My One and Only

by Kristan Higgins

Just when she thought she had life and love all figured out...

Divorce attorney Harper James can't catch a break. Bad enough that she runs into her ex-hubby, Nick, at her sister's destination wedding, but now, by a cruel twist of fate, she's being forced to make a cross-country road trip with him. And her almost-fiancé back at home is not likely to be sympathetic.

Harper can't help that Nick has come blazing back into her life in all of his frustratingly appealing, gorgeous architect glory. But in Nick's eyes, Harper's always been the one. If they can only get it right this time, forever might be waiting—just around the bend.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Chick Lit, Contemporary, Second Chance, Fiction, Adult

382 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published March 29, 2011

About the author

Kristan Higgins is the New York Times, USA TODAY and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of more than twenty novels, which have been translated into more than two dozen languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide. If you want to receive a free short story and be notified when Kristan releases a new book, sign up at kristanhiggins.com.

Kristan enjoys gardening, mixology, the National Parks and complimenting strangers on their children. The mother of two entertaining and wonderful humans, and the grandmother of one perfect child, Kristan lives in Connecticut with her heroic firefighter husband, cuddly dog and indifferent cat.

Reviews

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

*4.5 stars*

If you’re in the mood for a great laugh, My One and Only won't have to work very hard to drag it out of you. This addictive, snarky and all-around hilarious story played out like a rom-com in my mind, scene by glorious scene. A second chance romance I gobbled up like yummy buttery popcorn.

I’ll admit, the beginning of the story was a tad cheesy for my taste buds, but considering my love for If You Only Knew, I decided to stick it out and it more than paid off. Turns out, the level of depth and emotion was so much more than I initially gave it credit for. Hey, I can admit when I'm wrong.

Harper is a divorce attorney with a cynical edge, a woman that comes off as no-nonsense and driven. So, it’s kind of funny that she’s trying to attach herself to someone that’s more of a man-child than anything else. Dennis or ‘Den’, as she likes to call him, is gorgeous, incredibly sweet and saves lives for a living, but anyone can see things don't quite fit—or was it just me? Having to buy your own engagement ring, learning to accept his rat-tail and being referred to as dude . . . I would run the other way. Just sayin’ . . . is there really a future there?

Harper is forced into mama bear mode when her little sister breaks the news that she’s marrying Harper’s ex-husband’s brother and after only a few weeks of dating. Some might call that spontaneity romantic and sweet, but not Harper. Not only does it take all of her willpower to bite her tongue, but she has to face the one person that's become her biggest regret, Nick.

The best part of the entire story was Nick and those gypsy eyes of his. Harper and Nick didn’t hold back for a single second and I ate it up. I’m talking great one-liners, hilarious jabs and snarky snark. I couldn’t for the life of me figure out how Harper walked away from him. Why, oh why, leave this perfect man? I know, I know, no one is perfect, but I've gotta say, he's pretty darn close.

The author strings us along with little tidbits of Harper and Nick's past—silly and fun antics that happen along their forced road trip, and a few heart-wrenching moments shared between the estranged pair, for good measure. There are a few life lessons there, too—you can’t just bail when things get tough or no one has a crystal ball—sometimes you just have to let go and trust things will work out in the end.

“You sure are memorable.”

I have to say, what an epically great ending to such an amusing story. It's one deserving of a standing ovation or a resounding awww.

[Lady Gabriella of Awesomeness (SLOW) · Rating 5 out of 5]

4 1/2 I-freakin-love-these-two-stars !!! :) .



ME: I KNOW !!!!
Seriously..With such a solid plot and lovable main characters..I found it very hard To find faults with 'MY ONE & ONLY'

"COME ON FLOREANCE !"I yelled out of the window."CAN YOU MOVE IT ?"
The driver of the car extended and arm....and a finger.
It was a male arm and a finger.

And then the car door opened,with my ex husband stepping out.



ME: Lmao.....Seriously these Two

LOL these guys are hilarious,and if not that...just plain beautiful together.And that's just one of the reasons main reason this book will always hold a place in my Favourite shelf.

“I'll tell you something, Harpy," he said, his voice almost a whisper now. "It never even occurred to me that we wouldn't make it. And it never occurred to you that we would. You were just waiting for us to go down in flames. I thought we could get through anything.”


I loved how the story stayed realistic and the way the author ploted out the story so skillfully that in the end ,neither Harper nor nick was actually to blame for the ultimate divorce.I could actually see how this kind of thing happening to so many couples out there..and that's just seriously sad.



RECOMMENDATION: READ THIS.

[Pepa · Rating 2 out of 5]

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Aquí pesan gustos personales. No me van este tipo de historias,.
Al fin y al cabo luego resulta que los dos han estado enamorados y separados 12 años (me parecen demasiados). Pero ni he leído cómo se enamoraron de jóvenes ni como se han reenamorado ahora.
Es una novela muy correcta, bien escrita, pero en la que prácticamente no pasa nada. Vueltas a lo mismo una y otra vez.
Y dos personas con diferentes puntos de vista sobre el matrimonio
Él es un amor, sí... pero no deja de tener una idea bantante machista sobre el tema, pretendidendo que ella deje toda su vida para seguirle a él.
Ella vive marcada por su pasado y, pese a que en todo momento me puede esa frialdad y no he terminado de congeniar con ella, sí que entiendo su actitud y me gusta su fortaleza y sus ganas de defender lo que ella cree
todo gira en torno a miles de malentendidos que al final demuestran una falta total de confianza, para mí lo primordial en una relación y nada digo sobre ese final peliculero jajaja
De todas formas, es una novela bien escrita con personajes bien definidos y la historia está bien apoyada en unos secundarios que me han gustado

[KarenH · Rating 5 out of 5]

First of all, if you are on the fence about whether or not to read this book because it is giving you that "chick-lit" vibe, you can climb down now sista and start reading ...this one is all about the romance.

My One and Only is Harper Evan's story, a 33-year-old divorce (and divorced) lawyer living year-round on Martha's Vineyard with her Toto-lookalike dog. She is attractive, successful...but OMG what a force to be reckoned with!. She is cynical, she is sarcastic and she has extreme OCD issues. Having as much to do with her personality as with her profession, she "gives advice" (think "forcing it down one's throat") to family, friends, strangers...wherever she (and only she) thinks it is needed.

Early on, Harper is telling Dennis, her hunky fireman BF of 2 years, that it's time to get married...reading him a list of changes he needs to make before they do the deed, and then whips out the engagement ring she bought for herself! I don't like doormat heroines, but would I enjoy an opposite to the extreme? Fortunately, we learn early on why Harper is so controlling, why she refuses to leave anything to fate, and why she is in the business of breaking up marriages, although to Harper's credit her clients come to her when their marriages are already in trouble, and she simply counsels them with her motto "accept in your heart what your head already knows". (Having been through a divorce, I might have spared myself the unnecessary grief and wasted time spent trying to make the marriage work if someone would have counseled me with that advice.)

Under Harper's many layers of self-imposed protective armor, we find there is a frightened and vulnerable girl beneath who has had her heart broken twice...by the two people she loved the most. Nick Lowery, Harper's ex-husband and the love of her life, is one of those two people. Now Harper is on her way to Montana to serve as maid-of-honor for her sister, Willa, who is marrying Chris Lowery, Nick's brother. Harper and Nick haven't seen each other for 12 years...

This is the first book I've read by Kristan Higgins and I was totally blown away by how talented she is. I admire authors in general simply because they have the ability to come up with an idea that they can stretch over several hundred pages. Then there is that select group of authors who are, to me, what movie stars are to my mother. I want to see them in person...be the first in line to buy their latest books...talk about them, talk with them...be eternally infatuated with each and every one of them because they provide my entertainment, and, therefore, are responsible for a big chunk of my happiness. In short, they are my auto-buys. With one book, Ms. Higgins is in. She is a fantastic storyteller and funnier than hell...which, IMO, is no small feat. I make an effort to avoid authors that try to be funny because it rarely works for me in a romance novel. But KH has that great talent of being subtly funny - kind of in the dry humor family - and I was LOL throughout the entire book! Not a big deal, you say? A common mechanism used by writers? Then let me rephrase that: KH (love the initials) has the unique ability to make you laugh out loud on one page and have you sobbing miserably on the next. No kidding! It happens so many times you are emotionally spent (but in a good way) by the end of the book.

My One and Only is also a great character study. Whether it be the wise-cracking priest, Father Bruce, Harper's Tammy Faye Baker-like stepmother BeverLee, or Nick's half-brother Jason (I wannabe Tom) Cruise, everyone who has a speaking part in this book is a lifelike, 3-dimensional character. Assessing these people through Harper's eyes is a delight, and for the first time I truly enjoyed a book written in first person. Harper is the "smart-ass extraordinaire" and so downright candid that it is a little shocking at first but wicked cool once you get used to it. In fact, I think I was suffering from a little 'heroine worship' there for awhile as she acted out in situations the majority of us would never have the nerve to attempt.

At that moment, Jodi Pickering, Dennis' high school girlfriend and a waitress here, shoved the prow of her bosom in Den's jaw. "Are you all set here, Denny?" she asked, ignoring me and giving my soon-to-be fiance a docile, cowlike gaze.
"Hey, Jodi. What's up?" Dennis said, grinning past her 36-Ds to her face. "How's the little guy?"
"Oh, he's great, Denny. It was so nice that you stopped by the game the other night. He just loves you! And you know, without a father in the picture, I think T.J. really needs ---"
"Okay, we get it, Jodi-with-an-i," I said, smiling pleasantly up at her. "You have an adorable son and are still quite available. Dennis, however, is with me. If you would just take your boobs out of my boyfriend's face, I would deeply appreciate it."

LOL

Even Harper's dog, Coco, a tiny Jack Russell/Chihuahua mix, had a personality (albeit that of a drama queen).

Though I'd checked on Coco numerous times throughout the day and Dennis had taken her on a few walks, she was in full Chihuahua orphan mode, huge eyes, still body, not raising her head from her tragic little paws, looking at me as if I'd just locked her in Michael Vick's basement...

I realize I'm putting emphasis on the book's humor but overall the storyline is very serious and quite heart-wrenching. This is Harper and Nick's very precious but very sad love story...two people who had found that true, once-in-a-lifetime love together but were unable to hold on. Their siblings' wedding will bring them back together for the first time in 12 years. Will they at least be able to get the closure they both need so desperately?

My throat tightened, and the nearness of him, the only man who ever made me feel cherished...it just sucker-punched my heart.
"Sleep tight," I whispered.
"You, too."
God, I'd missed him.
Nick was quiet, his skin as warm as I was cold. We lay like that for a long time, not talking, not moving. The wind blew, Coco adjusted herself and gave a little doggy snore. Nick's breathing was slow and even, and this...the two of us lying together, was as comforting and wonderful as anything I'd ever felt. And horrible, because it brought such a pain to my heart. We'd had something special and rare, Nick and I. There had been more to our marriage than loneliness and tunnel vision and wretched communication skills. There'd been times like this, lying in the dark...together.
When I was sure he was asleep, I touched his hand. Just a little, just a little brush of my fingertips against the back of his lovely, wonderful hand.
"You asked why I couldn't forgive you," Nick said, very quietly, and I jumped a little. "It was because you were the love of my life, Harper. And you didn't want to be. That's hard to let go."

*sigh* Such a good book.
many, many stars ********

[Didi · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 STARS

This is going into the 'faves by Kristan Higgins' pile. It was angsty, emotional and beautifully written. Nick Lowery,( all I think is Bad Boys with Will Smith!), is probably one of the most endearing and compelling male Hero's by this author. He's right up there with Lucas from Waiting On You, with the same dark, gypsy eyes that never fail to tell a story, and the same intense temperament that manages to lure you in and trap you.
His dedication on initially wooing Harper when they were younger to his singular focus on getting her back was incredible. He saw what he wanted, and he's always wanted Harper, and went after it.

Harper was a tragic heroine this time around, abandoned by her mom at 13, raised by her recalcitrant father and ultimately being forced into accepting a new stepmom and her daughter. And unlike typical stepmom's, Bever Lee was loving and sweet, even if took Harper years to acknowledge that. But Harper always held people an arms length away, never letting them get close in fear of their impending abandonment. Of course this included Nick. So a marriage at 21 to the love of her life had 'tragically doomed' written all over it. Nick thought they'd last, Harper didn't. And you know what they say about self-fulfilling prophecies. The scene things crashed and burned broke my heart, I was sobbing like a baby.

12 years later, Harper, now a successful divorce attorney, is shocked by her step sister, Willa, with the news she's getting married to Nick's stepbrother no less, and Harper's the MOH! This dredges up all sorts of memories, sad ones, happy ones and most definitely hurtful ones. A road trip brings them together and somehow reconnects them, but Harper is still scared, still fearful to let Nick in fully. What ensues is a beautiful and emotional story of letting the ghosts of our past finally rest, and accepting the truth behind letting go and letting those close, in.

Did I mention I LOVED Nick?! He was amazing! And while it took Harper some time to actually see what was in front of her, the scene she finally does was both memorable and heart melting. You actually felt the electricity crackle off the pages reading about these two. The epilogue was perfect, exactly what I'd hoped it'd be, and the secondary characters from Harper's family to Nick's was touching.
The thing is, KH always writes such comprehensive stories. There's a huge and important cast of characters that only add richness to her books. I cried, I laughed, I sighed....loved it, loved it!

[Jacob Proffitt · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a painfully . . . painful read. I came close to stopping twice and while I don't quite regret continuing on, I'm not terribly pleased, either.

Higgins wastes the first quarter of the book or so meandering around the central relationship. Harper has a boyfriend she has proposed to and his entire function as a character is to serve as a barometer for exactly how emotionally immature Harper is. Hint: really, very, incredibly, even shockingly immature. Worse than the boyfriend are the coy hints and stupid teases about what actually happened back in the day. Even worse than that, though, is that the first flashback/remembrance leaves out how it ended. Higgins saves that for later. Which is where I almost stopped reading the first time. Fortunately, once the stupid boyfriend takes off and Nick and Harper are on their own (through a string of contrivances that strained credulity beyond the breaking point), the relationship finally started making sense and we got a charming second-chance story. For a while.

The Nick and Harper for this part were fun and engaging and I was glad to see them work out their past and come to some mutual understanding.

And then Higgins came in with yet more contrived stupidity and unbelievable circumstances and we get more pain while people do wildly unbelievable things and make fools of themselves. The worst part of this section was the hash Higgins makes of Harper's character while she's at it. Seriously, you can't have the take-charge commitment-phobe who has just stomped the love of her life's heart into the ground suddenly decide she doesn't want to embarrass the idiot she already broke up with and say yes to a sudden marriage proposal. This was so stupid I just knew it would be followed up by Nick following her and finding her in some contrived circumstances that would look as bad as Higgins could manage to make them look. And sadly, I was exactly as disappointed as I expected to be. This was the second time I almost stopped reading.

Fortunately, depending on how you look at these things, I suppose, Higgins managed an ending that didn't actually suck as much as it should have. Okay, I do her a disservice. I rather liked the ending and have hopes that the characters might actually make it. After all, with their story done, the author has no excuse to contrive more stupid circumstances and can't rewrite whole aspects of their characters to suit some slapstick scene she thinks might be funny. The last bit was touching and genuine and completely unearned, but I misted up anyway. What can I say? I guess I really am just a giant softie.

A note about Steamy/Chaste: This book was really neither. It had sex and some explicit foreplay, but went lights-out fairly quickly once things heated up.

[BookLover · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Divorce Attorney Risks Hell and High Water to Win Her Man”

One of the better second chance romances I have read and I LOVE a good second chance romance.

Harper, a successfully and often UN-impartial divorce attorney, had her world turned upside down when she was forced to face her painful past in the form of ex-husband Nick. Her sister was marrying Nick’s brother, Christopher, and Harper hadn’t seen Nick in thirteen years.

On the outside, Harper had been ticking off all the boxes that would give her the perfect life. But she had a very firm wall up to protect her from ever feeling abandoned again and with good reason. As a result, her "ticked boxes" were not so well thought out as she imagined.

I loved Nick from the first moment he showed up on the pages. I felt an immediate connection with him and hoped he would do what was needed to win Harper back. In no time at all, it was clear he had never really moved on from their relationship and I couldn’t wait to see how things would progress.

I really should have hated Harper. She had one of the character traits I hate most in books - the I’m afraid of being left/hurt so I’m going to sabotage this situation for no reason and leave/hurt you first. Instead, I truly felt for her. Nick was no saint in their failed relationship and in most scenes, I took Harper’s side and felt she was justified in her feelings. I kept thinking to myself - Nick, please pull your head out of your ass and admit your role in the breakdown of your marriage.

As is always true with Kristan Higgins books, this story was about much more than Harper and Nick’s romance. Told in the first person from Harper’s point of view, I got a very up close and personal look into Harper's relationships with more than just Nick and it really allowed me to understand what made her tick. She was witty, sarcastic and always on the cusp of really putting herself out there. My heart bled for her.

If you have ever read any Kristan Higgins books, they are often filled with funny blind dates, misunderstandings and internet mishaps. Though this book didn't have that, I have to say that Dennis's "rat-tail" and all that went with it was thoroughly enjoyable. I think I will giggle every time I hear "Dude" for the next little while.

Truly enjoyable read.

[Syndi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is my first read by Miss Higgins. I thought this book is about Christian romance. To my surprise, I like this book very much. The topic of second chance romance is being brought by Miss Higgins in such funny and warm story.

Harper and Nick got married when they were very young. Just because they are in love. During their short marriage, like many other young couple, they struggle with job, loneliness, different expectation and emotional baggage that came with married so young. They ended in divorce. Harper grew skeptic and became a divorce lawyer. Nick meanwhile focusing on his career and started his own architect business. Both of them met again 12 years later on their sibling wedding.

Miss Higgins breaks down this second chance romance one by one by road trip. I experienced with both Nick and Harper their feeling toward each other. Their resentment and the real reason behind their divorce. Nick is always an optimist and acts on impulse, never stop loving Harper. While Harper skeptic behavior put their romance in more realistic check list.

What I love about this book is how Miss Higgins brings humor on her story. Her humor manages to make me smile and laugh.
Wonderful book.

4 stars

[Floripiquita · Rating 3 out of 5]

Agridulce historia sobre segundas oportunidades (¡¡12 años después!!), con el que me he reído mucho menos de lo esperado conociendo a la autora y con cuya pareja protagonista me ha costado mucho simpatizar. A pesar de sus ojos de gitano, Nick a veces es muy machista y qué decir de Harper, aunque llegas a entenderla, me ha caído mal la mitad del libro. El final me ha parecido precipitado y muy peliculero, pero tengo que reconocer que me he emocionado en algunos pasajes, como en la charla con BeverLee, el mejor personaje de este libro con diferencia. De ahí, esas 3 estrellas.

#RitaKristan #RetoRita3

[Tammy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wow. I guess I'm the odd girl out. This one has five star reviews. Many four stars. And then there's my lonely little one star.

Like others, I hoped to warm up to Harper. But she was full of selfish ambition. Very self-centered. A horrible attorney - too emotional and hostile to be productive in a law office - or to be an effective advocate in the courtroom. She made bad decisions. Definitely pushed my legal geek button.

It was fairly obvious that Kristin Higgans tried to give Harper's character a snarky dose of cynicism - the word cynical was dominant in almost every chapter - but that didn't gel with me. Snarky cynicism can be a complimentary term. It usually refers to a witty mannerism or personality. Harper was just bitchy. Case in point, look at the way she acted during her sister's wedding ceremony - all of those snide, selfish remarks. Or better yet, how about the way she proposed to her boyfriend? And later almost cheated on him with her ex-husband without giving him a thought?

I wish I could have had Nick's perspective. I probably would've cared more about him. Nick would have been better off if he had just cuddled up to a Montana grizzly bear.

If you're not a fan of the Big Misunderstanding, then you won't care for this one either. These two originally got divorced over a misunderstanding. All they needed to do was communicate. But then I supposed the book would've been over and done with in the first chapter.

Thanks to hardcore skimming, I finished the book. Barely. Not my favorite Kristan Higgins book. Just One of the Guys was much better.

[♥Sharon♥ · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 Stars

What a wonderful story!!

I just love Kristan Higgins writing. Her books always leave me with that warm fuzzy feeling. She has a knack for taking you on a bit of a roller coaster ride with her characters that will have your heart doing funny things and put a silly grin on your face.

I adored Harper and Nick's story. ❤


(This has nothing to do with the book rather it is an image result for 'warm fuzzy feeling') :)

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars
A fun but also sad story about divorce and the complications of everything left unsaid.

My favorite quote:
“If only…the saddest words in the English language.”

[Viri · Rating 4 out of 5]

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A ver... Había pensado en ponerle cinco estrellas pero creo que mejor me las voy a reservar, así que lo dejó en cuatro estrellas porque de verdad me gustó mucho.

Una vez aclarado esto voy a comenzar con la reseña diciendo que...
Definitivamente quiero un Nick ❤️❤️❤️ en mi vida y es que fue encantador desde el principio, supo conquistarme lentamente justo como lo hizo con Harper. *suspiro*

La historia es preciosa, de esas que son pausadas y se van metiendo poquito a poquito en tu corazón, simple, pero bien tramada y con una narración que me recordó mucho al estilo vivaz y jocoso de mi amada SEP, la historia tenía amor, dolor, miedo y un montón de sentimientos. Fue una historia profunda a mi modo de ver, de descubrimiento y de segundas oportunidades.

El tema es uno de mis favoritos pues siempre me ha llamado la atención el saber qué pasa después del "SI ACEPTO" y con Harper y Nick he logrado conectar completamente. Debo decir que soy consciente de la cantidad de clichés en este libro pero vamos... Soy amante de los tópicos, y si nos ponemos a pensar dudo mucho que a estas alturas alguien pueda crear una historia totalmente nueva. Por cierto, el estilo de la autora me cautivo totalmente, solo había leído un libro suyo y esa cercanía con el lector me supo a miel. Ahora, con una narración ágil pero pausada PARA MÍ, EL ÚNICO. Me encantó.

Ahora, hablando de los protas...
Nick era el protagonista perfectamente imperfecto, y lo sigue siendo, 12 años después de haber terminado con la que fuera la mujer de su vida. Amé que nada más conocerse el viera en ella su futuro, ame que la apoyará cuando lo necesito y amé que la dejara ir tanto como ame que luchará por recuperarla.
Nick es, *insertar emoji con corazoncitos* ufffff pero es que no sé ni siquiera como describirlo. Hace tiempo que un protagonista masculino no me dejaba tan sin palabras, pero es que amaba su perfección, su sarcasmo, su actitud, su dolor, su esperanza... SU TODO.
Me enamoró totalmente. Y es algo realmente sorprendente ya que odio solo tener el punto de vista del personaje femenino pero es que me encandiló. Siento como que no puedo expresar todo lo que fue con palabras.
En cuanto a Harper, ¿qué puedo decir? Algunas veces pude reconocer que su actitud era más bien la de una niña asustadiza y pequeña que iba de dura más de la cuenta, pero no sé si es que ando hormonal, estoy haciéndome vieja o que se yo, ella logró que la comprendiera, con sus locuras, miedos y metidas de pata me mantuvo en vilo por cada cosa que le pasaba.

La historia como dije es sentimental, tierna y profundamente inspiradora. Al menos a mi así me lo pareció. Dicho está de más que no dure ni un día para terminar el libro. Así que además de la narración ágil es una novela que te seduce poco a poco y cuando menos lo esperas ya te tiene en sus garras. Totalmente sorpresiva pues no me esperaba para nada algo como lo que encontré, tanta cantidad de sentimientos escondidos y luchas internas que no tenía ni pensados. Yo creía que iba a reír a mares con el libro (y no me mal entiendan que si lo hice) pero la calidez y tristeza podía palparlas entre las hojas. Sorry ya me puse onda poética, no me crean tanto así que mejor denle una oportunidad que dudo que los decepcione.

LA RESEÑA COMPLETA PRONTO EN EL BLOG.

[Dija · Rating 4 out of 5]

My list of authors to stalk follow keeps growing every time I read a new contemporary novel, it seems. My One and Only is the first book of Kristan Higgin's I've read, and I can't wait to read the rest of them.

My One and Only begins with divorce attorney, Harper, trying and failing to convince her boyfriend of more than 2 years to finally marry her, as she'll be turning 34 soon and wants a stable family life. While she's popping the question, her sister calls to tell her that she's getting married for the third time to none other than Harper's ex-husband, Nick's, half-brother. Naturally, Nick and Harper have a lot of unfinished business and their close proximity at the wedding only results in what we all knew would happen all along - a second chance for the two which eventually results in a HEA ending.

Rather predictable, right? Not. Even though the basic plot skeleton is evident from the get-go, there are still several minor plot twists and details that managed to surprise and intrigue me. My One and Only completely falls under the category of the type of book you swear you'll only read for a few minutes before bed, and before you know it, you're exclaiming out loud how perfect the ending was.

Harper is extremely easy to relate to, even though her denials did get a tad annoying at parts. Nonetheless, Higgin's writing flows so smoothly that you can't help but become absolutely engrossed in the story, no matter how badly the characters are messing up.

Nick...oh, dear, sweet Nick. There are alpha males and then there are the boy-next-door types. I'm a complete sucker for both, and dare I say it, even more so for the latter. Nick fell in love with Harper at first sight, and while that usually irritates me, he's so devoted to her that I actually believed in it, at least for the duration of this book.

Higgin's does a perfect job of alternating between the past and present, letting us know little by little how Harper and Nick initially fell in love, how things went wrong, and how they eventually get better. I highly recommend this book to all readers who enjoy something light and fun every once in a while. And because this is the first CR I stayed up all night to read, My One and Only will always hold a special place in my heart.

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[Donna (Currently Busy) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been putting off reviewing this novel. Once I started it, I couldn't put it down. And that's what Ms. Higgins' writing does to me. I've read and loved a lot of her books. Some I've rated on Goodreads and some I've not. She's the author I go to for a palate cleanser.

The story is told from the main female character's POV. FMC Harper James is a successful almost 34 year old divorce attorney on Martha's Vineyard. She's wicked smart and can spot whether a betrothed or already married couple is going to make it or not a mile away. But it's taken years of education, career experience, and personal heartache to get there. It's sad that she didn't have this gift when she was 13 years old.

The book begins with Harper wanting to solidify her two year relationship with handsome fireman Dennis Patrick (four years her junior and sporting a rattail) by proposing to him. She's feeling every tick of her biological clock and yearns to be married and surrounded by children. It would be the icing on top of her already tiered career/life cake. But when she brings it up during their date, he hesitates. During his hesitation, Harper receives a phone call she has to answer.

MMC Nick Lowry is a 36 year old architect in New York City. His parents divorced when he was a child and after his father remarried, Nick became a step brother to evil Jason and half brother to Chris Lowry. His younger brother Chris always looked up to Nick. When Chris found his soulmate and proposed to her after a very short time, Nick agreed to be his best man. Low and behold, Chris' fiancé is none other than Harper's younger (step) sister, Willard. And Nick is none other than Harper's ex-husband. From 12 years ago. It's Willa's phone call that Harper answers and Willa tells her she's marrying Chris Lowry in Montana in just a few week's time. Willa wants Harper to be her maid of honor.

Both main characters have childhood baggage. And they definitely have a history together. This history is told through Harper's flashbacks enlightening the reader on how her and Nick first met, courted, became engaged, married, and divorced before their first wedding anniversary.

As the book blurb states, due to an airport software glitch, Nick offers to drive Harper from Montana to a South Dakota airport after the wedding. It's this cross country trip that tells the reader these two characters had a very special relationship. It was partly their childhood baggage that kept them from reconciling their issues early in their marriage. (That and some immaturity on Harper's part.) During one of their overnight stays along the way:

"You asked why I couldn't forgive you," Nick said, very quietly, and I jumped a little. "It was because you were the love of my life, Harper. And you didn't want to be. That's hard to let go."

The words were like a ragged shard of glass in my heart. I swallowed, the sound loud in the dark. "That's not exactly true, Nick," I whispered, turning around to face him. "I did want that. But..." But what? I'd loved him with all my tattered, puny heart, but the fear I'd felt had trapped it inside, stunting me, ruining us. "It would've been easier to believe if you'd been around a little, Nick. If you'd...helped me believe it."

Nick tells her "You're right. My hours didn't help. But I thought once we were married, you'd feel...safer." ..."I'll tell you something, Harpy, it never even occurred to me that we wouldn't make it. And it never occurred to you that we would. You were just waiting for us to go down in flames. I thought we could get through anything."

Harper then tells him, "Except you left me, Nick," I whispered, my heart tight. "That night. You packed your things and left."

This book had me smiling one minute and reaching for tissues the next.

Just when the reader thinks everything is going to work out, the author throws in a surprise twist. And this kept me turning the pages throughout the night until the very end.

It's a very good book and I would have loved to give it five stars. But sometimes, this author latches onto a catch phrase and uses it over and over to the point where my head hurt from all the eye rolling. The first two times of "holy testicle Tuesday" were okay. But after another six or seven, that's overkill. She also used the word "crotch" 37 times. I'm all for limiting foul language and especially having a lot fewer droppings of the f-bomb, but still. Less is definitely more in this instance. Since this book (published in 2011), Ms. Higgins has gotten better and she no longer over-uses catchy phrases.

I will continue to read Kristan Higgins' work and look forward to her next publication. She remains one of my favorite authors.

[Vinaya · Rating 5 out of 5]

I ♥ Kristan Higgins. Along with Jennifer Crusie, she is one of the Queens of Contemporary Romance. I've read every book she's written, and they're always consistently warm, funny, moving and, most of all, romantic. At a time when way too many romance novels rely on the 'Me Tarzan, You Jane' formula, Higgins forms a bright spot in the firmament, with stories that are real, characters that are flawed, and relationships that are warm and funny.

My One and Only, like most of Kristan's books, has a screwed-up hero, a screwed-up heroine, a screwball cast of family, friends and random strangers and a dog.

Harper is a divorce lawyer par excellence, a shark in the legal circles of Martha's Vineyard. She's thirty four and she has a life plan - have a calm, contented, stable marriage with her hot, easy-to-manage firefighter boyfriend Dennis. Unfortunately, this excellent idea is foiled when Dennis seems less than pleased about being presented with a marriage proposal that logically lists why they are compatible, and a long list of requirements from Harper's end.

Harper's wedding plans are further complicated by a call from her naive and hopelessly fickle stepsister Willa, who announces her own wedding to Harper's ex-husband's half-brother. Harper hasn't seen Nick, her ex, in twelve years, but suddenly, she's not only forced to spend time with him at the wedding, she soon finds herself on a cross-country trip with the man she had once loved more than life itself.

Harper, with her abandonment issues, and Nick, with his one-track, obsessive planning, are both adorable, if occasionally frustrating. Dennis is an amiable lump; Willa is sort-of annoying in that car-crash-waiting-to-happen kind of way. Harper's stepmother BeverLee is larger than life, the perfect foil for her almost-silent husband. But even more than these central characters, it is the ones who appear in small scenes here-and-there that reveal Higgins's talent for characterization. The bored girl at the airport counter, the people of a small, nondescript town in North Dakota who welcome Harper and Nick into their homes, the zany boss whose life revolves around golf... all of these people add to the rich atmosphere that clings to every page of Kristan Higgins's books.

The love story is occasionally funny, sometimes tear-inducing and very, very heartwarming. The scene where Harper tells the reader how Nick tells her the very first time he meets her that she's the woman he'll marry and spend the rest of his life with... well, *le sigh*

It's been a long time since I last read a contemporary romance, and I'm glad to see that the magic hasn't faded for me. Here's the reason I prefer contemporary over the other sub-genres of romance - the heroines aren't always pretty, almost never passive; the heroes aren't always billionaires, almost never 'chiseled Greek God' perfect; there are friends, and there is family and there are pets, and screwed up people with real-life problems and a happily-ever-after that makes you cry and sigh and wish that your life took the same turn. So yeah, this is why I read it, and write it and love it, and screw you Jennifer Egans of the world, chick-lit ROCKS.

[willaful · Rating 4 out of 5]

There’s a scene in this book in which Harper and Nick, reuinted exes, watch a movie in a theater while loudly snarking and annoying everyone near them, just like old times. If you get the sense from that that both of these people are kind of self-absorbed assholes, well, I think you’d be right.

I’m so ambivalent about this book. It was well-written and powerful, and I couldn’t put it down, so it doesn’t seem appropriate to give it a low rating. Yet I can’t exactly say I “liked” it. Parts of it were so desperately sad I could barely stand it, yet at the same time it seemed much more like watching a shallow romantic comedy than reading a book. (It would be about the work of five minutes to turn the story into a screenplay, complete with meet-cute and splashy finish -- literally.) It veered from much too close to the bone to annoyingly pat. And I didn’t love Nick nearly as much as I was obviously supposed to, with his “sad gypsy eyes.” I disliked his nasty ex routine -- calling Harper, “Harpy” -- and his overly romantic attitude. Harper is shown as the bad guy here, the one who annoyingly insists on being sensible and thinking things through -- well, after a nasty divorce that lasted twelve years, that doesn’t seem like a ridiculous attitude to me, not at all.

It was interesting to see Higgans write about a different kind of heroine than usual -- instead of being an insecure woman chasing after a man, Harper is beautiful and successful, but closed off. It’s a sadder read, but the humor is still strong -- excepting Harper’s truly terrible taste in curse words. “Crotch.” (Sometimes, "Crotchety crotch crotch!") “Holy testicle Tuesday.” Gross me out the door.

Still, despite all the things that bugged me, I did think this was a memorable book, with interestingly imperfect characters. The theme of the love that just won't die is very touching and despite Higgan's usual low-steam level, the story feels genuinely passionate -- otherwise it wouldn't hurt so much to think of them separated for twelve years.

[Vorágine (ig:voragineblog) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kristan Higgins ha vuelto a conquistarme con una de sus novelas autoconclusivas. Aunque no me ha enganchado y encantado tanto como los dos primeros de "Blue Heron", he disfrutado mucho de su lectora y de la bonita prosa de la autora. Además, su sello de identidad está claro: el amor por los animales y la ambientación hogareña.
Si no habéis leído nada de la autora, recomiendo que lo hagáis.

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[Irina Elena · Rating 5 out of 5]

I guess this makes it official: I'm back into het romance.

This was just perfect. Period.
It has the most amazing cast - from the extremely likeable and relatable MC, Harper, whom I couldn't help but see as Donna Paulsen/Sarah Rafferty, to dreamy Nick (oh, Nick), from that sweet lug Dennis to exasperatingly sweet BeverLee - and a plot that's pretty linear up to a certain point, and then starts twisting and turning around like one of those crazily powerful hoses you see in comedies.
It has elements that usually irk me, namely a dog (give me cats any day) and an interfering family, that somehow I ended up adoring; it has New York and a lawyer and a second chance romance, which are things that I normally love and ended up loving even more in this case.
It has humour and sexual tension.
It has unobtrusive but extremely atmospheric descriptions.
It has smooth writing - invisible and flowing.

Oh, you want to know about the romance?
I'm not sure, because I loved everything in this novel, but I think the way the romance was handled might just be what gave me back my faith in M/F. It's not overdramatic like those Elizabeth Lowell books I was a sucker for just four years ago (don't judge me. I'm sure you have things you're ashamed of too) or cheesy, but it's not over-the-top dreamy and light and romantic either. It's far from being erotica, but it does have some spice.
What it is is simply full of emotion - the real, raw kind. The kind that makes you devour over 300 pages of a book in one day and then leaves you feeling bereft and abandoned, but fully satisfied and grinning like a lunatic. These characters are actual adults, not those teenagers in wrinkled bodies you usually see in M/F (sorry, you know it's true). They make idiotic mistakes, they fuck everything up, they realise where they went wrong, they try to fix it. And since this is a romance, they succeed. Thankfully.
It's a mature story that deals with love in all its forms and with all the doubts that come with it, yet somehow it keeps a light tone all the way to the end, making it an easy but substantial read.

In case you couldn't tell, I'm still kind of shell-shocked by how much I liked this book.
Anyhow, the point is: I just gave a het romance glowing praise. That should tell you something.

[A_Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 "Holy Testicle Tuesday" Stars!!!!

"It never even occurred to me that we wouldn’t make it . And it never occurred to you that we would.

What's it about: About a cynical romantic who divorces the one and twelve years later finds that their paths cross again.

The best bits: It is hilarious!!!

I absolutely love Higgins' writing. She has fast become one of my go-to authors. As always, she captures the chemistry between two main characters beautifully, and here she creates two souls who were meant to be together. Always.

I loved so many things...
The thrill of the bear scene.
The breathtaking bridge scene.
The heartbreaking ring scene.
The step mum: Bever-Lee Roberta Dupres McKnight Lupinski James
The fireman boyfriend who calls you "dude"

I loved it all!

The worst bits: The father. I didn't like the way he dealt with Harper all those years. I think bringing BeverLee home so soon and then basically shutting Harper out (at least emotionally) was heartbreaking. I know that not everyone will have a problem with him, but his storyline just "irked" me.

Recommended for: Fans of second chance romances.

[Miss Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

This gets a 3/5 for me. I turn to Kristin Higgins recently when I want a funny, feel good read, but this really didn’t do it for me. The heroine, Harper, was grating, and she never really grew on me. Yeah, yeah, stilted emotionally by a run-away mother, heard that one…but… meh. She had the chance at the perfect guy twice and blows it the first time, and by some luck ends up keeping him in the end. Part of my dislike with her was that she constantly thought or said “crotch!” or “holy testicle Tuesday!” whenever she got in a sticky situation. The first time was funny, the second time I was like ‘ok’, and then it just be came stupid!! I will give the story a plus for the sweet HEA, which very cute. Not Ms. Higgins best, IMO. I would recommend "Catch of the Day" to anyone interested in giving this author a try. Cheers!

[Myrn🩶 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found myself....



The characters infuriated me at times but one of the best second chance romances I’ve ever read.

[Karla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful! Just a sweet story about getting it right the second time around. Lot's of great characters, especially Harper and Nick. He's so laid back and willing to let life play itself out, and she over-thinks things, and acts on a whim. Yet they are perfect for each other. Her feelings were so well written, that even though Harper's personality was annoying, my heart just broke for her. Nick's declaration of love just warmed me through and through. Loved it!

[Nomes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading this book was exactly like watching a romantic comedy.

I like reading books like this for indulgent relaxation. For some swoony/fun times. For the romantic in me (I guess, haha).

I don't expect depth. It's the kind of book that is predictable just after reading the back blurb. A guilty pleasure indulgent read.

The thing is, I am not the hugest fan of romantic comedies. As much as I want to love them, they more often than not frustrate me. Still, I continually go back searching for more (weird).

In some ways, this book delivered exactly what I wanted. In other ways, it annoyed me.

Here's what I loved: Nick. He was hot, in the way you want your leading man to be. He oozed sex-appeal, charisma and general hotness. He is a dream-man ~ caring, romantic, intelligent, genuine, often too good to be true ~ even his flaws are ones that can be romanticised to swoon-factors. He is what kept the pages turning for me. His sardonic wit, his alpha-maleness, his unreadable gazes, etc. You know the drill.

He had a great chemistry with Harper (love the name)

Here's what had the eyes rolling: Harper. She frustrated me. I get that she needed to have hang-ups to provide a character arc and to wedge some tension in her relationship with Nick ~ but it was so overdone. No subtly at all. She was overly intense in her weaknesses. Not sympathetic at all, and often I was wondering just why did Nick love her?

Here's what grated, but was to be expected: the secondary characters. They were all caricatures. Painted loudly and over the top. Just like in those screw-ball romantic comedies (movies) where the side characters are just too much: overbearing, making ridiculous decisions, being completely unrealistic people (parodies of themselves) running around presumably for our amusement. It's just not my sense of humour.

overall: I think Higgins wrote the relationship between Nick and Harper well. She knows how to create (oodles) of sexual tension, how to steam up the bedroom, how to bring out the swoon. The rest of the drama/characters I could do without (although maybe that kind of screw-ball, ridiculously unbelievable cast of side characters is a staple of this genre? Which is why I can only handle these kinds of books in small doses...) Weirdly, I think I will go back for more of Higgins at some point, LOL. Even though I know up front I will probably only ever "3 star" her books, sometimes 3 star reads like this satisfy*.

*I sound contradictory I know.

Any other recs along these lines, pass them on :) (I am out of my depth in this genre = no idea)

[Farah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Have you ever had that one person that from the moment you met them they took your breath away and immediately you knew you would never be the same again?



Harper and Nick were madly in love- at age 21 and after two years or dating she knows she wants to be with him, that he is THE ONE

Nick...



Harper...



She just doesn't want to get married just yet..
But she does, because he asks and because love can withstand it all, right?

That's what Harper thought, until Nicks aspirations and dreams came first and leaving Harper behind and alone..
A marriage travelling on different paths is bound to get lost..



"Sometimes our hearts just need time to accept what our heads already know."

12years later on separate paths and living a different life, Harper has everything she ever wanted in her career and in her life, or so she thinks..



she's a very successful divorce attorney and is dating a gorgeous fireman who is a bit of a dud but his filling the void in her life.

Now Harper wants different things in life, even if she has to settle for a dingbat of a guy.

Harper is blindsided by a wedding across the country- her step sister and her ex husbands brother!
Seeing Nick again... Overwhelms her... He is still the man who gives her butterflies..



Harper attends the wedding intending to show Nick she's fine and has everthing she ever wanted but Nick is
The man who broke her heart, yet still has it...

"—I’d had seven years and four weeks and two days to teach myself not to love anyone desperately. But when Nick kissed me for the first time, my whole body came alive. It was terrifying how good it was."



"But just for the record, Nick, I do have a heart, you broke it, it mended, the end"

Fate might have played a part in Harper getting stranded and forced on a cross country road trip with Nick.



Finally after all these years, feels, hurt, and the truth revealed and since Nick still thinks Harper is The One, Harper fights with her head and heart because they both want different things...




But the heart always wins.. Especially if Harper is honest with herself and breaks down all those walls shes built around herself, face her fears and then finally admits that Nick is the Only one for her
because it was their destiny to be soul mates...

[Mo · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars ...

Aw, this was lovely. Even with all the ups and downs to get to the HEA, it was worth it. Now, you know me, I love an alpha asshole male but Nick Lowery (who is not one) really stole my heart. He was adorable. Although how he put with with some of Harper's antics were beyond me. But I do get her reasons for bailing out the first time around.


Thrown together on a road trip from Montana to New York, the have to communicate and find if there is still some spark there.


Great cast of side characters ... and of course a cute dog!

[Mary Kay · Rating 2 out of 5]

The protagonists in this story drove me nuts. They were paranoid and antagonistic towards each other. When they finally did get together at the end of the story, I did not believe for a second that they would have a happy ending. While they evidently had a lot of passion for each other, they could not manage conflict. I was not rooting for them, which is what you are supposed to do in a romance novel. Instead, I just kept wishing they would each individually go get therapy and clean up their emotional messes. The main character does manage to gain some insight into her feeling and behavior by the end of the book, but I don't trust that her insights or resolutions are sustainable. The book was full of messy relationships, and the main character had a cynical view of love throughout most of the story, but then at the end, every one just decided it would all work out because they loved each other- which was kind of ironic since the theme through most of the book was that people need more than love to sustain a relationship. I almost didn't reach the unsatisfactory end because the characters were really annoying. I gave the book 2 stars instead of 1, though, because the story did keep me interested enough to finish. But, I would not recommend starting this book.

[Shawna · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars – Contemporary Romance

This is my favorite Kristan Higgins read. Harper annoyed me, but her innate fear of abandonment and commitment were palpable and heartbreaking. I wanted so much for her and Nick to work out their issues and finally get their much deserved HEA. I got choked up several times and shed quite a few tears, but KH perfectly balances the emotional angst with her signature style of quirky humor. I loved it! Solid 5 stars!

[MBR · Rating 5 out of 5]

5+ Stars Emotional Wrenching Goodness!!

I have always heard very good things about Kristan Higgins. Though I have a couple of her books in my to-be-read pile which I have yet to make a dent in, which just keeps growing in monstrous proportions on me, I decided to take the plunge into her stories with this read that was up for grabs on Net Galley. I was surprised and a little bit thrilled when my request to read this which is to be released on the 29th of this month got approved. So here I go, reviewing a book that is yet to hit the markets, hoping that I do justice to what a swell and amazing read this turned out to be.

My One & Only is the story of kick-ass divorce attorney Harper Elizabeth James who lives in Martha’s Vineyard of Massachusetts. About to turn 34 years old, Harper is in the midst of proposing to her yummy and younger firefighter boyfriend of the past 2 and a half years when she receives the mother of bombshells from her stepsister Willa that she is getting hitched to Christopher Lowe, half-brother of Harper’s ex-husband Nick and that it is to happen in 2 weeks time.

Abandoned by her self-centered mother when she had been just 13 years old only to receive the shock of her life to come face to face with her father’s bombshell of an instant family, needless to say Harper suffers from severe abandonment issues which she has never really got over from.

It is on Harper’s 20th birthday that she meets her future husband Nick, the man who would own her heart for all time to come. Nick had reeled her in with his sophisticated nature, the way he could so easily see into her soul and because of his ability to cherish her and love her unlike anyone else had in her life. Skittish as Harper is, after being courted and wooed over a period of months, Harper finally takes the plunge and gets married to Nick amidst all her misgivings. It is right after they both say their I dos’ that things start going rapidly downhill.

Their divorce when it comes is a bitter one which leaves scars on both of Nick and Harper and had come after just 6 months of matrimony.Though it has been 13 years since they have laid eyes on one another, as they come together for a wedding which neither of them can avoid, old hurts and resentments flare up leaving them battered and raw after the onslaught.

It is during the road trip that these two embark upon that everything changes, bringing forth feelings Nick and Harper both harbor towards each other, feelings that they have both kept under lock and key for so long. Hurts and disappointments both have never healed from rage onto the surface, leaving them both with no other choice but to deal with them and let themselves heal after 13 long years.

My One and Only is such a beautifully done story of second chances, of the power of love and forgiveness and its ability to heal even the deepest of emotional wounds. With a rich caste of multi-dimensional secondary characters, my favorite being Harper’s stepmother BeverLee, I loved this story right from its beautiful glossy cover to each and every emotion that it pulled out of me as I read along. Thank God for the fact that today is a holiday over here and that I got in uninterrupted reading time because if not I would have done some serious harm to anyone who would have dared to interrupt my indulgence in the beautiful and soulful world that Kristan Higgins has created so evocatively in this one.

I laughed out loud so many times during the story, one of my favorites being the scene where Harper and Nick get the scare of their lives on the trails of the Glacier National Park in Montana. My heart bled the times I visited Harper and Nick’s past where they both had been so very much in love with one another, but things had not worked out as both of them had envisioned. And there came moments in which I rejoiced and cried happy tears because frankly put, Kristan Higgins pulls no punches in all the emotions that she so effectively pulls from the reader with her fabulous way with the words. Though stories told in the first person are not my favorite thing, I foresee Kristan Higgins joining the ranks of authors for whom I would make an exception because this story has definitely wormed its way into my heart and got its permanent residency application approved just as I sat down to write the review.

All in all, beautiful storytelling that each and every contemporary romance reader needs to indulge in. This one earns 5 big, fat stars from the sunny side of life and is recommended very highly to all contemporary romance lovers.

[BookedwithRae · Rating 1 out of 5]

I can not express how much I hated this book. I kept hoping it would get better because there are so many 4/5 star reviews and I figured I had to be missing something, some how some way there was going to be some major turn around and I could start rooting for Nick and Harper.

Wrong that moment never came.

Nick and Harper got married at 21. Nick is one of those men that if he wants something he's going to get it and he doesn't care if you don't want it, he doesn't care how it will effect you, he expects you to just be happy to be along for the ride. Harper had to give up her dreams to be with this man, just for him to be able to pursue his dreams and his careers. Harper is just supposed to pretty much live alone in a city she's new to while he leaves for work before 6 am and doesn't get home until midnight and works every weekend and when she brings up that she's lonely and doesn't feel like he loves her or even wants her, he brushes her off and suggests she get a job so she can make friends and not feel lonely because there is no possible way he could work less and spend time with HIS WIFE.

She makes friends, she neglects to tell them she's married because he's never around anyway. One of the friends kisses her, Nick sees it, loses his shit packs some bags and says he's going to go stay somewhere else for a bit. Refuses to listen to her, accuses her of all this cheating, refuses to acknowledge that she has begged him for months to give a modicum of a crap about her. The next day she files for divorce and never looks back. She was just supposed to know that she was the love of his life even though he acted like she was a throw pillow in their NYC apartment.

The entire wedding they attend they fight, he brings up the past that she's a shitty person and its all her fault. She's constantly saying their divorce was the result of two people who got married too young, too quickly who lacked communication skills and were niiave about marriage. He's like "no it's literally just your fault"

They have to do a road trip together whether they continue to just continually have this same argument. Something happens in South Dakota, she has a break down and is like "OMG it is all my fault. I am the reason we aren't together, you were perfect, I don't deserve you"

When they eventually get back to New York Nick immediately starts planning out how she can uproot her life to fit back into his without even an ounce of communication or consideration for her. Then when she reminds him that she does need to go back to her own city, and that she's a lawyer with clients and this is something they need to talk about and take slow he loses it and accuses her of leaving him again.

Some stuff happens, in the end she begs this man to marry her even though he never admits his hand in the demise of their first marriage. Yeah at some point he was like "I mean I could've done a better job of showing you were the love of my life, sorry" but that's crap.

This story is great if you love 0 character growth, 0 resolution, a man who can't accept responsibility for his part in their divorce, a woman who was written as a independent shark in the beginning just to eventually be reduced to someone who has to accept blame for everything even though it wasn't entirely her fault in order to get the man-who doesn't deserve her and desperately needs therapy, and is 36 acting like a 16 year old who was stood up at the prom.