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The Good Ones Are Taken

The Good Ones Are Taken

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The Good Ones Are Taken

When Maggie’s best friend admits he’s in love with her, she’ll have to decide whether it’s worth giving up something good for something that could be amazing in this laugh-out-loud friends-to-lovers rom-com.

After a bad breakup, Maggie wants to find her Prince Charming, but all she’s finding are frogs. When her best friends, Savvy and Joan, apply pressure and demand she find a date worthy of attending their respective weddings, she agrees to take her own advice and try online dating. Since she’s the maid of honor for both weddings, her bridal party duties are massive, but both brides insist that Maggie prioritize finding a date. After an onslaught of maybes, noes, and hell noes, she’s close to giving up, when she meets a handsome doctor at the gym who just might be the one.

Meanwhile, her college bestie, Garrett, throws salt in everyone’s game. At every turn, he points out the red flags and tells Maggie to keep looking. Things come to a head when Maggie demands that Garrett be happy for her, and he finally admits that he can’t. Not when he’s not with her. When he blurts out his feelings, Maggie’s world is turned upside down. Now she must choose between the perfect guy and a friendship that is the foundation for everything she’s ever wanted.

“THE GOOD ONES ARE TAKEN is the kind of friends-to-lovers romance that will make you take a second glance at that guy you’ve been besties with for years! It strikes just the right chords of funny, sexy, relatable, and my favorite emotion when I’m reading a book—those moments when you want to shake the main character, so they can see what’s right in front of them. I laughed, I yelled ‘oh hell no!,’ and most importantly, I couldn’t stop smiling anytime the two main characters were with each other. That’s the sign of an incredible love story, and Taj McCoy delivers just that with a delectable sprinkle of some hilarious friends on the side.” –Darby Baham, author of Her New York Minute

Book Details

Publish Date: April 23, 2024
ISBN: 9780778305422
Language: English

About the Author

Oakland-born law grad Taj McCoy is committed to championing stories that include Black and multiracial women of color, plus-size protagonists, Black love, Black joy, and strong senses of sisterhood and familial bonds. Taj started writing as a small child, enjoying her first publications in elementary school. When she’s not writing, Taj may be on Twitter boosting other marginalized writers, practicing yoga, sharing recipes, or cooking private supper club meals for close friends.

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