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Worth the Wait

(2026)
(A book in the Bistro at Heron Bay series)
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He came to Heron Bay to help build a restaurant. He didn’t expect to find a reason to stay.

After his marriage falls apart, Casey Prescott is ready for a change. When his old friend Gabe Hendricks asks him to come to Heron Bay and help get the Bistro at Heron Bay off the ground, Casey figures a few months of hard work, salt air, and distance from the life he left behind might be exactly what he needs.

He isn’t looking for love. He’s barely sure he remembers how to believe in it.

Then he meets Sarah.

Sarah grew up in Heron Bay, and she knows exactly how beautiful—and complicated—life in a small beach town can be. Divorced and raising a teenage daughter, she has spent years putting stability first, keeping her heart guarded and her world carefully ordered. She doesn’t have time for a charming chef with a wounded heart, an easy smile, and a way of making her wonder what might still be possible.

But as the bistro comes to life, so does something neither of them expected.

Between late nights in the kitchen, walks along the harbor, and the kind of quiet conversations that linger long after they end, Casey and Sarah begin to realize that love doesn’t always arrive when life is simple. Sometimes it waits until you’re older, wiser, bruised in all the right places, and finally ready to recognize it.

A warm, sun-soaked clean romance about fresh starts, found family, and the kind of love that proves some things are worth the wait.

Featuring:

A charming Gulf Coast beach town
A cozy new restaurant at the heart of Heron Bay
A divorced hero looking for a fresh start
A divorced single mom learning to open her heart again
Slow-burn, later-in-life clean romance
Found family, friendship, food, and second chances


Worth the Wait is the first book in The Bistro at Heron Bay, a spinoff series connected to The Saltwater Girls. It can be read as a standalone.

Perfect for fans of Hope Holloway, Mia Kent, Rachel Hanna, and Sophie Kenna.


Genre: General Fiction



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