Stay For Me (Balefire 5) by Tam DeRudder Jackson-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 27, 2023

I needed redemption.
She needed a sure thing.

Garrett

I’ve made a few mistakes over the last decade, but the one I regret most was letting Olivia Carter go. When I see her again, the past crashes over me, reminding of everything I ever wanted and gave up when I let our dreams separate us.

Managing Balefire into the world’s biggest rock band came at a personal cost—walking away from my only love. When fate brings her back into my life, I’m determined not to screw up again. After Balefire hires her studio to produce their next music video, I have a second chance to rewrite our song—if I can convince her I’m a changed man.

Olivia

Ten years ago, Garrett Phillips chose to go with “his boys” and leave me in the dust of a ratty old tour bus. Now I’m working my ass off to make a name for myself as a Hollywood music video director. Unfortunately, my fledgling studio is bleeding money, and my only hope of saving it is to make a video with the biggest rock band on the planet. Too bad that means working with the man who tore my heart out of my chest when he chose his rock ’n’ roll dream over me.

He says he’s grown up. He says we can make things work. But can I truly trust that this time he will stay for me?

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REVIEW:STAY FOR ME is the fifth (and final ?) instalment in Tam DeRudder Jackson’s contemporary, adult BALEFIRE rock band, erotic, romance series. This is thirty-six year old, Balefire band manager Garrett Phillips, and thirty-three year old, producer/ director Olivia Carter’s story line. STAY FOR ME can be read as a stand alone but for back story and cohesion, I recommend reading the series in order as Garrett’s story with the band begins in book one.

Told from dual omniscient first person perspectives (Garrett and Olivia) STAY FOR ME follows the second chance relationship between thirty-six year old, Balefire band manager Garrett Phillips, and thirty-three year old, producer/ director Olivia Carter. Ten years earlier, Garrett Phillips walked away from a heart broken Olivia Carter as he went on to pursue a career managing the rock band Balefire. Olivia had her own ambitions, and fast forward to present day wherein the two will work together on Balefire’s latest video, a video that is hoping to garner the group an Oscar nomination but all was not well between Garrett and the band, and Olivia would soon discover Garrett’s rocky road to stardom came at the expense of the members of the band. As Olivia and Garrett work together to ensure the perfect video production, threats from another source threaten to take down Garrett, once and for all. What ensues is the rebuilding romance and relationship between Garrett and Olivia, and the potential fall-out as Garrett walks away before his the band reacts to his latest screw-up.

The relationship between Garrett and Olivia is one of second chances; a rekindling romance in which Olivia struggles to let go of the past, and Garrett is hoping for a second with the woman he has never stopped loving. Throughout his years on the road, Garrett never forgot about Olivia Carter but his actions behind the scenes almost destroyed the band he pushed to the top. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters include all the members of the band including their significant others, as well as Olivia’s assistant Jeremy Rowland; Garrett’s assistant Landon Berg, as well as trouble maker Jennifer Hartwell.

STAY FOR ME is a story of betrayal, forgiveness and acceptance; family and friendships, love and understanding. The premise is edgy and entertaining; the romance is tender and seductive; the characters are broken and dynamic.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Play For Me
Sing For Me
Wild For Me
Hot For Me

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Tam DeRudder Jackson is the author of the paranormal romance Talisman Series and the contemporary romance Balefire Series. Her favorite “room” in her house is her back patio where she dreams up stories of romance and risk. When she’s not writing her latest paranormal or contemporary romance, you can usually find her driving around with the top down in her convertible or carving turns on the slopes of the local ski hill. The mom of two grown sons, Tam likes to travel, attend rock concerts, watch football and soccer, and visit old car shows with her husband. She lives in the mountains of northwest Wyoming where she spends most of her free time trying to read all the books. Her TBR piles are threatening to take over her office, and she’s fine with that.

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