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Sexy Men...Sassy Women #2
Stay With Me
He swoops down in his medevac helicopter and rescues people from dangerous situations, but the CEO of the company who’s dolling out the grant for a new plane scares him to death.Spence Keagan doesn’t want be around women like Alexis Castle, the all-buttoned-up executive who invades his life. He’s been burned badly by others and now doesn’t trust anybody, let alone her. He just wants to be left alone, fly his plane and maybe repair the relationship with his estranged son.Alexis Castle suffers greatly for her company, to the point of developing an acute ulcer. She also suffers in her personal life from a mistake she made in her past and from her precocious daughter Jamie who gives her all kinds of grief. To get her life in order she retreats for the summer to beautiful Catasaga Lake in upstate New York where the helicopter base is housed and where Spence lives.While there, circumstances bring her together with Spence and his family. She comes to learn what kind of man he truly is and he sees the vulnerable woman behind the CEO mask. Then the unthinkable happens. They fall in love. Alexis can’t compromise her decision about the grant and he can’t trust her. Complicated and intense, this relationship sets the stage for some high-powered action and passionate love scenes.Will Alexis ruin her reputation for him and will Spence trust her like no other person in his life?If they do, they risk everything.If they don’t, they’re doomed to be alone.
- GenresRomance
293 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 1, 2000
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About the author
Kathryn Shay
174 books500 followersKathryn Shay is a lifelong writer. At fifteen, she penned her first 'romance,' a short story about a female newspaper reporter in New York City and her fight to make a name for herself in a world of male journalists - and with one hardheaded editor in particular. Looking back, Kathryn says she should have known then that writing was in her future. But as so often happens, fate sent her detouring down another path.
Fully intending to pursue her dream of big city lights and success in the literary world, Kathryn took every creative writing class available at the small private women's college she attended in upstate New York. Instead, other dreams took precedence. She met and subsequently married a wonderful guy who'd attended a neighboring school, then completed her practice teaching, a requirement for the education degree she never intended to use. But says Kathryn, "I fell in love with teaching the first day I was up in front of a class, and knew I was meant to do that."
Kathryn went on to build a successful career in the New York state school system, thoroughly enjoying her work with adolescents. But by the early 1990s, she'd again made room in her life for writing. It was then that she submitted her first manuscript to publishers and agents. Despite enduring two years of rejections, she persevered. And on a snowy December afternoon in 1994, Kathryn Shay sold her first book to Harlequin Superromance.
Since that first sale, Kathryn has written twenty-one books for Harlequin, nine mainstream contemporary romances for the Berkley Publishing Group, and two online novellas, which Berkley then published in traditional print format.
Kathryn has become known for her powerful characterizations - readers say they feel they know the people in her books - and her heart-wrenching, emotional writing (her favorite comments are that fans cried while reading her books or stayed up late to finish them). In testament to her skill, the author has won five RT BookClub Magazine Reviewers Choice Awards, three Holt Medallions, two Desert Quill Awards, the Golden Leaf Award, and several online accolades.
Even in light of her writing success, that initial love of teaching never wavered for Kathryn. She finished out her teaching career in 2004, retiring from the same school where her career began. These days, she lives in upstate New York with her husband and two children. "My life is very full," she reports, "but very happy. I consider myself fortunate to have been able to pursue and achieve my dreams."
Fully intending to pursue her dream of big city lights and success in the literary world, Kathryn took every creative writing class available at the small private women's college she attended in upstate New York. Instead, other dreams took precedence. She met and subsequently married a wonderful guy who'd attended a neighboring school, then completed her practice teaching, a requirement for the education degree she never intended to use. But says Kathryn, "I fell in love with teaching the first day I was up in front of a class, and knew I was meant to do that."
Kathryn went on to build a successful career in the New York state school system, thoroughly enjoying her work with adolescents. But by the early 1990s, she'd again made room in her life for writing. It was then that she submitted her first manuscript to publishers and agents. Despite enduring two years of rejections, she persevered. And on a snowy December afternoon in 1994, Kathryn Shay sold her first book to Harlequin Superromance.
Since that first sale, Kathryn has written twenty-one books for Harlequin, nine mainstream contemporary romances for the Berkley Publishing Group, and two online novellas, which Berkley then published in traditional print format.
Kathryn has become known for her powerful characterizations - readers say they feel they know the people in her books - and her heart-wrenching, emotional writing (her favorite comments are that fans cried while reading her books or stayed up late to finish them). In testament to her skill, the author has won five RT BookClub Magazine Reviewers Choice Awards, three Holt Medallions, two Desert Quill Awards, the Golden Leaf Award, and several online accolades.
Even in light of her writing success, that initial love of teaching never wavered for Kathryn. She finished out her teaching career in 2004, retiring from the same school where her career began. These days, she lives in upstate New York with her husband and two children. "My life is very full," she reports, "but very happy. I consider myself fortunate to have been able to pursue and achieve my dreams."
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May 14, 2023
Shay never disappoints with her books. I love how she researches her books and writes from those experiences.
August 31, 2013
I loved this book, it had so many good things! First, I got a kick out of everyone's fascination with the soap opera starring Jenny and Ray, and how it intertwined with the book plot. Then I loved Jamey and the nicknames she assigned everyone. She was plucky and adorable. She made the book a hoot. The H/h were very flawed people, especially Alexis. Spence was coming out of his shell but her insecurities were making him clam up again. I liked that the author makes you mad at the characters but you don't dislike them, you just think they're being idiots. It is a predictable plot, but the reading is very enjoyable and Jamie is not to be missed.
July 3, 2015
Ok
I like the story and most of the characters. I thought the hero was a bit childish/selfish. His I'm not the center of attention so I'm going to pout attitude was somewhat annoying. The heroine while somewhat dependent on her father's approval in my opinion never asked for anything unreasonable. Overall a nice easy read.
I like the story and most of the characters. I thought the hero was a bit childish/selfish. His I'm not the center of attention so I'm going to pout attitude was somewhat annoying. The heroine while somewhat dependent on her father's approval in my opinion never asked for anything unreasonable. Overall a nice easy read.
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