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All For Love
by
Ann Swann (Goodreads Author)
How long does it take to fall out of love? Contemporary Romance.
Liz falls in love with Quinn the moment they meet in college. He professes to love her, too. She begins to think about the future, but his past rips them apart. What Liz does next impacts the rest of their lives, but she feels it is the only way… she does it all for love.
Liz falls in love with Quinn the moment they meet in college. He professes to love her, too. She begins to think about the future, but his past rips them apart. What Liz does next impacts the rest of their lives, but she feels it is the only way… she does it all for love.
Published
August 23rd 2012
by 5 Prince Publishing
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Impossible to put down.
I started and finished this book in less than a day. It was impossible to put down. This book isn't a fairytale romance, with a prince or even a necessarily "happily-ever-after"(although, the ending was great); this book is about real-life romance, one in which people get hurt, deeply hurt, and need to decide whether that person is still the one for them.
Swann had a way of pulling me from the start. I was curious why a woman would stay with a husband she suspected of cheat...more
I started and finished this book in less than a day. It was impossible to put down. This book isn't a fairytale romance, with a prince or even a necessarily "happily-ever-after"(although, the ending was great); this book is about real-life romance, one in which people get hurt, deeply hurt, and need to decide whether that person is still the one for them.
Swann had a way of pulling me from the start. I was curious why a woman would stay with a husband she suspected of cheat...more
Liz Rose seems to have it all: a handsome husband, a happily married daughter, a career as a well-respected teacher and lifelong friends. But that’s because Liz has a mantra that will keep her smiling through everything: ‘keep faking it’. When her husband is involved in a horrific explosion at work, the carefully plastered-over cracks in Liz’s life start to show and faking happiness is suddenly a whole lot harder as she is forced to face up to past mistakes, of both her own making and her husban...more
The first thought that struck me as I read was that her book was different from other "romance" novels. Instead, it ventured into discussions of important and sometimes controversial contemporary social issues, such as alcoholism, abortion, and suicide.
Elizabeth or Liz, the protagonist. is faced with her husband Quinn's infidelities and eventual death, the appearance of his illegitimate daughter, her father's suicide, her own bout with alcohol, and her regret of having an abortion at a young ag...more
Elizabeth or Liz, the protagonist. is faced with her husband Quinn's infidelities and eventual death, the appearance of his illegitimate daughter, her father's suicide, her own bout with alcohol, and her regret of having an abortion at a young ag...more
Unique – Intriguing – Captivating!
When the local plastics plant where Liz's husband Quinn works explodes, Liz's life begins to collapse around her. She begins to look back on her life and her tumultuous relationship with her husband and tries to come to terms with her past and present.
ALL FOR LOVE by Ann Swann is not your average romance novel – it is a realistic journey through one woman's relationship with the man of her dreams that isn't always perfect. Through past and present scenes, we se...more
When the local plastics plant where Liz's husband Quinn works explodes, Liz's life begins to collapse around her. She begins to look back on her life and her tumultuous relationship with her husband and tries to come to terms with her past and present.
ALL FOR LOVE by Ann Swann is not your average romance novel – it is a realistic journey through one woman's relationship with the man of her dreams that isn't always perfect. Through past and present scenes, we se...more
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This book was so good. It touched on I think every emotion that I have inside of me and possibly more. This isn't your typical everyday romance novel. There are ups and downs and overall emotional heartbreak. Very well written. You can completely relate to so many situations in this book. I would recommend to anyone that likes to read books that aren't all happiness but have a great story line.
Liz falls in love with Quinn the moment they meet in college. He professes to love her, too. She begins...more
Liz falls in love with Quinn the moment they meet in college. He professes to love her, too. She begins...more
I hesitated to read this book thinking it was just another mushy love story but can say I was pleasantly surprised that it was much more then a love story. I got drawn immediately into the story as I was listening to it on my kindle while I was working. Usually when I am working and listening on my kindle, I lose most of the story and feel I have to actually read the book. But with this story it held my attention the entire time. I felt like I was Lizzie Rose, immediately identified with her alt...more
Romance. Just the word brings to mind the idea of rose petals, champagne, knights in shining armor, and happily ever after. But here in the real world, rose petals turn to dust, champagne gets spilt, knight's armor is scuffed and dull from battle and wear, and 'ever after' is only happy if you make it so.
In ALL FOR LOVE, Liz and Quinn have a storybook romance ... until life comes knocking. Burdened by what is right, weighted by society's standards, and tortured most of all by themselves, this co...more
In ALL FOR LOVE, Liz and Quinn have a storybook romance ... until life comes knocking. Burdened by what is right, weighted by society's standards, and tortured most of all by themselves, this co...more
This is my second time reading an Ann Swann Novel. First was ‘The Phantom Pilot’ - written for the young minds. I had thoroughly enjoyed reading it and so I had certain expectations from this book too.
‘All for Love’ is a story of a woman called Liz Rose. At a glance she has everything that one could ask for. A respectable career as a teacher, friends, a married and settled daughter and a handsome husband – she has it all. Its only when her husband dies, that her carefully put up façade starts to...more
‘All for Love’ is a story of a woman called Liz Rose. At a glance she has everything that one could ask for. A respectable career as a teacher, friends, a married and settled daughter and a handsome husband – she has it all. Its only when her husband dies, that her carefully put up façade starts to...more
I cried so much! It was a very hard read for me as this book deals with really hard issues. I liked the back and forth from present to past and back. It kept the story flowing. I don't know that is a romance since so much of it was about heartbreak and the many issues caused by such heartache. Still it was a very interesting story.
From the first gripping chapter I knew this story was not your "typical" romance book. In fact I would classify this powerful and compelling story as literary women's fiction. This is not the kind of book I prefer, because I tend to read to escape real life, but these very real, very human characters sucked me into their story, and I had to keep turning the pages to find out whether or not Liz was able to find peace. During the climactic scene I actually sweated, scared to death of what was goin...more
Definitely not what I expected. Very heart wrenching. Keep the tissues handy.
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Ann is the author of THE PHANTOM SERIES MG/YA books and ALL FOR LOVE (5 Prince Publishing), her first contemporary romance. Her second book for 5 Prince will be STUTTER CREEK. It will be released on June 1, 2013.
NOTE: The Phantom Series is being reissued as Stevie-girl and the Phantom Pilot ~ out now. And Stevie-girl and the Phantom Student ~ out very soon. http://tinyurl.com/crr5kry
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NOTE: The Phantom Series is being reissued as Stevie-girl and the Phantom Pilot ~ out now. And Stevie-girl and the Phantom Student ~ out very soon. http://tinyurl.com/crr5kry
She loves writ...more
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