Corinne Michaels: All I Ask DVD

Sue O.: I bought this paperback at a signing because I loved the beautiful cover (and believe me, that is not normally my way lol). I also had the audio and the ebook in a holding pattern without ever pulling the trigger. I finally decided to just do it and now I'm really happy I did. I absolutely consider this second chance but it is also single mom/single dad, best friends to lovers and a host of issues including bullying, children (I absolutely LOVED Chastity, Everly not so much despite knowing WHY she was the way she was) with minds of their own, past hurts and pains and current town/other people drama. My big take away is that unless you put yourself first (and yes I realize how hard that is), you will never achieve your dreams and your success in life. Teagan was always "left behind" emotionally and never learned that she absolutely deserved to be happy but would have to grab the bull by the horn in order to find that. Watching her find her true strength was a joy.

United States on Jul 10, 2023

Gwen: They were best friends as kids. She was his best woman when he married. She stayed in touch when they moved away until his wife gave the ultimatum, stop contacting Reagan or you lose me. He made one final phone call to Get an which left her confused and angry. The story begins. Good book showing true love but also problems teenagers to through at school.

United Kingdom on Sep 22, 2022

Jade B: This book is emotional, and sweet and all the things a good romance book should be. I really enjoyed it!

Australia on Jun 29, 2022

jsewell: Corinne did it again really. The was so good and so different from all her other books. At first I felt like it was slow the first to second chapter but when it got going I was hook. I couldn’t put it down. I loved it that much.

Teagan and Derek were best friends growing up and secretly in love with the other, never having the nerve to tell the other. But when they thought about confessing how they felt <b>Timing is everything</b>

<I>As the head cheerleader at her small-town high school Teagan never expected to become best friends with Derek, the cute, shy son of the town veterinarian. Over the years, even though Tegan was dating the star of the football team, she couldn't hide her growing feelings for Derek. But just as Teagan is finally ready to confess her feelings for Derek, she finds out she is pregnant, and Derek has moved on.

It was only after he married his college sweetheart that Derek realized that he was in love with his best friend Teagan. Determined to do what was best for his family, he cut Teagan out of his life. Thirteen years later, still harboring guilt for his failed marriage and his wife's death in a tragic accident,...

United States on Jul 27, 2021

Amy Thomas: My heart! I wasn't sure it would survive this book! It was completely shattered, then slowly put back together! The emotions and the angst was absolutely brillant, though it nearly destroyed me. This story was in one word, breathtaking. The love and friendship Teagan and Derek have shouldn't be classified as perfect and yet I can't think of another word to use, because this book was pure perfection. Every detail and word that was written brought out all of my emotions. It touched my whole being and left me with an incredible feeling of bliss. You will love this story, Corinne knocked this one out of the park and it has become an absolute favourite read of mine! 

Canada on Jun 26, 2020

Kindle Customer: In illumination, we see Teagan Berkeley as a strong single mum who is currently bringing up a smart but a precocious teenage daughter. They live in a one bedroom flat above an antique shop owned by Teagan's parents and where she works on a minimum wage. She has fought hard to be independent because due to some secret, underhanded tactics she was pressured to let her child's father relinquish any rights or responsible for the up bringing of his daughter. She know that his popularity as a footballer and the small town mentality of people that they would side with him . She felt that she had no choice or alternative.

Thirteen years previously her best friend Derek Hartz who was training to be vet, got married and left the town. Unfortunately, Derek and Teagan realised too late that they loved each other. Their timing was wrong. Teagan got pregnant with someone else's baby and Derek's wife was also pregnant. When she discovered that her husband loved Teagan she demanded that Derek break off contact with Teagan. But did he?

Then on the death of his wife in a road accident Derek come back to his hometown with his teenage daughter. But will he and Teagan reconcile? Will...

United Kingdom on Mar 23, 2020

Wendy LeGrandWendy LeGrand: The single parent trope has become one of my new favorites to read, and we get not one, but two single parents in this book.

Teagan and Derek were the very best of friends in high and college. They promised to always be there for each other, and even though they were "just friends" they had a bond that everyone could see was beyond special. But circumstances and situations pulls them apart, and it's been thirteen years since they've spoken.

Now, Derek is back in their little hometown, and it's his chance to make things right with Teagan. Whether she allows him back into her life after what he did all those years ago is another story. Add in the fact that they each have a teenage daughter they have to think about, and the path to forgiveness and redemption is a long and bumpy one.

As usual, Corinne is the queen of ripping the heart right out of your chest. Teagan has been through SO much in her life. She hasn't had it easy at all, and she's basically just doing the best she can to raise her daughter right and make a life for the two of them. It doesn't help that Derek is back, making her realize all the feelings she tried to bury all those years ago are still...

United States on Mar 17, 2020

Jacquie Van Mourik: What can I POSSIBLY say about this book that gave me sooooooo many INCREDIBLE emotions from the heart-wrenching ANGST right from the first chapter (OMG!!!), to the glorious and emotional epilogue that left my heart a happy, mushy mess...with ALLLLLL the FEELS in between??!!

Teagan and Derek's second-chance love story took me on a roller coaster ride of EPIC proportions! I was completely captivated by this gorgeous, sometimes gut wrenching and heart-shattering story that has made it on to my TOP READS EVER list! There were times while reading that I had to stop and give my heart a break from the FEELS! There were also times when I wanted to seriously punch a few of the characters in this novel (Derek being one of them!)!!!

Ms. Michaels has PERFECTED the "torture them with feels" aspect of writing to the point where she has earned her "Elphaba" nickname 100%!!! All I can say is this book will RIP YOUR HEART OUT, STOMP ON IT, SMASH IT TO SMITHEREENS....and then put it all back together again! I can't recommend this book highly enough! It's a DEFINITE MUST READ!

Canada on Mar 17, 2020