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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**4.5 stars**
Well, Corinne Michaels has hit a homerun again! She is the queen of emotional romance, and this one strikes you directly in the feels! This is the third book in the Arrowood Brothers series. Each book is a standalone, but I would recommend the entire series because they’ve all been terrific. This is Sean’s book and his best friend, Devney. Sean was so easy to love. He’s driven, kind, sweet, and swoon worthy. Devney was a little harder to get a read on. She kept things tightly shut and had a lot of secrets, that I felt like you really couldn’t know her for most of the book. Sean and Devney have been best friends since childhood but never acted on their feelings for each other for fear of ruining their friendship. But, man, when they did, it was amazing! These two were so great together, but then a major tragedy strikes. I was totally surprised by this turn of events and sobbed through it all. It’s a beautiful, emotional, friends to lovers romance in the most incredible series. You need to read this one and really all books in this series!
*I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
The best book that Corrine Michaels has ever written! perfection at its best, I cried, laughed, cried some more and swooned, Sean is everything that a book boyfriend needs to be! I’m in love with this story! I need the last Arrowood brother now!
This is a sweet romance with a big emotional twist!
I really enjoyed all the emotions with this story. It was sweet, swoony, and even steamy. The author did a great job developing those feelings. This was a very enjoyable story that these two characters went on. They have been best friends for years until that friendship turns into more.
The thing that really got me was the twist! I didn’t see that coming. The author did a great job developing and executing that. It fit well into the story. Overall, I really enjoyed this story and this whole series is fantastic! It is definitely one I would recommend.
What an amazing Corinne Michaels book. Another incredible Arrowhead brother!! Sean and Devney are a friends to lovers story you don’t want to miss.
Sean is just Sean…. once he realizes it truly is Devney he wants, he never waivers. He fights for her and himself to be together. Devney is an amazing person, haunted by a past she’s never even told Sean.
As she opens up to him, he just loves her more and more. I loved the story line, was shocked by the developments and feel in love with them so much.
I couldn’t get enough and never wanted the book to end! Family, friends and love… it’s what makes the world go round!
These Arrowood Brothers are going to kill me… Each book is getting better and better and with that comes the tissues…
This book is emotional, sexy and has the ultimate bookboyfriend of the month, Sean Arrowood!
He is caring and at the end of the day the right guy for Devney, to support her and help her through the adversities that life brings to her.
Usually friends to lovers is not my favorite, but it is impossible not to love this couple and their path to finally be with each other. The book is great, well written and has so many great scenes that you will want to read it at once and each page means somenthing.
I just love the book!
I love friends to lovers romance. This one is one of the best I’ve read. Most friends to lovers has one of the characters knowing they want more from the other besides just friendship. Sean and Devney went 20 years being just friends. Neither really ever thinking about more. They were just always there for the other. But everyone else around them knew these two were meant to be. It took the fear that Devney was going to possibly marry someone else for Sean to realize Devney was THE ONE.
Sean is one of the best Hero’s I’ve read. He was so sweet and determined. He worked so hard to show Devney why they could be if they would just give them a chance. But knew she couldn’t leave town but Sean didn’t understand why. (I figured out what she was keeping to herself early on). Sean was willing to do anything for them to have their lives together.
When Devney finally decided what she wanted to do, her world is turned upside down. This tragedy had the power to change everything. But Sean and Devney have a love story that just wasn’t ready to end yet.
I absolutely adore the Arrowood brothers and I can’t wait for Jacob’s book. I’m going to be so sad when their books are done.
5 stars!
Oh holy swoon, Corinne Michaels has delivered one of her most romantic reads with this fantastic best-friends-to-lovers story. A fun, dramatic, sexy, functional and super swoony romance with sensational chemistry and all the feels, this book completely swept me up, and I loved it!
Sean and Devney’s romance has been hinted at in earlier books of these series. Best friends since childhood, there is a deeper connection between these two, but it’s nothing that either of them have explored, or even really realized. Sean and his brothers ran from their home town years ago after suffering abuse at the hands of their father, and he’s now a professional baseball player living in another state. Devney still lives in Sugarloaf with close ties to her family and no desire to leave. So, anything beyond friendship has never been an option.
But now, Sean is in the off season and is forced back to his home town for six months as part of a deal with his brothers to claim their inheritance, and he and Devney are together once again. And this book throws us straight into the action as they share a drunken evening together which ends with a kiss that rocks both of their worlds, bringing long-buried and unrealised feelings to the surface.
Devney has always known that she feels more for her best friend, but his career keeps him away and she has ties to the town that run deep. She has no intention of leaving, which puts them in a really hard position. But Sean is one persistent guy, and when he sets about wooing his best friend, it’s flirty, sexy and so much fun!
“Hey, Dev?”
“Yeah?”
I turn, letting my gaze roam her body once more before my mouth ruins the view. “Put some clothes on unless you’re trying to kill me. If you are, then, you’re succeeding.”
Oh, Sean! OMG, swoooooooooooon! He is the most loving, caring, devoted hero! It may have taken him a while to realise his feelings, but he doesn’t shy away from them. He accepts them, welcomes them even, and he revels in it, declaring his love far and wide, and stopping at nothing to get his girl.
At the heart of these two is a strong emotional connection that seems to strengthen every day. I loved watching them work through all that they were feeling, talking about it and not hiding from each other. And once they open that door, everything changes.
“It’s you, Devney. It’s you and me, and I don’t fucking know how it’s taken me this long to see it, but we’re supposed to be together. Somewhere along the way, we became more to each other.”
“We can’t be more.”
“We already are … I’m just waiting for you to see it.”
*dreamy sigh* Devney never stands a chance!
The love story is honest, functional and swoony with heaps of emotion. I fell in love with how in love these two are, and relished in every moment of them exploring their new-found connection.
But right when they seem to have found their HEA, one heartbreaking moment changes everything. It wasn’t a surprising twist, but it’s shocking in its intensity, and I read with tears streaming down my face at all that Sean and Devney are facing as their world turns upside down.
It’s so emotional, but it’s a beautiful, beautiful story. I love how this book is different from so many any other romances in that the couple come together early in the book and then face their challenge together. It’s romance-lovers bliss watching them stand by each other and work together through their issues. And as secrets are revealed and lives are changed, they are forced to face heartbreaking decisions – what are they willing to sacrifice for love?
“You’re the one for me, Devney Maxwell, and I won’t live without you.”
It’s heartwrenching at times, but I loved watching Sean and Devney work through it. By their sides through it all are their families, and I loved their involvement. Devney’s little nephew, Austin, and his hero worship of Sean is so freaking adorable. And of course, I loved seeing Sean’s brothers again. Connor and Declan have already had their stories told, and I loved catching up with them, their girls and their kids, and now Jacob has arrived in town and I’m super excited for his story up next! But it’s the brothers all together that is so good. Their teasing and joking around is so much fun, and their love and support for each other is just gorgeous. The Arrowood boys have stolen my heart!
I loved this book. Blissfully romantic, deeply heartfelt, sexy, fun and so freaking swoony, it’s a beautiful read.
Happy, made me laugh, made me cry why corinne You ever just read a book and you already know you want to read it again that’s this book. friends to lovers romance. absolutely freaking fantastic. I love the Arrowood brothers each one gets better and better. Corinne Michaels is one evil author makes you laugh and cry and hope for a happy ending. I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
Every time Corinne writes a book I think “this ones my favorite” and then she writes another that blows me away!! I cannot get enough of these Arrowood brothers!!
Devney and Sean have been best friends forever. Sean is home from playing baseball so they get to hang out. Devney is seeing someone and when she mentions it something changes in Sean. Will they ever be anything more than friends or is Oliver right for Devney?
This is the 3rd book in this amazing series and is Sean and Devney’s story. These two have been best friends since childhood and have always had each other’s back, and it is only when professional baseball player Sean return home, that he realises how much her loves Dev. Unfortunately, Sean cannot remain in town, and Dev who had bigger dreams than the small town they live in, but she has always refused to leave. Sean knows he cannot stay, but can he convince his girl to take a chance and leave with him? When tragedy strikes can their love survive? This is a beautifully written tale which is an emotional roller coaster, and is filled with angst, secrets, heartbreak, which all leads to a poignant and all-consuming friends / lovers romance story. I was totally captivated throughout this riveting story, and I cannot wait to read more from this talented author, whose work I highly recommend for all.
Excuse me for a moment while I go and sob all the tears for this story.
I am emotionally wrung out.
The highs were amazing and the lows sucked balls.
Sean is EVERYTHING. And so much more. Uh, that man…. He is everything you want in a friend, partner, lover and soulmate. His clear devotion to Devney was devastatingly swoonworthy.
They’ve got to be together but with Sean’s life taking him to Florida and Devney simply unable to leave Sugarloaf, how can it work?
Throw into the mix one heck of a twist and heartbreaking moment (and yes, I cried! It’s a Corinne Michaels novel, what do you expect?!) you can’t help but need Sean and Devney to sort something out. Anything so they can be together. As a reader, you *need* the happy ending but how can it be so?
With appearances from the other Arrowood brothers (yay!) AND a whole host of cameos from characters in Corinne’s other books (hello Zach, Wyatt, Heather, Nicole and so many more!) this book makes for such entertaining reading and packs an emotional punch!
*4,5 stars*
I am just loving this series and was looking forward to reading Sean’s story. Now as for book boyfriend’s go, I’d definitely would love to have someone like him in my life and I think we’d all want that 🙂 This story was an emotional rollercoaster and the author is known for bringing all those emotions out of you when reading her books. I cannot wait to read the next one in this series!
Sean and Devney have known each other since they were kids and have been best friends ever since. Their friendship has always been strong and nothing seems to get in the way of that but when they share a kiss, everything is about to change. But Devney doesn’t want to risk losing their friendship and keeps him at a distance but he’ll do whatever it takes to make her see that she’s the one for him. Although in a few months he’ll have to go back to Florida to start the new baseball season, it’s hard on both of them. But Devney has a secret that she’s been hiding for years and when tragedy strikes, both will have to make a decision about their future. Will Devney’s secret get in their way or will they have a chance to be together?…
Reviewed for A Wanton Book Lover Blog
The One for Me is Sean’s book and book 3 of the The Arrowood Brothers. Sean and Deveny have been best-friends for over 20 years. The bond they have is unbreakable. This book is the “ONE” I have been waiting for. Sean and Devney are meant to be together (no matter what tries to stop them). Their love for each other is undeniable. Their chemistry if OFF THE CHARTS! Devney had a lot of baggage, (a lot). But Sean was always their to support her and life her up when needed. I loved this sweet story because of the the relationship between Sean and Devney. Corinne did an amazing job writing these characters’ thoughts and feelings. There were sad parts but the happy outweighed these parts. Sean and Devney’s story is by far my favorite of the series.Corinne Michaels
Oh my goodness, Sean completely stole my heart Each brother has taken a piece, but wow, this one did me in. Sean & Devney, besties forever, but when he comes back for his 6 months on the farm, things start to change and become a little more. It’s so much fun to see their back & forths with each other, their chemistry, and them trying to decide if they can have more. And having 3 Arrowood brothers on the same land is definitely entertaining at times. But don’t get a false sense of security here…I cried quite a few times throughout. Corinne Michaels came up with more then one way to tear your heart out here, but if you stick with it, you will most definitely be put back together again. I very much loved this. I both can’t wait & am kinda sad for Jacob’s book to come out. I’ve loved this emotional series (which usually isn’t my thing), and I’ll be sad to see it end
Once again Corinne Micheals has given us a swoony man. Sean is just a good guy. He could be a hard ass, he’s a professional baseball player who has it all…at least that’s what he thinks.
Devney has been Sean’s bestie for years, but underneath it all, there is a spark. They both know it but are too afraid to “ruin” their amazing friendship. Unbeknownst to them, that friendship is the building blocks for an epic romance.
Returning to his family home after leaving and swearing to never return – Sean finds himself rethinking it all. There are a few obstacles that may make this relationship the hardest thing he’s ever done. As always, there are quite a few bumps in the road and secrets that could ruin it all.
Corinne has woven the stories of the Arrowood brothers perfectly, interweaving their stories with each book. Each can absolutely be read as a stand-alone but I feel as though they are even better when read in succession. Seeing the other brothers as their lives have continued is one of my favorite parts of the series, checking back in with the brothers – and even a few characters from other series – just makes me smile even more.
The romance is off the charts in this book and is one of my new favorites from Corinne Michaels.
My birthday present came early and he’s better than I could have imagined!!!The One For Me is everything you can imagine and more!!! Sean and Devney together are pure perfection!!!!! Sean Arrowood is the Most Amazing, Awesome, Sweetest, Most Romantic, Best Baseball Player!!! Corinne has truly written the most perfect book husband ever. Sean and his brothers have been through hell but it made them better people. It just takes them years to see it, despite the women around them knowing it. Sean and Devney both have secrets of their own, that despite being best friends, they each have kept them to themselves. It didn’t stop the love from growing and as always secrets never stay buried. When Devney’s secrets come out, Sean is her rock. And despite feelings of betrayal that Devney didn’t trust him enough with her secret, he loves her anyway. He is determined to prove to her just how much she matters to him. Once Sean convinces Devney they can’t live apart, they finally hit the bullseye together!
I just keep falling for each one of these Arrowood brothers one after another! I love this series! 5 amazing stars for it grab your copy asap!
Sean Arrowood and his best friend Devney Maxwell, since they were 6. Yet he wants her, but as a pro baseball player with his schedule, he has to be able to convince her that they are meant to be and to leave the small town and be with him. Will the stars line up and make it happen, or when things happen, do they really happen for a reason and it’s best to leave her behind?
Corinne just creates amazing characters, that bring out all your emotions, like these two did! Just when you think there’s no way she can do it, she puts out the next book and has you swooning over yet another Arrowood brother!
5 She Fills His World with Colors He’s Never Seen Before Stars!!
For a while now Ms. Michaels has been teasing us with this book telling us we weren’t ready for Sean Arrowood and I can confidently say she’s been right this entire time. I’m a lover of this series and the first two books in this series were at times gut-wrenching, swoony, romantic and everything in between. But man oh man, Sean Arrowood is the end all be all Corinne Michaels book boyfriend!!
This man is everything I would want in the love of my life. He loves hard and he’s always loved Devney, but he’s never really admitted to himself or others and one night changes everything and neither he or Devney know what to do about it… the trajectory of their friendship is on a completely new level just as Sean is getting ready to spend his six months in Sugarloaf.
I loved everything about this friends-to-lovers romance. Devney is a woman that has some secrets that as they’re revealed had me not only gasping but there were definitely tears streaming down my face. I loved how she loved her family, even her mom, who, well, I wasn’t a big fan of, but there’s reasons and when they come to light, everything makes sense! The way Devney and Sean love each is beautiful and hot and sexy! The comfort they have being best friends translates to the bedroom which makes their sexy times that much more meaningful. There’s a closeness they share that a lot of couples never reach which just made this book that much more special.
There’s some angst in this book as I was expecting. But the stuff I wasn’t expecting had me blubbering all over the place! But along with the angst are some of the best moments in a book and having two people that are meant to be together actually get their HEA had me smiling from ear to ear!! This is a definite must read!!
SEAN!!! That’s all I really need to say because holy swoon is Sean amazing! Definitely my favorite Arrowood brother by a landslide. I always love a best friends to lovers story and this may be my favorite one yet. <3
Of course it wouldn’t be a Corinne Michaels book without a strong heroine and some heartbreaking situations. I can’t wait for everyone to fall in love with Sean & Devney!