Evie Brooks is trapped in a relationship she can’t seem to escape. Her secrets go beyond the black eyes and the breaking heart. She’s dropped out of college, forced to quit her job and avoiding the questions her friends and family so desperately want answers to.And then her childhood crush shows up in town.Rugged, and not so innocent anymore, she’s reminded of that boy from her past and realizes … past and realizes he’s not the same. There’s a newfound darkness about him she can’t place.
Grayson Gomez is hiding more than his unexpected return home. Trained to fight for his country, he has to battle harder to hide his despair when he finds the girl he left behind in the arms of another.
With his world crashing around him, he’s holding on to a memory of the girl he used to know. As he questions what’s really going on with Evie’s boyfriend, Grayson makes a horrifying discovery.
When her life is threatened, and his past catches up with him, Grayson will stop at nothing to protect her.
Even if it means putting his own life on the line for her.
Due to mature content and themes this book is recommended to readers aged eighteen and over. Please read authors note for trigger warnings. This is a full-length novel, 140,000 words, with no cliffhanger.
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Emotions were all over the place! Grayson and Evie will have you by the first chapter. Shey Stahl brought the heat with this book. But, she also included the sweet and the sour. Grayson and Evie both have ghosts present and past. At times I had to walk away and take a breath. I was so absorbed in this story I felt like I was fighting with them for the love they both deserved. Grab a box of tissue and a glass of wine or vodka for this emotionally charged book. Shey does not disappoint AT ALL!!!
I read the original version of All I have left back in 2014 and fell in love with Grayson and Evie and their amazing story. Well Shey, you have taken that amazing story and made it EPIC!!!!! I fell in love with them all over again! Every time I read one of your books I think you’ve outdone yourself, until I read the next book you’ve written and find out you’ve one upped yourself again. You absolutely slayed me with this story and this re-write took it to an entire new level. You have this incredible knack for gutting me, making me ugly cry one second and then giggling the next (thank you Frankie & Ethan lol). Beautiful book Shey. Thank you for giving us more of these incredible characters. Loved it!!!
This book pulled at my heartstrings so much, it was one that was hard to read at times, it hit a little too close to home at times. I related to evie and her trauma, I love evie and Greyson together. I hadn’t read the first version of this book, but this was an amazing story and wonderfully written. Would definitely recommend if you’re looking for something to suck you in a escape for a few days!
Such a great read! Definitely keeps you on the edge of your seat and shows a love many of us wish to one day have! Will certainly be reading this again!
This story is heartbreaking beautiful. From the very first page I was sucked into the characters lives. Every person in the book has such a presence you couldn’t help but love or hate them fully. The emotions are so raw and intense that they left me laughing out loud, sighing or sobbing. You just feel their pain and their love like nothing else. Evie and Grayson are a beautiful couple who fight through so much both separately and together and survive so much trauma that you are just rooting for them from the very start. I will definitely be reading this many more times. It is simply beautiful.
Oh my gosh my heart! This book broke me, broke my heart and then stitched me back together again. And the ending! Absolutely amazing. There is a tragic event in this story that really spoke to me and hit close to home and the author dealt with this in such a sensitive way and clearly researched TBI. A simply stunning read.
THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ!! Shey you did it again! Thank you for making laugh and cry!! This books is seriously some of her BEST WORK!
I love this author writing style.
There’s nothing shey stahl can’t write.
Each book you read is equally different.
All I have left was no different. Shey takes you on one emotional ride through this entire book.
Evie and greyson have been friends since they were young.
They decided to take their friendship to the next level. Only greyson never told Evie he was going to leave.
This was sheys best yet.
Please note when reading this book it may cause some triggers. Please have tissue ready when reading all I have left. your going to need them.
Can’t wait to read what shey writes next.
I highly recommend
Great read from the amazingly talented shey. Grayson and Evie will take you on a roller Coaster of feels. Grab the tissues, set aside a day and get reading. Once started you won’t stop.
Shey Stahl has done it again. I can always count on this author to give me such an emotional read. Grab a box of tissues and be ready to not put this book down.
This is a story about life long friends, Greyson & Evie. They fell in love as kids but life always has other plans. It’s a beautifully written story about true love, but it is not always an easy read. It addresses the incredibly difficult subjects of domestic violence and PTSD. The author does a great job balancing these subjects with love and laughter. Definitely a must read.
Wow. Grayson and Evie stand the test of time and space in this book. They have loved each other forever. This story had me crying and laughing, but it’s the chemistry between these two that can’t be stopped. Loved the cameos of other of her characters. Well written and one I am sure I will read again. Well done Shey.
This book is amazing!! Grayson and Evie’s story had so many twist and turns. I had a hard time putting this book down! You will not be disappointed – it is a MUST read!
This book is so good!! I could not put it down. I had so many emotions while reading that it’s all I could thing about. Love it!!
I love this read, Once you pick it up, you won’t be able to put it down!!!
You will love the emotional roller coaster of a journey that is Evie and Grayson. It truly is an story of survival, life & love
Shey has a way of making you feel like you are right there in the book! Another great tear jerker!
My poor heart. Once I started this story I was hooked. I couldn’t get enough of these characters and the storyline itself was incredible. My emotions were all over the place. I felt like I was living in the story alongside the characters. Absolutely incredible.
Wow, what an emotional rollercoaster Evie and Grayson’s story was. It sucked me in and I could not put it down. I did not read the original version that was released a few years back so I can’t give an comparisons between the two but I can say I definitely loved this one. To be honest I have never read one of Shey Stahl’s books and not loved it, she has such an unique writing style really pulls you into the story and makes you feel like you are in the story and these events are happening to you and your friends. You will cry, laugh right along with these characters. Evie and Grayson have grown up together and he was her first. They both have always loved each other but never told each other. One day Grayson leaves home to join the military and it nearly broke Evie. As time past she puts the pieces of her broken heart back together and meets Larson and falls for him. Her new life is not as perfect as she wants others to believe it is and she is hiding a dark and troubling secret. Until one day when Grayson returns and he is not the same boy he was when he left, he is hiding his own past, secrets and scars. This book is about two survivors who overcome so much and heal together.
I read this original book when it was first released. It is so much more everything now! A beautifully written story full of heartache, angst, sadness, anger, steam, love, humor. Just everything needed make a best seller. The author has taken a touchy subject and made it into a beautiful story! Warning: due to subject matter, this book is for mature readers only.
I had not read the first version of this book so I’m going in as this is new book and I can’t really comparisons to the first version but I have read many Shey Stahl books and am a devoted reader. Sometimes she writes subject matter that is difficult to read, they are not fun subjects and are not at all entertaining but the stories that are told are of survivors and how one horrible tragedy does not define you and that you can live on and have a happy life.
That is what All I Have Left is. It is a book about surviving horrible abuse and a tragic incident that changes lives forever, but at the core it is about how Grayson and Evie survive.
I spent so much of this book frustrated by Evie. I wanted to shake her and hold her and tell her she was so much better than what she was allowing herself to live with. That is such a real thing for so many victims of domestic abuse. They are programmed to believe they deserve what they are getting or that if they leave someone they love will be hurt. So many people have to stand by and watch their loved ones be broken down by a person who they are supposed to be able to trust, someone who claims to love them. Evie desperately is screaming silently for help but at the same time is hiding away dark secrets.
As hard as this book was to read it was real, it was emotionally draining at times but it was such a beautiful story of survival and love and family.
**Disclaimer ** This book will be a huge trigger for a lot people, if you cannot deal with sexual assault, rape then you need to skip this book.
**I was generously provided with an advanced readers copy of this book in exchange for my fair and honest review**
I absolutely love this book! Evie and Grayson have both been through tragic events and have to find their way back to each other. I don’t want to give away spoilers but this book deals with real life situations and it was written beautifully.