Second chance romance and a Christmas read? Everything I could personally want in a romance book. This was a short but sweet, fast paced read. Keeps your attention and rooting for Jess and Nick.

Second chance romance for two rival romance authors who write a book together about a second chance romance.

Getting thrown together at a holiday retreat 5 years after their break-up, Jess and Nick (not THAT Jess and Nick) are encouraged to write a book together. A couple of flashbacks to Christmases of the past are thrown in to better understand what happened to build (and then dissolve) their relationship. Will they get the happily ever after that Jess always write about?

Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review. Watch for All I Want is You to come out September 24, 2024.

What an adorably short but sweet Christmas book! I love a second chance romance where the chemistry is off the charts good, and this did not disappoint. The soft touches of Christmas sprinkled in with some spice made it a perfect cozy romance.

I always enjoy Falon Ballard’s books and this does not disappoint!

Thank you to Netgalley and Putnam Books for this ARC; all opinions are my own.

Short and sweet second chance, forced proximity, one shared bed holiday romance!

I enjoyed reading this book, the holiday snow storm aspect gave me a nice reprieve from all those hot weather.

Nick and Jess are both romance authors (which I loved) that end up sharing a bed when they are snowed in shortly before Christmas at a resort for their publishing company.

I liked both characters but I do feel like the length of the book kept me from really connecting closely to either of them. I liked the characters of Jess’s friends as well.

Overall, would definitely recommend! Especially if you’re looking for a holiday read!

Thank you NetGalley for this arc!

Special thanks to Falon Ballard, NetGalley and Penguin GROUP Putnam for the advance reader copy of “All I Want is You”.

I first read Falon Ballard last year in “Just My Type” and thoroughly loved it. This latest story is a great Christmas, second-chance rom-com that sparks and sizzles with witty banter and spicy scenes. The comments the main character, Jess, says to herself underscore the funny bits and had me laughing hard.

This is also a quasi enemies to lovers romance with Jess and Nick having seriously dated five years prior when Nick broke up with her for reasons we don’t completely know until near the end.

This book will be published September 24th in time for the holidays. I highly recommend purchasing for a fun escape, wrapped up in a cozy blanket by a fire, with, of course, a peppermint mocha ☕️

4.5/5
One of the cutest books I’ve ever read.
Definitely ready for the holidays now.

This book grabbed my interest from the start and I couldn’t stop reading it. Jess and Nick are such fun characters and you root for them from the start.

I love every Falon Ballard book I have ever read and this is no exception! As some one who is a massive Christmas time lover and is married to someone who is indifferent to Christmas, I identified a lot with Jess and Nick. Their chemistry was sizzling and even though this is a cozy holiday romance, it definitely has the steaminess I look for! Would definitely recommend this book!

My first Christmas read of the year, and this is EXACTLY what I wanted 😭

🌲MC who loves Christmas + is also rediscovering her love for it after a heartbreak years ago? Written with absolute perfection
🌲 Pining and grovelling and swooning? 10/10
🌲 A miscommunication trope based breakup which didn't make me want to toss the book? YEP (I'm sorry okay, but I hate the miscommunication trope 😭 AND that's also a topic of discussion in the book, so it's a win-win)
🌲 That proposal at the end?? It has to be the best I've ever read.

-- ty to the author, the publisher and Netgalley for an advanced copy!

This book was fun! I’m a huge fan of second chance and getting to dig into the past so that made a good story here. This was a quick and easy holiday read and Falon can do no wrong!

This kind of felt like a strange Nicholas Sparks dig…?? I made it 10% in but I feel sort of uncomfortable reading. Dropping 5 stars and moving on.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin for the ARC.

This was a second chance romance between two writers. Jess had to play nice and present an award to her ex at this Christmas award banquet. He dumped her years ago without giving her a reason. Nick was still in love with her even after 5 years had passed. I can honestly say that it was a fast paced, spicy Christmas love story. My only small issue was that the reasons why he broke up with her was completely frustrating. It didn’t make sense nor did I buy it. And 5 years had passed! The ending though was cute. He definitely redeemed himself in the end. Overall, it was a good and spicy romance. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for my review. I will post on Goodreads.

4.5 rounded up. I am forever a huge Falon Ballard fan and this book was no exception! It was such a cute Christmas read without being too in your face Christmas. It was shorter than some of her others, so I didn't feel as though the romance was as flushed out as we are used to, but I still really really enjoyed the story. You genuinely cannot go wrong with any of Falon Ballard's books.

All I Want Is You was such a nice break from reality. It’s a fun, quick, holiday read that’ll take your mind off of any holiday stress happening in your life. It has second chance romance, one bed, snowed in, and romance authors finding love tropes. Second chance romance isn’t my favorite trope but I didn’t mind it in this book. The reasoning for the initial break up isn’t learned until later in the book and while I thought the characters were silly for breaking up in the first place, it also worked out for the relationship overall so they could grow as adults and then come together again. I wish we had some more details about Nicks relationship with his family and how that has impacted him over the time the couple was broken up. Overall I enjoyed reading the book and would recommend it to someone looking for a holiday romance. I would also recommend this book to someone stuck in a reading rut. With the length and the pacing, it kept my attention even though I have been struggling with finishing books lately. I look forward to September when the book is published and everyone else can read it.

All I Want Is You is a quintessential holiday second chance romance (and there’s only one bed at this snowed-in Inn, y’all!)

Romance writer exes, Jess and Nick, are at completely different points in their careers five years post breakup when they see each other again at their publisher’s Christmas party. After some forced proximity, and some outside influence, Jess and Nick begin co-writing a holiday second chance romance novel. All I Want Is You is told in dual POV, with flashbacks to Jess and Nick’s first three Christmases together, as they write and begin their own second chance romance.

Within this short and sweet read, author Falon Ballard has delivered a cozy, light, and heartwarming story worthy of our favorite Christmas movie channel.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam | G.P. Putnam’s Sons for an advanced copy of All I Want is You in exchange for my honest review.

All I Want Is You by Salon Ballard is the perfect cozy holiday romance that fans of Beach Read by Emily will absolutely devour.

I love a good second chance romance and when they are seemingly rivals and I thought Ballard achieved that in such a sweet and clever way. Both writers and with a past being forced to play nice and work together again but I really loved how she included past moments between them and readers get to see their character development and grow up and learn from their past mistakes. I loved seeing them bond and support each other and seeing the theme of the magic of Christmas that felt like the coziest book to read by the fire. I highly recommend this book to readers that love a good second chance romance and rivals to lovers. I thought this book was witty, sweet, emotional and swoon. Nick and Jess couldn't have been more perfect. They are opposites but complimented each other so well and I rooted for their relationship right off the bat because their chemistry was so strong. If you love cozy romance books, this book is a must read.

loved this 2nd chance romance about writers who end up falling back in love and figuring out their issues. loved that it was told in their point of view. Loved that he finally came up with a happy ending .

This was so wonderful! I immediately fell in love for Jess - her hopes and dreams, optimism for the holiday season, and heartbreak were all relatable. Nick's defense mechanisms he built to avoid feeling rejected by others were devastating and made him so human. This is a must read dual POV second chance romance.

This book turned out ok, I wasn’t in love with it and didn’t hate it. The dialogue portions were fantastic and well thought out but anytime there was actions, movement, activities happening, even intimate moments etc, it was described in like three sentences. It was a short book and I feel like it could have been expanded a bit when describing anything non-dialogue related.

The plot feels very Inception. The author writes about an author who can’t write a book and ends up writing a book about her own life in fiction. Is that was the actual author did as well? Was she on a deadline and didn’t have an idea so wrote about herself? Hard to say.

Decent read but felt uninspired.

I will read anything and everything Falon Ballard writes! I've been a fan since Lease on Love and every one of her books has been a 3.5 or higher for me. This is the first time it's been an undoubted five star read! It could be because I'm a Christmas person or because I'm a sucker for forced proximity but I ate this up so quickly. My favorite thing about this book was the way it handled miscommunication. I normally hate that trope but Ballard executed it so well here. Highly recommend.

AHHHHHHHHH THIS BOOK WAS SO CUTEEEE! I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would because, well, I'm reading a Christmas book in the middle of May. I had to stop reading multiple times because I kept squealing. The way the author writes and describes characters is simply gorgeous and I will need to check out her other books. I read this book so quickly because I quite literally couldn't put it down.