Book Title: Stay With Me (With Me #1)
Author: Elyssa Patrick
Release Date: August 30th, 2013
Genre: New Adult/Contemporary Romance
Synopsis
With one look, I’m his . . .
With one touch, he’s mine . . .
With one kiss, it changes everything between us . . .
I’ve been famous since I can remember. Singing, acting, dancing—I’ve done it all. The tabloids cover my every move, but I don’t want that anymore. I want to be normal, whatever that is.
When I leave Hollywood for college in Vermont, I’m on my own for the first time in my life. This is my chance to figure out who I am and what I want in life.
But it’s a lot harder than I expected. I can’t escape my image. Classes are difficult, and I’m struggling. And then there’s Caleb Fox.
Sexy, intriguing Caleb Fox.
Caleb is the one man who doesn’t want to use me. He breaks down my walls. He challenges me. He wants me. And I just don’t know if I can give him the same—or if he’ll stick around when he finds out my shameful secret that the tabloids haven’t managed to uncover.
Dating him is risky enough, but loving him could break me.
Excerpt
He steps closer to me, a glint in his eyes. “I’m a distraction?”
“A huge one.”
“Good.” He’s so close to me that his breath whispers over my hair. His lips are almost touching my ear. “Because you’re definitely distracting me, too.”
I put my hand against his chest and feel his muscles tighten in response. “Well, then we’re in perfect agreement.”
“And what’s that?”
“Distractions”—I jump when I feel his mouth skate over my earlobe—“are not needed, and that w-we sh-should . . .”
His lips enclose on my lobe, tugging it gently. “You were saying?”
Iva's Review
"But I'm ... I'm scared."
"You?"
"Yeah. Me."
"You left everything you knew behind you, Hailey, to do something you dreamed about doing. It cost you a career, your friends, and your mother."
"That was easy. I wanted to leave. I wanted to go to college to find myself. To find...me."
"I think you have, Hailey" Caleb reaches out, holding my face in his grasp. "You just have to realise that. You're the bravest person I know. Be a little more brave."
"For you?"
"No," Caleb says. "Not for me. For you."
(Stay with Me by Elyssa Patrick).
Reviewing books is a little like a lucky dip at times. The story in your hands could be something amazing or a complete flop, something that will make you want to read more of the authors work, or something you will struggle through and be pleased once its finished and you can put it down and forget about it. This book made me feel like I was a winner from the first page.
Hailey Bloom has grown up in the lights of Hollywood and on the stages of Broadway. Her life has been one publicity stunt after another, all orchestrated by her fame seeking mother. When Hailey finally realises she is only living her life to please her mother, she leaves the lights behind as well as her mother and friends when they don't understand her need to find herself.
Trying to live a normal college life, Hailey meets Caleb but is hesitant to trust his advances. Does he want Hailey the starlet or Hailey the girl? And will he wait for Hailey to discover who she is first?
The story is compelling despite being straight forward, the characters are well developed and likeable and the writing style flawless.
Elyssa Patrick has done an awesome job of conveying Hailey's emotions throughout the book. You can see her transitioning from the lonely and vulnerable young starlet, into a more confident individual.
Caleb is gorgeous. A young man that has everything a girl wishes for. A mixture of risque behaviour, good looks, and a caring and patient nature. If his name - Caleb Fox - isn't enough to have you wishing you could meet him in the flesh then some of the sex scenes definitely will.
Minor characters are as well developed as the main couple, and add a lovely balance to the whole story. This makes it easy to want to learn more about each one of Caleb's friends and his sisters and also Hailey's Hollywood friend, Alex, who appears very briefly in the story but has enough impact that you know his story would be a fascinating one too.
Overall this is a delightful story with alluring characters and wonderful prose. Well done Elyssa Patrick.
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| Iva rates 'Stay with Me' 4 and 1/2 hearts |
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About the Author
Elyssa Patrick writes sexy, emotional contemporary romances and New Adult. She is currently working on her next novel.
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