All the Way Home

Book Title: All the Way Home

Author: Jenyfer Matthews

Publisher: Cerridwen Press

Publisher URL: http://www.cerridwenpress.com/
ISBN: 9781419914898
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Nymph rating: 5 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs Reviewer: Bramble Nymph

Maggie Dean dodged Liberty, Ohio, ages ago and opted for New York to complete her PhD in Art History and become a professor. But when a family situation forces her to retrace her steps and help her sister Melanie, Maggie is ready to take the responsibility head on. What she isn’t ready for is to find her high school crush looking as sexy as he did years ago. Lust and attraction can be handled easily, but what if competent vet Sam Callahan craves a stable relationship? Can Maggie give him what he wants or is he asking for too much?

Maggie is a successful modern woman but definitely has problems with relationships. She should be applauded for being there for her sister even though she is in an emotional limbo herself due to a bad break up, created by her mother’s constant disapproval and a bad turn off. Sam was perfect all the way. I loved the way he did away with his wild past and made some really sensible life choices. He showed enough respect and love for Maggie for me to hug him and like him. Glimpses of his hellfire youth showed me that he is a man of passion and did everything from his heart. Their relationship had all the bends to make it feel real and close to the reader’s heart. Hot and steamy sex just enhances the reading experience.

The secondary characters don’t step down anywhere. Ms. Matthews is a wonderful story-teller whose characters crawl into your heart. While you are deeply engrossed in the lead characters' lives, Melanie and her husband Adam make you feel just as strongly for them, too. I ended up reading it in a couple of hours because I couldn't quite put it down. It will certainly be appreciated by anyone who has a family and a past worth remembering.

Along with a taut and compelling plotline and dealing with a life like situation, All the Way Home has the quality of a real life fairy tale. Ms. Matthews has tackled the difficult issue of love, marriage and relationships with ease. The result is a story filled with rich and full characters you can really care about, a little twist at the end, and a very happy ending to satisfy the romance bug in the brain.

In my opinion, a book as beautifully written, heartfelt and sweet as All the Way Home truly deserves the Golden Blush Recommended Read award. It just makes you hope that Ms. Matthews keeps writing with the tenderness, understanding, and compassion that she showed here. Brilliant!