a man heaven & then shut the door in his face. " When their world collides, friendships will be tested & old loves will attempt to destroy. Yet what they are building together is real. I love the blended family. The sexual chemistry is hot. However, most important is the mutual friendship, trust & respect they share. Secrets are revealed , but love finds a way to forgive & build. This was a great beginning to a new series. I can't wait for the next book. Come in & enjoy. Mitch has been a respectful friend for over 15+ years to Ella & Andrew. He was best friends with her former ex & knows the situation needs a delicate touch. However, as the author states, " You can't show a man heaven & then shut the door in his face. " When their world collides friendships will be tested & old loves will attempt to destroy. Yet what they are building together is real. I love the blended family. The sexual chemistry is hot. However most important is the mutual friendship, trust & respect they shared. Secrets are revealed but love finds a way to forgive & build. This was a great beginning to a new series. I can't wait for the next book. Come in & enjoy.
Lord, this book will test your Jesus for real... When best friends love the same person, one marries her and treat her like yesterday's garbage and the other has her back in every way possible, knowing his best friend is trash and doesn't deserve her... I love Mitch in this book.... This man knows how to love a women wholeheartedly mind, body, and soul.... Ella let Andrew tear her down, has her doubting herself worth and trampled over her confidence..... it takes Mitchell to show her and tell her she is worthy of love especially his love..... Tiya Rayne, Boo, you did awesome as always!!!! Thank you for sharing your gift friend!!!! It is 5 plus stars reading material!!!! It drew me in from the first chapter to the end!!!! Yes I was ready to beat some $%^ and shoot up a couple of people..Mitchell's ex wife and her boyfriend, as well as Andrew, Ella's so called husband.... okay yall go buy the book and read it for yourself.
…a quarter into the book, I knew this wasnt it for me. The low self esteem of the leading female character El, mixed with her arrogant ex husband and the slow burn ridiculous relationship with her ex husband’s friend/neighbor/godfather of her kids, whom she’s smitten with…EH EH. Then to find out the ex husband warned his friend to stay away from her and accused his best friend of knowing he cheated and kept it from her. I cant read anymore. I love Tiya’s series with the Hawk, the twins and the church. I’ll stick with that.
first time reading this author but certainly not the last.
mitch is my kinda hero. and there is just something heart-warming when a man loves kids who aren’t his own. i also liked ella for the most part although she did annoy me when she didn’t step up like i (and mitch) needed her to, but she did come through in the end and i guess that fit with her character.
i’m glad i took a chance on this. it was just a good, solid read that i enjoyed. and mitch and ella worked really well together as a couple. look forward to reading more 🖤
THIS WAS SO GOOD 😭 Just what I needed out a romance! The book was so damn buzzy like wtf! Kicking my feet giggling like CRAZY! The chemistry between these two main characters just leapt off the page, the ending was perfection as well like omg this was such a great readdd!!! I couldn’t put it down and this is coming from someone who was in a month and half long book slump! I didn’t want this to be overrrr 🥺 I’m so glad this is potentially an interconnected series !
Love Tiya Rayne, I appreciate how her mind comes up with unique stories. I saw this book and thought love story, great. I enjoyed the premise of the book but the pacing was very, very slow. The beginning definitely grabbed me but then I got bored. I found myself skimming pages. Now, I am a HUGE fan of her book Where Love Is Found!! Such a great book, pacing is there and it really kept my interest. I appreciated the friendships here but no character development. Ella wasn’t very interesting to me and I feel this just needed better editing. Again, I am a fan but this book didn’t keep my interest.
I love everything Tiya writes, but this didn’t do it for me. I’m used to Tiya’s FMC’s being strong willed and take charge. This one cried every 20 pages. I’m not saying her tears weren’t valid, but girl, stand up. The ending was rushed. There should have been a little more conversation. The best part of the book was the friend group and the mom. They were hilarious and so supportive.
Had a lot of potential, but ended up being just meh. You'll probably like it more if you don't mind a bit of insta-love/lust (at least on the heroine's part).
Mitch is that guy! He was so thoughtful, loving and supportive to Ella. This book was so good that I stayed up late at night to finish it. The author did a great job putting Ella’s emotions and feelings on the pages. Mitch was damn near perfect. He was so good at making sure Ella wasn’t feeling insecure about herself or her body. I also loved that the author made the FMC gravel. In most romance books it’s the men who have to gravel at the woman’s feet even when they don’t deserve it. Mitch knew his worth and wasn’t going to settle for less than he deserved. I’m a sucker for a forbidden romance trope and this was done so well. I look forward to reading more of this author’s work.
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Miss Tiya Rayne does it again!! I loved this book from beginning to end. Mitchell and Ella had me all in my feelings. That man loved him some Ella. I was like we all need a Mitchell. Someone who stands by you through thick and thin and brings only the best out in you. Who sees your dreams as his. Tiya Rayne wrote one hell of a man in Mitchell. Another thing that I really enjoyed about this book was Ella's journey to find herself again.So much of what Ella said and felt about her divorce and herself both before and after resonated with me. I felt a lot of the things she felt about finding herself and that balance of kids and a new romance. I smiled at the end of this book. The end was great and I hope we get to read more of Mitchell and Ella and find out if her girls will also be seen as the Queens they are.
Love love loveeee!! I thought this would’ve been a corny predictable read but Ella and Mitch were the perfect couple.
Tiya Rayne really did her big one with this book because sometimes you really need that wakeup call to realise that after heartbreak comes your greatest love. I cannot wait for the other stories in the series.
All of Me is a masterpiece! Tiya Rayne has written an amazing book about divorce and what comes after. Ella is such a great FMC she’s a sweetheart that is always focused on everyone else and they’re feelings and making sure everyone else is happy that she forgot about herself along the way and seeing her journey is so special. I love that. She has a wonderful group of friends and a great family system to help her through such a trying time. Mitch is an absolute amazing MMC he checks off all the boxes. He’s sweet, caring, understanding, he’s also manly, but not in a disgusting macho way. He’s a great father and he just wants Ella to know how amazing she is. I have to say that Andrew is literally one of the most disgusting characters that I have ever read from his first mention I absolutely hated his guts. Tiya wrote this disgusting man so well and also Valerie another absolute disgusting character. You know a book is great when the antagonists are just so bad that they’re good. This book has everything that I enjoy about reading in it and is an absolute must read.
Ms Rayne never fails me. I loved the book. I wished that they could have been together when they were younger. But it was enduring to see how he remained her friend through it all. I wished the Mitch would have realized Drew stop being a friend the day he approached Ella in High School. How can you hear about your BFF crushing hard on someone and turn around and instantly approach her?!?! But like Devon said thats some White ppl stuff lol!
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I'm used to the fantasy and organized crime thrillers from Tiya but this book proves that she is one of the best authors out there, 10 toes! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This was a good read. Emotional, trying and frustrating all in one. The FMC , El found her inner strength but so frustrating to see her inner struggle with her insecure mental state of mind that her Ex-husband left her right.. However Mitch never left her side as a friend and whike staying and hiding his love for her in the shadows, he helped El find and build her independence and slowly that pull came together for them.
Every woman needs a tribe and a bestie that is there through all that life throws at you. Mitch was that bestie for Ella with the added bonus of being in love with her. Andrew and Val were the absolute worst!! AJ, Cam and Jacob are real darlings, despite having to watch their parents' marriages end.
Ella had a journey of self discovery and learning how to movie herself and put her need first. Some of us learn this lesson late and some don't learn it at all. But she had a tribe of women that were like sisters pouring into her.
Mitch was always looking out for his son and Ella's two boys and wanting the best for them. Mitch also taught a valuable lesson to everyone - men have feelings too.
This was an awesome book and I recommend it for everyone!!!
A couple and a bestie that have been friends for over fifteen years. One major problem Mitchell the bestie has always loved Ella, unbeknownst to her. When that window of opportunity opens because of a no good husband he lets her know in the small things that he does for her that he is the one! Great storytelling, lots of drama, and lots of friends and family that’s there to help them mend.
Any book by Tiya Rayne is a winner 🏆 for me. All of Me had me all in my feelings. From the beginning, at the birthday celebration to the end. Mitchell just stole my heart and also Ella's. The ladies in the book club were hilarious and an awesome support system. Mitch was Ella's everything! 👌🏾
This style wss so good. I rated it a five because we Give and give trying to work at making things work and still get nothing in return. I was so glad Things turned out the way they did having a support group like book friends and parents made a Big difference. I really enjoyed it. Thanks Tiya!!!!
Tiya Rayne is so stinking gifted at telling a story! I loved every page and had never guzzled a book on release day before until this one. 😆 I'd spoil it to list all the amazing moments in Mitch and Ella's story, but there were PLENTY. I laughed, cried and at one super special moment literally clutched my pearls. 🥰 I get nervous with slower burn romances because sometimes it feels like an author is just throwing up obstacles to stall progress, but that wasn't the case here. I didn't get frustrated wondering when Mitch and Ella were going to happen and there weren't any emotionally unsatisfying loose ends left to linger. This book reminded me of the enjoyment of reading Chayton so rest assured Tiya Rayne has done it again. 👏👏
The transition from friends to lovers in this book is absolute perfection. The chemistry is top-tier, mostly because it's built on years of genuine trust. Mitch is honestly the ultimate book boyfriend—patient, fiercely loyal, and so quietly devoted. It truly took me through all of my emotions. Can’t wait for the other ladies to find their forever.
I’ve always enjoyed this author’s work. This new series is a beautiful journey and the kick off was perfect. Ella had to grow and Mitch was patient. Her community of women made me smile. I enjoyed how non traditional this story was. I can’t wait to see who’s next from the Wino Club 😂
This was a great friends-to-lovers romance that was plenty spicy as it was sweet! Loved all the characters except for one 🤬 (see for yourself) and can't wait for the next book in the series.
Every woman needs a best friend like Mitch. He is every woman fantasy man and the some. Ella and Mitch both suffered in a loveless marriage but love came knocking at the door.
This was a very emotional book for me! So glad Ella and Mitch got to together! Andrew was an ass! Her mama was a bad ass! Lol! Can't wait for the next book!