Dear friends,
I love writing beautiful, healing love stories and sending love letters to the world.
There is a moment in Love All of Me where everything shifts.
Not because the pain disappears.
Not because the scars vanish.
But because love enters the story.
When I wrote this novel, I wasn’t interested in a tidy recovery arc. I wanted to explore what really happens after trauma—after the accident, after the burns, after the moment life splits into before and after. Healing, I’ve come to believe, is rarely just physical. It’s emotional. Relational. Soul-deep.
In Love All of Me, healing only truly begins when the heroine allows herself to be seen again. Loved again. Supported again.
That’s why stories emerging from real-world tragedies—like the devastating Swiss alpine fire—resonate so deeply. In the aftermath of disaster, survivors often speak less about the flames and more about what followed:
How survivors bonded through shared experience.
How family, volunteers, medics, and even strangers became emotional lifelines.
How therapy, resilience, and human connection slowly shaped a new way forward.
These are the same arcs I weave into my stories because they are true—not just in fiction, but in life.
Hope doesn’t arrive as a grand gesture.
It arrives quietly, through presence.
Through someone staying.
Through love that doesn’t flinch at scars.
For a limited time, Love All of Me is available for $0.99—because this is a story I want in the hands of anyone who needs a reminder that they are not broken, not alone, and not beyond love.
If you’ve ever had to rebuild yourself after trauma—your body, your heart, your sense of belonging—this story was written for you.
Scroll to the end to read the new prologue I created for Love In Sicily. Many readers wrote to me to say how much more they enjoyed this story after discovering it was based on a true event—the volcanic eruption on Whakaari in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, just before Christmas in 2019.
“I love this story from Mollie Matthews that gives another view into living by the Bay of Islands in New Zealand. Kate Miller is the sole survivor from her family of the volcanic eruption on Whakaari in the Bay of Islands in northern New Zealand. She has rebuilt her father’s beekeeping business for Manuka honey. She really runs into a reclusive Italian-New Zealander, Gianni Romano. It seems there is instant heat, but the heat is more of distrust by Kate. Really, they both have issues they have been hiding that prevent moving forward. I hope you will enjoy this story of how the bees bring these two together despite serious missteps. Enjoy a break in a warmer setting!”
A LITTLE ABOUT THIS BOOK
An unexpected lover…a volcano of exploding passions
After surviving a horrific accident, Kate Miller is plagued by guilt. Hiding both her mental and physical scars, she shuns love and escapes into work—finding meaning and purpose in running her boutique Manuka honey business.
Billionaire business magnate Gianni Romano has ventured from Sicily to New Zealand driven by the crimes of his father and the memories he wants to escape. But the infamous Romano name and ill-gained fortune follow him wherever he goes. But this only makes the headstrong Italian more determined to strike out on his own. Now, he’s on the cusp of achieving world acclaim.
Only one woman stands in his way—fiercely independent Kate Miller and her refusal to submit to his demands that she sells her business to him. Her passions are inflamed. How dare he think he can flaunt his considerable wealth and buy the only thing that gives her a reason to live?
The spark they have is hotter than a Sicilian sunset and conflict flames. When emotions run deep, and hearts are on the line, will mixing business with pleasure be the bedrock for lifelong love? Or will their love explode like an angry volcano?
Love In Sicily is a beautiful romance, brimming with the promise of a happily ever after. Set in the dual locations of Sicily, Italy, and The Bay of Islands, New Zealand—one of the most beautiful, unspoiled, sensuous places in the world.
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EXCERPT
(Previously published as Love All of Me Mollie Mathews.)
PROLOGUE
December 2019, National Burns Centre, Auckland Hospital, New Zealand
As the soft rays of dawn pierced through the hospital room windows, casting a gentle glow on the sterile walls, Kate Millar slowly opened her eyes. The throbbing pain from her burns surged through her body, a cruel reminder of the volcanic eruption that had ravaged her life three weeks earlier. The events leading up to her awakening were a blur, but the weight of her loss sat heavily on her chest.
Her eyes searched the room for familiar faces, but all she found were the cold, impersonal surroundings. The sound of hushed voices outside her door hinted at the presence of doctors and nurses, the guardians of her fragile existence. With a trembling hand, she reached up to touch her bandaged face, feeling the scars that now adorned her once flawless skin.
As the fog of sedation lifted, memories of that fateful day began to resurface. The image of the majestic volcano, its smoldering mouth beckoning with an alluring danger, swirled in her mind. It had been her idea to venture to the very heart of the seething beast to witness its destructive power firsthand. And now, she was the sole survivor, left to grapple with the devastating consequences of her own curiosity.
Tears welled up in Kate’s eyes as she whispered her family’s names, her voice choked with grief. Her mother, a beacon of warmth and love, who had always been her rock, was dead. Her father, whose wisdom and strength had shaped her into the person she was, would never walk beside her again. And her younger sister, full of mischief and laughter, who had looked up to her with admiration, was—
Dead. They were all dead! It should have been me, I should have been the one who died, she sobbed inwardly.
A wave of guilt crashed over her, threatening to drown her in its suffocating embrace. How could she have been so selfish, so blind to the potential dangers? The weight of responsibility pressed upon her, her heart burdened by the belief that she alone was to blame for the tragic loss of her family.
How could she possibly forgive herself? What right did she have to live? They should have survived. Not me. Guilt, blame, and shame raged through her mind, tangling with the brutal, indescribable loss.
The hospital room door creaked open, interrupting Katre’s tormenting thoughts. A nurse, her kind eyes filled with empathy, approached the bedside. With a gentle touch, she tried to offer hope and solace to her shattered survivor.
“I know it feels unbearable right now,” the nurse said softly, her voice a soothing balm to Kate’s wounded soul. “You mustn’t blame yourself. You couldn’t have foreseen what happened. Nature is unpredictable. It was an accident, a horrible, horrible accident. Blaming yourself won’t bring them back.”
Kate’s trembling lips attempted a weak smile, gratitude mingled with sorrow. The nurse’s words offered a glimmer of understanding, a sliver of hope in the darkness that consumed her. Perhaps forgiveness lay not in assigning blame but in finding the strength to heal and honor her family’s memory in a different way.
Their loss would not be in vain, she vowed. She would become a voice of caution, a beacon of hope for those who had lost their loved ones to the capricious whims of nature. And she would ensure the reckless, profit-greedy tour operators, those truly to blame for placing her family and the other victims of the volcano’s eruption in the way of harm, were brought to justice. importantly, she would continue her father‘s legacy, Bee Healthy and the passion she and her father shared for the healing properties of bees.
The road ahead would be treacherous, wrought with emotional challenges and the scars that adorned her body. But Kate was determined to transform her embers of remorse into a beacon of resilience and compassion. With every step forward, she would honor the memories of her mother, father, and brother, ensuring that their lives lived on through her strength and determination.
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS PROLOGUE….
LOVE IN SICILY is part of Mollie Mathews’ TRUE LOVE STORIES series starring Maverick Billionaires. While it can easily be read as a standalone story, you’ll likely enjoy reading the other books, too.
Other Novels by Mollie Mathews
TRUE LOVE STORIES
Love In Venice (Mauro and Maggie) (3rd prize, Koru Excellence in Romance Award)
Love In Mexico (Ruby and Oliver)
Love In Sicily (Gianni and Kate)
Love In Montana (Lizzie and Jack)
Love in Tuscany (Lorenzo and Sophia)
Love In Greece ( (Sophia and Aris)
Love in Santorini (Helena And Damon)
COMING SOON
Love in Panama
Enjoy the prequel now
AMAZON l IBOOKS l BARNES & NOBLE l OTHER
People often ask me where I love to write. Currently, I’m in Panama, where it feels like Spring all year round. I have my companion, Soul the Sloth, who reminds me to enjoy breaks and the joy of slow living. He also nurtures my sheikh-inspired romance, Loved By The Sheikh, inspired by a toy designer, and features in Love in Panama, the prequel.
I’m going to share his origin story in a future blog. It’s fun, true, and romantic, and I think you will love it!
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THE SHEIKHS UNTAMED BRIDES
Claimed by the Sheikh (Tariq and Melanie)
Stolen By The Sheikh (Anwar and Lucy)
Bought By The Sheikh (Fazza and Grace)
Forgotten By The Sheikh (Asim and Yasmin)
Untamed By The Sheikh (Khalid and Amara)
Unveiled By The Sheikh ( Haleem and Laila)
Deceived By The Sheikh (Rafiq and Lina)
Seduced By The Sheikh ( Zahir and Layla)
Loved by The Sheikh (Prequel) (Salim and Emery)
