Stay with Me audiobook

4.5 Stars!! JLA is a master at writing New Adult. She does it so well. Stay with Me is the fourth book in her series and it’s actually one of my favorites. No one can top Cam and his cookies, but Jax was pretty damn close. Holy hot alpha male! This was not only sweet, steamy and funny, but it had some drama, grit and angst, too. Calla is friends with Teresa who is Cam’s little sister. She’s the quiet one. She has a past that she doesn’t like to talk about. It’s not been an easy life for her and she’s got the scars to prove it. Calla is on the right track with her life. She’s put her past behind her and is looking forward to her future. She’s determined to achieve her goals. my goals- the three F’sFinish college. Find a career in the nursing field.Finally reap the benefits of following through on something. Calla has to focus on the future. Her past is ugly. She doesn't’ want to be anything like the woman who raised her. Things are going right along until Calla’s past comes back to bite her in a big way. After her mom royally screws her by stealing all her college money then doing a disappearing act, she’s stuck going back to the one place she thought she’d never go. Home. When she gets to her family’s bar, the last thing she expects to see is a handsome bartender. She hasn’t been here in a while, but still. Guys like that do not work at places like this. Jax and Calla are drawn to each other immediately. Jax knows all the bad things Calla’s mother is into, and is determined to get her out of that town, or at the very least keep her safe while she’s here. “I want to make sure you’re safe since you’re staying for... however long. And being here by yourself isn’t safe, so I’m going to make it safe for you.” What can I even say about Jax? Jax felt like a mini-new adult KA alpha. Which is a compliment in the highest regards. As much as I did like Calla, Jax completely made this book! “I like you, Calla. Yeah, I’ve only known you a couple of days. But you’ve made me laugh. I can also tell you’re nice and sweet when you wanna be. I think you’re cute as hell and you make me hard. You’ve made me hard a couple of times in the last seventy-some-odd hours and I gotta say that’s not a bad thing. I want to fuck you, and all I need to want to do that with you is to like you. It’s really not that hard to get from point A to point C on that, honey.” Jax is sexy, he is sweet and the way he treats Calla made me melt. When he looks at her, he doesn’t see the scarred girl that she sees. He sees beauty. “I used to be really pretty. See? I used-”
“There is no ‘used’ to be. You’re really fucking pretty now.” I found Calla to be a very likable character. She’s had an extremely hard life, and she’s chosen a better path. I love the way Jax was able to get her to open up, to try new things. It was also fantastic to catch up with the rest of the crew. There were quite a few Cam, Avery, Jase and Teresa scenes! Stay with Me is not only a beautiful romance between two scarred people, it’s a tale of accepting yourself. There was steam, emotional parts, sweet parts, drama, and lots of action! It was one heck of a ride. So why not 5? There really is just one main reason it didn’t hit the 5 star mark for me. It was a little on the longish side, and although most of the story was fast paced, there were a few parts that lagged. Overall- I found this to be an endearing story and it’s one I would recommend to new adult fans!

+5 JAX STARS"I like you.""What?""I like you,""You don't know me.""What I know of you I like."Wow what an amazing book!!!I can't even express how much I loved it!!!It was definitely one of the best book I have read for this year!! This series just gets better and better!!I didn't want this book to end!! I can honestly say that this is one of my favorite books from this series!!! In the beginning I thought Avery and Cam were my favorite couple, but I was wrong!!This book was so emotional and powerful...and the plot was much better!!!I think Jax's and Calla's story touched me more!!Also what made me love it more is that Jax reminds me a little heroes from Kristen Ashley's books!!He was so alpha male and the way he cares and want to protect Calla....*sigh*Please guys don't shoot me....So far I had in my top book boyfriends Cam!But after reading this book....my heart melted for Jax!!So now he is on top :))) He is irresistable!!!I fell in love with him from the begining!!"When I want something,I go for it.Life is way too damn short to live any other way.And I want to get to know you better."Calla has been through a lot in her past life and she is scarred emotionally and physically.She chose to be close to herself!She is in college now and her goals are to finish nursing school and find a decent job!When something bad happened(her mother took from her account the money she has for the college) she must go back in her town to find her mother but instead of finding her mother she will find Jax a hot barman who works in her mother's bar!OMG I need to say more about Jax????????He is amazing!!!!He is so alpha male!!He is hot,protective and so sweet!! I like the way he treats Calla!!!He tries to show her that her scars is nothing and she mustn't feel ashamed of her scars!."It's my problem, because it's your problem."And Calla is sweet,funny.The chemistry between them was so good!!!I wanted them together from the beginning!!They were so adorable and sweet!I loved the meaning of this story!!!I liked see Calla finally accept herself how she is with her scars!And this happened with Jax help!Of course there were many hot moments to keep more my interest!!I love so much J.Lynn's writing!!!She is amazing!!!Each book is so beautiful written!!! I'm sure all J Lynn's fans will enjoy this book as much as I did !!!It was emotional,sexy,sweet,fun, and simply beautiful!I'm so in love with this series!!I can't wait for the next book!!

5 Staying Stars! I love J. Lynn. I love Jennifer L. Armentrout. Doesn't matter what name she's writing under, I almost always love her books. Stay With Me is no exception.Calla has a problem. She needs to finish her final year of college to obtain her nursing degree, and everything was going along fine. Until her mom cleaned out her college fund. And then took out over $100,000 worth of credit card debt in her name. Yikes!Calla returns home to the town and bar she thought she'd never see again, and there she meets Jax. Jax is the sexy bartender working at her mother's bar, Mona's, and he's interested in Calla. Way interested. Together, the two of them search for Calla's mom who has gone missing, and along the way, find a connection in each other.I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. I did a giant happy dance when I got home from work and the Amazon package was sitting there with this puppy inside. I started reading immediately and didn't put this one down for the next 24 hours or so. Why 24 hours? Well I have to work some time people! That and this book was surprisingly long. Almost 450 pages of awesomeness!Calla is a heroine that I adore. Everything she's been through has caused her to cut herself off from life and people, in an effort to protect herself. I found her to be so brave with all of the trials and tribulations she went up against in this book, and holy shit did she have more than a plateful in this book. It was almost disturbing how much the author liked to kick Calla when she was down. Enough already! We get it, shitty things happen to Calla. Back off JLA!Jax.... oh Jax. ***giant sigh***. This was a man to bring home to mom. (Well not Calla's mom, but you know). He reminded me a bit of Kristen Ashley's alpha males. He didn't let anyone push him around, and more importantly he didn't let anyone push Calla around and stood up for her time and time again. Yes, he messed up a little along the way, but those were understandable misunderstandings (does that even make sense?). The first book will probably always be my favorite, so that's still the best one in the series. But Stay With Me runs a close 2nd place, because I'm still recovering from the whiplash that was Be With Me.My only complaint was sometimes JLA got a little too hip with her descriptions, if that's possible. It no longer became cute to read things that didn't even make sense. Like "Holy granola bar". Um, what? Where the F*** did that come from? It's cute a couple of times, but it happened quite a bit. Too much, but that's just my opinion.Can we have a Reece and Roxy story please?

4,5 Sterne!Die Reihe wird mit jedem Buch besser. Ich hab Calla und Jax geliebt

Das Buch war wie immer typisch J. Lynn! Super unterhaltsam, sowohl zum Lachen als auch zum weinen. Ich mochte unsere Charaktere, auch wenn ich kurz verwirrt war, wo der Zusammenhang zu unseren beiden vorherigen Pärchen ist, die übrigens auch beide in diesem Buch mehrmals auftreten 👍🏻 man merkt hier auch endgültig, dass J. Lynn auch schon bevor sie als Jennifer L. Armentrout "Deadly ever after" geschrieben hat, gerne in die Richtung "sexy Crime" ging. Das fand ich auch echt gut und spannend umgesetzt. Auch wenn es wirklich seeeeehr dramatisch war, so alles in allem. Hat mich aber trotzdem gut unterhalten. Das einzige was mich dann gestört hat war das Ende... irgendwie blieben bei mir noch ein zwei Fragen offen, was mich ja immer etwas nervt 🤷🏼‍♀️ aber dann kamen ja noch hintendrein die zwei Bonuskapitel von Cam und Avery aus Band 1 und ich sag nur "haaaach" so herrlich schön kitschig 😍 freu mich auch schon arg auf Band 4, weil wir unsere dortige Protagonistin auch schon in diesem Band kennengelernt haben und den Loveinterest ebenso und die zwei waren hier schon so niedlich im Umgang miteinander, das wird interessant 🙈

4.5 en realidad.Sí, mi favorito sigue siendo el primero por el momento :)Esta es la historia de Calla, ella es la mejor amiga de Teresa (prota del segundo libro) y está a punto de terminar este año de universidad. Ella se alejó de su hogar por muchas cosas que habían pasado, pero parece que no ha escapado lo suficiente. Resulta que su cuenta bancario ha quedado en números rojos por culpa de su madre y debe volver a casa en verano e intentar solucionar esto, pero no será fácil, ya que su madre está metida en movidas muy turbias con la droga. Allí empezará a trabajar en Mona´s, un bar que es propiedad de su madre para intentar reunir dinero para todas las deudas que ahora debe enfrentar y allí conoce a Jax, un chico que queda fascinado de Calla nada más verla, pero esta no le cree, ya que sobre su rostro hay una gran cicatriz que la marca y le hace creer que nadie se fijaría en ella por ello, pero Jax hará todo para demostrarle lo que significa para ella y más, ya que estará a su lado a pesar de todos los problemas que empiezan a rodear a Calla por culpa de su madre.De verdad, me ha encantado esta historia. No tiene el 5 por un par de detalles que me han molestado y que no os puedo contar porque sería spoiler, pero por lo demás me ha parecido perfecto. Me mantuvo muy enganchada (aunque esto no me sorprende) y amé a Jax por completo. La historia de esta par ha sido muy apasionada y paciente. Suspiraba cada vez que estaban juntos. También me flipa como se ha tocado los problemas del consumo de drogas y todo lo que llega a afectar a la vida de las personas. Y por supuesto, ver a las anteriores parejas merodeando por aquí, viendo que siguen siendo una gran parte de la historia es maravilloso.No me cansaré nunca de recomendar estos libros, una pena que no siguieran publicando esta saga en español.

I am a huge fan of J. Lynn. She does NA and she does it well. I initially had to ponder this as I sometimes base a whole book on my issue with one character...I just could not do this here because she created young adult characters with angsty drama and gave them romantic tales with the perfect blend of heat and sweet. Exactly what I wanted.So Cameron Hamilton started this series and held the bar so high. Well move over because Jackson James has arrived! HEY BARTENDER! Just once I would love to jump into a book and become fictional!Calla...you lucky gal, while I cant say you were "it" for me...or him, but I understood you!In case you forget, she is the quite, shy friend. The awkward roomie who was always on the outside looking in. She has a mysterious past...and has the physical scars to prove the harsh affects of it. She covers her scars and she blends into college life as easily as the lies she tells.When the ghosts of her past invade her present and halt her future she turns toward that past begrudgingly...she returns HOME. In the hunt to get her life back she is unprepared for the sexy, sweet talking Jax James to make her business his own! IF only she could let down her walls...So what we have here is a bit of a tragic tale...Calla's life is basically in the hole! From financial hardships, familial loss, potential death threats, and a whole lotta WTF is going on in my life. We also have an amazing man who is sexy on the outside and truly beautiful on the inside. Jax and Calla have a fun, flirty attraction that develops sweetly and quite emotionally. OH THOSE KISSES...I cannot say that Calla is the best heroine. I admit many will get irritated with her early and often...she is very naïve and she is a vortex of insecurity. I often lost my cool with her actions, but then Jax...oh Jax...melt the panties right off of ya! Dear lord...so sweet, so damn sexy...he made her feel safe, loved and beautiful with every word and touch! He alone is worth the time invested here!So I enjoyed this...a lot! Cam and Avery still hold my heart for fave couple, but this story of Jax and Calla is probably my favorite! Perhaps the tone was a bit harsher, the conflict more dire, and the overall relationship more realistic than the previous tales. The NA tone was set well and the intimacy was done very well!

I have LOVED this series, every book and guy in it. These books feature the "HOT GUY BRIGADE" (Calla's words not mine). Cam is the President (again according to Calla) because of his yummy looks and warm personality in Wait For Me. Jase is the lieutenant because of his "model good looks" and ability to make people feel "comfy" in Be With Me. Ollie gets a second to the lieutenant position for all his "antics", including leashing those adorable turtles, and his sexy ways! But just wait, because Jax has arrived and he has stolen the top position - at least he has for Calla and for me. Bet you'll agree.Why? Oh Jax, I so love you.A former Marine, Jax has a protective streak. And when Calla ends up in some serious trouble, he's all about keeping her safe. The boy can handle a gun and roll with the best of them. Speaking of safe, he's willing to be Call's safe place for all those things she's never tried. It takes her some time to trust him but he is so trustworthy. A nice guy with some bada$$ abilities, he's not perfect but he tries.Something that he is perfect with is the kissing. He loves doing it and has perfected the art. Oh and cuddling, the boy's a cuddler, a snuggler. He's not so much a morning person, that's sleepy time but once he's awake it must be lovin' time. Did I mention how deeply he cares for Calla. Yeah, he likes her...like a lot. She likes him too but is afraid.Calla has some things that she hasn't shared with her friends. There is more to the scar on her face than everyone knows. So getting naked with a guy is so not going to happen. But enter very patient Jax and things begin to be crossed off that never done before list, like her first kiss.Something that makes Jax so different is his sincere ability to help Calla feel comfortable with who she is. He loves her humor and he thinks she's cute, often. He tells her. I was very impressed with this part of him. Something usual book was the amount of snuggles and cuddles that went on BEFORE anything else happened. Jax has a connection with Calla that I knew meant more than we knew though I wasn't sure what it was till the end. It's sweet.I loved how Jax was trustworthy. Calla doubted him a few times, but I never did. That boy is real and part of that realness was communication. So many books have some silly misunderstanding that keeps the couple apart. Jax wants Calla to be on the same page with him all the time. He wants her right there with him. He wants her coming to HIM when something between them upsets her. I loved that. The characters from the previous books are part of this story but we meet some new characters that I love. I want to know what's up with Reese and Roxy. I love the brooding Nick. By far, the most amusing character was Katie. She bounced in every once in a while and certainly livened things up. I can hope that some of these characters will move on to other books in the series. Especially Reese and Roxy. WANTS!This is a long book, over 400 pages, but I was so into it that it never felt long. The story is full of so much more than a romance. There's a very present danger that Calla finds herself in. There's mystery as to what is really going on with her mom and the bar. There's people threatening her and a dead body showing up on her doorstep and even worry from loved ones. So much for poor Calla to have to deal with all the while falling for the sexy Jax. Loved it.My favorite of the series, Stay With Me brings the sexy and the emotional. It had me falling in love and worried about some very real feeling characters. It had me laughing out loud for reals. It had me wanting to trust Jax and wanting to slap Calla for doubting him. It had me questioning how things could ever work out but hoping with all my fingers and toes crossed that it would.Just as Jennifer got better and better with every paranormal book she has written, her NA books have done the same thing. Stay With Me rocks the sexy, humor, and drama into a satisfying read that just has you smiling as you close the book. Don't miss this one!

Once you get a bite of the forbidden fruit, you develop this addiction that makes you read Jennifer’s series in a flash!! This happened to me and I loved every minute of every story because they are nothing alike, except the awesomeness that binds them.“Stay with me” is the third installment and follows Calla, Teresa and Avery’s friend. Calla is very different from her friends and the situations she will be put in are different, making her a very fierce heroine, but also vulnerable and sweet.Calla always lived wearing a mask and she didn’t revel her true colors to anyone, not even to Teresa and Avery. She had an accident as a child that left her with a scar on her cheek and because of this, she is ashamed of her physical appearance. She wears make- up a lot, but she also hides her true self. She is very shy, never shared a kiss with a boy, never enjoyed herself in the true way of the word. Everything changes when she hears about her mom and she is forced to return to her home town, a place she wants to forget more than anything. Here she will meet Jax, who is running her mom’s local business, a diner. They hit it off immediately, but as I’ve mentioned before, Calla is very shy and Jax can be extremely intimidating when he want to. And guess what? He wants Calla 🙂Jax and Calla have an amazing chemistry and development in their relationship. Calla has been through a lot in her life and I felt extremely sorry for her about what happened to her. Jax was there for her and really made a mission in life to change her perspective upon life and priorities. He shows her how to accept herself and just let go everything clouding her future, and believe me, she faced some serious traumas. He made her believe in her beauty as well, embrace her physical imperfections and live proud with them, a mark of how brave she was and the amazing development she had. Fantastic right? Calla will bloom in Jax arms, but the road is very hard and with a lot of obstacles and secrets when places never thought about before.I have to admit that the plot was more alert and had a slightly dangerous vibe to it. There were particular moments when I was really scared and feared the worst for our characters. But after drawing the line, the story was very complex and had everything I needed to mark it with 5 stars.For more reviews please check https://readwithloveblog.wordpress.com