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One True Loves – Taylor Jenkins Reid (2016)

 

Emma’s childhood sweetheart and husband of one year, Jesse, is lost in a helicopter crash, presumed dead. Needing to move on with her life, she returns to her hometown, takes over her parents’ bookshop and a few years later becomes engaged to an old friend, Sam. But then, out of the blue, she gets a call from Jesse – he’s been rescued and is coming home to her. What will Emma do – revive her life with her lost love or stay in the new life she’s created?
I absolutely loved the concept of this novel, right from its opening line: “I am finishing up dinner with my family and my fiance when my husband calls.” What a conundrum the main character faces. Packed with emotion as different time frames draw you into both relationships, it’ll also break your heart when she has to choose. This novel continues Taylor Jenkins Reid’s run of plots that are too intriguing to ignore.

Rating 8/10
 
 

One True Loves, by Taylor Jenkins Reid, is about a woman forced to choose between the husband she has long thought dead and her fiance. The summary says: "In her twenties, Emma Blair marries her high school sweetheart, Jesse. They build a life for themselves, far away from the expectations of their parents and the people of their hometown in Massachusetts. They travel the world together, living life to the fullest and seizing every opportunity for adventure.
On their first wedding anniversary, Jesse is on a helicopter over the Pacific when it goes missing. Just like that, Jesse is gone forever. Emma quits her job and moves home in an effort to put her life back together.
Years later, now in her thirties, Emma runs into an old friend, Sam, and finds herself falling in love again. When Emma and Sam get engaged, it feels like Emma's second chance at happiness.
That is, until Jesse is found. He's alive, and he's been trying all these years to come home to her. With a husband and a fiance, Emma has to now figure out who she is and what she wants, while trying to protect the ones she loves.
Who is her one true love? What does it mean to love truly? Emma knows she has to listen to her heart. She's just not sure what it's saying." One True Loves is out in June 2016.

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