📚 Worth the Wait (Worth It Book 1): Gritty MM Second Chance Romantic Suspense
by C F White
Book 1 of 3: Worth It
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Blurb
It was never over. It was just waiting.
Nathan Carter didn’t return to Worthbridge looking for a second chance. He came back for a roof over his head, a job that pays, and maybe, if he’s lucky, a way to connect with the teenage son he’s barely known. Life in the army taught him how to survive, but not how to be a father… and definitely not how to live with the choices he made the day he walked away from everything. Including Freddie Webb.
PC Freddie Webb never left Worthbridge. Not the town. Not the ghosts. Steady, dependable, the man everyone trusts to hold the line when things fall apart, he’s spent years keeping his head down and his heart locked up tight. But all that control shatters the moment a routine arrest throws him face to face with the boy he once loved… and the son that boy now has.
What started between them as teenagers was messy, intense, and unforgettable. Fifteen years later, it’s no less complicated. Especially with Alfie, Nathan’s angry, guarded son, caught between them and already spiraling toward trouble.
As old desires resurface and old wounds reopen, Nathan and Freddie are pulled back into each other’s orbit. But with the whole town watching, tensions rising, and the past refusing to stay buried, they’ll have to decide: play it safe… or risk everything for the love they never got to finish.
Because in Worthbridge, the past never stays buried.
And some loves are worth every second of the wait.
Worth the Wait is the first book in the Worth It series, a gritty MM romance series set in a small coastal town. Each book follows a different couple, all featuring first responders entangled in a severe criminal case threatening the community they serve and the people they love.
⚠️ Trigger Warnings: references to trauma, addiction, teen violence, emotional abuse, and PTSD. Full trigger warnings available in the author note.
MY REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
They were inseparable once—best childhood friends who knew each other’s secrets, dreams, and fears. But one day everything shattered, and Nathan walked away, leaving Freddie behind with nothing but hurt and unanswered questions.
Years later, fate has brought them back to the same town. The years haven’t dulled the ache between them—or the walls they’ve built to protect themselves.
Now there’s more at stake than just old wounds. Nathan has a son, and Freddie can’t help but feel a fierce protectiveness for the child… even if it means confronting the man who broke his heart.
Can Freddie find it in himself to forgive? Can Nathan prove that leaving was the only way he knew how to protect the people he loved?
This is a slow-burn journey of trust, redemption, and second chances—where friendship might just bloom into something deeper, if they can finally let go of the past.
🔥 Emotional, gritty, and heartfelt—this story grabs hold and doesn’t let go.
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