Stay Anyway

Kincaid Brothers, Book 7

By: Kaylee Ryan

Narrated by: Alexa Elmy, Eric MacArthur

Stella

Getting pregnant in college wasn't part of the plan, but I'll never regret giving birth to the best part of me. A fresh start in a small town seems like a good idea, until a handsome stranger shows me a little kindness and has me feeling things, I thought I'd never feel again . . . things I have no business feeling about a man I just met.

Every time I turn around, Maverick is there. I'm doing my best to hold it all together, but the truth is, when I see him with my daughter, I know I've already fallen too far.

Maverick

From the moment Stella rolled into town, she's had my attention. Since that moment, I've been determined to befriend the sexy single mom who's down on her luck. Stella has fallen on hard times, but something tells me she'll never take a handout. That doesn't mean I'm not going to try to help, so of course I put in a good word to get her a job. She's smart enough to know I had a hand in it, but that's what friends are for, right?

With each day that passes, Stella becomes more than just a friend. She's my best friend—who I apparently can't keep my hands off. She's worried we're complicating things, but screw that. Blurred lines or not, I ask her to stay anyway.

©2024 Kaylee Ryan (P)2025 Tantor Media

Stella & Maverick

I liked the narrators voices okay as the main characters, but not a fan of either of them voicing the other book characters. Just because Maverick has 8 brothers and a father doesn't mean we need 10 unique voices for them all.

Almost zero angst, this is a strangers to friends to more to forever.

Maverick finds Stella and her daughter Ava with a flat tire and saves the day. He immediately brings her into the family, feeling like she needs a good support system in place - and then spends the next few months denying how deeply his feelings run.

Simple, not quite love at first sight, less than 1% drama, small town, found family. It's all the good things and is a very easy book to finish in a day or two.

Sweet Scale: 5/5
Spicy Scale: 3/5