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All of Me (Wedding Veil Wishes #4)

by Lori Wilde (Goodreads Author)

3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 · rating details · 370 ratings · 31 reviews

Can two broken hearts become one?

Attorney Jillian Samuels doesn't believe in true love and never, ever wished for happily ever after. But when a searing betrayal leaves her jobless and heartbroken, a newly inherited cottage in Salvation, Colorado, seems to offer a fresh start. What she finds when she arrives shocks her: the most gorgeous and infuriating man she's ever met...more

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Published April 1st 2009 by Forever (first published January 1st 2009)

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Jan 29, 2009 Kelly Moran rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Lori Wilde, is an accomplished romance author, was a RITA finalist in the Romance Writers of America, and a three-time Romantic Times nominee for Best Romantic Comedy. Other titles include: Addicted to Love, Once Smitten Twice Shy, There Goes the Bride, You Only Love Twice, Mission: Irresistible, Charmed and Dangerous, and License to Thrill. She resides in Texas.
When attorney, Jillian Samuels career took a nose-dive after a bitter betrayal, leaving her jobless and heart-broken, she thought the n...more Lori Wilde, is an accomplished romance author, was a RITA finalist in the Romance Writers of America, and a three-time Romantic Times nominee for Best Romantic Comedy. Other titles include: Addicted to Love, Once Smitten Twice Shy, There Goes the Bride, You Only Love Twice, Mission: Irresistible, Charmed and Dangerous, and License to Thrill. She resides in Texas.
When attorney, Jillian Samuels career took a nose-dive after a bitter betrayal, leaving her jobless and heart-broken, she thought the newly inherited cottage in Salvation, Colorado was just what she needed to start over and heal. But when she arrives, she finds Tucker Manning residing there instead. Confused, the two agree to live together until they can resolve just who it is who really inherited the cottage in the small mountain community. Tucker, still grieving over the loss of his wife two years ago, and Jillian, unable to trust in love or fairy tales, discover that more than a property dispute is at risk here when things between them heat up, it’s their hearts as well!
This book is part of the Wedding Veil Wishes series by this author, and I think there are four books total. I found this book delightful and funny. There was a strong element when referring to the deceased wife, and you could feel your heart breaking for Tucker. It’s always difficult to have a young character as a widower, because you have to make the plot realistic to the situation. I found this very true-to-life and didn’t question the characters motives surrounding the issue. The setting was perfect, as it provided both an escape and sanctuary for the characters. The wedding veil and back-story was cute, adding just a bit of fairy tale without over-doing it. Without having to issue a spoiler alert, I thought that how the property dispute came to be and its resolve was cleverly done. The plot flowed smoothly, was well-paced, and difficult to put down. I loved the secondary characters in the small town, as well as Jillian’s friends. Remind me to never get in a sweat lodge for a vision quest! And, may I add, Mutt was just endearing!
All of Me, by Lori Wilde, is a feel-good, sweet, and charming book that you simply must read!

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Jul 22, 2009 Val Pearson rated it 5 of 5 stars

All of Me is the fourth book in the Wedding Veil Wishes series. I laughed, I cried and experienced every emotion in between. All of me was a book that was so well written that I just did not want to put it down. Jillian and Tucks emotions were so complex, it was hard to figure out if they were going forgive each other or start throwing punches. Their witty comments to each other had me laughing so hard, I thoroughly enjoyed myself. The characters in the book were so well developed and the plot l...more

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May 02, 2009 Julie (jjmachshev) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009-reads

"All of Me" is Lori Wilde's fourth and last book in her 'Wedding Veil Wishes' series. Like the other books in this series, Wilde mixes humor and sadness, joy and despair, and always, disbelief vs love. This last book had me smiling, laughing, sniffling, and crying. Both characters had their hearts badly scarred by love, but both did get their happy ending and I enjoyed reading about their journey.

Jillian is the realist. She doesn't believe in fairy-tale love. She believes in the fight and the la...more "All of Me" is Lori Wilde's fourth and last book in her 'Wedding Veil Wishes' series. Like the other books in this series, Wilde mixes humor and sadness, joy and despair, and always, disbelief vs love. This last book had me smiling, laughing, sniffling, and crying. Both characters had their hearts badly scarred by love, but both did get their happy ending and I enjoyed reading about their journey.

Jillian is the realist. She doesn't believe in fairy-tale love. She believes in the fight and the law and enjoys the high winning a tough case brings. But one day the joy disappears, so she heads directly for her mentor, her father figure, her boss. Only to find he dropped dead that morning of an incurable tumor that he never told her about. Feeling deserted (yet again), hurt, and angry, Jillian quits her job. Then she discovers her mentor left her a lakeside cabin in Salvation, Colorado. It must be fate.

Tuck used to be the 'Magic Man'. His architectural skills won him fame and fortune and his beloved wife. But when she was diagnosed with cancer, he spent his fortune trying to find a cure...only to discover none. Her last wish was to die at her estranged father's lakeside cabin in Salvation and so she did. After her death, his father-in-law deeded the cabin to Tuck and he's never left it. It's his last link to his dead wife. It's the place where they had planned to raise a family. It's also the same cabin Jillian has 'inherited'.

There's so much more to this story and these characters than the brief description above. They are both carrying so much pain and loss around, at times I wondered how they could move with such a weight on their hearts. Yet, slowly, slowly they each begin to change. They are both strong characters and fighters and neither is willing to back down so they do clash at first, and second, and third! But somewhere in those clashes, they find a friendship that leads to caring that leads to love.

I enjoyed reading about Jillian and Tuck. From their initial banter as they trade quips and insults through their growing camaraderie and understanding of each others 'sore spots' and faults. All four of Lori Wilde's books in this series featured a different 'type' of heroine and hero. It wasn't the same story written four times with different names or locations. This tale was about risking hurt, taking chances, and second beginnings. There are bumps aplenty and hurts too. But in the end, the happiness outweighs the sorrow and I ended "All of Me" with a big smile on my face. (less)

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Mar 25, 2010 Heather rated it 3 of 5 stars

Tuck was a dedicated husband and a big name in architecture when his life fell apart with the loss of his wife. Jillian has a reputation as something of an "ice queen". Her lonely childhood spent with a resentful step-mother after losing both of her parents at a young age has left her bitter about love and emotionally reserved. Now Jillian finds herself in Salvation, CO looking for...what else..."salvation". Only when she shows up at the home that she has inherited after the loss of her mentor a...more

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Nov 12, 2009 Jess rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009, chic-lit-romance

This is my first by Lori Wilde, and I just happened to see this book sitting on the shelf in my library and I didn't have much else to read so I just picked it up. Of course, I didn't know it was the fourth in a series, but I didn't feel like I was missing too much information or backstory.

The story was very touching, and at times I did want to slap a character every once in awhile but it was only because I was anxious for the hero and heroine to get their happily ever after.

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Mar 03, 2009 Holly rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: march-2009, read-in-2009

I threw the book across the room and my husband looked over at me and said, "That bad, huh?". WTF kind of ending was that?!?!?!

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Jun 21, 2009 Eastofoz rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Readers who like Robin Carr's "Virgin River" series

Shelves: contemporary

Yeah, well this book wasn’t for me. I was expecting a love/hate story and what I got was a water downed version of “should I or shouldn’t I” from the widowed hero and “why can’t I be loved” from the heroine. Not to say that they’re whiners, but I just felt like the story was going in a circle. The book needed more development to get things moving along.

The back blurb gives the impression that this is a love/hate story which it sort of is but love/hate “lite”. The h/h go from disliking each other...more Yeah, well this book wasn’t for me. I was expecting a love/hate story and what I got was a water downed version of “should I or shouldn’t I” from the widowed hero and “why can’t I be loved” from the heroine. Not to say that they’re whiners, but I just felt like the story was going in a circle. The book needed more development to get things moving along.

The back blurb gives the impression that this is a love/hate story which it sort of is but love/hate “lite”. The h/h go from disliking each other given the situation that they find themselves in initially, to being friendly, to falling in lust, and then in love. The banter I was expecting is mild and what you’d find in your standard romance not a love/hate one. There is the odd funny scene but it’s all too fluffy for me even if the author tries to get into the serious at times. I felt that the book needed to be reworked so that it didn’t feel like things were being repeated. The h/h aren’t in the best of places in their lives and when they meet they don’t really know what to do.

There's too much endless introspection concerning the widower hero with his "I-love-my-dead-wife-but-am-I-betraying-her-if-I-hook-up-with-someone-else" and the tough on the outside heroine with her "I've-been-abandoned-all-my-life-and-no-one-will-ever-love-me" --get over yourselves and move on was what I felt like saying more than once. The book just stagnated towards the middle with Tucker and Jillian’s wallowing. The author repeats this pretty much right up to the end of the book so it gets old fast almost like when an author does repeated flashbacks/recapping of the same thing and you start skimming over those parts. The heroine is constantly described as being regal which got on my nerves—variety in descriptions is so important. The hero is also borderline chicken sh*t more than once and I just had a hard time doing the ol' forgive and forget believe in the love thing. There's one steam scene worth mentioning nearly at the end and that's about it. There's a secondary story with the hero's sister and husband that just had an "I've seen it all before" feel. There's some "magic" in the book with old Irish lore and Native American "visions" which I thought were both hokey and eye roll worthy.

I didn’t read the first three books in the series however this last one has an underlying silliness to it like Ann Brashares’ “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” but for adults (only here it’s a wedding veil and not a pair of jeans) and an overall Robin Carr “Virgin River” corny tone –I didn’t like either book but if you did the odds are pretty good I think that you’ll like this too. Like I said, just not my kind of read :-/
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Apr 06, 2010 Laura rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: store-fictionwise, ebook, romance-contemporary, 2010

2 1/2 stars

This is the fourth and final installment in the Wedding Veil Wishes series. Jillian is the remaining single in her group of four college friends. Each of the other three have donned the "magic wedding veil" and seen an image of their true love. They have all married and have children or are expecting. Jillian does not believe in magic and thinks the veil is just silly. When her life starts to fall apart, in a fit of grief, she puts the veil on and makes a wish. The resulting dream sta...more 2 1/2 stars

This is the fourth and final installment in the Wedding Veil Wishes series. Jillian is the remaining single in her group of four college friends. Each of the other three have donned the "magic wedding veil" and seen an image of their true love. They have all married and have children or are expecting. Jillian does not believe in magic and thinks the veil is just silly. When her life starts to fall apart, in a fit of grief, she puts the veil on and makes a wish. The resulting dream startles her, but does not make her believe in the magic any more than before.
Tuck is grieving for his late wife who died two years earlier. When his Native American brother-in-law stuffs him into a sweat lodge and tells him to search out his vision quest, he is skeptical. His vision of a beautiful woman startles him and when she walks into his life, he is really shaking.

I enjoyed the first three books of the series and the previous one (Addicted to Love) was my favorite. I had high hopes for this book. Unfortunately, it falls flat for me. The characters are fine, the story is okay, but the details are terrible.
I was irritated with the way Jillian reacted to first meeting Tuck--it barely seemed to tip her radar. For someone who does not believe in magic and then the man in her dream enters her life, I would think she would be more shaken--maybe not visibly, but mentally. She just seems to blow it off.
The fertility storyline for Tuck's sister had to be the most annoying. I am very particular about these types of stories being someone who has dealt with all aspects of infertility. Although it started out with some inaccuracies, it ended terribly and made me want to smack Evie (Tuck's sister). I HATED this part of the book.
The premise of the story was obvious and when it was finally revealed, was blah. Nothing felt exciting or fresh. It was all just blah. Even the epilogue was blah. I ended the book thinking, "that's it?"
I rarely give poor ratings, but this one just failed for me. The chemistry between the characters was weak. The story was weak. I just did not believe in the story. I read it because it finished the series, but I would have been much happier had I stopped with the previous book.(less)

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Apr 08, 2009 Cheryl rated it 3 of 5 stars

Attorney Jillian Samuels enjoys her job but she is ready to get away for some much needed peace and quiet. Jillian doesn't realize just how quickly she will get that R & R. Jillian's mentor passes away and leaves Jillian with the keys to his cottage. It is located in small town Salvation, Colorado. So Jillian packs up her things and hits the road for Colorado.

Tuck Manning is getting over the death of his wife. What someone neglected to inform him is that his life would be suddenly in a up h...more

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Feb 11, 2010 Trang Nguyen rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary-romance, read-in-2010, own-read, favorites

WOW such a gut wrenching book. Initially I read this book because it got good reviews from other GR members. So I started reading the series from the first book (this book is the last) and was not impressed with the initial three books. You can definitely read this book as a stand alone and skip the other three.

Jillian the last of the four friends to find love Not only has she not found love but she is a skeptic in the romance department. Jillian has never felt love, given love, but everything...more

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Nov 01, 2012 Jenn Scranton rated it 4 of 5 stars

All of Me was the final book in the Wedding Veil Wishes series and it made it count! Lori Wilde really put her heart into this one and kept you guessing! There was nothing predictable about it, (other than the reoccurring tale of the veil)

A once wealthy widower who poured his fortune into his wife's health was a broken man after his death... An Assistant District Attorney who must leave her position in order to maintain her dignity from her douchey boss in Houston... How will they come together?...more

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Apr 17, 2011 Vicki rated it 4 of 5 stars

Recommended to Vicki by: Renee

'All of Me' is the final book in Lori Wilde's 'Wedding Veil Wishes' series and it was on par with the others.

In this book the last of the four friends, lawyer Jillian Samuels, finds her true love after wishing on the mysterious wedding veil. The hottie is Tuck Manning, a former architect still grieving the loss of his young wife to cancer.

It is an enjoyable read using the same formula as the first three books. In fact, my only complaint is it was a little too similar in the last love scene. As...more

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Apr 26, 2009 Penney rated it 5 of 5 stars

I gave this book a 5 stars, another one of Lori's great reads I enjoyed it.

Attorney Jillian Samuels doesn't believe in true love and never, ever wished for happily ever after. But when a searing betrayal leaves her jobless and heartbroken, a newly inherited cottage in Salvation, Colorado, seems to offer a fresh start. What she finds when she arrives shocks her: the most gorgeous and infuriating man she's ever met is living in her home!

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Feb 14, 2012 Jan Romes rated it 5 of 5 stars

Loved this book by Lori Wilde! It was funny, heartwarming, and almost brought me to tears a few times. Continuously entertaining. Jillian and Tuck were characters I fell in love with right away and I rooted for them to get their happily-ever-after. (It took them awhile, but they got it). Good job, Lori! :-)

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Sep 22, 2012 Kristina rated it 4 of 5 stars

While I was unhappy with the loss of the other three members of Jillian's group of friends, I enjoyed her story. It was a good read and a nice way to end the quartet of books. Not the best I have ever read, but not a disappointment, either.

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Jan 19, 2013 Melanie Macek rated it 4 of 5 stars

Didn't realize it was the last in a four book series. Ms. Wilde ties in the other three books without the reader feeling lost. This story easily stands on its own. Not sure if I want to read the other three.

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Jan 20, 2012 Nichole rated it 3 of 5 stars

The fourth book in the Wedding Veil Wishes series. Main character is a lawyer and her mentor suddenly dies from a brain tumor. In his will he leaves her a house on the lake in Colorado. Only problem is that its also deeded to his dead daughter's husband.

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Mar 25, 2013 Joanie rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was a really great book. The only thing I didn't like was the hokey magic stuff & the fact that there wasn't enough sex & kissin'! There definitely should have been more sex & kissin :)

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Dec 22, 2011 Baywin rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary

I like this author. I've read a few of the other books that are in this series, and I like the small town / close-knit community feel they all have.

A great rom-com.

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Mar 21, 2012 Jordan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Heartwarming, sweet story about a woman an trying to find true love and a man trying to recapture life after the death of his young wifertwarmi

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Nov 14, 2009 Laura (Kyahgirl) rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: did-not-finish, romance-contemporary

right off the bat the tone of the main characters annoyed me. I have so many books waiting to be read that I decided to just abandon this one...

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Nov 07, 2011 Amanda added it

Not my favorite of the series but I still enjoyed it. I got irritated with Tuck constantly comparing Jillian to Aimee. Overall I did enjoy it, just not my favorite.

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Apr 08, 2009 Amy rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Jan 22, 2013 Robbi rated it 3 of 5 stars

I liked the other three books better then this one; but overall it was a good read.

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Oct 25, 2011 Carole rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: library-book

Probably closer to 3.5 stars, but there's some darned good sex in this one in the latter third of the book.

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Apr 04, 2009 Anna rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Jan 20, 2010 Melissa rated it 5 of 5 stars

Great finale to the series!

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Dec 08, 2011 Marilyn rated it 3 of 5 stars

highly enjoyable tale about two people who find healing—and each other.

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Aug 23, 2011 Eileen rated it 5 of 5 stars

Was my favorite of the series.

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