Name: In-Store: Maurene Goo: One & Only w/ Lizz Schumer
Start: 2026-02-02T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-02T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Books Are Magic Montague

$In-Store: Maurene Goo: One & Only w\/ Lizz Schumer$

“A perfect blend of steamy angst and family drama makes for a love triangle that’s impossible to put down.” —Kirkus (starred)
About this Event

Event guidelines:

Each ticket will include either a copy of the featured book or a $10 Books Are Magic gift card.
Additional copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.
A signing will follow the talk.
Home address is collected for contact tracing purposes; it will not be used otherwise.
The event will also be livestreamed for free here: https://youtube.com/live/U986o_tJrIw
As a reminder: If you are not feeling well, please do not come to the event, even if you have a ticket; email us and we'll work it out.

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In Five Years meets a millennial The Joy Luck Club in the adult debut from the author of YA Reese Pick Throwback— a funny and fresh love story of a woman thrown a curveball by fate, and the family secret that will make 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.

Maurene Goo is the author of several acclaimed and award-winning books for young adults, including I Believe in a Thing Called Love and Throwback, which was a Reese Book Club YA winter pick. Several of her young adult novels are in development for film, and her books have been translated into twelve languages. She also writes for screen, games, and comics. She writes and lives in Los Angeles, with her husband, son, and two cats. One & Only is her adult debut.

Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at People Magazine, overseeing all things books on all platforms. She previously led books coverage at Good Housekeeping Magazine, where she founded the Good Housekeeping Book Club and has also written for Woman's Day, Prevention, the New York Times, and many other publications. She's also a writing coach at the New York Writing Room, teaches journalism courses at New York University and is the author of Biography of a Body and Buffalo Steel. Find Lizz online at lizzschumer.com or on Instagram at lizzschumer.