This book was a vast departure from the typical meet and fall in love with a happily ever after. Lauren and Jack are on the brink of splitting up. They're living separate lives while raising their teenagers Michael and Maddie. The teens are disappointed that their summer at the cabin is cancelled, but Lauren can't fake it anymore. Then weird requests keep coming... early pick up for Maddie from a sleepover, picking up medication and groceries for gramps and bringing it to the cabin. As they spend time together, albeit forced in the beginning, Lauren and Jack begin to realize what brought them together and why they needed to give themselves a second chance. Oh how this story made me cry!

I received an advance copy of this book at my request and voluntarily left this review.

Talk about going through all the emotions!! I loved how real this felt and how much I related to it. It was a different type of “romance” than I normally read but I absolutely fell in love with it. You forget how easy it can be to not express yourself while things keep piling up. Nothing But It All was a wonderful reminder of how to fight for what you love! It was full of angst, love, and shenanigans!

Lauren and Jack had been married for twenty years and the pressures of life were getting to them. They were more like roommates going through the motions, than a happily married couple. Was it time to give up and get a divorce or was there still something left to save?

I loved how the kids got grandpa involved, all the parent trap vibes! The kids saw through what Lauren and Jack couldn’t. I am glad that they both wanted to put in the effort and make it work! Adriana really hit this one out of the park. I don’t think I can truly get all of my feelings out for this review. It made me want to hug my entire family and be grateful for every sacrifice each one of us has made. Gah, it was just amazing!!

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“𝙇𝙖𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙮—𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛-𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧—𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙄 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙮”

𝘓𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 20 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘱 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘱𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰-𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 “𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺” 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭….?

“𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚—𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮’𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚. 𝙁𝙪𝙘𝙠,”

I’m going to say outright, that this is the best marriage-in-trouble book I have ever read, granted I haven’t read that many, but the last few I read left me with some disappointment. I think this is the most relateable and realistic look at marriages that suffer from negligence, from both sides. I love that Lauren didn’t put all the blame on Jack (yes, she did throw a lot of shit at him, but deservedly so), and she actually admit and apologize for her role in their strained marriage. Nothing gives me more icks when the FMC only blames MMC and not taking any responsibility. Relationship/marriage is a 2-way street, it goes both ways.

“𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙢𝙚, 𝙇𝙤? 𝘼𝙨𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙩. 𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙.”

And another applaud to the author, that this book didn’t even need smut to keep me interested, there’s literally nothing happened until 70% of the book, and the smut is just one sweet scene, and even when it’s taken away, I will still enjoy this book and not feel like I’m waiting for something more. That’s one of the issues I have from other marriage-in-trouble books, they usually have a lot of smuts (usually hate sex) to keep it interesting and add nothing to the plot. In this book, we see how they unravel the reason why their marriage fell apart and find a way to put it back together. And it's not an easy task, that would be for one of them to sacrifice their life for the family and it will only add to the resentment that's been building up. But in the end, they figured it out.

“𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙇𝙖𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄’𝙢 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙭𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙩—𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 . . .𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄’𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧.”

That ending! I burst out into tears with how it ended, it didn’t give me a frustrating “third act break up”. It wrapped up so beautifully, and “FAIR” for both parties, it left me feeling satisfied. Adriana Locke is a new to me author, I was so excited to read her book, and it did not disappoint! Highly recommend this book for fans of this trope!

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 the author and Valentine PR 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚙𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚁𝙲 𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠.

I loved this book!! It was fabulous and well done. The characters were on point and I thought the plot was well developed. I would recommend this book to others.

As Adriana Locke said, this is Parent Trap meets On Golden Pond. Lauren and Jack have been married for almost two decades and they are in a rut. Lauren feels taken for granted and Jack doesn't feel he has a place in Lauren's life anymore. They're basically living separate lives. 
When the kids find the card for a divorce attorney in Lauren's desk and she cancels the family's annual trip to their cabin in Story Brook, they (along with their adorable grandpa) decide to "parent trap" the couple. They're betting on spending time together as a family will rekindle their parents' love. They might be right.
I loved this one! It's hard to write a marriage in trouble story where there are no villains and there are none here. They just succumbed to the pitfalls of routine. I loved the kids's shenanigans and the grandpa is a hoot.
This story shows that, although we all appreciate the grand romantic gestures, it's not the grand gestures that make the solid foundation of an epic love story. It's, in fact, the million little things. It's truly seeing your partner.
A wonderful story of meddling teenagers, a hot husband, an irresistible wife, a love of a lifetime, a well-meaning grandfather, family traditions, a hero puppy, awful tasting burgers, and being there for the people you love. Just lovely!
Thank you, NetGalley for the early access.
Possible triggers: marriage in trouble, ailing parent

This was a great marriage in crisis. I felt like she really hit the nail on the head with some of their issues and I was impressed with how they finally talked through those issues (even though they should have done it sooner).

I loved the part the kids played in this story. It had serious parent trap vibes that were hilarious. Even my husband laughed at a couple when I read them out loud!

I love books where couples find staying power and reconnect.

I received an advanced copy of this book. This is my honest review.

This is only the second marriage in crisis book I’ve read, but this one was one of my favorites of Adriana Locke’s.

Read if you like:
📚marriage in crisis
🚙small town/lake house
📚blue collar
🚙family interference
📚the most relatable couple.

This one to me wasn’t about falling in love per se, but about remembering why you love someone and that that partnership takes work. But if you don’t want it work, you’ll find ways that it doesn’t. I really loved Lauren and Jack (and their meddling family)! I think sometimes we can be so caught up in how we are feeling that we don’t consider how others feel and that was a tough lesson for both Lauren and Jack to face. I love that they took responsibility for their part in why they weren’t happy and wanted to work on it together. Their kids and Jacks dad definitely meddled to help them see how much they loved each other and what was important at the end of the day.

This one was a little different than Adriana’s other books (I still haven’t read Written in the Scars because I’m scared of that emotional journey🤣) but I honestly couldn’t put it down. I was really interested to see how it would all play out and it was a fun journey to read and definitely reminded me to appreciate the good a little more.

Thank you to Montlake, netgalley and the author for an early copy. All opinions are my own.

4.5⭐ Beautiful, sweet and perfect. This book is a really sweet story about two souls who were slowly drifting apart in a big sea called life. Lauren wanted more of Jack, just him. Jack wanted to provide for his family and secure their future in the only way he knew how – stay at work, work harder, earn more money. Somewhere along the way, they just stopped being a family. Their kids and Jack's dad contrive to get Jack and Lauren back together again. This story is about what they went through to get to the other side. And I loved every bit of it!!!

There were some tense moments when it felt like Jack was going to put his other foot in his mouth. And Lauren wasn't totally faultless in the breakdown of the marriage. Along the way, friends and family were recognizing what was happening and giving them advice without outwardly saying so. Jack was at a point where he felt that he couldn't even reach out and touch his wife, even in a kindly gesture, for fear of her seeing his touch as something it wasn't. He was having a hard time coming up with the solution to save his marriage. In the end, he smartened up and called Billie, Lauren's BFF, for advice. And then he followed her advice. Although there's still a lot of work to be done, it feels like Lauren and Jack are well on their way to mending fences and building a stronger future together.

“And this is the problem with a broken heart. It always remembers how to repair itself —and it doesn’t care if cracks remain.”

Thank you Adriana Locke, Valentine PR, and NetGalley for this ARC. The above is my own and personal opinion.

Long after the HEA.

I really like books that focus on after the marriage, the struggles of kids and life and the inevitable: becoming roommates. Lauren has made the decision to move on from her marriage to Jack. That is, until her two kids get involved, trying to get Jack and Lauren to stay together by manipulating a family vacay. Awkward to say the least. Can they get their mojo back?
Recommend.

Lauren and Jack are having marital problems. One of the problems is that Jack is completely unaware. In this book, their kids and Jack's father conspire to get them to their lake house. Although things aren't smooth, they start to talk about how each one has sort of checked out of the marriage. And the teenage kids have issues, there are work issues, and other family things going on. It's a rough time. Can they work things out and find the strong love that they once had.

This book points out that we all have crazy, busy lives, and that we need to make time and pay attention to the really important things - like the people we love. This book is different from the other Locke books that I've read, but it has some really thought provoking and very realistic life problems that real life people deal with.

This book is at once heart-rending emotions and warm hug. My heart absolutely ached for both Lauren and Jack in the beginning of this book. You know it's going to be something special when you're crying in chapter one, and that's exactly where I found myself with this book. This book hurt so good though. One of those reads that stay with you long after you've read the last page. Lauren and Jack have invested nearly two decades into building a life together, but things are more hurt than happy at the beginning of this story. Adriana Locke weaves her magic through this book, there's deep emotions, strong family ties, and so much love. I could not put this book down, I had to see how things turned out. How these two truly worked to meet one another in the middle, and come out the other side of their watershed years far stronger, and so much in love again. This book is easily one of my top reads of all time.

This book will tug at your heartstrings. Jack and Lauren's marriage is in trouble. A two week vacation may turn it all around for them. It's quite the journey. I loved the emotions in this story. The characters are wonderful and I enjoyed the storyline. It was so relatable. Overall this was a good read.

A love a good second chance storyline and this was a beautifully heartwarming but also heartbreaking at the same time. Lauren and Jack finding their way back to each other along with their children, who are pretty clever, made this a great read...and of course Pops!

4.5 stars!

A beautiful, real and heartwarming story of a marriage on the edge of collapse, and a couple’s fight to get back on track and find their HEA again. This is a beautifully written story with great characters and a gorgeous romance, and I loved this one!

Jack and Lauren have been married for 20 years. They have two smart and funny teenagers, but with Jack completely consumed with running his own business to support the family, and Lauren left to take care of everything else, they’re living separate lives. After years of struggle and loneliness, Lauren is finally ready to take charge of her life and move on without her husband – who has no idea how dire the situation really is. Until their kids conspire with their grandfather to bring their heartbroken parents together for a family vacation in their lakeside cabin for two weeks over the summer.

"As much as the kids shouldn’t have done this, I’m grateful they did. It gives me two weeks to figure this out. Because I have to figure this out.
I’m not losing Lauren."

“We did this for twenty years, babe,” he says softly. “Pretty sure we can do it for fourteen days.”

There is still a lot of love between Jack and Lauren, but life has interfered and they’ve both lost sight of each other. I could absolutely feel for Lauren, her struggles and emotions are real, and I could empathise with her anger, frustration, sadness and loneliness. She has lost herself while taking care of her family, and just wants her husband and partner back. And my heart ached for Jack, a man who knew he and his wife weren’t happy, but who is doing his best to provide for his family and give them a good life, having no idea how bad things actually are.

"It’s pure hell being around a woman you love so fucking much and knowing you’re making her miserable."

I love these two. I could feel how much they love each other, but how completely lost they both were in dealing with their situation. Lost in different ways, but they’re finally together and in a place where they can open up and be honest about their issues and how they’re feeling. And here is where their fight begins.

"Having her beside me and not being able to touch her – being afraid to even speak to her – was an eye-opener. What is it about confined spaces that brings truth to light? Maybe it’s because there’s nowhere to go. There are no distractions available to avoid reality. There’s no running from what’s real."

They’ve both made mistakes, and I felt so much for both of them. I could see where both of them were coming from, could understand how it got to where they were, and I was cheering for them every step of the way. I especially loved seeing Jack come to some pretty huge realisations, and I so admired how he accepted and dealt with it all, fighting hard for the woman he loves so much.

“I’m not walking away from this … I’m fighting for her – for us.”

“What do you need from me, Lo? Ask for it. Let me love you like you want to be loved.”

Their kids, Michael and Maddie, are fantastic characters, and I loved their interactions with their parents. And I loved that while their parents are dealing with their relationship issues, both of them have their own encounters with love over the summer. And Jack’s fabulous father is also along for the ride, bringing his own unique perspectives on love and family.

This is a beautifully written story, full of raw emotion, and I loved watching Jack and Lauren navigate through their challenges and find their way forward.

4.5 stars!

Thanks so much to Adriana Locke and Valentine PR and the publisher, Montlake, for the ebook and audio ARC/ALC of Nothing But it All. This book is one of Adriana Locke’s more emotional reads for sure. It’s marriage in trouble, second chance, forced proximity and so very good. Amy Hall and Ryan Duncan did a good job bringing Lauren and Jack to life, and their two kids and Jack’s father were incredible side characters and their scheming was highly amusing.
 
Lauren and Jacks marriage has been on the rocks for a while. Jack is constantly working and never home, and Lauren is tired of doing everything for everybody else and not having the opportunity to find her own dreams as an individual. Two years after the first marriage ultimatum, Lauren has started a popular scrapbooking business with the help of her daughter’s social media managing and she is ready to give up on her marriage. Her two kids, however, don’t want their parents to split up. They team up with Jack’s father to trick both Lauren and Jack into spending a couple weeks at their family’s cabin on a lake a few hours away. Thus begins shenanigans between the three to force Lauren and Jack together. I loved watching/listening to Lauren and Jack’s communication evolve as they address what went wrong in their marriage and if they’re even able to fix it. This book was very serious, mature, and compelling. I went from being hesitant about Jack to rooting for them to truly get back together.
 
I loved this book so much. It’s a more serious Adriana Locke book and definitely a standout to me. Be prepared to keep some tissues handy but don’t worry- the queen of happy endings won’t let you down.

The second chance romance I didn't know I needed. This was so emotionally raw, I couldn't stop thinking about it when I finished. Everyone in this book is in a different stage of love, Lauren and Jack have a marriage that is more roommates vs spouse. Maddie has her first boyfriend and Michael has fallen for his summer crush.
Jack and Lauren are so relatable.
Absolutely loved everything about this book!!

A marriage in trouble…not my favorite troupe but I love Adriana Locke so I picked it up. As a divorced person I can tell you the feelings of the h were spot on. This book was about as real as it gets but I like a little escape from reality when reading. It’s well written and the characters are likable and there’s a lot of good advice within the pages of this book.

Adriana is one of my favorite authors so I am always so excited anytime I get an arc from her. Her books are always such easy reads for me.

This was the first marriage in trouble books that I have read. I was unsure on how I would like it. While my marriage is not in trouble in anyway, I found this book to be so relatable. It is so easy to go through the motions of life with work and kids that you often forget to put the work in you need to make a happy marriage. It was a great reminder to put in that little extra effort and do not let your love fade.

I loved the parent trap that the kids did to get their parents to work through the issues.

It was such a fun read and absolutely loved how relatable it was. Remember forever isn’t promised, so be present for your important people now.

This is my second marriage in trouble book and I do believe I really love this trope! Jack & Lauren have been married for 20 years. They’ve basically just become roommates. Lauren was finally going to meet with an attorney to get a divorce but her two meddling children & her father in law intervened! They tricked Lauren & Jack into spending 2 weeks at this cabin that they usually vacation at every year.

Jack and Lauren still love each other but life just got in the way. Jack decided to fight for her. He changed his priorities and showed her he still wanted her. There is just something about a marriage in trouble romance that is just so REAL. You could feel the emotion, the pain, and the heartbreak of realizing they might not make it. It’s just so relatable.

This one will definitely pull on your heartstrings.

Thank you for this ARC! This is my honest review.

What an amazing read. I loved this story so much…it’s filled with so many emotions, amazing characters and a tough topic…a marriage in trouble. This is the first time I’ve read this trope and Adriana wrote it so well.

I think there are pieces of this story that many of us mom/wives can relate to. I felt so many emotions while reading this story…brought back lots of nostalgic moments with my grandparents - Strawberry pretzel salad and cucumbers and onions in vinegar.

Lauren and Jack’s marriage is in trouble and they have so many feelings that both have been holding onto….well, their emotions finally tip over and everything comes to light. They both know they have things they can chance, improve on…it’s evident how much they love one another.

Adriana writes a beautiful story about two people realizing they need to make changes in order to bring their family and marriage back together.

Michael and Maddie are two amazing kids that team up with grandpa Henry to help bring the two of them together and forcing time alone. So many funny and sweet moments.