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I Wish I Had Waited

Author offers a gripping account of three teenage friends.

As Rainey, Alicia, and Tamara sit in the tree house pouring out their hearts and souls to each other, it tugs at the heartstrings. These teens are as unforgettable as their stories.

Rainey is ten years old when her parents divorce. Her father remarries and moves to Florida with his wife. Soon afterwards, they begin a family of their own.

Living with a workaholic for a mother, Rainey is often left to fend for herself. She is starved for her father’s love and attention and will do whatever it takes to be noticed.

Rainey makes one bad decision after another and winds up pregnant at fifteen. Afraid of the disappointment she will see in her parent’s eyes, she secretly has an abortion with dire results. These two mistakes will haunt her the rest of her life.

Alicia’s world changes forever when her mother is killed in an automobile accident. Her sheltered life at an all girls’ private Catholic school comes to an end when she enters a private co-ed school. It is here she meets and falls in love with Franco.

When they plan a romantic afternoon for their first sexual experience, their plans go awry when Franco is held after school in detention. Unknowingly, Alicia's goes to his house to meet him. As she steps through the door, her life will never be the same.

Warned away from her boyfriend by her friends, rich and spoiled Tamara Sims thinks Rodney is the boy of her dreams. When he pressures her to sleep with him, she puts some distance between them. She's fancies herself in love and doesn't want to lose him. Tamara is not ready to take that next step, but when she sees him with another girl in the hallway at school, she gives in.

Through circumstances, she has no control over her first time turns into a nightmare. Tamara soon learns pregnancy is not the worst thing that could happen. Her life is sent into a tailspin as she struggles with the guilt of her actions and her own immortality.

Author, Sylvia Willis Lett tells a riveting, spellbinding tale, which will leave you wanting more. I Wish I Had Waited crosses all racial, social, and economical boundaries. The ending is thought provoking and unpredictable.

I Wish I Had Waited is a book every parent and teenager should read and discuss, thereby opening the lines of communication. The novel is geared towards girls and boys ages 12 – 19.