Make Me Stay

Safe Harbor, Book 2

By: Annabeth Albert

Narrated by: Elliott Sands, Lance West

Roommate Not Wanted

I'm a forty-year-old homeowner and former detective. My friends think a roommate is the solution to my recent funk, but I know that's the last thing I need.

And even if they're right, sharing my home with Cal is a bad idea. The prickly SEAL rescue diver has muscles for miles, haunted eyes, a wounded soul, and wandering feet that won't be happy for long in Safe Harbor. Yet those fathoms-deep blue eyes have me making an offer I'll surely regret.

Our arrangement may be doomed, but Cal is an amazing roommate. We're soon cooking my mom's favorite recipes, watching terrible TV, accidentally cuddling, and trying not to cross the line from friendship to fling. Until I discover Cal's sexy secret.

Boundaries blur, and I forget I'm not supposed to fall for Cal. Every kiss, touch, and discovery we make together pulls us deeper until there's no denying our feelings.

I want nothing more than to keep Cal in town, in my bed, and in my heart, but Cal seems destined to swim back to his solo ways. Can I bear to let him go, or will our love make him stay forever?

Contains mature themes.

©2023 Annabeth Albert (P)2024 Tantor

Worth a Second Listen

Good narration. The romance is a warm story of the love that grows between Cal and Holden. Worth the credit and has been added to my list of comfort listens.

DNFed at 30%

I’ve read many books by this author before, and she’s definitely a stronger writer and creative storyteller, but sometimes the characters make very out of character choices (even by MM romance fiction standards). The chapter where the MCs pivoted from friends to lovers was cringeworthy. Holden was a creeper with a roommate with few other housing options, which only played out fine bc Cal had an instant personality transplant.