Stay with Me — J.H. Croix

Sometimes what we run from leads us exactly where we need to be.Jessa Hamilton has nowhere else to go. So she packs up her little blue truck and drives to Alaska, seeking refuge at Last Frontier Lodge where at least she has family she can count on. A fender bender lands her in the path of Eli Brooks, a man of pure, well, manliness. Rugged and sexy with a smile that sends sparks flying through her, Jessa has no idea what to do with the way Eli makes her feel.Eli has plenty on his mind and none of it has anything to do with meeting a woman who makes him reconsider his commitment to avoiding romance. A painful past led Eli to seek peace in the land he loves -- the wilderness of Alaska. Eli is a classic Alaskan -- he lives and breathes hunting and fishing. Jessa is unlike any woman he's ever encountered -- quirky, sexy, independent and…a vegetarian.While Jessa tries to put the pieces of her life together, a surprise from the past forces Eli to question just how much running from the past has gotten him. As they each grapple with their own ghosts, passion burns like wildfire between them. Can Jessa slow down enough to realize she may have run into the arms of the man she was meant to find? Can Eli look beyond the pain of his past and believe in the future?