3000 Reasons to Stay

Jaime P. Bradley

Jan 2025 · 3000 Reasons Book 1 · Jaime Pullman Beaulieu

About this ebook

When a workaholic hotel manager and a Marine with big dreams collide, will she check him off her to-do list before he opens her heart to new possibilities?

Delaware single-mom Carrie Waller can’t seem to be enough. She juggles custody issues and never-ending parental demands while working at her ex-in-laws’ hotel, determined to deliver another flawless wedding even though her own love life is more neglected than a VHS rental card. The people-pleasing divorcee is so used to putting fun on the back burner that it takes crashing headfirst into a handsome guest to awaken all her dormant desires. 

With retirement looming, Marine Ryan Duran is in desperate need of stability. Stress nips at the reserved thirty-seven-year-old’s heels when he attends his best friend’s wedding across the country, and he welcomes the distraction of the cute, quirky hotel manager. But when he gets back to California and his grandad offers to fund his dream business—if he’ll settle down with a wife—Ryan can’t shake the memory of near-kisses with the East Coast beauty.

When a new job gives Carrie a chance to tackle her freshly written to-do list for fun—and reconnect with the fling that got away—she breaks the safe confines of her planner and takes it. She knows their passion is temporary because her loyalty will always lie with her daughters. But as the weeks pass, Ryan becomes harder to let go. And while Ryan can’t help falling, he needs to lock down his future with a woman who’ll fulfill his meddling grandfather’s stipulations to secure funding for the veterans’ fitness center.

Can their chemistry burn through the obstacles and spark a blazing love story?

Ratings and reviews

3000 Reasons to Stay is book 1 of 3000 Reasons Series. The story was great, interesting, funny, heartwarming, steamy and enjoyable. The characters were charming, determined, had humor and were likable. I really enjoyed this one and look forward to reading more of the series. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

This is a fun and enjoyable story that is an absolute delight to read! It is a fantastic second chance romance that left me with all the feels, and I Loved It! I recommend!. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

About the author

Jaime got hooked on romance novels at an inappropriately young age. She’s a New England dairy farm kid, turned Wyoming cowgirl, turned cattle genetics writer, turned romance writer. Jaime lives with her former US Marine husband and spends her days wrangling their four children and numerous farm animals, reading or writing romance novels, binging on romance related-podcasts, and adding more things to her to-do list than she could ever possibly get done.