Blog Tour Review: Stay With Me – J. Lynn

At 21, Calla hasn’t done a lot of things. She’s never been kissed, never seen the ocean, never gone to an amusement park. But growing up, she witnessed some things no child ever should. She still carries the physical and emotional scars of living with a strung-out mother, Mona—secrets she keeps from everyone, including her close circle of college friends.

But the safe cocoon Calla has carefully built is shattered when she discovers her mom has stolen her college money and run up a huge credit card debt in her name. Now, Calla has to go back to the small town she thought she’d left behind and clean up her mom’s mess again. Of course, when she arrives at her mother’s bar, Mona is nowhere to be found. Instead, six feet of hotness named Jackson James is pouring drinks and keeping the place humming.

Sexy and intense, Jax is in Calla’s business from the moment they meet, giving her a job and helping her search for Mona. And the way he looks at her makes it clear he wants to get horizontal . . . and maybe something more. Before Calla can let him get close, though, she’s got to deal with the pain of the past—and some very bad guys out to mess her up if she doesn’t give them her mom

Series: Wait for You #3
Release Date: September 23rd 2014
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Source: Edelweiss
Reviewer: Shannon
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Shannon’s Thoughts

Jennifer Armentrout knows how to write an angsty New Adult book.

I think of all the books in the Wait for You series, this was one where I felt for the heroine right away.  Calla had her friends at Shepherd, but they were all paired off and he had just found out the guy she had a crush on has a girl.  Then to make matters worse, she discovers her mother had gotten her a hundred thousand dollars in debt and unable to pay her upcoming semester tuition.  That was enough to make me want to put my arms around the poor girl and give her a huge hug.  And things don’t get much better for Calla when she goes back home to figure out just what he mother has done.

Calla is a pretty strong girl.  Probably stronger than the previous heroines of this series, mainly because she tries to fight for herself right from the beginning.  Things are pretty bad and I think anyone else would have had a moment (or a hundred) of feeling sorry for themselves.  But Calla keeps fighting.  Against her mother, thugs and sometimes even herself to get a little bit of happiness for herself.

There were a lot of things to love about Jax (especially the way he uses ‘Honey’ all the time).  He wanted to protect Calla and was there to help her when she needed it, which made him hard to resist.  But it was how he saw Calla, how he loved all of her, that made it easy to forgive him for anything he might have done wrong.

Another great read by J. Lynn/Jennifer Armentrout.  If you haven’t read any of the books in this series, definitely pick them up.  They are all worth it.

Candace’s Thoughts

Jennifer Armentrout/J. Lynn is one of my “go to” authors.  She never disappoints and this series is a must for my one click finger.  This book features Calla who is friends with all of our favorites: Cam, Avery, Jase, Teresa, Ollie and Brit. She is quiet and seems to be more of the background at school and with her friends.  She calls Cam, Jase and Ollie the “Hot Guy Brigade” and she seems to think it is strange she is friends with all of the beautiful people.  Calla has a long scar on her face and she clearly tries her best to hide it and herself from everyone around her.

Enter complication.  Calla tries to pay for the next semester of school and finds their is no money.  The story begins to unravel from here.  Calla must go home and confront her mother who she doesn’t speak to and the only person who would have access to her college money.

Enter Jackson or Jax.  A former Marine who is working in Calla’s family bar.  A family bar that was boarding on more than a hole in a wall but Calla notices that things have changed and she is wondering if it is due to Jax working there.  She doesn’t have time to dwell on her questions because she gets into some serious trouble.  Thank goodness for Jax who is good with a gun and able to keep her safe.  Calla doesn’t understand why Jax is so interested in her but she can’t seem to stay away from him.

This book is 400 pages and it flies by.  You can’t wait to find out more about both of their backstories.  You can’t get enough of the attraction between the two and the plot moves along at a fantastic pace.  Bonus: the characters from the previous books are part of this story and we all love to hear from them.  Double bonus: we are introduced to new characters that I am just betting get a book too….maybe Reese and Roxy. My favorite new character was Katie.  She literally livened up each and every scene she walked into.

This series just gets better and better.  Jennifer always produces a stellar read and I eagerly wait for the next installment.  Go get this one and if you don’t have the rest of the series, one click!

# 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki.

Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. 

Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV.

She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.

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