I’ve been a huge fan of DJ Jamison’s writing ever since I read Catching Jaime (my first and still favorite book of hers) over 2 years ago. All I Want is You is a wonderful Christmas story that combines two of my favorite romance tropes: second chance and friends-to-lovers and I loved it.

Eli and Turner were best friends until Eli kissed Turner when they were still kids. Turner’s reaction told Eli that what he dreamed for would never happen or would it? Turner is now out as bi-sexual and really regrets his reaction when Eli kissed him. At the time he was still coming to terms with his sexuality and he didn’t handle it well when Eli kissed him. Now that Eli has come back home for the first time since he left years ago, Turner wants a do-over.

Wow, this book had me from the start – actually right from when I read the blurb. Because I have loved DJ’s other books, I was confident that this one would live up to the blurb and boy did it! It hit me right in the feels almost from the first page of the Prologue.

I felt so bad for Eli and how he’d been treated as a teen after he came out. He’d been harassed and ridiculed not only by kids at school but also by his own father. It was for these reasons that he left home after high school and never returned until now. Fortunately, his father has mellowed a bit and their tense relationship gradually gets better.

I can’t say enough good things about this story; it made me laugh and it made me cry – both sad and happy tears – my favorite kind of book. For me to say this book stands up against DJ’s book, Catching Jaime, is one of the highest complements I can give it, but not only that, it stands up against other Christmas stories that I’ve read this year including ones by other well-known and favorite authors.

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Turner kissed him, and Eli’s heart exploded into a frantic pace. Turner’s lips were on his, finally. And all his anger, all his disappointment washed away on a wave of endorphins.This felt right. It was as if he’d been holding his breath for eight years, and he could finally exhale.

But it was over too soon. Eli hadn’t gotten a taste of Turner’s tongue, the kiss quick and chaste. He hadn’t gotten to run his fingers through his hair. Hadn’t put his hands on him at all.

Nothing but their lips had touched, and it was the single, best kiss of his life.

“I’d like us to be friends again, real friends,” Turner said. “Even after you leave again for California.”

Oh, right. Eli would be leaving. Turner would be staying. Nothing had changed.

His racing heart slowed. Grew heavy. Thudded hollowly.

“Friends,” he repeated.

“I know you’re not staying long,” Turner added. “So, it’s just a kiss. Between friends.”

“A friendly kiss,” Eli said.

Turner chuckled. “Yeah.”

“Okay,” Eli said.

And yet he sensed something more between the lines of Turner’s spoken words. Honesty, yes, but also yearning. Could it be possible that Turner wanted him as much as he’d always wanted Turner?

There was only one way to find out.

Eli wrapped a hand around the back of Turner’s neck, tugged him close, and kissed him hard. If he was only getting one kiss, he was going to make it count. He was going to kiss the daylights out of Turner and decide for himself how much Turner Williams wanted Elijah Harp.