All That You Are

Stef Ann Holm Delivers

All That You Are by Stef Ann Holm is another delightful romance filled with real life ups and down.

Dana Jackson took over the running of the local jazz bar in Ketchikan, Alaska after the tragic death of her father and brother. Running the Blue Note and raising her young son takes up every hour in the day. As a single mother she has no time for romance, especially with a man only in town for the summer.

Mark Moretti needed a break after his families company completed a major project in Boise, Idaho. He travels to Alaska for some much needed R & R. His first meeting with bar owner Dana Jackson doesn't end well but Mark keeps coming back to see her. He stumbles upon Dana's bar needed major renovations. He offers his help partly to get closer to Dana but mainly to help him decide the direction of his life.

Mark and Dana start spending more time together at first in regards to the remolding. But Mark has a habit of getting under Dana's skin. He makes her feel things she never thought existed. They both start to have feelings that are beyond a summer fling. What will happen to this budding relationship after summer turns to fall?

All That You Are is another wonderful romance by a keeper author for me. I look forward the next book every time. Mark and Dana don't have an easy relationship but their fight for their love is well worth the price.

The location and the eccentric Blue Note patrons add depth to an enjoyable relatively simplistic contemporary romance

In Ketchikan, Alaska single mom Danalee Jackson runs her late father's jazz club, the Blue Note. She is lonely and struggling to balance managing the bar and raising her son, but loves living in this gateway city to the final American frontier.

With the death of his father, Mark Moretti finished their last job alone in honor of his dad. However after completing the downtown Boise project, he never had time to grieve his loss. Feeling a desperate need to get away, Mark goes off on a summer long fishing trip with no end in mind. In Ketchikan, Mark meets Danalee and her young son, who take away the blue feelings even as he goes back to work renovating her bar to meet the code.

The location and the eccentric Blue Note patrons add depth to an enjoyable relatively simplistic contemporary romance of two lonely people falling in love. The lead couple and her son are fully developed protagonists and the audience will want the best for each of them, but the city and its surrounding area steals the show as Stef Ann Holm vividly paints the landscape. Mark now knows the answer to the Beatles' tune "Where do all the lonely People go?" is Ketchikan.

Harriet Klausner

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