What if Bebe Stays with Steven?: What if you stay when you know you should go?

by K.M. Creamer

What if you stay when you know you should go? Bebe ignores her intuition at her own peril, and the longer she stays, the harder it is to go. When Steven's threats extend to her family, she finally makes a decision. Will she live to regret it?

200 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 7, 2017

About the author

Karen Maffeo Creamer of Maine has been a lifelong lover of and reader of books, and now she is also the author of not one, but two novels!
Since 2010, Karen has written a novel annually in November as part of National Novel Writing Month (nanowrimo.org). 'One Brave Thing' and 'What if Bebe Stays with Steven?' are products of this practice! She is currently at work on her third book and first non-fiction book.
Karen has been married for over 25 years to the love of her life, Bill, and is the very proud mother of a son and a daughter, Anthony and Isabelle. She is a Registered Nurse Holistic Health Coach and Reiki Master Teacher. Visit her website: http://karencreamer.com/ You can reach Karen at kmcwrites@gmail.com.
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Reviews

[Jennifer Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a telling story of Bebe, an impressionable young woman trying to find true love. Unfortunately her boyfriend Steven has secrets and issues piling up at every turn. Bebe struggles to navigate both her own family troubles as well as Steven’s while looking for clues as to what to do about her rocky relationship. The author narrates like she’s talking to you as a girlfriend and adds little side stories of the character’s extended families along the way. This was an interesting look into the “what if” following the original story “One Brave Thing.”

[Kathy Eliscu · Rating 5 out of 5]

This novel is a spinoff of Karen Maffeo Creamer's "One Brave Thing," in which we followed the main character, Bebe, through her search for Mr. Right. In this novel, which probes the possibility of Bebe staying with classic bad guy Steven, Creamer brings the reader into a story of doubt, fear, and those subtle - or not so subtle - warning signs in a relationship that say "Leave." The story becomes a riveting and frightening tale of a poor choice gone worse. With sharply constructed real-life voice, we are drawn into Bebe's life, her decision-making, and a story line that quite frankly scared me. I could not put it down.

[Donna · Rating 5 out of 5]

The warning signs are there, but you keep explaining them away and staying in a bad situation. Think it couldn't happen to you? Bebe probably didn't think it could happen to her either. I really loved the simple writing style of this novel. It didn't get bogged down in flowery descriptions of china patterns, the colors and texture of furniture or the elaborate lace of a wedding dress. Instead it stayed focused on the stark power of the story. I was so disappointed when I had to stop reading about 40 pages from the end to go to work. I hate it when a strong work ethic interferes with a good read! Luckily, my shift passed quickly and I was able to finish this amazing story.

[K.M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Disclaimer: I am the author of this book. Have you ever wondered why a friend or family member stayed with a partner that was abusing them? This book will give you some insight into the thoughts of a young women who is doing just that. Despite noticing how he's always mad, and he's drinking too much, Bebe stays with Steven when she knows she should go.