Momma Says: To Read or Not to Read: ✱✱Book Review✱✱ We Can Stay by Lenna Phoenix

“You need to take it easy and reduce your stress.”

Not the words any small business owner wants to hear—especially when said business is already struggling.

Felicity "Flick" Patel is determined to make her yarn dyeing endeavor a success, even if she has to fight her biggest enemy to do so...

Herself.

She doesn’t need anything else to get in the way of achieving her dream. Not the competition, not the economy, and especially not some little kitten she found and has no idea what to do with.

Working with animals has always been a passion for veterinarian Sebastian Blum.

When feisty Flick comes into his practice with a kitten in tow, he sees not one, but two wounded animals that he wants to help.
The kitten, he's sure, is going to be much easier. Because Flick is a walking mystery—inviting him in and pushing him away at the same time.

He wants her to trust him with her secrets...can he show her the truth won't scare him away?

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Momma Says: 4 stars⭐⭐⭐⭐

Lenna Phoenix's Silent Journey series hits me on a personal level. As a fellow chronic pain sufferer, I find these ladies totally relatable. I also do a fair amount of crocheting, so there's another similarity with this group of strong women - and they are definitely strong, whether others see it or not.

We Can Stay is Flick's turn at romance, and Sebastian, the sexy veterinarian, is right there to save the day. He's also a little bit broken, and like Flick, he doesn't deal with all the emotions in a healthy way, so they're both just moving along without really dealing with the emotional baggage. One of my favorite things about this book is how they each come to terms with the sources of their angst and how they learn that communication is super important.

Lenna Phoenix does a fabulous job of showing the emotional side of chronic pain and the long list of things that pain causes us to miss. I feel like she kept it real. Life's not all sunshine and rainbows, and she shows us that without getting maudlin. We see the good that comes from facing things head-on and learning to trust someone else with our pain.