When I Should've Stayed
Jul 2025 · Red Bridge Book 2 · Entangled: Amara
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She thought they were divorced. He never filed the papers.
Now he’s determined to prove their love story isn’t over.
Josie: Before The Moment
There are ghosts at every corner. In the stolen kisses while I waitressed at the diner, in the town festivals in the square, in the many jokes about Betty Bagley and her pie at the Fall Farmer’s Market, and in countless nights spent watching Clay make drinks with that handsome smile of his plastered on his face while I sat on a stool at the bar.
It should all feel familiar and comforting, and yet, it makes it hard for the person I am now to breathe at all.
I wish I’d been stronger. I wish I’d been wiser. I wish I didn’t have to do this.
I wish.
Tonight will be a defining moment for the rest of my life.
I have to end it now...
...before it ends me.
Clay: After The Moment
When Josie and I said, ‘I do’, I thought it’d be us against the world forever. But I wasn’t expecting the world to be so against us.
I know I should’ve stayed that night, and I should have gone back a heck of a lot sooner.
Because I don’t know how to be here. I don’t know how to be anywhere.
Truth is, I don’t know how to be without Josie at all.
She might think we’re done, but I’m going to spend the rest of my life making sure we’re not.
Now he’s determined to prove their love story isn’t over.
Josie: Before The Moment
There are ghosts at every corner. In the stolen kisses while I waitressed at the diner, in the town festivals in the square, in the many jokes about Betty Bagley and her pie at the Fall Farmer’s Market, and in countless nights spent watching Clay make drinks with that handsome smile of his plastered on his face while I sat on a stool at the bar.
It should all feel familiar and comforting, and yet, it makes it hard for the person I am now to breathe at all.
I wish I’d been stronger. I wish I’d been wiser. I wish I didn’t have to do this.
I wish.
Tonight will be a defining moment for the rest of my life.
I have to end it now...
...before it ends me.
Clay: After The Moment
When Josie and I said, ‘I do’, I thought it’d be us against the world forever. But I wasn’t expecting the world to be so against us.
I know I should’ve stayed that night, and I should have gone back a heck of a lot sooner.
Because I don’t know how to be here. I don’t know how to be anywhere.
Truth is, I don’t know how to be without Josie at all.
She might think we’re done, but I’m going to spend the rest of my life making sure we’re not.
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Rochelle West
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July 11, 2025
Max Monroe's When I Should've Stayed is an emotional masterpiece! This Red Bridge series installment brilliantly explores love, loss, and fate. Josie and Clay's journey, revealed through dual timelines, is raw and captivating. His unwavering love and the vibrant Red Bridge community add immense depth. It's a powerful, honest second-chance romance that will break and mend your heart. Absolutely worth the read!
Amy Reierson
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July 6, 2025
Red Bridge isn't just a small town in a book it's a piece of real estate that buries itself in your very soul. These characters are here to break you and then rebuild you, stronger, and yet softer and warmer. Josie and Clay are a sad Grumpy/Sunshine, yet you can't miss the love and humor woven into this story. Let's of course not forget Summer the little girl who stole our hearts in book one. If you haven't recovered you've been warned. I have voluntarily left this review.
About the author
Max Monroe is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty contemporary romance titles (with Romantic Comedy being their jam), Favorite writing partners and long time friends, Max and Monroe strive to live and write all the fun, sexy swoon so often missing from their Facebook newsfeed. Sarcastic by nature, their two writing souls feel like they’ve found their other half. This is their most favorite adventure thus far.
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