Stay With Me, an all-new standalone contemporary romance by USA Today bestselling author K.L. Grayson is live!
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Blurb
Stay with me.
Three simple words.
One impossible request.
I’ve loved Allie McCallister for as long as I can remember. Her happiness and well-being mean more to me than anything else, which is why when the opportunity of a lifetime presented itself, I had to take it. Three months was such a short amount of time to be apart to provide the financial stability we needed to start our lives.
It wasn’t supposed to catapult my band to stardom, and it sure as hell wasn’t supposed to set off the chain of events that pushed my relationship with Allie to the brink. Our hearts were shattered, our love tested, and when everything fell apart she begged me to leave.
Eight years ago, tragedy broke us. Now we’re back in the same little town where we once dreamed of building our future.
She’s a divorced, single mom.
I’m a damaged country music star.
There are a hundred reasons for us to stay apart.
But all it takes is one look, one touch, one kiss to know our story isn’t over. Now I have to convince her to let me stay.
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Review
4 second-chance stars!
I am a sucker for second-chance romances and I couldn’t wait to get my hands on Stay with Me. The blurb caught my eye but it was the prologue that completely drew me in. Reading about Allie and Jackson’s past left my heart pounding because I had so many theories about the way this story would go, most of them painting one of the characters in a not so favorable light. I thought that the initial breakup would be over something else entirely and I am really glad I was so wrong.
After devouring the beginning of the book and feeling the loss that these characters suffered, I knew I was in for an emotional reunion. Allie and Jackson were childhood sweethearts when tragedy and circumstance pulled them apart, leaving both brokenhearted.
Eight years later, Jackson comes back to Bear Creek very much a different man than when he left. Guilt, regret, and pain consume him but he is working on taking control of his life. Allie may have imagined her life would end up differently but she doesn’t regret the way things happened because it gave her a son. She is a single mom who works hard to give him the best life she can and isn’t looking for love.
When Jackson returns, the love that bloomed when they were children flares back to life. Just as their broken hearts begin to heal they must face challenges again, fighting for the love they lost but have found again.
“There isn’t a rewind button in life, but every once in a while, we get a do-over. Sometimes, if we’re lucky, we get a chance to do right the second time what we got wrong the first.”
Stay with Me is a sweet, heartwarming story about first loves, first heartbreaks, and second chances at a love that was always meant to be. Jackson and Allie show us a forever love that never fades no matter the tragedy they endure or the time that separates them, and I loved it!
Allie and Jackson are well developed, likeable characters. They are genuine and real, and I did not fault them for the decisions they made when their hearts broke. I felt their love, their pain, and their loss. Emotion poured from the pages and it was utterly heartbreaking especially because I knew these two were meant to be.
Taking a chance on love again is never easy when heartache is tied so closely to it. The past is hard to overcome and the future is scary when you open your heart again.
We ruined each other last time we were together. I still feel the pain of his love—a deep cut at the base of my heart that aches every time I take a breath.
However, Allie and Jackson are perfect together and I knew they would fight for their happily ever after. Love doesn’t always run smoothly and sometimes it happens at the wrong time. You have to grow and learn and live before the timing is finally right.
“I think we had to fall apart before we could come back together, and we’re going to be stronger because of it.”
This love story is beautifully written. It’s sweet, steamy, and romantic, and Jackson couldn’t have been more swoony. It is well-paced and entertaining, and I couldn’t have turned the pages faster. I needed to know what happened. The flashbacks gave me the much needed pieces of the puzzle while the present showed me that true love never dies. The drama wasn’t over the top and Allie and Jackson were mature and functional when dealing with it. I loved the way everything unfolded even when it was painful because I knew it was all worth it.
Overall, Stay with Me is an emotional, second-chance romance that is sure to put a smile on your face. If you are a fan of second-chances, you don’t want to miss this heartfelt read!
*ARC generously provided by the author and Social Butterfly PR in exchange for an honest review*
About the Author
K.L. Grayson resides in a small town outside of St. Louis, MO. She is entertained daily by her extraordinary husband, who will forever inspire every good quality she writes in a man. Her entire life rests in the palms of six dirty little hands, and when the day is over and those pint-sized cherubs have been washed and tucked into bed, you can find her typing away furiously on her computer. She has a love for alpha-males, brownies, reading, tattoos, sunglasses, and happy endings…and not particularly in that order.
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