Stay With Me
J. Lynn
Another outstanding New Adult novel from the bestselling author of WAIT FOR YOU – a NEW YORK TIMES bestsellerNot all scars are visible on the surfaceCalla Fritz is used to hiding. Hiding the scar that she believes mars her beautiful face. Hiding the burns that cover so much of the rest of her body. Hiding her past and her family secrets from her new college friends.But when her mother clears out her bank account and disappears, Calla is forced to return home and face up to a life she’d rather forget about. What she didn’t count on was meeting the one guy who seems to be able to see past her defences. Jackson James, known as Jax, is beyond smokin’ hot – and Calla can’t quite hide her feelings for a man who knows that beauty isn’t only skin deep.But with some dangerous characters looking for her mother – men who are perfectly happy to punish Calla for her mother’s sins if she doesn’t turn up soon – Calla and Jax have more troubling things to think about than the searing heat between them…
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First published in Great Britain by Harper 2014
Copyright © Jennifer L Armentrout 2014
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Source ISBN: 9780007531011
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Contents
Title Page (#u269dfd06-a4d0-5ce4-96a2-6ac74681f4fc)
Copyright (#u4c43beee-ef59-5916-a719-9e338a6c85ed)
Dedication (#u67f663bc-ddad-51f4-857b-6b7cd536cc37)
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28