Some people claim to have their hearts ripped out of their chests. To feel the world shift under their feet. To feel intoxicated by love.Miles Wittman, the bassist for the rock band Trained in Black, felt those things until the shift became a hole and dragged him into darkness.His mind clouded by years of alcohol abuse, the man remembers very little of the last two years of his life. Until her.A … life.
Until her.
A woman from his past.
Julia Nulty, the band’s manager sister, the sexy, exotic plus-sized model.
Bits and pieces of his memory start to surface after the two of them are caught up in an unexpected photo shoot.
She’s rocked his world. He feels the shift. The intoxication.
But Miles, he has no recollection of the night they spent together. If he finds out the truth of what happened, it could possibly lead him back to the darkness.
And Julia, she holds the secret.
A secret that could send Miles back into the dark or straight to his grave.
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This book!! It’s one that you won’t want to put down. Coopmans tugs all your heart strings. I cried, swooned, and wanted to punch some characters. You won’t be disappointed.
-HJ Bellus
Miles and Julia’s story is a great addition to this series! Get out the tissues though because it’s emotional. Amazing second chance rocker story that will keep you hooked til the last page. Loved it!
OMG… What a story! I loved All This Time!! Book three in the Sweet Sin series; this story grabbed my heart from the very beginning and never let go! So many emotions…I ugly cried for Miles and Julia and all the heartbreak that they had endured; but found hope with them as well as they worked toward the future while moving forward from their pasts.
Kathy Coopmans is an amazing storyteller and always makes me feel like I am right there with the characters. I can’t wait to see what she brings us next!
4 Emotional Stars!!!
Kathy Coopmans sure knows how to write. I wasn’t a fan of the first book. There was too much inner dialogue and not enough interaction between characters. But, every book in this series is better then before and this is the best one yet.
Miles grew up in foster care and didn’t have anything to his name. Then he fell in love. He was considered trash to her upperclass stuck up family. One night Miles had everything within arms length and in a blink of an eye he lost it all.
Miles is in the biggest baddest most popular rock band and yet he’s wasting his life in alcohol bottles after bottle and then women after women. Miles wanted to die. He wished it every night and every morning. There’s only been one women in all those years that made him feel something he refuses to feel again.
When Miles finally hit rock bottom his band mates aka his brothers find him a rehab and he ends up there for a year. Now Miles is out and seeing things clearly for the first time in forever. Except all that time drinking has left his memory foggy. There’s time periods missing. When him and the guys walk into a photo shoot he sees the most beautiful women he’s ever laid his eyes on. It’s obvious to him that they’ve got a past and their connection is flammable. Miles just wants to connect the dots and quick before he looses her again.
Julia’s life has never been easy. Well it was when her father was alive. But, when he passed away nothing was the same. Her mother is the definition of an evil terrible excuse for a woman and a pathetic excuse for a mother. She lived to ruin and breakdown Julia and her brother Marcus. Julia lived with the abuse so her mother won’t go after Marcus. When she tells her brother he gets her and Julia doesn’t look back.
Julia makes her living as a plus size model and going around speaking for no body shame. She’s successful. But, her mother’s words still ring in her head. She met the guys from Trained In Black when her brother started managing them. She has a great friendship with all the guys and now their ladies they’ve made wives. But, there’s a special different connection her and Miles have. Her brother told her everything that’s happened to him to make him who he is today.
But, that night two years ago Julia was hoping was a game changer for them. Instead Miles acted like it never happened. Julia knows they’ve got a lot to talk about when Miles is ready. Except he doesn’t know who she is and Julia thought he couldn’t hurt her worse then before but boom. Julia loves him. She can’t help it. She’s hoping that they’d finally get on the same page once and for all.
This was such a beautifully tragic story. They’re from different sides of the tracks. But, they’ve both underwent abuse. Not the same abuse but it’s still haunting them to this day.
Miles my heart broke for him. He felt guilty for things that really truly weren’t his fault. Then when his memories start coming back and he’s learning new information he’s dealing with new feelings including staying sober. He’s such a great character and I’m glad I got into his brain in this one.
Julia’s so strong considering she spent so many years being verbally and emotionally abused by her mother. The person whose suppose to love her most and that was the farthest from the truth. I loved her for Miles. She finally stopped letting him getaway with things and making him own up to his actions and consequences. She’s beautiful on the inside and outside.
I’m so glad Kathy gave me Julia and Mile’s story next in this rock group. I’m hoping she decides to do Brock next. I have a feeling he’s full on stuff too. Oh Kathy you better not stop writing anytime soon. I will hunt you down!
Jules and Miles!!!! OMG!!!! What can I say about them?! I cried and at one point, I had to stop reading because just to collect myself. This book has the feels and the emotions. I related to both of them in different ways and the emotions were very real to me. I cannot wait to read more from this AMAZING author!!!!!
This was a very beautiful and emotional read. And the fact that it was a rocker romance made it that much better in my opinion. Miles is so broken & damaged and it truly made my heart ache for him. This is my favorite of the series hands down.
5 STARS FOR THIS HEARTFELT BOOK!! This book pulled on my heartstrings right from the beginning. My poor heart needed to be resuscitated a couple of times throughout this story. Miles and Julia’s story is beautifully written and heartbreaking, but you need to hear it. Thank you Kathy Coopmans, for giving us these unforgettable stories in this series.
Where is that golden button?! I want to give this more than Five Stars gosh darn it!! This author gets me every time….like EVERY TIME!! With every book, she takes my heart and soul and obliterates them! Then. She takes the exquisitely jagged, damaged pieces and puts them back together lovingly. Honest to god!
Miles story was never going to be an easy one to read, if you have read the previous two books in this series, you will have picked up on the dark shadow that follows this beautiful soul. But nothing can prepare you for the loss Miles has endured. Grab your Kleenex!
He and Julia are kindred spirits, both recognizing the pain they try so hard to hide from their loved ones…..they see it……their connection is breathtaking, beautifully breathtaking.
Tears were shed, words were shouted, nails were bitten but no kindle was damaged in the reading of this book!……Much!
All This Time is the story of Miles and Julia. For Miles it’s a story of great love and loss, dealing with yourself when you hit rock bottom , learning from your mistakes and forgiving yourself so you can become a better person and live your life.
For Julia it’s a story of loving yourself and believing in yourself no matter what you are told. She too suffers a great loss and suffers the ultimate betrayal at the hands of the one person who should love and protect her no matter what. Julia is a strong woman that stands up for herself and those she cares about. It is so nice to see a strong heroine.
Together Miles and Julia embark on a journey of love and redemption and nothing will stop them from getting their happily ever after.
Thank you Kathy Coopmans for giving us Miles and Julia. Their story breaks your heart and puts it back together. It is a must read.
Bravo Kathy Coopmans for the All This Time, book 3 in the Sweet Sins Series, it just keeps getting better and better, and it was PHENOMENAL to begin with. When you read this book ladies, bring some tissues. Ms. Coopmans will take you on a VERY emotional ride with this one.
O!M!G! Miles Wittmann is I think my absolute favorite hero in this series. There in a line in the blurb for this book: “Some people claim to have their hearts ripped out of their chests.” This was a very apt description for this book and Miles and Julia story. When I was reading the beginning of this book, by heart broke in two for Miles. Sorry ladies, not giving any spoilers away. I fully understand the spiral downfall into alcoholism that Miles went into. He wanted to drown the memories away. Unfortunately, he wiped one very big memory away.
Now, after a year long stint in rehab, and counseling that his band mates forced him to go to, he has returned into the fold of his bandmates, their families, and their manager and his sister Julia. Julia is one strong, kick butt woman, with vulnerabilities as well.
Julia watched Miles go through his hell, watched him go through women as well, and died just a little with each one he brought home. You see, she has been in love with him for a long time. Even after the night they made love and he was gone the morning after without a backwards glance. Now, three years later, they meet again, and he does not remember her, let alone their night together. But, WOW the sparks still ignite between them.
This book is my favorite type of romance. A romance that brings ALL the emotions front and center. It made me laugh in places. It totally made me cry in places. It made me so angry that I wanted to throat punch Julia’s mother ALL OF THE TIME (how could she do that to her own child)!!! Then, when Julia told Miles…. Darn, I said no spoilers…. Let me say this, I had a ugly cry there. I was ecstatic to be gifted with an early copy of this book. I am forever thankful.
Thank you, Kathy Coopmans for sharing your PHENOMENAL gift of writing with your readers. I have found out over the last year and a half, that ANY book that I pick up that is written by this wonderfully talented author is going to be a great read.
Thank you for reading my review.
What do you do when you’ve lost the two most important people in your life? Well if you’re Miles you live in a drunken stupor. Kathy Coopmans delivers us a gut wrenching, beautifully told story of love lost, and the incredible strength it takes to overcome the tragedy.
For Miles losing the love of his life and young child has broken this man. But with the continued help of his band mates, his brothers (though not by blood.) He gets the help and courage to finally heal.
Julia is a strong, courageous, beautiful woman. She endured a lifetime if verbal abuse from her mother. But she has proven that she’s above her mother’s terrible awful words. I LOVED Julia!!!
Watching Miles and Julia was beautiful, seeing their relationship unfold. These two just SIZZLE! From heartbreak, to overcoming loss this is one emotional journey you don’t want to miss. All This Time is a must read and is my favorite Kathy Coopmans book to date!
All This Time
Finally, we see Miles with his head no longer in a bottle!!! I’m so glad he got help. But as you can see in the beginning of the book, his head is still firmly up his own @ss! Lol. I’m sorry but I can’t shake him so I have to say that. Stubborn jerk feels he knows what’s best for others!
Sigh.
Julia is “the one that got away” except she was shoved away and treated to front row seats of the train wreck that has been Miles ever since. (Say that 10 times fast!) She may have been willing to put up with it before but the gorgeous plus sized model is down lying down being a doormat.
Trauma and past hurts linger for both of them. Getting over it won’t be easy. Ignoring it proves impossible. But together, they can do anything!
Reviewed for Sweet Spot Sisterhood
All This Time, Sweet Sin #3 by Kathy Coopmans.
I am a huge fan of this author and of this series. I was looking forward to this book since first catching a glimpse of Miles and his demons.
My heart broke for Miles and what he went through. I was so glad to see him come out on the other side, ahead. Throw Julia’s past into the mix and my heart was overwhelmed.
This book was so realistic that I felt like I was in this book so many times, going through the emotions right along with these characters. I fell in love with this book and series and I can not wait for more.
All This Time is not simply a rock star romance it is a story of hope and inspiration. This is the third book in the Sweet Sin series and is Miles and Julia’s story. It is a crescendo of emotions as a man so broken and wracked with guilt tries to pull himself from the depths of rock bottom. A woman who had been broken in her own way but was so full of light, inner beauty and a huge heart, might just be what is Mile’s reason for living. Their story will grip hold of your heart and soul and at times have you so overwhelmed that it will be hard to breathe. It will have you crying, angry and at a loss to describe the emotions that this story will pull from you. Ultimately it will fill you so full of love and acceptance that it will be worth every moment of heartache. Kathy Coopmans has truly outdone herself with All This Time.
4.5 Stars. Time and regret. It is funny how both creep into your life and when you finally resurface years have passed. Miles had his life pulled out right under his feet so much so that he was drowning in sorrow, women and booze. Julia knew who made her heart happy but he was on a path of destruction to realize what was in front of him. Both Julia and Miles needed saving but could they find each other to help bring each other out of the darkness. This is a story of acceptance and forgiveness and findng the right time to be with someone. “..any person who has ever walked away from a risk worth taking is a fool.”
Such a great book and addition to the series. I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy for review and loved it!!!
The review is up at http://desireforlit.com/2018/06/06/all-this-time-kathy-coopmans/
Myn
Having read the first two I sped into this one latching right away onto the characters. They immediately begin to wrap around you with their story at times poking at your heart that will send out the signals to the right emotions it wants to mess with. Miles and Julia are not nice they get their hooks in you good and deep with you holding your breath if Miles will keep it together at times. The direction this goes keeps you by their side with realism in their walk. The emotions will drive hard and deep but then this would not be worth half a read if it did not. This ride was one that I devoured lovin how Julia has more character than most women I know. When you lay this one down you will be satisfied and wondering how did that go so fast.
Kathy has outdone herself with this one. So much emotion! Miles is a mess, on the road to recovery. Jules is a mess, the secret is eating her up. Will these two be able to pull each other out of their holes?
I love Kathy! The world she builds for her readers captivate and inspire. I absolutely loved this book from beginning to end! The characters are relatable, lovable and frustrating…everything you need and WANT in a great romance!!
Kathy gives us an untraditional second chance romance with All This Time. What happens when only one person remembers the past that exists between them? An emotional ride that you won’t want to stop!