It’s Kate and Dean’s twenty-fourth anniversary and Kate is dreading it. She hasn’t slept with her husband in a long time and she doesn’t want to start now. Dean is looking forward to their anniversary and maybe, finally, make love to his wife again. Their anniversary ends with both of them being unfulfilled, not able to find a middle ground. Frustrated, Dean finds himself attracted to Larissa and he’s debating whether to act on that attraction or stay faithful to his vows. Dean’s morals win and he comes back to his wife but he wants to make their marriage work. He believes that a break will help both of them work on themselves. Larissa, on the other hand, is disappointed when it doesn't work between her and Dean but everything might just turn out okay when Dean and Kate introduces their friend Trevor to her.

All of Me Wants All of You: Sensual Intimacy, Sacred Power shows that women should not be afraid of their own femininity and that intimacy between a husband and wife is normal and nothing to be ashamed of. It is, in fact, recommended to couples. J.Z. Howard’s novel talks about sex and the frustrations between husband and wife who are no longer sleeping with each other. The topic seems racy but it is written beautifully and tastefully. It is also romantic and a delightful read. I liked how almost all the characters were paired up towards the end. Kate and Dean’s issues develop slowly, but in the end their wait is worth it. The story flows easily and the characters are real and believable.

All of Me Wants All of You by J.Z. Howard is a jarring fictional story about a middle-aged Christian couple who have lost sexual intimacy in their twenty-four-year marriage. Both Kate and Dean love each other, but lack effective communication skills to discuss their sexual needs or desires. Kate dreads the thought of being intimate and feels like sex is a painful chore, though her frigidity extends beyond her marriage. Dean's brother Mitch acts like a frat boy egging him on, hammering Dean about his love life. While in total desperation and quite by chance, Dean meets Larissa who also knows his wife. Larissa is a sexy fitness instructor, single mother of a teenage boy and a non-Christian who has abandonment issues from her childhood in foster care. When despondent Dean meets needy Larissa, their chemistry sparks a feverish fire. They flirt with adultery, get high on the attention and have a clandestine meeting. Larissa dreams of them being together as she cooks a romantic dinner. Dean cannot focus on work and is preoccupied with guilty thoughts of the temptress...

In All of Me Wants All of You, Dean's tryst with Larissa gets Kate’s attention finally and the couple verbally fights, which opens up the stagnant lines of communication. Dean is deeply hurt by the lack of sex in his marriage and feels unwanted. He only wants Kate to experience fierce ecstasy, the kind they had as newlyweds. Kate is hurt by the constant pressure and feels unloved as a person. Howard uses his experience as a professional counselor with Christian values to detail a common problem in marriages today. Written in a respectful way about sexual content, Howard explores a necessary component of all committed intimate relationships. All of Me Wants All of You is an inspiring and poignant account of what “till death do us part” really means and will surely please Christian romance lovers and secular readers alike.