The One You Can't Forget

by Roni Loren

Overview

"Absolutely unputdownable, delivers all of the feels! Roni Loren is a new favorite. Loved this."—COLLEEN HOOVER, #1 New York Times bestseller

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 Ones Who Got Away Series:

The Ones Who Got Away (Book 1)

The One You Can't Forget (Book 2)

The One You Fight For (Book 3)

Readers are Raving About about The Ones Who Got Away:

"Phenomenal. Gets my highest recommendation!"—LORELEI JAMES, New York Times bestselling author

"Richly layered and full of emotion… Unforgettable."—KRISTEN CALLIHAN, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author

"Unique, swoony, and lively."—SARINA BOWEN, USA Today bestselling author

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781492651444
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	06/05/2018
Series:	The Ones Who Got Away , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	265,594
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Roni wrote her first romance novel at age fifteen when she discovered writing about boys was way easier than actually talking to them. Since then, her flirting skills haven’t improved, but she likes to think her storytelling ability has. She holds a master’s degree in social work and spent years as a mental health counselor, but now she writes full time from her cozy office in Dallas, Texas where she puts her characters on the therapy couch instead. She is a two-time RITA Award winner and a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author.

Editorial Reviews

★ 05/21/2018
Even better than the first in this series (The Ones Who Got Away), this bittersweet contemporary romance delves more sensitively into the adult lives of survivors of a high school prom massacre. Austin, Tex., divorce attorney Rebecca Lindt always wears pantsuits to conceal the scars on her leg from the bullet she took 12 years ago, and there are other, emotional, scars that she likewise keeps hidden. Those reappear all too easily the night she’s mugged at gunpoint. Luckily, a stray dog and Wes Garrett, a former chef turned cooking teacher, come to her rescue. There are immediate sparks, but as soon as Rebecca and Wes realize where they’d met before, their romantic future looks bleak: Rebecca is the lawyer who helped Wes’s ex-wife fleece him of all but the shirt on his back. They have a lot to overcome, individually and together, but Loren capably turns this seeming recipe for disaster into a delicious happy ending. Readers will be ever more impressed by how Loren thoughtfully and compassionately approaches trauma recovery. Agent: Sara Megibow, KT Literary. (June)

Publishers Weekly

"Absolutely unputdownable, delivers all of the feels! Roni Loren is a new favorite. Loved this." — COLLEEN HOOVER, #1 New York Times bestseller

"They have a lot to overcome, individually and together, but Loren capably turns this seeming recipe for disaster into a delicious happy ending." — Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review

"Loren's second title in a series that revolves around survivors of a high school shooting maintains the complexity and emotional intensity that earned the first book huge acclaim but never loses its way as a sexy, captivating romance." — Kirkus Reviews

"The One You Can’t Forget has banter, chemistry, and heat all while dealing with deeper issues around violence." — Harlequin Junkie

"This is a romance readers are unlikely to forget." — Booklist, STARRED Review

" I reallllllly love Roni Loren and I reallllly love the direction she is taking this monumentally important and socially relevant series. The One You Can’t Forget was a captivating, sexy, dramatic and super feely story and I can not wait to find out where the Long Acre survivors take us next. Grade: A" — Smexy Books

From the Publisher

★ 2018-05-01
Divorce attorney Rebecca Lindt has a demanding job and emotional baggage; she's aiming for partner in her father's firm and helping on his election campaign. Getting involved with the has-been chef she helped ruin is not a good idea even if he's smart, sexy, and just what she needs.After another successful yet depressing divorce proceeding, Rebecca is on her way home when she's mugged at gunpoint. A school-shooting survivor, Rebecca completely shuts down in the moment and would probably be killed if not for a stray dog and a passer-by who come to her rescue. The dog is shot, and the stranger arranges for his veterinarian brother to come pick them up. Rebecca is attracted to the man until she recognizes his name, Wesley Garrett, and realizes she represented his wife in divorce proceedings and he'd cheated on her. At first judgmental, she changes her tune when she hears his side of the story—a first step toward a less black-and-white view of the world, a perspective which expands as she is folded into his life in unexpected ways. She becomes involved in a cooking program he runs for at-risk teens and supports it through her firm's charitable fund. After their relationship turns sexual, her disapproving father threatens to expose her deepest, most painful secret if she doesn't stop seeing Wes and supporting the program. Rebecca must finally take a stand for her own happiness, facing her own deep-seated wounds and confronting her father's controlling manner.Loren's second title in a series that revolves around survivors of a high school shooting (The Ones Who Got Away, 2018) maintains the complexity and emotional intensity that earned the first book huge acclaim but never loses its way as a sexy, captivating romance.

Kirkus Reviews