Plus One

Monique Moore hadn’t been interested in love for almost twenty years.

At forty-seven, and recently in remission from cervical cancer, she’s doing all she can to maintain her status by keeping her life small, quiet, and predictable.

When her extended family presses her to attend a New Year’s Eve destination wedding in Puerto Rico, Monique reluctantly agrees. Once the wedding is over, she’ll disappear back into her life.

What she never planned for was Maurice Martin—a quiet, disciplined man, whose steady attention feels anything but uncomfortable.

As the wedding week unfolds, Monique and Maurice are drawn together, connecting over a shared nickname and familial bonds that neither had been aware of before: her through distance, him through long-time incarceration.

The scars they carry—some buried and others visible—have trained them to survive. But surviving isn’t the same as living.

Set in the warmth and vibrance of Puerto Rico, PLUS ONE delivers an emotionally rich love story about mature people, second chances, bodily autonomy, chosen family, and the courage to want.

Sometimes the greatest act of bravery is allowing someone to see you just as you are.