Stay With Me

<p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A second chance with the single dad might seem like fate-but he's exactly what I should avoid.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I've loved Ethan Bishop since freshman year- the day we met at a high school basketball game. Those five years together? Unforgettable. He was my first love my one and only. But while I was wild at heart his presence kept me grounded-until his family decided I wasn't good enough for him.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>My life unraveled the day he walked away chasing his dreams while I took a detour to rehabilitation. It's been twelve years and I've pieced my life back together. I've moved on. Or so I thought.Then I run into him at a venue where I'm performing. That dimpled smile? It still sends my heart into a frenzy stirring up feelings I thought I'd buried deep.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And our story? It's far from over. I've just moved to Meadowbrook-the small town Ethan calls home.He's a widower now a devoted dad and the town's beloved pastor. When he asks me to teach piano lessons to his kids saying no isn't even an option. Soon the lines between us blur as old feelings crash back as if no time has passed at all.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But the whispers and side-eyes in church are all too familiar. I wasn't good enough for Ethan then. What makes me think I am now? As old wounds resurface I have to wonder-will Ethan stay with me this time or are we destined to be torn apart once more?</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This is book 2 in The Single Dads of Meadowbrook Series. Each one of these Christian Romances can be read as a complete Standalone.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Note: This story touches on themes of anxiety depression and self harm leading toward hope healing and redemption.</span></p><p></p>