{"title":"A. Mariposa","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"heart-of-the-wolf-paperback-1","title":"Heart of the Wolf - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA steamy Paranormal Romance about forbidden first love!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaddy Donovan is trying to survive her senior year of high school. Her life is far from normal. Her stepdad is a shameless alcoholic. The power bill is due. And she has a math test tomorrow. She's living in survival mode, and she has no time to date that spicy older guy who keeps coming by the hardware store. What's his name again? Right. Gareth Delarosa. He's been her secret crush for the last five years, but there's an age gap, and he's way off limits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut it seems like fate has other plans. When Gareth saves her life the night of a break-in, she wakes up in his bedroom, in his bed, wearing his shirt. 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