Stuck In The Country With You

by Zuri Day

Good fences make good neighbours — except when a scorching shared past makes things complicated — in this delightful city meets country romance from Zuri Day.


She’s packing her bags — and her baggage.

Ten years ago, Genesis Washington made a very poor decision. At the time, it seemed great. Fantastic. Explosive. But the truth is, your one-night rebound should never be your younger brother’s rival. And he definitely shouldn’t be someone who allegedly only slept with you to gain the upper hand — even if the sex was amazing.

Now, Genesis is blindsided when the farm she’s inherited just happens to be right next door to Jaxson King, the regrettable one-night stand she she’s still painfully attracted to. This man has aged like the finest of wines and what’s worse — he’s now a thoughtful and responsible father. Good thing Genesis has a (*cough* long-distance *cough*) boyfriend. Well, sort of. It’s complicated.

Jaxson and his hotness should be easy enough to ignore. But when city-girl Genesis discovers there’s a serious learning curve to her humble new home, it’s Jaxson who’s there to lend a very skilled helping hand. With every problem that arises, Jaxson is seemingly making all the right moves — both on the farm and when things heat up behind closed doors. But, surely, that doesn’t mean he’s right for Genesis, does it?

Audible Audio

Published March 3, 2026

About the author

Zuri Day is a hopeful romantic. She believes in happy endings, half-full glasses and dreams coming true. That's why she's thrilled to be a contributing writer to this genre...one of her favorites!

Zuri doesn't remember exactly how old she was when she picked up her first romance novel, but she does remember it was love at first sight. "It was probably a Harlequin," she recalled during a recent interview. "And it thankfully took me away from a fairly dull and routine existence growing up in a small Kansas town."

Things aren't dull and routine anymore. Zuri now resides in Los Angeles with her family and when she isn't writing loves to travel the world, cook vegetarian food, work out, watch sports, attend concerts and theatre and enjoy the simple things in life.

"Many people have given up on love, much less romance," Zuri says. "I'm hoping that somehow, through the love-filled pages of my romance novels, I can ignite the reader's desire to believe again. Because everything is possible, when we believe..."

Reviews

[Taylor Nadon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unfortunately this book just did not work for me. I felt uncomfortable with some of the plot points and conversations had in this story and it felt very one dimensional. Almost every issue in this story was resolved with barely any explanation and what we did learn was told to us rather than shown. I just did not feel connected to any of these characters at all and the entire story felt very unrealistic to me. I wish this had been more fleshed out and that the story actually made sense while reading it. Also for me personally the spicy scenes in this book made me cringe and just felt icky so I mostly skipped over them. I will say that the audiobook production was very well done and that did make this slightly more bearable to get through.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Audio for the early Audiobook copy!

[Lori White · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC audio of “Stuck in the Country With You”. The audio performance of this book was amazing! The narrator did excellent portraying both thr FMC and the MMC. The audio performance itself I will be giving 5 stars. The novel I will be giving 3 stars. I love a good country romance, but I wanted so much more from the characters. I didn’t feel very connected to them. Perhaps if I had a little more background knowledge of them individually I would feel different. The FMC came across as desperate and I don’t like that for my queens. It was a decent read! A very cute storyline! I just wanted more from the characters and better chemistry between them.

[Sam P · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story was cute and would probably serve well as palette cleanser between more intense and/or in depth books. The book wasn’t bad but it wasn’t particularly interesting or written in a way that made me invested in the characters or the themes of the story. Even now as I just finished I can’t think of one stand out memorable part.

4 ⭐️ for the audiobook performance.
3 ⭐️ for the actual story.

Thank you to HarperCollins for the free advanced listening copy of this audiobook

[ShicaSheek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stuck in the Country with You caught me off guard. What I expected to be a cute and
light, city girl meets farm romance revealed itself to be a story with real emotional depth,
warmth, and humor. Watching her return to a place she never planned to stay—and
face a man she never truly got over—was both entertaining and relatable. Her internal
conflict felt grounded, not manufactured.

And Jaxson? The way he shows up—without pressure, without games—made their
second chance feel earned. Their chemistry sizzles, driven as much by shared history
and restraint as by attraction.

Readers who enjoy mature, emotionally grounded romances with subtle tension and
genuine character development will find a lot to love here!

Available on paperback and KU NOW.
Audiobook available 3.3.26