Love Waits by Gerri HillLove Waits by Gerri Hill is an adorable second chance romance that slips between the present day when Ashleigh and Gina are attending their 20th high school reunion and 20-odd years before when they first fell in love.

Gina and Ashley are both anticipating their 20th high school reunion with dread and a glimmer of hope. You see, in high school they were madly in love but they are no longer together and this is a good chance to see the other again after so many years apart.

Ashley was a popular girl in high school, cheerleader, prom queen and all round perfect young woman. But she had no desire to date the boys in school and she wasn’t really that interested in cheerleading or prom. She was far more interested in the dark haired girl who she caught staring a few times, Gina.

Gina was more into basketball than being popular but there was something alluring about the cheerleader who befriended her at a pool party.

In the present day we watch as the two women reconnect and discover that there is still crazy chemistry between them. But, in an attempt to be less vulnerable Ashley lied and told Gina about an imaginary girlfriend. Now, that girlfriend is stopping them from rekindling the romance that meant everything to them both.

Over the course of the book we discover how they got together and fell apart and we look at what is happening in the present as the flood of feelings comes back to them both.

This is a beautiful and heartwarming story about second chances and that meant to be love.

Pros And My Favourite Parts

Abby Craden is a master at narrating romances. Hill writes explicit sex scenes and incredible chemistry and I couldn’t ask for a better narrator than Craden to really make them come to life.

Cons And Heads Up

Nothing worth noting

The Conclusion

sheena's favouriteThis book is absolutely adorable and SO SO worth having in your audio library. It’s the kind of book I will return to again and again because it makes my heart happy.

Hill wrote compelling characters with a gorgeous backstory and an angsty will they, won’t they narrative that makes me a happy listener.

Excerpt from Love Waits by Gerri Hill

Yeah, great.” She took a step closer, unable to resist the pull. “You want to go to the beach with me?” she blurted out.

Gina’s eyebrows shot up. “The beach?”

Ashleigh nodded. “My family rents a beach house every summer.”

“Where?”

“Mustang Island. It’s across the bay from Corpus, near Port Aransas.”

“Sounds like fun.”

“Will you go with me?”

Seconds passed as Gina’s eyes searched hers, looking for what, Ashleigh didn’t know. She held her gaze, hoping Gina found what she was looking for.

“When…when are you going?” Gina asked, her voice sounding odd to Ashleigh. Gina cleared her throat, then smiled. “I think it’d be fun.”

“We go in two weeks. We’ll be there over the Fourth and they have a great fireworks show on the beach.” Without thinking, her hand found Gina’s, and she squeezed her fingers. “Please come.” She realized she sounded like she was practically begging and perhaps she was. She couldn’t explain it, but she needed Gina to go with her.

“Yes.” Gina’s voice was nearly a whisper. She cleared her throat again. “Of course, I’ll have to make sure it’s okay with my mother,” she said, motioning to the house.

“She can…she can call my mom.” Ashleigh went back to her car and found a crumpled piece of paper in her purse. She scribbled out her parents’ number, then below that, added the number for her private line. “Here. That’s our number. The one on the bottom, that’s the number for my bedroom.”

“So if I want to talk to your bedroom, I dial that one?”

Ashleigh laughed. “No, silly. You’ll talk to me. I’ll just be in my bedroom.”

Again, that invisible pull guided her closer. She couldn’t resist it. Gina didn’t move away. Ashleigh stood close, trying to think of something to say, something to prolong her visit here.

“Do you…I mean, you and your parents, do you take a vacation during the summer?”

Gina shook her head. “Not really, no. My dad, he works for Ashwood Gas so he’s out in the field a lot. If we go somewhere it’ll be to see my grandmother over in New Braunfels.”

“New Braunfels is fun,” Ashleigh said. “They’ve got that big water park there.”

“Yeah. I’ve been a few times.”

“Do you have a brother or a sister?”

“No. Just me. You?”

“Both. They’re twins. Ten. They act like they’re eight most of the time,” she said with a laugh. “And they will each invite a friend to go along too, so be prepared.”

Gina nodded and spun the basketball between her hands. “Can I ask you something?”

“Of course. What?”

“Why me?”

Ashleigh felt a blush settle on her face immediately. Yes, why Gina Granbury? Why not someone safer, like Crissy? Safer? She tried to think of a reason to give Gina and could come up with nothing other than the truth.

“I want to get to know you,” she finally admitted. “I think we could be really good friends.”

“You do?”

“Don’t you?” Ashleigh held her gaze. “I like you.” She wasn’t prepared for the fluttering of her heart as Gina returned those words to her.

“I like you, too,” Gina said, almost in a whisper.

Get It Online

When you use the links in this review and buy within 24 hours of clicking then we get a small commission that helps us run the site and it costs you nothing extra

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Bits and Bobs

ISBN number: 9781594931864

Publisher: Bella Books

Audiobook Publisher: Tantor Audio

Narrator: Abby Craden

Gerri Hill Online

If you enjoyed Love Waits by Gerri Hill then you should also look at

The Plus One by Natasha West

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: I received a free review copy of Love Waits by Gerri Hill. No money was exchanged for this review. When you use our links to buy we get a small commission which supports the running of this site