Wait: A 3000 Reasons Series Novella

For Gina Smith, the worst part of the holidays is surviving her family’s annual Christmas party. But then Ben Richardson walks in—her former high school crush, her sister’s ex—and the ultimate reminder of Gina’s reckless youth. Now a battle-hardened Marine, Ben’s familiar grumpy reserve is as irritating—and irresistible—as ever.

All Ben wants is to do his duty, make his family proud, and someday have a marriage as perfect as his parent’s. He shouldn’t find an unpredictable squirrel of a human like Gina so attractive. With her, nothing goes as expected.

When they’re stranded together at the airport on Christmas day, Gina can’t resist trying to turn his perma-frown upside down. Especially if it means hooking up. Her life and career are in Delaware. His in San Diego. It should be simple. But a fling becomes friendship; friendship an important link to normalcy while he’s deployed. And the feelings get complicated.

When Ben returns from overseas, he’s seen enough to know that life is too short to wait for the things you want. But Gina has reasons for needing her independence and relying on any man—let alone one whose life is across the country and directed by the military—isn’t in the plans, no matter how much she cares.

Will it take a Christmas miracle for her to let go of her past and include him in her future? Is Ben willing to wait?