Cover of The One for Me

The One for Me

Corinne Michaels · The Arrowood Brothers #3

402 pagescontemporary romance
(12k)Steamy

He's been secretly in love with his best friend since childhood — and has six months to finally win her heart.

Content Warnings
death of loved onegrief

Description

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 ...⁣

The Arrowood Brothers series

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