One & Only

A Romance Novel by Maurene Goo

Subgenres & Tropes:

Paranormal Romance,
Contemporary Romance,
Korean American,
Family Secrets,
Fated Mates

Published February 3, 2026

Length 364 pages

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Generational matchmaking with a magical twist
Romances where fate and free will collide hard
Family secrets that upend everything you thought you knew

Publisher Description

In Five Years meets a millennial The Joy Luck Club in this funny and fresh love story of a woman thrown a curveball by fate, and the family secret that makes her question everything.

She knows what her happily ever after looks like. And it's not him.

Cassia Park believes in soul mates. Fated love stories. It's her family business, after all—for centuries, from Korea to Los Angeles, Park women have peered into clients' past lives to find their one true love, their fated. This magical secret is why One & Only Matchmaking has a 100% guarantee…for everyone but Cassia.

For ten years, Cass has been searching for her fated, a man named Daniel Nam. But he's still nowhere to be found.

And so, on the eve of her 40th birthday, Cass decides to do something for herself. She impulsively has a fling with Ellis. He's twenty-eight, indecently handsome, and not destined to be the love of her life. But she's surprised by their connection and their fling feels like something more—up to the moment he introduces her to his boss…Daniel Nam.

As she battles between fate and chance, head and heart, a family secret is revealed that will make her question everything she's ever known. Cassia will have to decide if she'll follow her fate…or make her own.

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