Vivi LeBrun is the new kid in town, lonely and still shocked from the death of her mother and brother in a car accident two years ago. Her father, unable to cope with his loss, turns to alcohol, turning away from his daughter. Cat St. James befriends Vivi and invites her to her first ever sleep-over. Sitting at the kitchen table eating oreos, Vivi is creating a sketch of a chicken to present to Mrs.St. James. The quiet is broken when the two St.James brothers, David and Jackson arrive. They are handsome, dark hair, soulful eyes, handsomer than any boys should be, David the brainy high school senior is impressed with her drawing.

He asks her to do a sketch of him. That is the beginning of their friendship which grows stronger in the coming years. With Vivi, she believes it is everlasting love; David cherishes her as a close friend, almost like a sister.

When David goes to college, he finds a note from Vivi hidden in his computer bag. "I know I'm too young now but when I'm grown up, I'll find a way to own your heart just the way you'll always own mine." David smiles and writes back to her teasing that by the next time he sees her, she won't remember who he is.

When David's mother is dying of cancer, he discovers his father is cheating on her with a country club member. They argue and his mother makes David promise her he will keep his knowledge secret. It would wreck the family and family is always everything. David agrees, does not forgive his father and leaves for Hong Kong to work in his law offices there. He does not communicate with his siblings or Vivi for almost two years and decides to have a reunion on Block Island with them.

The Block Island reunion is full of surprises. David arrives with Laney, the girl he met in Hong Kong. Viv and Laney are direct opposites. Soon, David becomes physically and sexually aware of Vivi. She is all grown up and does not remind him of his sister any longer. Is she his soul mate?

WORTH THE WAIT is a sweet love story. A story, too, about family ties and redemption. As a romantic I adored the ending after cheering for Vivi from page one. She knew her heart and hung in there. David was worth the wait.