The One You Can't Forget

by Roni Loren

Overview

Twelve years ago, tragedy struck a sleepy Texas town. Only a small number of those impacted survived—a group the media dubbed The Ones Who Got Away. This is their story.

HER SECRET SHAME: The world knows Rebecca Lindt as a survivor, but that impression would crumble if people discovered her secret…and realized 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.

HIS UNCERTAIN FUTURE: 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 a hell of a lot more 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 the one thing they never realized they needed: each other.

Readers are raving about this white-hot, deeply emotional survival romance:

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

"Unforgettable… Roni Loren at her best!"—KRISTEN CALLIHAN, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author

"Unique, swoony, and lively. The Ones Who Got Away is the best kind of second-chance romance!"—SARINA BOWEN, USA Today bestselling author

"The Ones Who Got Away is EXACTLY what I love in romance; angsty, hot, conflicted, funny! Roni Loren delivers on all of it! Don't let this book get away!"—M. O'KEEFE, USA Today bestselling author

The Ones Who Got Away:

The Ones Who Got Away, book 1

The One You Can't Forget, book 2

The One You Fight For, book 3

The One for You, book 4

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781728292014
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	08/20/2024
Series:	The Ones Who Got Away , #2
Pages:	400
Sales rank:	611,960
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 1.00(d)

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

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

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

"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

From the Publisher

★ 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

★ 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