Please Wait to Cross - available now online and in bookstores
Who says you can’t find love in the middle of a midlife crisis?
"No one writes life crisis/new chance at love better than Elissa Bass. PLEASE WAIT TO CROSS is funny and poignant, the story of a woman returning home to find out where she's going. Elissa Bass writes with fierce wit and deep insight, transporting us to Cape Cod and introducing us to Beth--a wonderful character you wish could become your best friend. This heartfelt novel will captivate you, make you believe in the power of a second act, and show you that love might be waiting just across the street.
~ Luanne Rice, New York Times bestselling author of 37 novels, including her latest, LAST NIGHT
At 18, Elizabeth “Bitty” Rhinehart leaves her suburban Boston family home, bound for college in the Midwest. Forty years later, her sister in crisis, Bitty returns to Cape Cod, and ends up rebooting her own life. She quits her high-pressure CFO job, insists that everyone calls her Beth, and becomes a school crossing guard.
Chief Mike Ponce rises quickly through the ranks of his hometown police department on the Cape, but being in charge isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Now in his mid-50s, twice divorced, adrift and dissatisfied, he begins to accept the idea that he'll be alone for the rest of his life.
What happens when two successful people who think they have it all figured out learn that, in fact, they don't?