Maurene Goo

A swoony, funny, romantic novel about fate, love, and the best food in Los Angeles. A wildly good time.

REBECCA SERLE, New York Times bestselling author of In Five Years

Meet my new favorite book! I’m so grateful to Maurene Goo for showing up in my life with her lovely novel One & Only at the perfect moment—just when I was longing for a story that could sweep me completely away. The premise is fantastic, the plot kept me guessing, and the last chapter literally gave me shivers. What a fresh, engaging, joy of a read!

KATHERINE CENTER, New York Times bestselling author of The Rom-Commers

At once funny and gut-wrenching, and also deeply thought provoking, One & Only immediately swept me up in its magic and chaos. I loved this book.

ANNABEL MONAGHAN, New York Times bestselling author of It’s a Love Story

As a long-time member of the Maurene Goo fan club, this is the book I've been waiting for!!! Her signature blend of humor and heart and bingeable romance is ever-present in this sparkling adult debut, along with some breathtakingly sexy scenes that had me seeking a tall drink of water. I'm already eagerly awaiting her next!

YULIN KUANG, bestselling author of Reese’s Book Club pick How to End a Love Story

A warm, lush, addictive story with just the right amount of magic—that is, enough to make you wish it was real.

VERONICA ROTH, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divergent

One & Only grabbed me and did not let go. What a beautiful story about the most important things in life: family, friendship, grief, and the power of love. I can’t wait for the world to fall for One & Only!

JASMINE GUILLORY, New York Times bestselling author

Maurene Goo masterfully explores the complexity of fate, family, and true love with authenticity and heart. This is an utterly enchanting, romantic tour de force of a book.

KATE SPENCER, author of All’s Fair in Love and Pickleball

In her adult debut, Goo creates a delightfully dramatic love story that will keep readers on their toes…A perfect blend of steamy angst and family drama makes for a love triangle that’s impossible to put down.

YA author Goo makes her adult romance debut with this enjoyable contemporary…Add in a touch of magical realism, vivid prose, and well-rounded characters, and this makes for a diverting romp

The bestselling YA author’s adult debut promises a millennial-romcom riff on fate, with a dash of inherited family magic . . . This is a love story that dares to ask whether “meant to be” is a trap

The first adult-contemporary romance from a YA powerhouse, One & Only upends the idea of soulmates with a story as funny as it is steamy and touching

YA author Goo’s (Throwback) adult debut is certain to steal readers’ hearts . . . A must-buy title that’s perfect for book groups, with themes of love, generational ties, and harmony

Best-selling YA author Goo’s adult debut provides older readers the same frothily addictive, feel-good story she’s been gifting teens, proving no one’s too old to swoon

I loved it. It's so original, so romantic and so beautifully told. I absolutely loved Cassia as a character too

BETH O'LEARY, bestselling author of The Flatshare

If you’re a fan of Ashley Poston’s The Seven Year Slip or Rebecca Serle’s In Five Years, Maurene Goo’s new book, One & Only, captures the same magical charm

One & Only follows a matchmaker from a family with a magical knack for identifying soulmates. She’s spent a decade searching for her own fated love only to be thrown off course by an unexpected fling and a surprising twist of fate. Sign me up

You know that feeling when you put down a book and feel refreshed? That’s how I felt reading Maurene Goo’s One & Only.…A dramatic, yet gripping love triangle. I loved this one for its stunning depiction of supportive familial relationships and finding love, no matter your age

'Swoony, funny, romantic.' REBECCA SERLE 
 
'Addictive with the just the right amount of magic' VERONICA ROTH 
 
Welcome to One & Only matchmaking, where your one true love awaits … unless fate has other plans. 
 
Cassia Park believes there’s a someone out there for everyone. Soulmates. Fated love stories. After all, it's her family business. For centuries, the Park women have had a 100 percent success rate in matchmaking. Their secret? the magical gift to peer into people’s past lives to find the perfect match. 
 
This is why Cass knows exactly what her happy ending looks like – a man named Daniel Nam. But after ten years of searching, she’s done waiting around for fate. 
 
Enter Ellis: twenty-eight, indecently handsome and certainly not destined to be the love of her life. Their chemistry is instant and impossible to ignore. Just as Cass starts falling for Ellis, he introduces her to his boss. . . Daniel Nam. 
 
Faced with two possibilities – destiny and chance – and two very different futures, Cass must decide what kind of life she wants. And when a family secret surfaces, her happiness isn’t the only thing on the line . . . and who she chooses could cost them everything. 
 
'Meet my new favourite book! . . . What a fresh, engaging joy of a read' KATHERINE CENTER 
 
'Immediately swept me up in its magic and chaos' ANNABEL MONAGHAN

Maurene Goo

Praise for One & Only

A swoony, funny, romantic novel about fate, love, and the best food in Los Angeles. A wildly good time.

Meet my new favorite book! I’m so grateful to Maurene Goo for showing up in my life with her lovely novel One & Only at the perfect moment—just when I was longing for a story that could sweep me completely ...

At once funny and gut-wrenching, and also deeply thought provoking, One & Only immediately swept me up in its magic and chaos. I loved this book.

A swoony, funny, romantic novel about fate, love, and the best food in Los Angeles. A wildly good time.

Meet my new favorite book! I’m so grateful to Maurene Goo for showing up in my life with her lovely novel One & Only at the perfect moment—just when I was longing for a story that could sweep me completely ...

At once funny and gut-wrenching, and also deeply thought provoking, One & Only immediately swept me up in its magic and chaos. I loved this book.

A swoony, funny, romantic novel about fate, love, and the best food in Los Angeles. A wildly good time.

Meet my new favorite book! I’m so grateful to Maurene Goo for showing up in my life with her lovely novel One & Only at the perfect moment—just when I was longing for a story that could sweep me completely ...

At once funny and gut-wrenching, and also deeply thought provoking, One & Only immediately swept me up in its magic and chaos. I loved this book.

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