Release Reviews: The One for You: Roni Loren
The One for You
Roni Loren
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Release Date December 31, 2019
The highly-anticipated fourth book in Roni Loren's unforgettable The Ones Who Got Away series.
She got a second chance at life.
Will she take a second chance at love?
Kincaid Breslin wasn't supposed to survive that fateful night at Long Acre when so many died, including her boyfriend—but survive she did. She doesn't know why she got that chance, but now she takes life by the horns and doesn't let anybody stand in her way
Ashton Isaacs was her best friend when disaster struck all those years ago, but he chose to run as far away as he could. Now fate has brought him back to town, and Ash doesn't know how to cope with his feelings for Kincaid and his grief over their lost friendship. For Ash has been carrying secrets, and he knows that once Kincaid learns the truth, he'll lose any chance he might have had with the only woman he's ever loved.
Kincaid Breslin lost both her boyfriend and best friend due to the Long Acre shooting but in different ways. One was gone forever and one left town.
Ashton Isaacs always planned on leaving Long Acre, but after the tragic events and another incident, he took off and did not look back. He always loved Kincaid but was always just the sidekick. He followed his dreams of traveling and being a writer, but now his life is in transition so he is home in the interim.
Kincaid stayed and is a real estate agent. She has friends but has lost hope for a real relationship and is tired of being hurt. She measures every relationship by impossible standards and is used to being left behind. She tends to be a bit flighty and impulsive and just made one decision that could really affect her future. And now she is face to face with her old best friend that broke her heart with his departure.
Now they are asked to work on a joint project that keeps putting them back in close proximity. They are trying to work on rekindling their lost friendship. But this new Ashton is surprisingly more attractive to her and she is reluctantly taking notice. And poor Ash is still getting over a recent heartbreak and has always loved Kincaid, so he is trying to resist. But do they really want to? And if they don't, can they stay friends when he leaves again?
Now they are asked to work on a joint project that keeps putting them back in close proximity. They are trying to work on rekindling their lost friendship. But this new Ashton is surprisingly more attractive to her and she is reluctantly taking notice. And poor Ash is still getting over a recent heartbreak and has always loved Kincaid, so he is trying to resist. But do they really want to? And if they don't, can they stay friends when he leaves again?
Ash has some secrets and guilt that have stayed with him all this time. And Kincaid has always been plagued by "What ifs?" And she does not even know the full truth of their shared past. Their lives were tied together before as the closest of friends and then bound together by tragedy and damaged by distance. They both struggle with self-worth issues, fears, and insecurities. But now they have a chance to come clean and hopefully move forward one way or another.
This is a beautiful, angsty, and emotional best-friends-to-lovers story that took years to come to fruition due to tragedy, secrets, ommissions, and hidden feelings. It is also the conclusion of this series about four friends who survived and had to find their purpose and love in the aftermath. Their reconnection was a catalyst for change in all of their lives and helped them to let go of grief, guilt, and pain in order to embrace hope, move on, and find love and happiness. I loved how the author wrapped up this story for all of the characters as well as just Ash and Kincaid.
This is a beautiful, angsty, and emotional best-friends-to-lovers story that took years to come to fruition due to tragedy, secrets, ommissions, and hidden feelings. It is also the conclusion of this series about four friends who survived and had to find their purpose and love in the aftermath. Their reconnection was a catalyst for change in all of their lives and helped them to let go of grief, guilt, and pain in order to embrace hope, move on, and find love and happiness. I loved how the author wrapped up this story for all of the characters as well as just Ash and Kincaid.
Kincaid Breslin may have stayed in Longacre, but has doe her best to move beyond the events that defined her final year as a high schooler. As one of the survivors, she has emotional scars from that night - the night that she lost her boyfriend and her best friend.Ashton Isaacs left Longacre as soon as he could, leaving behind the grief that comes from surviving when his best friend’s boyfriend lost his life. He has other reasons for avoiding his hometown though, reasons that make sense when one peels back the veneer of the perfect household to see the abuse hiding behind the public personas his parents project. Between book contracts and at the end of a live-in relationship, he finds himself returning to Longacre to live with his surrogate parents while he figures out what is next.
Kincaid and Ashton had a bond as kids that severed on prom night and with the aftermath of that tragedy. Now that they are adults, can they bridge the hurt that sent them in different directions? And if they can, how do they handle the past secrets that have been covered up?
This was a second chance in a couple different respects. Both Kincaid and Ash have to face parts of their pasts they have preferred to gloss over. Kincaid has a tendency to move from project to project, and her current project is the biggest she has undertaken. But as she begins making plans, she also finds it might be exactly what she was looking for without even knowing. Ash has avoided Longacre, but he has also spent all this time hiding the fact that he wished he was the one dating Kincaid all those years ago.
I loved watching these two as they worked to put the past behind them once and for all. The bond of their friendship is such that even after all these years apart, there is an ease between them that settles in naturally. It is only as they confront the secrets that their friendship is truly tested and the secrets revealed may just change everything they though.
graphics from Sourcebooks Casablanca
Liv's words cut off as Finn got closer. The man approaching was nothing like the boy she'd known. The bulky football muscles had streamlined into a harder, leaner package and the look in his deep green eyes held no trace of boyish innocence.
It's been twelve years since tragedy struck the senior class of Long Acre High School. Only a few students survived that fateful night—a group the media dubbed The Ones Who Got Away.
Liv Arias thought she'd never return to Long Acre—until a documentary brings her and the other survivors back home. Suddenly her old flame, Finn Dorsey, is closer than ever, and their attraction is still white-hot. When a searing kiss reignites their passion, Liv realizes this rough-around-the-edges cop might be exactly what she needs...
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Most days Rebecca Lindt feels like an imposter...
The world admires her as a survivor. But that impression would crumble if people knew her secret. She didn't deserve to be the one who got away. But nothing can change the past, so she's thrown herself into her work. She can't dwell if she never slows down.
Wes Garrett is trying to get back on his feet after losing his dream restaurant, his money, and half his damn mind in a vicious divorce. But when he intervenes in a mugging and saves Rebecca―the attorney who helped his ex ruin him―his simple life gets complicated.
Their attraction is inconvenient and neither wants more than a fling. But when Rebecca's secret is put at risk, both discover they could lose everything, including what they never realized they needed: each other
She laughed and kissed him. This morning she'd melted down. But somehow this man had her laughing and turned on only a few hours later. Everything inside her felt buoyed.
She felt...light.
She'd forgotten what that felt like.
The One You Fight For
(The Ones Who Got Away #3)
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How hard would you fight for the one you love?
Taryn Landry was there that awful night fourteen years ago when Long Acre changed from the name of a town to the title of a national tragedy. Everyone knows she lost her younger sister. No one knows it was her fault. Since then, psychology professor Taryn has dedicated her life's work to preventing something like that from ever happening again. Falling in love was never part of the plan...
Shaw Miller has spent more than a decade dealing with the fallout of his brother's horrific actions. After losing everything―his chance at Olympic gold, his family, almost his sanity―he's changed his name, his look, and he's finally starting a new life. As long as he keeps a low profile and his identity secret, everything will be okay, right?
When the world and everyone you know defines you by one catastrophic tragedy...
How do you find your happy ending?
How do you find your happy ending?
Roni Loren
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