2.5 stars 
 Not going to lie, I was so effing excited for this book. I adored Wait For You and Trust In Me. I loved the characters and really fell for Avery and Cam. Didn't care for Be With Me as much and it appears that the first ones might have been a fluke. While I liked this one more than the second book, I still had serious problems with it. 
 Stay With Me is about Calla, a 21-year-old that hasn't seen much in her life. She's never been drunk, never gone to an amusement park, and never seen the world. It stems not only from a childhood filled with neglect, but a self-image problem that she cannot get past. She wears scars all over her body, including one right across her face. She doesn't think anybody, certainly no guy, would ever be able to see past her imperfect skin. 
 When she finds her bank account drained of funds, she moves home to track down her drug addicted mother. What she doesn't expect to find is Jackson James, the hot bartender working for her mother's bar. Jax, a former marine, is everything she wants but knows she can't have. Too bad Jax seems determined to be with her. 
 When her mother's past catches up with Calla, she leans on Jax to get her through it. Now that she's physically unsafe, Jax steps up to be the guy she needs. 
 Oi. 
 Okay, Jax comes on strong from the beginning to the point of stalker. He shows up at her house and, while nice since she was scared, was so inappropriate. Offers to get her car fixed when he windshield is damaged for no charge. Gives her a place to stay when her own place proves too unsafe. He was just so on top of her from the start that it was creepy. Had his character been unattractive, she would have called the cops. 
 While Jax had his redeeming qualities, I also didn't like how their relationship went from hot and cold. Calla's insecurities were evident from the start. She made it clear that she didn't find herself pretty (yet, it's evident she was pretty when her makeup was removed that covered her scar) and it caused a lot of issues with Jax. While he assured her found her gorgeous, she couldn't believe it. If he was going to walk away from her, it would have been early on in my opinion. Before he was in too deep. He would have been like this chick isn't worth it and walked. Yet, his character threatened to walk once he was in too deep. That made no sense to me. Why walk then? Why walk over those type of arguments at that point? 
 The stuff with Aimee would have pissed me off, and I don't have the body issues she does. While Jax was not actively flirting with her, he should have made it clear he was in a relationship. Her getting all gropey on him would have made me furious. And in front of Calla's friends? Yeah, my girls would have scratched his eyes out for me. He should have not only apologized, but nipped it straight away. Then perhaps Aimee wouldn't have been a threat later on. 
 I could deal with the hoopla of the story, despite how melodramatic it was. Her mother was in deep with the drugs so it made sense for drama to happen. Although, what drug dealer 3 million dollars in wouldn't have her knocked out is beyond me. 
 Overall, I was just kind of annoyed with how the first book was about a boy helping a girl deal with the tragedy of her past and this was not on the same level. Same kind of theme, but not executed as well.