A JOVE BOOK

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Copyright © 2021 by Jennifer McKinlay Orf

Readers Guide copyright © 2021 by Jennifer McKinlay Orf

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: McKinlay, Jenn, author.

Title: Wait for it / Jenn McKinlay.

Description: First Edition. | New York: Jove, 2021.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021010900 (print) | LCCN 2021010901 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593101377 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9780593101384 (ebook)

Classification: LCC PS3612.A948 W35 2021 (print) | LCC PS3612.A948 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021010900

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021010901

Cover design by Vikki Chu

Cover illustration by Roeqiya Fris

Book design by Alison Cnockaert, adapted for ebook by Shayan Saalabi

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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