Lori Foster delivers three romances in Worth The Wait making it an extremely entertaining book. While there was definitely more time spent on one couple, the love matches were quite entertaining. Most of all I love the sense of community in this series; the friendships, the nosey neighbors, and they way they help each other through lives trials and tribulations. 
 Hogan Guthrie's life was turned upside down when he found out his wife was cheating, she cleaned out his bank accounts including their son's college fund, and then died in a car accident forcing him and his teenage son to move to Ohio and live with his brother. With a job at a small accounting firm and working part time at Screwy Louie's on the weekend cooking up his famous ribs, Hogan is working on getting his life back together. He'll be the first to admit he isn't proud of his actions over the last few months, but he can't change the past and all he plans to do is go forward and pursue the woman that intrigues him, but Violet his "boss" at Screwy Louie's wants nothing to do with him and his player reputation. Violet was such a strong female character and I loved that she was self reliant and self sufficient, and it took an illness to make her slow down and an even stronger man to help her through it all. I loved the chemistry between Hogan and Violet, but what I loved more is the respect he had for her and the fact that Violet began to see Hogan's true self; smart, funny, and a dedicated father. I also enjoyed the bond Violet began forming with Hogan's 18 year old son, Colt; they both had great admiration and respect for one another. Hogan's inability to commit and Violet's refusal to settle for anything less proves to be a bit of a roadblock, but between the town's gossip column and watching their friends fall in love it's hard to ignore what's going on between them. 
 Ex-SWAT team member and now Sherriff Nathan Hawley takes his job, so when he sees he has a new next door neighbor he plans to get to know her, but Brooklin Sweet has secrets and she doesn't think she can trust anyone even if the man pursuing her is the town's sheriff. I loved the way Brooklin made Nathan work to know her even though she was intrigued by him. Their relationship was sweet, but intense and a lovely bonus in this book. 
 There's nothing quite like the rush of new love, so it was fun watching Colt realize that between jobs and school, the right girl was worth making time for and new girl in town, Charish, proves to be just what he wants. I really love we get to revisit the couple a few years down the road when the time is right for them. 
 Watching these three couples find love was fun and enjoyable, but what I really loved was the crazy camaraderie of the Screwy Louie's crowd. Lori Foster offers up another exciting contemporary romance in Worth The Wait. 
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