Tuesday, 22 April 2025

💜 IF YOU STAYED 🌺 Brittainy Cherry 📚

 ©  Bianca ✰   




• 22 April 2025
standalone

★★★★
4.5 Stars

There once was a man who loved me, until he forgot every memory we've ever shared…

Gabriel Sinclair would forever be my first. My first best friend, my first kiss, my first love…and my first heartbreak. The accident that nearly took his life ripped the memory of me from his grasp—and for the last decades, I've let the guilt of that one terrible night keep us apart.

It took me years to make peace with the fact that he would no longer be in my life, so when he shows up as the architect for my new home, my world's tossed upside down. Now, I'm trapped in a loveless marriage, raising a child, while Gabriel stirs up feelings I thought long buried. It feels like my soul is waking up after years of being in a deep slumber—and my controlling husband will do whatever it takes to keep us apart.

I know I should push Gabriel away to protect him from the shadows surrounding me. Yet, I can't deny the hope that blooms whenever he's near—the chance that he might remember me, that we could reclaim the chapters of our story that we've lost.

Nothing good could come from us, but I can't help but wonder what would happen if this time...he stayed.

There once was a man who loved me… And now he's my only hope for tomorrow.
  




Kierra + Gabriel

Those two have been pushed together by their parents when they were only eight years old. They hated each other. But that hate turned into friendship and love. But it all stopped after that car accident when they were 19.
Gabriel lost his memory of her - of everything. And his mother didn't want her in his life anymore.
Many years later he's the architect for her new house. The super modern tech house her husband wants to build.

LET THE FUN TIMES BEGIN!


Well. That was so sad and heartbreaking.
They lost so many years and now they could have something again. But! She's married and he's still not remembering her. Ugh.
Kierra is only staying in her marriage because of her step-daughter. She's her everything. Her husband is a horrible person.
And Gabriel is the absolute opposite of that. He's so sweet and perfect. But he still can't remember her. But tiny little things seem to pop up in his mind every now and then.
Will he hate her once he finds out the whole truth?
We hope not. We so want that super-delayed happily ever after for them all.
I really enjoyed reading it. It was sweet and sad and so many things.
Wouldn't mind watching this on TV one day!

Still not a fan of Brittainy over-using the words PRIOR. Ugh. I just hate that. Just say LAST NIGHT. Why say THE NIGHT PRIOR??? Ew.
There were a few more 'writing things' that bothered me a bit. But pfft. Who cares.

IF YOU STAYED was such a sweet + heartbreaking + very late second chance love story.  Run to your nearest book dealer for your own Gabriel - he'll be sold out in no time! 


 Links to the Book & Author 
 


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The Problem Series Book #1
 


Book #2

 


 


 



Compass Book #1



Compass Book #2
 


Book #3
 

Book #4
 

Eleanor & Grey

  

Landon & Shay Book #1

  


Book #2

  



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Book #2

Book #3


Book #4


Book #1 in the Music Street series - Complete Standalone!




Disgrace - standalone

  







Amazon #1 Bestselling author, Brittainy Cherry, has been in love with words since the day she took her first breath. She graduated from Carroll University with a Bachelors Degree in Theatre Arts and a minor in Creative Writing. She loves to take part in writing screenplays, acting, and dancing—poorly of course. Coffee, chai tea, and wine are three things that she thinks every person should partake in! Brittainy lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. When she's not running a million errands and crafting stories, she's probably playing with her adorable pets.