Sometimes the safest distance between two hearts is no distance at all.Kidnapping a baby wasn’t something Hope ever dreamed she would do. But she’s been burned by the legal system before, so when the court places her friend’s child into the custody of an abuser, she takes matters into her own hands. She steals the baby and fakes her death, hoping to make a clean getaway. She planned every … She planned every detail, except one.
Her high school sweetheart and best friend, who left her years before, sees her at a gas station. Hope thinks all is lost, until he offers to help them.
Brennan had always been the love of Hope’s life, but he never wanted to be. She knows she cannot depend on him for long. However, as each day passes, it becomes painfully obvious that she is in way over her head. She goes with him, intending to keep him always an arm’s length away to protect her heart. But being on the run together sparks the old flames that once burned between Brennan and Hope.
Families, friends, and lovers must band together to save an innocent baby and a daring woman or both of their lives will be destroyed.
Together, they’ll do it All for Hope…more
Hope helps counsel drug addicts, prostitutes, and anyone else that needs help. When her friend goes to jail for manslaughter, she asks Hope to keep her baby safe. She doesn’t want her parents to have her so Hope kidnaps and fakes her and the baby’s death and goes on the run. Brennan has been friends with Hope for years, at one time best friends but he let his wild ways destroy that friendship. When he finds out she’s alive and running, he goes after her. He catches up with her and they go to a place that was left to him by his mother. There he finds family he never knew about and love that he never thought he wanted.
Excellent story. First time reading this author and I really enjoyed it. There was suspense, romance, and friends to lovers. It will keep you on the edge of your seat and give you a little laugh too.
This is the first book I’ve read by her and it was good. Hope seem to have cared for Mark and Brennan. It does show that you can have male friends whose friendship can stand the test of time.
I really thought Kay was going to turn Hope in.
The book told of Hope communicating with Mark, but not Bren talking with his partner and their friend Jim. It seems as though Bren’s life took a back seat.
All in all it was an okay read.
ALL for HOPE is an entertaining easy-to- read book. A young woman who promised to save the baby of a prostitute whom she had befriended defied the law. She kidnapped the baby from the clutches of the woman’s predator father. As the law hounded her, she had to fake her death and flee. During those fateful months of hiding from the long arm of the law, she found true love, a family and finally freedom.
A great book for lovers of romance.
2.5 bumped to 3. Hmm, not quite sure how to write this review. I had high hopes for this book. Sadly, it didn’t quite pan out as I had hoped. It was interesting enough in the beginning. It jumped around a lot, but I could still follow it well enough. It was actually pretty engaging for the first half. Then it started to get redundant. The author didn’t really give these characters much depth. Things fell very easily into place and for what’s going on, there really wasn’t much drama or conflict. I have the second and third book in the Rawley series, but it will probably be a while before I continue the reading them. All for Hope wasn’t bad, it just fell a little flat for me.
I could have done with a little less of the sex scenes.
Not the best book in the world but an enjoyable read
I found this book original in its content and well written. We would all be so lucky to be Hope.
This story has plenty of surprises along the way with engaging characters and an engaging story. Although I found a few implausible points that would change the direction, I was cheering for Hope all along the way. The romance was sweet and simmering throughout with a cast of supporting characters that added richly to the depth. It was an enjoyable, easy read.