The Good Ones Are Taken

By: Taj McCoy

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

From the author of SAVVY SHELDON FEELS GOOD AS HELL, now a CW Original movie!

“[An] exceptionally entertaining, superbly sexy love story that also freely embraces other important things in life, like friendship, family, and food.” —Booklist

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.

Don’t miss Taj McCoy's spicy new rom-com, The Dating Prohibition, where an ambitious entrepreneur working to get her speakeasy supper club off the ground is pushed off balance when her childhood crush turns up...hotter than ever––then tells her she's off-limits.

More from Taj McCoy:

• Savvy Sheldon Feels Good as Hell
• Zora Books Her Happy Ever After
• The Dating Prohibition
• Even If the Sky is Falling (a riveting collection of interconnected multicultural stories by acclaimed authors Lane Clarke, Farah Heron, Taj McCoy, Charish Reid, Sarah Smith and Denise Williams)

Good summer read

The ladies had a really good friendship, and a lot of love for each other. I enjoyed the back and forth.

I didn't want it to end!!

Beautiful Beautiful story!!! It made me want to fall in love tonight lol! I was a little worried that Maggie was gonna blow it and choose wrong, but she did what she was supposed to do. Lol I don't want to give away the story. Very good read.

Real and Culturally Relatable

I enjoyed it overall but I felt as though the narrator didn’t understand or wasn’t able to convey some of the cultural references/aspects! I also enjoyed the amount of details, it really helped to visualize the story. However there were a few times where there was too many details provided for things that weren’t really pertinent to the story! #Love

Unrealistic yet predictable

The story was very unrealistic yet predictable. The characters also had zero layers to them. Very flat book. That being said, the sex scenes descriptions were top notch

must read

it was so good, the details, the build up I lovecit and can't wait to read more by the author