One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid is a captivating novel that takes readers on a personal and emotional journey of love, loss, and choice.. The book tells the story of Emma, who finds herself in the midst of an endlessly impossible decision.
The book garnered enough love to be green-lit for a movie! One True Loves is available now on Prime Video
Buckle in and get ready for tears, heartache, and decisions too impossible for a single person to make.
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Official Description
One True Loves
* Soon to be a major film! * Author of the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo *
From the author of Maybe in Another Life—named a People Magazine pick—comes a breathtaking new love story about a woman unexpectedly forced to choose between the husband she has long thought dead and the fiancé who has finally brought her back to life.
Full Description
From the author of Maybe in Another Life—named a People Magazine pick—comes a breathtaking new love story about a woman unexpectedly forced to choose between the husband she has long thought dead and the fiancé who has finally brought her back to life.
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 fiancé, 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.
Our Overview
“Good things don’t wait until you’re ready. Sometimes they come right before, when you’re almost there. And I figured when that happens, you can let them pass by like a bus not meant for you. Or you can get ready. So I got ready.”
In One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Emma Blair is happily married to her high school sweetheart, Jesse Lerner. She is living a contented life in Los Angeles. But everything changes when Jesse’s helicopter goes missing over the Pacific Ocean during a work trip. He is presumed dead.
Emma is devastated by the loss of Jesse, but eventually begins to rebuild her life. She moves back to her hometown of Acton, Massachusetts, and starts a successful business with her high school friend, Sam Kemper. Five years after Jesse’s disappearance, Emma has fallen in love with Sam and they become engaged.
Emma is ready to start a new chapter in her life with Sam. Out of the blue, Jesse is found alive on a deserted island in the Pacific. Emma is shocked and conflicted. Jesse is alive. She has already moved on and fallen in love with someone else. But she can’t deny the feelings she still has for Jesse. Emma finds herself torn between the two men she loves. Will she go back to her lost love and abandon her new romance?
As Emma tries to navigate her complicated emotions and decide which man she truly wants to be with, she is forced to confront difficult questions about love, loyalty. Will Emma find true happiness?
Our Review
If you’re like us and needed to delve into the glamourous writing of Taylor Jenkins Reid after binging The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in 3 days, then you’re in for a treat.
One True Loves continues to prove that TJK is physically incapable of not writing a book that is possible to put down! One True Loves focuses on the pain of love, and the rewards letting yourself become vulnerable can give you.
Emma’s journey of grief, love, and self-discovery is portrayed with sensitivity and depth. The complicated relationships between her and Jesse and Sam is heartbreaking, difficult, and all too realistic. It’s impossible not to put yourself in Emma’s shoes and truly feel how she feels.
The complexity of love is entwined expertly in the novel. Emma’s struggle to choose between the two men she loves is written unlike any other ‘love-triangle’ you’ll read. The realities of this difficult choice are nail-biting and heartbreaking.
We cannot recommend it enough to anyone who is looking for a captivating and emotional read.
One True Loves: The Movie
A woman is unexpectedly forced to choose between the husband she has long thought dead and the fiance who has finally brought her back to life…
One True Loves released on April 7, 2023 and is available here on Prime Video.
Starring:
Phillipa Soo as Emma
Simu Liu as Sam
Luke Bracey as Jesse
Interested? Why not check out the trailer!
Frequently Asked Questions
What is one True Loves about?
Emma and Jesse are living the perfect life together, until Jesse disappears in a tragic helicopter crash on their first wedding anniversary. Four years later, Emma finds happiness again as she’s about to marry her best friend. However, when Jesse miraculously resurfaces, Emma soon finds herself torn between two great loves.
Who does Emma end up with in One True Loves?
Emma and Sam eventually get married. Jesse moves back to California, and a few months after Emma’s wedding, calls her to tell her that he, too, has met someone. Emma and Jesse acknowledge how impactful the other has been before they bid each other goodbye.
Is One True Loves spicy?
It has some spice, but nothing very explicit!
Taylor Jenkins Reid books?
With the widespread acclaim of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, it’s no surprise that thousands of people are wanting to explore more complex storytelling from author Taylor Jenkins Reid. Her most well-known works include:
- “Daisy Jones & The Six”
- “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo“
- “Maybe in Another Life”
- “Forever, Interrupted”
- “After I Do”
- “One True Loves”
- “The Bride”
- “The Marriage of Opposites”
