New York Times Bestselling author Corinne Michaels brings a new endearing friends-to-lovers story to life in the third STANDALONE in the Arrowood Brothers series.Devney Maxwell has been my best friend since we were six years old, but she has no idea I’m in love with her.Even when I’m on the road playing professional baseball, she’s my home—the only one I’ve ever known. But when I return to … Sugarloaf to care for the family farm, I discover she’s trying to talk herself into a life with the wrong man … and I become desperate.It only takes a single, perfect kiss to change everything.I have six months to get it right with Devney—to convince her to leave this town and turn that kiss into forever.I aim to do just that as I spend my days coaching her nephew’s baseball team, fixing up the farm, and loving her with all I have. Finally, it seems like our relationship is secure and we’ll find a way to make it work.Then tragedy strikes … changing her life forever. She’s needed here more than ever, but as for me—there’s no way I can stay.I know she’s the one for me, but I might have to let her go …Read what others are saying about New York Times bestselling author, Corinne Michaels:”Corinne Michaels shredded me and put me back together in the best possible way with Say You’ll Stay. Incredible read and a passionate start to what promises to be one of my new favorite series.” – Meredith Wild – #1 NYT Bestselling Author”Every book just gets better from Corinne Michaels. She shreds my heart into a million tiny pieces and then magically manages to put it all back together.” – Vi Keeland – #1 New York Times Bestselling Author”With every new book, Corinne keeps reclaiming her throne as the queen of hope, heartbreak, and epic ever afters.” — Violet Duke, NYT bestselling author”5 brilliant stars for Trent and Grace’s story. No one does sexy, swoony romance like Corinne Michaels.” – Sawyer Bennett – NYT Bestselling Author“I dare you not to fall in love with the world Corinne Michaels has created.” – Meghan March, NYT Bestselling Author”Corinne Michaels is a master storyteller and this book held my heart hostage!” – Penny Reid, NYT Bestselling Author”This book doesn’t just tug at your heartstrings — it pulls your soul all the way in.” — Julia Kent, NYT Bestselling Author”A gorgeous blend of heartbreak and hope. Michaels’ writes unputdownable romance.” – Helena Hunting, NYT Bestselling Author“Michaels draws her readers in on an emotional level with the finesse and skill of a more seasoned author. Beloved is a debut not to be missed.”– Laurelin Paige, NYT Bestselling Author“Corinne does a masterful job of immersing her readers in this world of trust, friendship, honor, loyalty, and love.” ~ Aleatha Romig – NYT Bestselling Author“Sexy. Heartwarming. Addictive. Michaels is at the top of her game.”~K. Bromberg, NYT Bestselling AuthorTopics: contemporary romance, small town, second chance, friends to lovers, series, romantic series, women’s fiction, romance saga, romantic small town, series starter, first in series, romance series, romance saga, romantic family saga, new york times bestseller romance, NYT romance, new york times romance, sexy, heartwarming, heart-warming, family, love, love books, kissing books, emotional journey, captivating romance, emotional, healing, hot, hot romance, forbidden love, sparks, loyalty, swoon, Corinne Michaels romance, funny romance, modern romance, new release, office romance, forbidden romance, boy band, older in life, childhood crush, friends to lovers, one night stand, second chance romance, hidden romance, strong alpha, alpha hero, family business, strong female lead, strong heroine, family secrets, top romance reads, best seller, Perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover, Nicholas Sparks, Maya Banks, Penelope Sky, Kendall Ryan, Kennedy Fox, Lexi Blake, Carrie Ann Ryan, Lani Lynn Vale, Chelle Bliss, Sarina Bowen, Penelope Ward, Nora Roberts, Marie Force, Melissa Foster, Kristen Proby, Devney Perry, Susan Stoker, Tessa Bailey, Jana Aston, Sally Thorne, Christina Lauren, Kristan Higgins, Elle Kennedy, Anna Todd, Debbie Macomber, Robyn Carr, Julia Kent, Sylvia Day, K.A. Linde, Catherine Cowles, Jill Shalvis, J. Daniels, Jessica Hawkins, Rachel VanDyken, Jodi Ellen Malpas, L.J. Shen, Natasha Madison, Emily Henry, Kylie Scott, Kennedy Ryan
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I absolutely love this series and the characters. The One For Me is my favorite of the Arrowood Brother’s series. I am such a huge fan of friends to lovers.
Devney and Sean have been best friends since they were little. They have not lost anything break their bond. Devney stayed in the small town they grew up in. Sean is a major league baseball player. Distance and time has not kept these two apart.
In true Corrine Michaels fashion she gives us angst and emotions. I was on the edge of seat turning the pages to see what was going to happen wi the Devney and Sean. You don’t want to miss this book and this series. Must read!
Love the Arrowood series! It just keeps getting better and better! The One for Me is a friends to lovers standalone that will make you swoon.
Sean Arrowood is stealing hearts in this friends-to-lovers standalone. The two of them have been keeping secrets and when they come to light, they can’t deny what they both feel for each other. In true Corinne fashion, she’ll break you and then put you back together.
Sean Arrowood is stealing hearts in this friends-to-lovers standalone. The two of them have been keeping secrets and when they come to light, they can’t deny what they both feel for each other. In true Corinne fashion, she’ll break you and then put you back together.
Sean Arrowood is stealing hearts in this friends-to-lovers standalone. In true Corinne fashion, she’ll break you and then put you back together.
Friends-to-lovers, while being an excellent romance trope is not usually one of my favorites. I am usually more fond of second chance or enemies-to-lovers. Sean and Devney’s story may have changed my mind though.
Sean and Devney have been friends since they were little kids. No matter what other people thought they always had each other’s back. They were the kind of friends where she learned to love baseball because it meant so much to him, and he would dump a girlfriend because Devney didn’t like her. Everyone around them knew they were in love long before Sean and Devney realized it.
These two have several things to overcome to make their relationship work. Secrets to expose, and trauma to survive.
“When you find the one for you, it makes things that were impossible suddenly seem obtainable.” Connor Arrowood.
As Connor tells Sean, the right one make the impossible seem possible. Especially once you ask the right question. Which Sean figures out while talking to Jacob later in the book.
This book will have you laughing, and crying. It takes you through an array of emotions. There were some things I predicted, but others that caught me completely off guard. Once again an Arrowood brother stole my heart, I am anxious for Jacob’s book, but will be sad to see the series end.
I LOVE every Corinne Michael’s book! Gah!!! A friends to lovers standalone from Corinne will make you laugh, smile, cry, and swoon right off your chair. These Arrowood Brothers just get better and better!
These Arrowood Brothers are all so good! Sean at the moment is the icing on the cake!
Sean has to spend his 6 months at the family farm and do his part in order to keep to his father’s wishes and him and his brothers can keep the farm. After several years of knowing his best friend and thinking secrets were not kept from each other, they realize they both are keeping secrets that may destroy them or make them stronger.
Sean is selfless, he loves beyond big, he is not giving up on Devney. He’s had her as a best friend and now what’s her as the love of his life. He will try his best to convince her, and show her what they have is real and can last forever. No obstacle will stand in his way!
This book is so Heartwarming, Swoony, and Unforgettable.
Sean Arrowood is stealing hearts in this friends-to-lovers standalone. The two of them have been keeping secrets and when they come to light, they can’t deny what they both feel for each other. In true Corinne fashion, she’ll break you and then put you back together.
Corinne Michaels has done such a great job with the Arrowood Brothers series! And Sean and Devney’s story did not disappoint! This small town best friends romance has all the feels! This is the third brother’s book but it is a standalone in the series!
The book opens with best friends Sean and Devney sharing a drunken kiss, but they don’t immediately jump into a relationship. Namely, because she has a boyfriend, but Devney is kind of in denial that she has been in love with Sean for 20 years. For her, it’s kind of a surprise to suddenly be faced with these feelings, but Sean has always been in love with her. But because he’s married to his pro baseball career, Sean won’t do anything about acting on his feelings.
As Sean lives out the six months he’s required to on his family’s farmland, he gets a chance to make his move on his best friend. She’s not so easily convinced that she should take a chance on him. But when tragedy strikes, both Sean and Devney are forced to reconsider everything they thought was true as secrets are brought to light. When the dust settles, will she see what is right in front of her — that she is the one for Sean?
Corinne Michaels does another bang-up job with this series. Like Declan and Connor before him, Sean will steal your heart. This friends to lovers romance is wonderfully written. This couple is relatable, and likable, and the situation they are in is so understandable — they are both in love with one another, but terrified to ruin the friendship that they both treasure. Once they finally take that leap, though — it’s remarkable and magnificent.
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
What I love ! What I really love ! Is the ease and comfort I find with being able to fall into ms Michaels books, I take a deep breath and free fall into the pages, not coming up for air until I’m almost done !
I catch all the feels, the emotion and the moments she embodies in her writing, and love every moment years and all !
Sean, Sean, Sean……..sigh ! He’s a definite keeper and a firm favourite of the male leads.
Sean returns to his home town for his 6 month stint and falls straight back into the ease of his best friend relationship with Devney, well that is until he kisses her !
As soon as that kiss occurs assorts of mayhem occurs !, Devney is hesitant at first and then goes with the flow ! But sometimes that flow doesn’t go the way you expect.
Their story isn’t an easy one, it has its ups and downs and it’s highs and lows ! But one things for sure, love shows you what it’s worth ! If you love someone enough the truth and sacrifices and compromises will help your heart and heal you.
Loyalty, friendship and love.
5 Stars
Diz
Sean and Devney were everything and more!!! These two best friends FINALLY got together and I loved that we didn’t have to wait until mid story either lol. Childhood friends that were so blind that they were meant to be while everyone around them was just waiting for them to open their eyes and see what was in front of them all these years. Then there was a tragedy and Sean was there for her. Their road to HEA wasn’t easy because other circumstances surfaced and Sean made it his business to make sure she doesn’t get away along with some help from his brothers. It’s beautiful to see the banters between these brothers and the relationship each brother has with the wives; they love their sisters. Beautiful ending!!!
Corinne Michaels has proven once again why she is one of my favorite new-to-me authors of 2020. The Arrowood brothers have all
Friends to more is my favorite trope and Sean and Devney’s story was a perfect example of why I love this trope so much. There is already such a tight friendship between them. They have been together through thick and thin and that translates so beautifully into a relationship.
Just as with the first two books in the series, your heart will go on a bit of a rollercoaster ride. There are moments that made me laugh and smile and ones that were heart-rending. This is an emotional story that is so worth the read.
There’s only one Arrowood brother left and I cannot wait for his book!
Thank you to the author for providing an ARC for an honest review.
The One for Me is so freaking good. Sean and Devney are everything!! Once again Corinne Michaels has blown me away with her magnificently written love story. This swoony, angsty, friends to lovers romance with the emotional twist that absolutely gutted me, is a book you’re going to want in your life – just make sure you have tissues on hand. The characters, the plot, the feels, everything in this book was perfect.
I may say this after every Arrowood Brother book so far but I extra mean it this time. Sean Arrowood is my favorite brother. He’s so charming and dreamy. Every time he coached Austin in baseball or interacted with his niece, it did a number on my heart and my ovaries. He’s a total catch. The way he loves and supports Devney as she goes through a world of pain is what you want in a significant other.
I love the way Corinne has interwoven each story so brilliantly. If you’ve read the previous two books then you know that because of a stipulation in their father’s will, each brother must spend 6 months living in Sugarloaf in order to keep the house they grew up in. Even though this started out as a form of punishment or an inconvenience for the boys, I’ve enjoyed seeing their bond strengthened. It’s definitely allowed them to discover what they want out of their life.
I can’t wait to read Jacob’s story next. It sounds like it’ll be a tear jerker. What am I saying? It’s Corinne. Of course it will be. In the meantime, I’m going to enjoy my new favorite Arrowood Brother book.
This third opus in the Arrowood brothers’ saga is intense, it touches you right to the heart. Personally, my consumption of tissues was intense too. I loved everything in this story, the duo is charming and touching, the plot is full of emotions and we vibrate intensely alongside Sean and Devney that the author does not spare. A whirlwind of emotions!
What would you do if you realize one day that the love of your life has been right in front of you and you’re about to lose them? What are you prepared to do? If you’re looking to root for a happily ever after, then this is the book for you. But be warned that love is never smooth, and Corinne Michaels will draw you into the story of Sean and Devney and grip you until the very end. The third Arrowood brother, you will have a hard time choosing which brother is your favorite. Though this book is part of a series, you will not need to read the previous books to understand their story. A friends-to-lovers story, it is so worth the time to read. Another engaging series by Corinne Michaels.
This book truly deserves way more than 5 stars, I truly cannot even explain how much I loved this book. Corinne has outdone herself, I couldn’t put this book down for even a second. The One For Me was jaw-dropping amazing, Devney and Sean are EVERYTHING!!!
This book was about two people who have hidden their feelings for years, so when Sean comes back he isn’t going to let Devney go. Sean is back and thrown back into the life he left behind years ago. His friendship with Devney has always been the best, so when he comes back he is determined to never let her go again.
Devney was everything, I loved how strong and kind she was. When Sean comes back to town, the last thing she expects is for old feelings to come back. The chemistry between Sean and Devney was off the charts, these two needed each other to be happy. This has to be my favorite book of the series. It has ALL. THE. FEELS!!!!! A must read!!!
I can 100% see why Corinne wanted to keep Sean all to herself. He is everything and so much more. This book covers so many tropes that you get a little bit of everything. I love that it wasn’t your typical something huge happened and they leave each other, only to come back months later. Sean fought for his girl and was there for Devney when she needed it most. I’m also loving that every Arrowood boy has their own quote their momma gave them. “Just because you don’t hit the bull’s-eye, it doesn’t mean the other shots don’t count.” Freakin love all the quotes I could pull from it. And so many drop ins or mentions of characters from Corinne’s other books. I mean my gosh I could just go on and on about this book. Everyone needs to pick it up.
Sean Arrowood is everyone! This friends to lovers story pulled at every heartstring I have and oh did the tears fall! Sean is the perfect book boyfriend. He returns home to the best friend he’s had since childhood and it doesn’t take him long to realize that she is the only person he wants in this world and will do whatever it takes to make her his. Devney really struggles with her feelings and leaving the only home she’s ever known, but wants to take that chance with Sean, until her world shatters.
This book will give you all of the feels. Ms. Michaels writes some amazing heroes and Sean is right up there! He is definitely my favorite Arrowood! Loved it!
5 “I’ve got you” Stars
Corinne Michaels has knocked this one out of the park. The One for Me had me all up in my feels from the very beginning. Watching the friendship between Sean and Devney evolve and grow into so much more is nothing short of amazing. Seriously, these two are EVERYTHING. I adored this story so so much. The banter between the brothers, all the special appearances by other certain characters, that curveball Corinne throws us, and especially all the love and swooniness that is Sean Arrowood. Loved this book and I’m totally ready for Jacob.
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