Below is the complete list of Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Wait for You books in order. For this series, the chronological reading order is the same as the order of publication.
Publication Order of Wait for You Books
as J. Lynn
- Wait for You (2013)
Wait for You was published in 2013 and is listed as book #1 in the Wait for You series. - Trust in Me (2013)
Published in 2013, Trust in Me is listed as book #2 in the Wait for You series. - The Proposal (2014)
The Proposal is a 2014 release and appears as book #3 in the Wait for You series. - Be with Me (2014)
In the Wait for You series, Be with Me is book #4 and was published in 2014. - Stay with Me (2014)
Stay with Me was first published in 2014; within the Wait for You series, it is listed as book #5. - Fall with Me (2015)
Fall with Me was published in 2015 and is listed as book #6 in the Wait for You series. - Dream of You (2015)
Published in 2015, Dream of You is listed as book #7 in the Wait for You series. - Forever with You (2015)
Forever with You is a 2015 release and appears as book #8 in the Wait for You series. - Fire in You (2016)
In the Wait for You series, Fire in You is book #9 and was published in 2016.
About Wait for You
Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Wait for You series, written under her J. Lynn name, is a contemporary new adult romance series centered on college-age characters dealing with love, trust, trauma, friendship, and the difficult process of building a future after painful experiences. The series begins with Wait for You, then expands through connected novels and novellas that follow different couples within the same emotional and social world. Compared with Armentrout’s fantasy and paranormal books, this series is grounded in real-life relationships, but it still carries her familiar strengths: intense chemistry, fast emotional pacing, secrets, humor, and characters who have to learn how to let someone truly know them.
The first book, Wait for You, introduces Avery Morgansten, a young woman who moves far from home for college after a painful event in her past changed the way she sees herself and other people. Her fresh start is built around control: go to class, stay quiet, avoid attention, and keep the past safely hidden. Cameron Hamilton disrupts that plan almost immediately. Cam is charming, patient, funny, and persistent, but the romance works because he is not simply a perfect solution to Avery’s pain. Their relationship develops through friendship, trust, and Avery’s slow realization that healing cannot happen if she keeps every part of herself locked away.
Trust in Me retells Avery and Cam’s story from Cam’s perspective, making it a meaningful companion rather than just a bonus. It gives more insight into his patience, his attraction to Avery, and the way he understands her distance before he fully knows the reason behind it. For readers who connect strongly with the first couple, the novella deepens the emotional texture of their relationship.
Be with Me shifts attention to Teresa Hamilton, Cam’s sister, and Jase Winstead. Teresa is a dancer whose future has been shaken by injury, while Jase is carrying guilt and responsibility from his own past. Their story continues the series’ interest in young adults whose outward confidence hides fear, regret, or uncertainty. Armentrout uses their romance to explore second chances, not only in love but in identity: what happens when the future someone planned suddenly becomes less certain?
Later books such as Stay with Me, Fall with Me, Forever with You, and Fire in You continue the connected-couple structure. Calla and Jax’s story brings in family damage and the danger of returning to a life someone tried to escape. Roxy and Reece’s romance builds from friendship, longing, and missed timing. Stephanie and Nick’s book takes a character who could have remained on the edges of earlier stories and gives her a fuller emotional arc. Jillian and Brock’s story in Fire in You closes the series with a romance shaped by old feelings, heartbreak, and the courage it takes to risk being hurt again.
The Wait for You series is best understood as connected new adult romance rather than one continuous saga. Each main book has its own couple, but the emotional concerns remain consistent: trust, self-worth, grief, guilt, friendship, and love arriving before the characters feel ready for it. Armentrout writes these stories with warmth and intensity, focusing on people who are trying to move forward while still carrying the weight of what happened before.